2023 WINNER & NOMINEE OF BEST ACTRESS

1 Film Category Film Name Actress
Short Film In The Echo of Evil Tijuana Layne **Winner**
Short Film Toronto Motel Gabrielle Pringle

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST ACTOR

2 Film Category Film Name Actor
Short Film A Man Walks into A Bar Perez Tieku
Short Film Big Guy Sanur Harrag
Short Film Private Idiots Andre Sills **Winner**

 

2023 WINNER & NOMINEE OF BEST ACTRESS

3 Film Category Film Name Actress
Feature Film Dodoma Helen Hartmann
**Winner**
Feature Film The Exile of the Sea Dayana Bermúdez Cortes

2023 WINNER & NOMINEE OF BEST ACTOR

4 Film Category Film Actor
Feature Film Bringing Back Christmas Mark Christopher Lawrence
Feature Film Dodoma Van Vicker **Winner**

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST EDITOR

5 Film Category Film Name Editor
Short Film A Man Walks into A Bar Gianluca Olmastroni
Short Film Big Guy Chloé Dupeyrat
Short Film Descension Part II Adrian Campbell
**Winner**
Short Film In The Echo of Evil Alexis Maklin

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY

6 Film Category Film Name Producer/Director
Short Film Empty Nest
**Winner**
Produced by Yaser Talebi,
Fariba Arab
Directed by Fariba Arab
Short Film I Won’t Remain Alone Produced by Yaser Talebi,
Fariba Arab
Directed by Yaser Talebi
Short Film It’s Still Autumn Produced by Yaser Talebi
Directed by Farzaneh Fathi

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

7 Film Category Film Name Producer/Director
Feature Film HumaniTree
**Winner**
Produced by Loren Henry
Directed by Nuakai Aru
Feature Film Lyles Station: History of A
Pre-Civil War African American Colony
Produced by Ronald Lacey
Directed by Ronald L Lacey, II
Feature Film Reclaiming the Throne Produced by Joshua Cullins,   Morris Williams Jr.
Directed by Joshua Cullins

 

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY

8 Film Category Film Name Producer/Director
Feature Film Beloved Produced by Elaheh Nobakht
Directed by Yaser Talebi
Feature Film Dope Is Death Produced by Bob Moore
Directed by Mia Donovan
Feature Film Finding Sally
**Winner**
Produced by
Isabelle Couture
Directed by Tamara Dawit
Feature Film Raised/Razed Produced by Mason Mills,
Steve Humble
Directed by Lorenzo Dickerson,
Jordy Yager
Feature Film The Guardian Produced by Ronald L Sturgess Jr., Jeanetta Brown Sturgess
Directed by Ronald L Sturgess,
Jeanetta T Sturgess
Feature Film The Sun Rises in The East Produced by Tayo Giwa,
Cynthia Gordy Giwa
Directed by Tayo Giwa

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DIRECTOR

9 Film Category Film Name Director
Feature Film Beloved Yaser Talebi
Feature Film HumaniTree Nuakai Aru
Feature Film Lyles Station: History of A
Pre-Civil War African American Colony
Ronald L Lacey, II
Feature Film Reclaiming the Throne Joshua Cullins
**Winner**
Feature Film The Sun Rises in The East Tayo Giwa

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DIRECTOR

10 Film Category Film Name Director
Feature Film Big Guy Hicham Harrag
Samir Harrag
Feature Film Descension Part II Adrian Campbell
Feature Film In The Echo of Evil Tijuana Layne
Feature Film Toronto Motel David Ngandu
**Winner**

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DIRECTOR

11 Film Category Film Name Director
Feature Film Bringing Back Christmas Lisa Arnold
Feature Film Crazy Love Drxp
Feature Film Dodoma Honeymoon Mohammed Aljabri
Feature Film The Exile of the Sea Mauricio Brunetti
**Winner**

