29 Years of
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1991 - 2020
Black
International Cinema Berlin Film Awards
were presented in the
following categories:
1. Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
2. Best film/video on matters relating to the
Black Experience/Marginalized People
3. Best film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany
beginning 1998: 4. Best children's film/video 5. Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline6. Best film/video documentary production beginning 2016: 7. Best film/video narrative production
VI.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1991
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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THE BRONX - A CRY FOR
HELP
Director: Brent Owens, U.S.A., 1988, Documentary
ZAJOTA AND
THE BOOGIE SPIRIT
Director: Ayoka Chenzira, U.S.A., 1989, Animation/Mixed Media
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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A STEP IN THE MIND
Director: Wanjuhi Kamau, Kenya, 1988, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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3. DER KRANKE VOGEL
Director: Wanjiru Kinyanjui, Kenya/Germany, 1991, Narrative/Drama
VII.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1992
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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MAD, BAD, MORTAL BEINGS
Director: Ludmilla Andrews, U.K., 1992, Narrative/Fiction
OCCUPATIONAL
HAZARD
Director: Eric Daniel, U.S.A., 1991, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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COLOR ADJUSTMENT
Directors: Marlon Riggs, Vivian Kleiman, Deborah Hoffmann, U.S.A., 1991,
Documentary
FRAMING
THE PANTHERS IN BLACK AND WHITE
Directors: Annie Goldson, Chris Bratton, U.S.A., Experimental
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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EIN TRAUM WURDE WAHR
Director: Nader Ahmady, Germany, 1991, Docu-Drama
VIII.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1993
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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TV TANGO
Director: Martine Chartrand, Canada, 1992, Animation
NERIA
Director: Godwin Mawuru, Zimbabwe, 1990, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN - NO REGRET
Director: Marlon Riggs, U.S.A., 1992, Documentary
THE FACE
OF WISDOM
Director: Catherine Busch Johnston, U.S.A., 1992, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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SCHATTEN DER ANGST - SHADOWS OF FEAR
Director: Konstantin Schmidt, Germany, 1992, Narrative
IX.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1994
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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BLOODS ON THE MOON
Director: Chriss Williams, U.S.A., 1993, Narrative
STREET SONGS:
PITTSBURGH STREET SINGER BILL DORSEY
Director: Craig McTurk, U.S.A., 1993, Documentary
VOICES OF
THE MORNING
Director: Meena Nanji, U.S.A., 1992, Documentary
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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ACT OF WAR - THE OVERTHROW OF THE HAWAIIAN NATION
Directors: Puhipau & Joan Lander, U.S.A., 1993, Documentary
BETWEEN
BLACK AND WHITE
Director: Giannella Garrett, U.S.A., 1993, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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DIE SCHWARZEN KOMMEN - THE BLACKS ARE COMING
Directors: Thomas Meffert & Bernado Cequera, Germany, 1993, Documentary
X.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1995
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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MORE TIME
Director: Isaac M. Mabhikwa, Zimbabwe, 1992/93, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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KINGS ON THE HILL - BASEBALL'S FORGOTTEN MEN
Directors: Rob Ruck & Molly Youngling, U.S.A., 1993, Documentary
WARRIOR
MARKS
Director: Pratibha Parmar, U.K., 1993, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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THE JOURNEY OF THE LION
Director: Fritz Baumann, Germany, 1992, Narrative/Documentary
XI.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1996
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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NAKED ACTS
Director: Bridgett Davis, U.S.A., 1995, Narrative
STEALIN' HOME
Directors: John Carstarphen & Rebecca Rice, U.S.A., 1995, Narrative
TRAIN RIDE
Director: Rel J. Dowdell, U.S.A., 1995, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE BOSPHOROUS
Director: Jeanne C. Finley, U.S.A./Turkey, 1995, Documentary
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
Directors: Dr. Dee Mosbacher, Frances Reid & Dr. Sylvia Rhue, U.S.A.,
1996, Documentary
ONE RED ROSE
Directors: Charley Jordan & Michele Barnwell, U.S.A., 1995, Narrative
REMEMBERING WEI YI-FANG, REMEMBERING MYSELF
Director: Yvonne Welbon, U.S.A., 1995, Documentary
THE WAKE UP CALL Director: Will Horton, U.S.A., 1995, Narrative
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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THIS TIME TO BEAR / DAVON MÜSSEN WIR LEBEN
Director: Dorothea Salome Eckert-Schwegler, U.S.A./Germany, 1995, Narrative
XII.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1997
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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NATIVE SON
Director: Regge Life, U.S.A., 1995, Documentary
EVERYONE'S
CHILD
Director: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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CITY FARMERS
Director: Meryl Joseph, U.S.A., 1997, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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PASSE BURE! LA REALISATRICE FANTA R. NACRO -
THE FILMMAKER FANTA R. NACRO
Directors: Dorothee Plaß & Max Annas, Germany, 1996, Documentary
HOMMAGE
A NOIR
Director: Ralf Schmerberg,, Germany, 1996, Documentary
A. PART:
DANCE OF A CHRONOS - ALAN BELLINGER -
A POET IN EXILE
Director: Johnny Angel, Germany, 1997, Documentary
XIII.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1998
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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A PORTRAIT OF MR. PINK
Director: Helena Appio, U.K., 1997, Documentary
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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WIZ
Director: Agnes Poirier, France, 1996, Documentary
A PIG'S
TALE
Directors: Leah Gordon, Anne Parisio, U.K./France, 1997, Documentary
FROM OUT
OF THE BLUE
Director: George Atkins, U.S.A., 1997, Narrative
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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SCARY MOVIES
Director: Tobias Dittmann, U.K./Germany, 1997, Narrative
BLUE EYED
Director: Bertram Verhaag, Germany/U.S.A., 1996, Documentary
Best
film/video documentary production.
