The 40th Durban International Film Festival
announced its winners recently at its awards ceremony at the Elangeni Hotel in
Durban, South Africa.
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Features jury member Ziyanda Macingwane with Back of the Moon Associate Producer, Kutlwano Ditsele; actress Moneoa Moshesh; Director, Angus Gibson;
| Producer, Desiree Markgraff;Lebogang Tsipa as they accept their award for the Best South African Feature Film at the 40th Durban International Film Festival (Image: Supplied) |
A total of 19 awards were given out at the ceremony:
Best
Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award at DIFF 2019: For Sama directed Edward Watts and Waad al-Kateab
Artistic
Bravery: Letters Of Hope directed by Vusi Africa
Best
Cinematography: Divine
Love directed by Gabriel
Mascaro
Best
Editing: Cronofobia directed by Francesco Rizzi
Best
Screenplay: Les
Misérables directed by Ladj Ly
Best
Short Film: Acid
directed by Just
Philippot
Best
African Short Film: Brotherhood directed by Meryam Joobeur.
The film also
received a cash prize of R20, 000 sponsored by the Gauteng Film Commission.
Best
South African Short Film: Miracle directed by Bongi Ndaba. The film
received a cash prize of R20,000 from the Gauteng Film Commission.
Best
Actor: Bongile Mantsai for
Knuckle City directed by Jahmil X T Qubeka
Best
Actress: Nisrin Erradi for Adam
directed by Maryam
Touzani
Best
Documentary: For Sama directed Edward Watts and Waad al-Kateab.
The film received a cash prize of R25, 000.
Best
South African Documentary: Buddha in
Africa directed by Nicole
Schafer The award is accompanied by a cash prize of R25,000.
Best
Direction: Divine Love directed by Gabriel Mascaro
Best South African
Feature Film: Back of the
Moon directed by
Angus Gibson
Best Feature Film: Les Misérables directed by Ladj Ly. The
award is accompanied by a cash prize of R50 000.
DIFF
Legacy Award: Peter Rorvik
DIFF Legacy Award: Roz
Sarkin and Moosa Moosa DIFF Legacy Award: Julie Frederikse and Madoda
Ncayiyana
DIFF is included as a Documentary Feature Qualifying
Festival by the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences. This means that
both the winners of the Best Documentary For Sama and
Best SA Documentary Buddha in Africa, automatically qualify for consideration for an Oscar
nomination.
The features jury were Emrah Kilic (Turkey), Diarah
N'Daw-Spech (USA), Laurence Boyce (UK), Diana Keam (South Africa) and Mohammed
Siam (Egypt). In the documentary jury were Patricia Van Heerden (SA), Florian
Weghorn (Germany), Tracy Clayton (UK/SA), Rehad Desai (SA) and Ziyanda
Macingwane (SA). The short film jurors were Jaime E. Manrique (Colombia), Silas
Miami, (Kenya), Jacintha De-Nobrega (SA), CJ Obasi (Nigeria) and Mpho
Ramathuthu (SA).