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST SHORT FILM

12 Film Category Film Name Producer/Director
Short Film Big Guy Produced by
Studio Ciné Magueule
Directed by Hicham Harrag,
Samir Harrag
Short Film Descension Part II Produced & Directed by
Adrian Campbell
Short Film In The Echo of Evil Produced & Directed by
Tijuana Layne
Short Film Private Idiots Produced by Oliver Ward,
Dennis Nicholson, Andre Sills,
Nick Talon, Stephen Marian
Directed by Dennis Nicholson
Short Film Toronto Motel
**Winner**
Produced by Michael Caterina,
David Ngandu
Directed by David Ngandu

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST FEATURE FILM

13 Film Category Film Name Producer/Director
Feature Film Bringing Back Christmas
**Winner**
Produced by Ryan O’Quinn, Heather O’Quinn, Taylor Cole, Ariel Fernald, Trey Fernald
Directed by Lisa Arnold
Feature Film Dodoma Produced by Eunice Karanja,
Honeymoon Mohammed Aljabri
Directed by Honeymoon Mohammed Aljabri
Feature Film The Exile of the Sea Produced & Directed by
Mauricio Brunetti

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST PICTURE

14 Film Category Film Name Producer
Short Film Big Guy
**Winner**
Produced by
Studio Ciné Magueule
Short Film Descension Part II Produced by
Adrian Campbell
Short Film Estatística Produced by
Rodrigo Sena
Short Film In The Echo of Evil Produced by
Tijuana Layne
Short Film Toronto Motel Produced by
Michael Caterina,
David Ngandu
Short Film Yabá Produced by
Arlindo Bezerra

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST PICTURE

15 Film Name Film Name Producer
Feature Film Bringing Back Christmas
**Winner**
Produced by
Ryan O’Quinn, Heather O’Quinn,
Taylor Cole, Ariel Fernald,
Trey Fernald
Feature Film Dodoma Produced by
Eunice Karanja, Honeymoon Mohammed Aljabri
Feature Film The Exile of the Sea Produced by
Mauricio Brunetti

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST PRODUCER

16 Film Category Film Name Producer
Documentary Feature Film Lyles Station: History of A
Pre-Civil War African American Colony
Produced by Ronald Lacey
**Winner**
Documentary Feature Film The Sun Rises in The East Produced by Tayo Giwa, Cynthia Gordy Giwa

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST PRODUCER

17 Film Category Film Name Producer
Short Film Big Guy Produced by
Studio Ciné Magueule
Short Film Toronto Motel Produced by
Michael Caterina,
David Ngandu
**Winner**

2023 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST PRODUCER

18 Film Category Film Name Producer
Feature Film Bringing Back Christmas Produced by
Ryan O’Quinn, Heather O’Quinn,
Taylor Cole, Ariel Fernald,
Trey Fernald
 **Winner**
Feature Film The Exile of the Sea Produced by
Mauricio Brunetti

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST ACTRESS

1 Film Category Film Name
Short Film End of the Rope Winsome Cooper
Short Film Kreme Uche NkwontaKey
Short Film Out Of Order Sheronna Osbourne   **Winner**
Short Film Pass Mina Hamedani
Short Film The Blue Lady Tijuana Layne

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST ACTOR

2 Film Category Film Name
Short Film Broken Life Mamoudou Camara as Ayo Koumbi  **Winner**
Short Film Descension Andon Campbell as Liam
Short Film How Many More? Wesley Guimarães as João
Short Film Kreme Robert Mudenge as DJ Eastsyde
Short Film Out Of Order Troy CrossfieldKey as Chad

 

2022 WINNER & NOMINEE OF BEST ACTRESS

3 Film Category Film Name  
  Feature Film Illusion Sandrine Ziba as Larisha
  Feature Film Love and Brotherhood Cortney KetchumKey as Makaila   **Winner**

2022 WINNER & NOMINEE OF BEST ACTOR

4 Category Film Name  
  Feature Film Illusion Joe Richard Pook as Alex Arnold
  Feature Film Love and Brotherhood Nate Jackson as Arnold  **Winner**

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

5 Category Film Name  
  Short Film Building Cultural Legacies – Black Artists in Hamilton Directed by Christopher McLeod
  Short Film Building Cultural Legacies – Leon ‘Eklipz’ Robinson Directed by Christopher McLeod
  Short Film Music and Mental Health Episode 1 of 9 Directed by Tina Rix
  Short Film The Melody Lingers On Directed by Kimberley R. Williams  **Winner**