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BLACK SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
Director: Moise Shewa, U.K., 1997, Documentary
REZISTANS
Director: Katherine Kean, U.S.A./Haiti, 1997, Documentary
VOODOO KINGDOM
Director: Toshifumi Matsushita, U.S.A./Japan, 1997, Documentary
XIV.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 1999
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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HETEROSEXUALITY
Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair, U.K., Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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INAGINA, L'ULTIME MAISON DU FER /
INAGINA, THE LAST HOUSE OF IRON
Directors: Eric Huysecom, Bernard Agustoni, Switzerland, 1996, Documentary
BELOVED
/ MENSCHENKIND
Director: Jonathan Demme, U.S.A., 1998, Narrative
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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DIE LETZTEN VENEZIANER / THE LAST VENETIANS
Directors: Sorin Dragoi, Alina Teodorescu, Germany/Romania, 1998, Documentary
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline.
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CHOREOGRAPHY BY X-FACTOR
Director: Edison Midgett, U.S.A., 1998, Experimental
Best
film/video documentary production.
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BLIND EYE TO JUSTICE:
HIV & WOMEN INCARCERATED IN CALIFORNIA
Director: Carol Leigh, U.S.A., 1998, Documentary
OF ONE BLOOD:
RETURNING HOME TO AFRICA
Directors: Nana Kwasi Scott Douglas Morrow, Nanahemaa Kosua Brenda Berg-Morrow,
U.S.A./Ghana, 1999, Documentary
XV.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2000
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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DER ANDERE / THE OTHER
Directors: Davis O. Nejo, Said Manafi, Austria, 1999, Narrative
ANOTHER
PLANET
Director: Christene Browne, Canada, 1999, Narrative
DRIVING
MISS CRAZY
Director: Treva Etienne, U.K., 1998, Narrative
A WOMAN
SCORNED
Director: Treva Etienne, U.K., 1999, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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DER ANDERE / THE OTHER
Directors: Davis O. Nejo, Said Manafi, Austria, 1999, Narrative
NASCI MULHER
NEGRA / I WAS BORN A BLACK WOMAN
Directors: Maisa Mendonca, Vicente Franco, Brazil/U.S.A., 1999, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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BERLIN SCHWARZWEISS / BERLIN BLACK AND WHITE
Director: Alida Babel, Germany 1999, Documentary
DIE LEERE
MITTE / THE EMPTY CENTRE
Director: Hito Steyerl, Germany 1998, Documentary
Best
children's film/video.
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LOTTE PRIMABALLERINA
Director: Marc-Andreas Bochert, Germany, 1999, Narrative
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline.
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OGUN'S FIRE - MELVIN EDWARDS, SCULPTOR
Director: Alfred E. Prettyman, U.S.A. 2000, Documentary
WORK IN
PROGRESS
Director: Luis Valdovino, U.S.A., 1990-1999, Experimental
Best
film/video documentary production.
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ACTRESS
Director: Daniel Yost, U.S.A., 1999, Documentary
XVI.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2001
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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CUBAMOR
Director: joshua bee alafia, Cuba,U.S.A., 1999, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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A PART OF ME
Director: Carl Callam, England, 1998, Documentary
THE YARD
PEOPLE: AN INTERGENERATIONAL LOVE STORY
Directors: Dr. Gilda L. Sheppard & Dr. W. Joye Hardiman, U.S.A., 1999,
Documentary
YARI YARI
- BLACK WOMEN WRITERS & FUTURE
Director: Jayne Cortez, U.S.A., 1999, Documentary
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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ATLANTA INSIDE OUT
Directors: Thomas Schunke & Jochen Bechler, Switzerland, 2000, Documentary
Best
children's film/video.
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YELLOW CARD
Director: John Riber, Zimbabwe, 2000, Narrative
Best
film/video documentary production.
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PROXIMITY
Director: Scott Millwood, Australia, 1999, Documentary
XVII.
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2002
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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RALPH BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY
Director: William Greaves, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary
Special Acknowledgement:
BYERACEDirector: Tony Agnew, U.S.A. 2000, Narrative
THE PROCESS
AND MRS RIGHT NOW
Director: Falko - The Bird of Prey, U.S.A. 2001, Narrative
SWEETIECAKES
Director: Geretta/Geretta, Switzerland 2001, Narrative
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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12 MINUTES
Director: Raymond A. Thomas, U.S.A. 2001, Narrative
CINQ SIECLES
DE SOLITUDE / FIVE CENTURIES OF SOLITUDE
Directors: Sidiki Bakaba & Blaise Ndjehoya, France 2000, Documentary
Special Acknowledgement:
ACHOT ZARA/FOREIGN SISTESDirector: Dan Wolman, Israel 2000, Narrative
IKKE BARE
SLA AV OG PA / DO NOT SWITCH IT OFF AND ON
Director: Cliff A. Moustache, Norway 2002, Narrative
TOUS LES
DEUX / BOTH OF THEM
Director: Marc Beurteaux, Canada 2001, Animation
COMPLETE
ABANDON (...FUCK THE POLICE)
Director: Kirk Shannon-Butts, U.S.A. 2000, Narrative
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany. STREET OF
DREAMS EL TROMBÓN
DE BOMBA, WILLIAM CEPEDA´S JAZZ Special
Acknowledgement: MARCUS GARVEY:
LOOK FOR ME IN THE WHIRLWIND Special
Acknowledgement: SHELTER AFTERSHOCKS:
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY
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Special
Acknowledgement:
Director: Darnell S. Summers, U.S.A./Germany 1993, Documentary
Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline. ************************************************
AME NOIRE / BLACK SOUL
Director: Martine Chartrand, Canada 2001, Animation
Director: Louise Ernst, France 2001, Documentary
Director: Kai Soremekun, U.S.A. 1999, Experimental
Best film/video documentary production.
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DENIS A. CHARLES: AN INTERRUPTED CONVERSATION
Director: Véronique N. Doumbé, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary
Director: Stanley Nelson, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary
Director: Laurent Chevallier, France/Guinea 2000, Documentary
Director: Lorna Lowe Streeter, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary
Director: Rakesh Sharma, India 2002, Documentary
XVIII. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2003
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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JEREMIAH STRONG
Director: Kevin J. Shaw, U.S.A. 2002, Narrative
PAUL ROBESON:
HERE I STAND
Director: St. Clair Bourne, U.S.A. 1999, Documentary
VIVIENNE
GIBSON-FFORBES - PORTRAIT OF A FILM EXTRA
Director: Abi Fisher, U.K. 2002, Narrative
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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NO CORACAO DE SHIRLEY / IN SHIRLEY'S HEART
Director: Edyala Yglesias, Brazil 2002, Narrative
SAMBA RIACHAO
Director: Jorge Alfredo, Brazil 2001, Documentary
THE RAGGED
ONES
Director: David Hamilton Griggs, Lesotho 2002, Documentary
THEN I'LL
BE FREE TO TRAVEL HOME
Director: Eric V. Tait Jr., U.S.A. 2001, Documentary
SOLD OUT
Director: John Buche, Austria 2002, Documentary
VERDADE
OU CONSEQUENCIA / TRUTH OR DARE
Director: Aleques Eiterer, Brazil 2002, Narrative
Best film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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DESS OR ALAIF
Director: Otu Tetteh, Germany 2002, Narrative
TROUSER
TEST
Director: Colin Sinclair, U.K. 2002, Narrative
Best film/video documentary production.
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MOZAMBICO DOVE VA IL CINEMA /
MOZAMBIQUE WHERE FILM GOES
Directors: Nello Ferrieri & Raffaele Rago, Italy 2002, Documentary
CUANDO LOS
ESPIRITUS BAILAN MAMBO /
WHEN THE SPIRITS DANCE MAMBO
Directors: Dr. Marta Moreno Vega & Robert Shepard, U.S.A. 2002, Documentary
THE FIRE
WITHIN
Director: Shriprakash, India 2002, Documentary
SWEET OLD
SONG
Director: Leah Mahan, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary
RAINHAS
DO SALGUEIRO - CIDADANIA RELATIVA /
SALGUEIRO QUEENS - RELATIVE CITIZENSHIP
Director: Silvia Santangelo Jura, Brazil/Austria 2002, Documentary
CHRONICLE
OF AN ORDINANCE
Director: Sergio Giral, U.S.A. 2000, Documentary
XIX. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2004
Best film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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THE FIRST WORLD FESTIVAL OF NEGRO ARTS Director: William Greaves, U.S.A. 1968, Documentary
BLUES IS MY MIDDLE NAME Director: Winta Yohannes, U.K. 1999, Narrative Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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STONE MANSION Director: JJ Goldberger, U.S.A., Narrative REBEL IN THE SOUL Director: Marie-Françoise Theodore, U.S.A. 2003, Narrative/Experimental BEWARE OF TIME Director: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, U.S.A./Uganda 2003, Documentary WHEELS OF SOUL Director: Randall Wilson, U.S.A. 2002, Documentary NORFORCE Director: Dorian Swies, Australia 2003, Documentary Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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YOLO Director: Youssef Rabbaoui, Germany 2003, Narrative CALL 911-2003 Director: Darnell Stephen Summers, Germany 2003, Documentary OMULAULE HEISST SCHWARZ / OMULAULE MEANS BLACK Directors: Beatrice Möller, Nicola Hens & Susanne Radelhof, Germany 2003, Documentary Best children's film/video.
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BRINCANDO COM O SOL/PLAYING WITH THE SUN Director: Celeste Vargas, Brazil 2003, Experimental Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline.
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SWAN LAKE...ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW Director: Francesca Harper, U.S.A. 2003, Experimental E PLURIBUS UNUM Director: Maxence Denis, Haiti 2002, Documentary I DREAM A WORLD Producer: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre & Polish Television Director: Tomas Lewinski, Poland/Germany 1988-1990, Documentary TRILOGY #1. FREEDOM Director: Seokhan Ryu, U.S.A. 2003, Experimental Best film/video documentary production.
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GLORY ROAD Director: Randall Wilson, U.S.A. 2002, Documentary SIDEMAN Director: Frédéric Baillif, Switzerland 2003, Documentary BORINBORESI Director: Gertraud Schwarz, Ghana/Austria 2003, Documentary RAGA – COLORING OF MIND/FÄRBUNG DES GEISTES Directors: Kanwal Sethi & Sandra Kulbach, India/Germany 2003, Documentary BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK BERLIN Producer & Director: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, Germany 1994, DocumentaryXX. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2005 Best film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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500 YEARS LATER Director: Owen 'Alik Shahadah, U.S.A./UK 2005, Documentary JEPARDEE! Director: Christopher Marlon, U.S.A. 2004, Narrative Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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CONTINUOUS JOURNEY Director: Ali Kazimi, Canada 2004, Documentary BLACK STUDIES, USA Director: 'Niyi Coker, Jr., U.S.A. 2005, Documentary A KILLING IN CHOCTAW Director: Chike C. Nwoffiah, U.S.A. 2004, Documentary Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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PAPA AFRIKA - ON THE ROAD TO THE ROOTS Director: Otu Tetteh, Ghana/Germany, Documentary JOHANNESBURG MARCH 2004 - Five People - Five Interviews - Five Routes - Five Jobs - Five Days Director: Johannes Buss, South Africa 2004, Documentary/Experimental Best children's film/video.
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RUBBER SOLES Director: Christine Turner, U.S.A. 2005, Narrative Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline.
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CARMEN AND GEOFFREY Directors: Nick Doob & Linda Atkinson, U.S.A. 2005, Documentary THE ART OF VIYÉ DIBA - THE INTELLIGENT HAND Director: Claudine Pommier, Canada/Senegal 2003, Documentary THEMES Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, U.S.A. 2004, Documentary/Experimental Best film/video documentary production.