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

6 Category Film Name  
  Documentary Feature  Black Seeds: The History of Africans in America Directed by Bayer Mack   **Winner**
  Documentary Feature  Dear Jackie  Directed by Henri Pardo
  Documentary Feature  Mr. Emancipation-The Walter Perry Story Directed by Preston Chase

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

7 Category Film  
  Documentary Feature  Black Daddy The Movie Directed by Damon Jamal Taylor
  Documentary Feature  Raised Up West Side Directed by Brett A. Schwartz
  Documentary Feature  This is [Not] Who We Are Directed by Beret E Strong & Katrina Miller
**Winner**

 

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

8 Category Film
Documentary Music Black Daddy The Movie Directed by Damon Jamal Taylor
Documentary Music Music and Mental Health Episode 1 of 9 Directed by Tina Rix
Documentary Music The Melody Lingers On Directed by Kimberley R. Williams
Documentary Music The Woodstock of House Directed by Rodrick F. Wimberly & Senuwell Smith
**Winner**

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST EDITOR

9 Category Film  
  Short Film Descension Edited by
Adrian Campbell 
  Short Film End of the Rope Edited by
Rodney V. Smith 
  Short Film Kreme Edited by
Saiixnt Bailey
  Short Film Out Of Order  Edited by
Eric Metzloff  **Winner**
  Short Film The Blue Lady Edited by Adam Vitums

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DIRECTOR

10 Category Film  
  Documentary Feature Black Daddy The Movie Directed by Damon Jamal Taylor
  Documentary Feature Black Seeds: The History of Africans in America Directed by Bayer Mack
  Documentary Feature Dear Jackie  Directed by
Henri Pardo
  Documentary Feature Mr. Emancipation-The Walter Perry Story Directed by
Preston Chase
  Documentary Feature Raised Up West Side Directed by
Brett A. Schwartz  **Winner**

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST SHORT FILM

11 Category Film Name  
  Short Film
(Social Impact)
Broken Life Directed by
Claude Emmanuelle Yapo
  Short Film
(Social Impact)
How Many More Directed by
Lucas de Jesus  **Winner**
  Short Film
(Social Impact)
Pass Directed by
Elika Abdollahi
  Short Film
(Social Impact)
Subsidiary House Directed by
Milad Taleghani & Vahid Aalam

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST SHORT FILM

12 Category Film Name  
  Short Film Descension Directed by
Adrian Campbell
  Short Film End of the Rope Directed by
Ryan Singh & Sabine Mondestin
  Short Film Kreme Directed by
  Short Film Out Of Order  Directed by
Troy Crossfield & Sheronna Osbourne  **Winner**
  Short Film The Blue Lady Directed by
Tijuana Layne

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST FEATURE FILM

13 Category Film Name  
  Feature Film Illusion Directed by
Sylvain Boayaga, Michel Pouamo  **Winner**
  Feature Film Love and Brotherhood Directed by Jason Horn

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST DIRECTOR

14 Category Film Name  
  Short Film Broken Life Directed by
Claude Emmanuelle Yapo
  Short Film Descension Directed by Adrian Campbell
  Short Film How Many More Directed by Lucas de Jesus 
  Short Film Kreme Directed by
SAIIXNT Bailey  **Winner**
  Short Film Out Of Order  Directed by Troy Crossfield & Sheronna Osbourne  

2022 WINNER & NOMINEES OF BEST PICTURE

15 Category Film Name  
  Short Film How Many More? Produced by
Vilma Martins, Heraldo de Deus, Daniele Souza, Ianna Nascimento, Romário Almeida, Isabella Carvalho
**Winner**
  Short Film Kreme Produced by
Jennifer Sanasie & Darrell Wonge
  Short Film Out Of Order  Produced by
Troy Crossfield, Sheronna Osbourne, Tazia Harris, Chris Morsby, Tisha Reid, & Adeela Carter
  Short Film The Blue Lady Produced by
Tijuana Layne
  Short Film The Dark Room Produced by
Brandon Christopher

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