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LA RAIZ OLVIDADA - THE FORGOTTEN ROOT Director: Rafael Rebollar, Mexico 2002, Documentary AFROARGENTINOS - AFROARGENTINES Directors: Jorge Fortes & Diego Ceballos, Argentina 2002, Documentary SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT UPRIVER IN TIME Director: André Dryansky, The Netherlands 2004, Documentary THE CAGE Director: Damon Russell, U.S.A. 2004, Documentary GOMSHODEH DAR SHARG - LOST IN EAST Director: Farid Mirkhani, Iran 2004, Narrative RALPH BUNCHE: A BLACK SCHOLAR INVESTIGATES COLONIALISM Director: William Greaves, U.S.A. 2003, Documentary STORY OF A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY Director: Khalo Matabane, South Africa/Canada 2004, Documentary STÄRKER ALS DIE ANGST - STRONGER THAN FEAR Director: Ulrike Westermann, Germany 2004, Documentary THE NEW DISCIPLES Director: Colin Sinclair, England 2004, Narrative AU PAIR CHOCOLAT Director: Benson McGrath & Abigail McGrath U.S.A. 2004, NarrativeXXI. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2006 Best film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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PRESCRIPTION FOR TIME Director: Keith McQuirter, U.S.A. 2005, Narrative Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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WHAT MY MOTHER TOLD ME Director: Frances-Anne Solomon, U.K./Trinidad-Tobago 1995, Narrative THE WILL TO SURVIVE:
THE STORY OF THE GULLAH/GEECHEE NATION Director: Jim White, U.S.A. 2006, Documentary Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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LES JOURS À CÔTÉ - DAYS ASIDE Directors: Iliana Estañol & Ella Pugliese, Burkina Faso/Germany 2005, Documentary Best children's film/video.
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PÅ EVENTYR I INDIEN / WHEN WE WERE TIGERS Directors: Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark 2005, Documentary Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline.
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MARATHON Director: Tod Jackson, U.S.A., Experimental Best film/video documentary production.
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BEEN RICH ALL MY LIFE Director: Heather Lyn MacDonald, U.S.A. 2005, Documentary BASTARDS OF THE PARTY Director: Cle Sloan, U.S.A. 2004, Documentary SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS AN ACT OF PROTEST Director: Dennis Leroy Moore, U.S.A. 2002, Narrative SOUL OF JUSTICE: Thelton Henderson´s American Journey Director: Abby Ginzberg, U.S.A. 2005, Documentary THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT Directors: Christian Goertz & Mirella Domenich,
Malawi, Germany, Brazil 2005, Documentary FOOT PRINTS Director: Muhammad Abbaszade, Iran 2006, Experimental LEIMERT PARK:
THE STORY OF A VILLAGE IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES Director: Jeannette Lindsay, U.S.A. 2005, Documentary ANDRE ALEXIS: MEMORY PLACES Director: Frances-Anne Solomon, Canada 2005, Documentary
XXII. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2007
Best film/video by a Black filmmaker.
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THE 23rd PSALM
Director: Christopher C. Odom, Narrative, U.S.A. 2006
WHEN VOICES
RISE
Directors: Rotimi Martins & Errol Williams, Documentary, Bermuda 2002
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People.
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ROOTS TIME
Director: Silvestre Jacobi, Narrative, Jamaica/Argentina 2006
PORTRAITS
OF BLACK CHICAGO
Directors: Robert A. Sengstacke & Charles O’Bannon Jr., Documentary, U.S.A.
2007
WALKING ON
A SEA OF GLASS
Directors: Errol Williams & Rotimi Martins, Documentary, Bermuda 2006
NOISE
Director: Babak Meinaghi, Narrative, Iran 2005
Best film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany.
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LUCKY SPIN
Director: Colin Sinclair, Narrative, Germany 2006
Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline.
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THE COLE NOBODY KNOWS
Director: Clay Walker, Documentary, U.S.A./Switzerland 2006
DANIALOU SAGBOHAN
- L’HOMME ORCHESTRE
Director: Nicolas Moncadas, Documentary, France 2006
Best film/video documentary production.
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STRANGE FRUIT
Director: Joel Katz, Documentary, U.S.A. 2002
QUILOMBO COUNTRY
Director: Leonard Abrams, Documentary, U.S.A. 2006
THE EDGE OF
EACH OTHER’S BATTLES:
THE VISION OF AUDRE LORDE
Director: Dr. Jennifer Abod, Documentary, U.S.A. 2006
THE ULTIMATE
SOURCE -
PIONEERING INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE IN BERLIN
Director: Sadie Wilcox, Documentary, U.S.A. 2007
XXIII. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2008
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
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A WINTER TALE
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon, Narrative, Canada 2007
POP FOUL
Director: Moon Molson, Narrative, USA 2007
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
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HOW DO I LOOK
Director: Wolfgang Busch, Documentary, USA 1995-2006
SHARED HISTORY
Director: Felicia D. Furman, Documentary, USA 2005
Best
children's film/video
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DU DARFST
Director: Peter Henselder, Experimental, Germany 2006
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
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MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION
AFRICA
Directors: Joan Frosch & Alla Kovgan, Documentary, USA 2007
THE POWER OF ART / WOMEN'S
VOICES IN AFRICA
Director: Claudine Pommier, Documentary, Canada 2007
Best
film/video documentary production
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DE WEG NAAR MEKKA /
THE ROAD TO MECCA
Director: Johannes Bucher, Documentary, Belgium 2007
FARA BIRIQUI / FIGHTING
WOMEN
Director: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Documentary, Mali 2007
HONOR FORD SMITH: HONOR-BOUND
Director: Jay Prychidny, Documentary, Canada 2006
REVOLUTION '67
Director: Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, Documentary, USA 2007
XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards 2009
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
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URBANWORLD
Director: Malik Isasis, USA 2006
THE QUINTESSENTIAL BLACK
WOMEN
Director: Charles O'Bannon, Jr., USA 2008
WHAT SHALL I TELL MY CHILDREN
WHO ARE BLACK
The Legacy of Margaret T.G. Burroughs
Director: Nate B. Grant, USA 2008
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
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TOGO
Directors: Nicholas Peart & Pierre Morath, Switzerland 2008
PRINCE OF BROADWAY
Director: Sean Baker, USA 2008
TAPOLOGO
Directors: Gabriela & Sally Gutiérez Dewar, Spain/South Africa 2008
IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
Director: Marc Evans, U.S.A. 2008
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
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ABORTION DEMOCRACY - POLAND/SOUTH
AFRICA
Director: Sarah Diehl, Germany 2008
Best
children's film/video
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CIRCLE UNBROKEN
Director: Sandra Nikolajevs, USA 2008
AFIA
Director: Lacey Duke, USA 2007
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
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BLAS: EL HOMBRE Y SU LEYENDA
/ BLAS: THE MAN AND HIS LEGEND
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernán Humberto Restrepo, Colombia 2008
NOT ENOUGH NIGHT
Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, USA 2007
Best
film/video documentary production
************************************************
GRISSI SIKNIS - LA ENFERMEDAD MAGICA DE LA SELVA /
GRISSI SIKNIS - THE MAGIC SICKNESS OF THE JUNGLE
Director: Enrique Ruiz-Skipey, Spain/Nicaragua 2008
MINDELO - TRAZ D'HORIZONTE
/ MINDELO - BEHIND THE HORIZON
Director: Alexis Tsafas, Cape Verde 2008
INSIDE BUFFALO
Director: Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Italy 2009
NOLLYWOOD AAN DE SCHELDE
/ NOLLYWOOD ABROAD
Director: Saartje Geerts, Belgium 2008
Special
Filmmaker Award
************************************************
YEK ROZE POR DARD / ONE DAY FULL OF PAIN
Director: Sattar Chamani Gol, Iran 2008
MADARAM SAYEH BOLANDI DARAD
/ MY MOM HAS A LONG SHADOW
Director: Kaveh Ghahremany, Iran 2008
BAHA / THE WILD FLOWER
Director: Shriprakash, India 2008
PESAYE ZIBAYEMAN PASHA MISHAVAD
/ MY BEAUTIFUL SON WILL BE KING
Director: Salem Salavati, Iran 2008
SHOBHAYATRA
Director: Vijay Ghatge, India 2005
DERAKHTE MAN / MY TREE
Director: Sara Siadat Nejad, Iran 2008
BAD HAR KOJA BEKHAHAD MIVAZAD
/ WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WANTS
Director: Naryam Esmikhani, Iran 2008
68º & CLEAR
Director: Dawn Westlake, USA 2007
SPECIAL
XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010
ANNIVERSARY FILM AWARDS
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
************************************************
A MAN WITHOUT LIMITS
Director: Ntongela Masilela
Germany 1988-90
BULLETS OVER BROWNSVILLE
Directors: Damon Diddit & Natural Langdon
USA 2009
Best film/video on
matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Director: Véronique N. Doumbé
USA 2009
SLAVE ROUTES: RESISTANCE,
ABOLITION & CREATIVE PROGRESS
Director: Jayne Cortez
USA 2009
I AM A MAN
Director: Calvin Taylor
USA 2008
NESHOBA - THE PRICE OF
FREEDOM
Directors: Micki Dickoff & Tony Pagano
USA 2008
UP FROM THE BOTTOMS: THE
SEARCH FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
Director: James Schaub
USA 2009
ADERA
Director: Nega Tariku
South Africa 2009
FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND
THE WHITE NEGRO
Director: John J. Doherty
Ireland 2008
GREATEST MAN ALIVE
Director: Michael Feurstein
USA 2010
PRO-BLACK SHEEP
Director: Clayton Broomes Jr.
USA 2009
Best film/video by
a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
SIFINJA - DIE EISERNE BRAUT
/ SIFINJA - THE IRON BRIDE
Director: Valerie Hänsch
Germany 2009
Best children's film/video
************************************************
DET GULE HUS:
1. Ella og hendes Papa, 2. Blomsterdronningen, 3. Superhelten Kevin, 4.
Gamle Johanne, 5. Drømmevæsnerne
THE YELLOW HOUSE:
1. Ella and her Papa, 2. The Flower Queen, 3. Kevin the Superhero, 4.
Old Johanne, 5. The Dream Creatures
Directors: Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf
Denmark 2009
ZAMINE FOTBAL / FOOTBALL
FIELD
Director: Jalal Nasiri
Iran 2009
Best film/video in
the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
CHINESE GHOST STORY
Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino
USA 2008
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
Director: Daniel Nearing
USA 2009
SMOKE BREAK
Director: Ron Gilbert
USA 2009
Best film/video documentary
production
************************************************
RETOUR AU PAYS DES ÂMES
/ RETURN TO THE LAND OF SOULS
Director: Jordi Esteva
Spain/Ivory Coast 2009
TELEVISING A REVOLUTION
OF SPOKEN WORD FROM DETROIT
Director: Dina M. Bey
USA 2009
MIN WA TABLO 2 / MINE &
TABLOU 2
Director: Hossein Jehani
Iraq/Australia 2009
L'EMPIRE DES ENFANTS, UNE
FEMME DE DAKAR EN COLÈRE /
THE CHILDREN'S EMPIRE, AN ANGRY DAKAR WOMAN
Directors: Gérard Moreau & Michèle Barrault
France/Senegal 2009
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE
Director: Melissa A. Gomez
Antigua/UK 2008
TRACES OF THE TRADE: A
STORY FROM THE DEEP NORTH
Director: Katrina Browne
USA 2008
CHIAROSCURO (LA TRAGEDIA
DE UN GRAN MÚSICO) /
CHIAROSCURO (THE TRAGEDY OF A GREAT MUSICIAN)
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernan Humberto Restrepo
Colombia 2009
THE ANDINA - FEARLESS BEYOND
DEATH
Director: Gudrun Frank-Wissmann
Germany 2009
NAFT, SARATANE SHAHRE MAN
/ OIL, THE CANCER OF MY CITY
Director: Taha Karimi
Iraq 2009
DANCE GOT ME
Director: Ingrid Sinclair
Zimbabwe 2006
Special
Acknowledgment
************************************************
THE MATTRESS HUSTLE
Director: Susan Watson Turner
USA 2009
CROSSING BRIDGES
Director: Mark Norfolk
UK 2006
MAPI LIBERIA
Directors: Loraine Blumenthal & Michael Schmitt
Germany/Ghana 2009
STREET MUSIC
Director: Albert W. Myers III
USA 2009
WEEKENDS IN BROOKLYN
Director: David Canady
USA 2006
PRAY FOR ERIC
Director: Ken Wyatt
USA 2010
KANNI
Director: Monireh Karimiaghdam
Iran 2009
VERVE
Directors: Suyen Mosley & Marsha Terry
USA 2009
LAHZEHAYE NATAMAM... /
THE ENDLESS MOMENTS...
Director: Siamak Nejad Nouri Far
Iran 2009
Actor's Award
************************************************
Mike Wiley in EMPTY SPACE
Director: Rob Underhill
USA 2009
XXVI.
Black International Cinema Berlin 2011
FILM AWARDS
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
************************************************
ALL ACCESS
Directors: Bashir Salahuddin & Diallo Riddle
USA 2010
ART + Soul
Director: Warwick Thornton
Australia 2010
TAKE TOO LONG
Director: Kwesi Davis
USA 2010
Best film/video on
matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
AU NOM DU PÈRE, DE TOUS, DU CIEL /
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, OF US ALL, OF HEAVEN
Director: Marie-Violaine Brincard
France 2010
FROM THE QUARTERS TO LINCOLN HEIGHTS
Director: Mark Oliver
USA 2010
STUBBORN AS A MULE!
Directors: Miller Bargeron Jr. & Arcelious J. Daniels
USA 2010
WOLF CALL
Director: Rob Underhill
USA 2010
Best film/video by
a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
PASSION - ENDSTATION KINSHASA / PASSION
- LAST STOP KINSHASA
Directors: Jörg Jeshel & Brigitte Kramer
Germany 2010
Best children's film/video
************************************************
ABIDJAN
Director: Alexander Etseyatse
USA 2010
BUENA SUERTE / GOOD LUCK
Director: Max Jubin
Denmark/Spain 2010
Best film/video in
the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
EMOVERE
Director: Albert Planell
Spain 2010
Best film/video documentary
production
************************************************
AZADY BARAY IRAN / FREEDOM FOR IRAN
Director: Hossein Jehani
Iraq/Australia 2010
CHANGEMENT - L'histoire à travers les yeux
des Guinéens /
THE CHANGE - History through Guinean's eyes
Director: Chiara Cavallazzi
Italy 2010
COLORED FRAMES
Director: Lerone D. Wilson
USA 2008
KAMENGE NORTHERN QUARTERS
Directors: Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz
Burundi/Italy/Spain 2010
REASON TO HOPE
Director: Regge Life
USA 2011
XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2012
FILM AWARDS
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
************************************************
COLORED CONFEDERATES: MYTH
OR MATTER OF FACT?
Director: Ken Wyatt
USA 2011
HAM & THE PIPER
Director: Mark Norfolk
UK 2011
JAMES BROWN: THE MAN, THE
MUSIC & THE MESSAGE
Director: Thomas A. Hart Jr.
USA 2007
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
DIMANCHE À BRAZZAVILLE / SUNDAY
IN BRAZZAVILLE
Directors: Enric Bach & Adriá Monés
Spain/Congo 2011
KOCHEI POSHTE KHANE MA / AN
ALLEY BEHIND OUR HOUSE
Director: Shilan Saadi
Iran 2011
RAFTAN... / GOING...
Director: Salem Salavati
Iran 2010
SADAYE BARAN / THE SOUND OF
RAIN
Director: Jalal Saedpanah
Iran 2011
SWIMMIN' LESSON
Directors: Shahari Moore & Christine List
USA 2011
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Director: Angel Kristi Williams
USA 2011
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
MARIA PREAN - DAS LEBEN WIRD
IMMER SCHÖNER /
MARIA PREAN - LIFE GETS BETTER AND BETTER
Director: Janina Hüttenrauch
Uganda/Germany 2011
Best
children's film/video
************************************************
ANAR MIVEH BEHESHT AST / POMEGRANATE
IS THE FRUIT OF PARADISE
Director: Taimor Ghaderi
Iran 2011
KHANEVADEH SALEM / A GOOD
FAMILY
Director: Amir Hossein Torabi
Iran 2011
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
AFRICA: THE BEAT
Director: Samaki Wanne
Spain 2011
DANSE LA DANSE, NACHO DUATO
Director: Alain Deymier
Spain/France 2012
DREAM SEARCHER
Director: Li-Li Hsu
Taiwan (R.O.C.) 2012
FOLLOWING KETTLY
Director: Alicia van Assche
Spain 2011
GURDJIEFF'S MOVEMENTS
Director: Amir Kaufmann
Germany 2010
Best
film/video documentary production
************************************************
A SEPARATE PLACE (THE SCHOOLS
P.S. DUPONT BUILT)
Director: Alonzo Crawford
USA 2005
DAR HE: THE LYNCHING OF EMMETT
TILL
Director: Rob Underhill
USA 2012
UN MILAGRO BASTANTE PROBABLE
/ QUITE A POSSIBLE MIRACLE
Directors: Hugo Serra & Daniel San Román
Spain 2011
XXVIII.
Black International Cinema Berlin 2013
FILM AWARDS
Special
Award for Distinguished and Extraordinary Contributions
in the fields of Cinema and Human Rights
************************************************
THE
FIRST WORLD FESTIVAL OF NEGRO ARTS
Director: William Greaves
USA 1967
MALCOLM
X: NATIONALIST OR HUMANIST?
Producer/Director: Madeline Anderson
Executive Producer: William Greaves
IDA
B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE
Director: William Greaves
USA 1989
RALPH
BUNCHE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY
Director: William Greaves
USA 2001
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
************************************************
THE
RETURN OF THE REPRESSED
Director: Aïssa Rabbaoui
Germany 2013
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
CRITERIOH
Director: Alberto Blanco
Spain 2011
MELVIN
& JEAN: AN AMERICAN STORY
Director: Maia Wechsler
USA/France 2012
MILAGROS:
MADE IN MEXICO
Directors: Martina Guzmán & Monique Velásquez
USA/Mexico
TOMLINSON
HILL
Director: Lisa Kaselak
USA 2012
4-1-9
Director: Alexander Etseyatse
USA 2012
10
ÇIRKE / 10 SECONDS
Director: Aco Aziz Karim
Iraq 2012
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
BERLIN
ANGELS
Director: Jens Roth
Germany 2012
Best
children's film/video
************************************************
GHATRE
GHATRE / GUTTY
Director: Seyed Sajad Moosavi
Iran
KAKOOTI
Director: Mohammad Hasanzadeh Ghomi
Iran 2012
SHIRIN
GHANARI BOD / SHIRIN WAS A CANARY
Director: Davod Tohidparast
Iran 2012
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
GUILLERMO
OYÁGÜEZ MONTERO
Director: Antonio Gómez-Olea
Spain 2012
PINKFONIK
Director: Sergio R. Zaurin
Venezuela 2012
SAYEHA
DAR AKHARIN KHATEREH ROD /
THE OBSCURITY IN LAST REMINISCENCE OF THE RIVER
Director: Reza Mohammadi
Iran 2012
TXIKI
Director: Sergio San Martín
Spain 2012
VIVIR
EN LA MÚSICA / LIVE IN MUSIC
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernán Humberto Restrepo
Colombia 2013
Best
film/video documentary production
************************************************
HEZARSI
/ 1030
Director: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Iran 2012
LA
MANO AZUL / THE BLUE HAND
Director: Floreal Peleato
Spain 2009
MÉXICO
FLAMENCO
Directors: Josep Badell & Carlos Sánchez-Llibre
Spain 2011
NEGAHI
BE ASEMAN / A LOOK TOWARDS THE SKY
Director: Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Iran 2012
STEPPING:
BEYOND THE LINE
Director: Dee Garceau
USA 2011
Best
Film Experimental Narrative
************************************************
DIE
RÜCKKEHR VON "RÜBEZAHL" IN DEN BERLINER STADTWALD /
THE RETURNING OF "RÜBEZAHL" INTO THE BERLIN FOREST
Director: Wolfgang Johannes Lechner
Germany 2012
HAZOR
Director: Miro Mastropasqua
Germany/Italy/Spain 2013
TA
NABZE KHISE SOBH / UNTIL THE WET PULSE OF MORNING
Directors: Farid Mirkhani, Siavash Gholami & Shiva Gholami
Iran 2012
Special
Filmmaker Award
************************************************
JUBA YOUTH
South Sudan 2013
ANGELO
Director: Joice John Thomas
DECIDE
/ ENTSCHEIDUNG
Director: Alex Taban
DOWRY
OF LIFE / MITGIFT
Director: Simon Bingo
WANI
AND HIS VISION / WANI UND SEIN TRAUM
Director: Ochan Hannington
CLASH
OF CULTURES / KAMPF DER KULTUREN
Director: Mary Kadi Manoah
XXIX.
Black International Cinema Berlin 2014
FILM AWARDS
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
************************************************
BLACK AND CUBA
Director: Robin J. Hayes
USA/Cuba 2013
O ESPINHO DA ROSA / THE THORN
OF THE ROSE
Director: Filipe Henriques
Guinea Bissau 2013
Best
film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
DERAKHTE BADAM / ALMOND
Director: Mokhtar Masoumyan
Iran 2013
EXPULSES / DEPORTED
Directors: Rachèle Magloire & Chantal Regnault
France 2013
NGUTU
Directors: Felipe del Olmo & Daniel Valledor
Spain 2012
PAYANE FASLE 3 / END OF
SEASON 3
Director: Soran Fahim
Iran 2013
REFLECTIONS UNHEARD: BLACK
WOMEN IN CIVIL RIGHTS
Director: Nevline Nnaji
USA 2013
THE SILENT CHAOS
Director: Antonio Spanò
Democratic Republic of Congo/Italy 2012
Best
film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
JOAQUÍN LA HABANA - LivingBetweenWorlds
/ JOAQUÍN LA HABANA - LebenZwischenWelten
Director: Bernhard P. Beutler
Germany 2013
STATUS OF LIFE
Director: Patricia Lewandowska
Germany 2012
Best
film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
A FILM ABOUT KIDS AND MUSIC.
SANT ANDREU JAZZ BAND
Director: Ramon Tort
Spain 2012
L'OPÉRA DU BOUT DU MONDE
/ AN OPERA FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN
Directors: Marie-Clémence Paes & Cesar Paes
Madagascar 2012
MAHALEO
Directors: Cesar Paes & Raymond Rajaonarivelo
Madagascar 2005
TONGUE TWISTER VARIATIONS
Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino
USA 2013
VA INAK ENSAN / AND NOW
THE MAN
Director: Iraj Mohammadi Razini
Iran 2013
Best
film/video documentary production
************************************************
ÁGAPE - HISTORIA DE UN SUEÑO
/ STORY OF A DREAM
Director: Carlos Quiles
Spain/Thailand 2012
HOMEGOINGS
Director: Christine Turner
USA 2013
THE HEALING NOTES
Director: Amparo Mendo
Spain 2014
THE VISIT
Director: Fany de la Chica
Spain/UK 2013
Best
film/video Expressionist Narrative
************************************************
SOBHE ROZE BAAD / THE NEXT
MORNING
Director: Ali Hashemi
Iran 2013
ZEMESTANE AKHAR / THE LAST
WINTER
Director: Salem Salavati
Iran 2013
XXX.
Black International Cinema Berlin 2015
FILM AWARDS
Best
film/video by a Black filmmaker
************************************************
SAYING IT LOUD - Radio
Giving Voice To Black America
Director: Bob Law
USA 2010
Best film/video on
matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
WHEN AFRICAN AMERICANS
CAME TO PARIS
PART I & II (THE STARS)
Director: Joanne Burke
USA 2012/2014
LA VERDAD BAJO LA TIERRA.
GUATEMALA, EL GENOCIDIO SILENCIADO /
THE TRUTH BENEATH THE GROUND. GUATEMALA, THE SILENCED GENOCIDE
Directors: Eva Vilamala & Miquel Dewever-Plana
Guatemala/Spain 2014
LA GUERRA CONTRA LAS MUJERES
/ WAR AGAINST WOMEN
Director: Hernán Zin
Spain/USA 2014
BRAGG N EAST
Director: Rob Underhill
USA 2014
Best film/video by
a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
MEIO
Directors: Clarissa Beckert & Pedro Henrique Risse
Brazil 2013
OUR SUDAN
Director: Rhea Schmitt
Sudan 2013
Best children's film/video
************************************************
OS MENINOS DO RIO / CHILDREN
OF THE RIVER
Director: Javier Macipe
Spain/Portugal 2014
Best film/video in
the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
EL PODER DE LA MÚSICA.
MÁS ALLÁ DE MOZART /
THE POWER OF MUSIC. BEYOND MOZART
Director: Joan Montón
Spain 2014
HOGTOWN
Director: Daniel Nearing
USA 2014
RECORD
Director: Hawraz Mohammed
Kurdish Regional Government, Iraq 2014
HOME AND KEY
Director: Shwan Attoof Baba
Iraq 2013
Best film/video documentary
production
************************************************
THE VOW
Director: Cameron Zohoori
USA 2014
MOVE
Director: Ben Garry
USA 2005
CULTURE CLASH
Director: Jean-René Rinvil
USA 2014
Best film/video Expressionist
Narrative
************************************************
RASH U SEPI / BLACK & WHITE
Director: Jalal Saedpanah
Iran 2014
GOZARESHI DARBAREH MINA
/ A REPORT ABOUT MINA
Director: Kaveh Mazaheri
Iran 2014
XXXI. Black International Cinema Berlin 2016
FILM AWARDS
Best film/video by a
Black filmmaker
************************************************
THE MISSING GOD
Director: Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu
Nigeria 2015
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
DO OUTRO LADO DO ATLÂNTICO
/ THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC
Directors: Daniele Ellery & Márcio Câmara
Brazil 2015
NO CHILD
Director: Rob Underhill
USA 2015
YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT
Director: Evan Kidd
USA 2015
ZENAIDA
Directors: Alexis Tsafas & Yannis Fotou
Cape Verde 2015
Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
ANTON RATH 1915-1917
CAPTIVITY IN SIBERIA
Director: Christa Biedermann
Austria/Germany 2014
Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
MASTERS OF RHYTHM WITH
ADDENDUM
Director:
Dr. Eve A. Ma
USA
2015
REFUGEES WELCOME
Director: LIUBA
Germany/Italy 2013-2015
THE VOICE OF THE KORA
Director: Claudine Pommier
Canada 2016
Best film/video documentary production
************************************************
BLACK BALLERINA
Director: Frances McElroy
USA 2016
HEALING THE WOUNDS / DAMIT
DIE WUNDEN HEILEN
Director: Salamatu Kuyateh
Sierra Leone 2015
HEALTH WORKERS / UNTER
EINSATZ IHRES LEBENS
Directors: Sia Nyandemoh & Franklin T.O. M'Cormack
Sierra Leone 2015
NONE BE DARDESAY / EASY
MONEY
Director:
Yalda Ghashghai
Iran
2014
Special Acknowledgement
************************************************
BESHIN AZIZAM / TAKE A
SEAT DARLING
Director: Ali Nazari
Iran 2015
JATTU
Director: Henrietta Mbawah
Sierra Leone 2015
RAY OF LIGHT /
HOFFNUNGSSCHIMMER
Director: Arthur Pratt
Sierra Leone 2015
XXXII. Black International Cinema
Berlin 2017
FILM AWARDS
Best film/video by a
Black filmmaker
************************************************
MOUNT MISERY
Director:
Christene A. Browne
Canada 2016
ORI INU: IN SEARCH OF SELF
Director: Chelsea Odufu
USA 2016
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
************************************************
CHAIRMAN JONES: AN
IMPROBABLE LEADER
Director: Anna R. Jones
USA 2015
SHASHAMANE
Director: Giulia Amati
Ethiopia/Italy 2016
THE GATHERING
Director: Micki Dickoff
USA 2016
THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA
BOWEN
Director: Jennifer Abod
USA 2016
Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
************************************************
CIRCUS DEBERE BERHAN
Director: Lukas Berger
Portugal/Germany 2015
Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
************************************************
SONGS FOR MADAGASCAR
Director: Cesar Paes
France/Madagascar/Belgium 2016
Best film/video narrative production
************************************************
SUNDAY FUN DAY
Directors: Maxine
Eloi & Rob Underhill
USA 2017
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
Directors:
Sohail Qamar & Matthias Tschiedel
Pakistan/Germany 2016
Best film/video documentary production
************************************************
AGENTS OF CHANGE
Directors: Frank Dawson & Abby Ginzberg
USA 2016
THE KUSINI
CONCEPT: THE PRIDE & SABOTAGE
Director: S. Torriano Berry
USA 2015
THE SARA SPENCER WASHINGTON STORY
Director: Royston Scott
USA 2016
Special Acknowledgement
************************************************
On The Rise – 8 Short
Films from Sierra Leone regarding Gender Equality
CONVICTED! WHAT NEXT? / WAS RECHT NICHT RICHTEN KANN
Director:
Mohamed Alarini Bah
Sierra Leone 2016
DIANA’S DIARY / DIANAS
TAGEBUCH
Director: Mohamed Janneh
Sierra Leone 2016
MY LIFE, MY
CHOICE / MEIN LEBEN GEHÖRT MIR!
Directors: Patience George & Ibrahim Bah
Sierra Leone 2016
OUR LAND, OUR RIGHTS / MUTTERLAND
Director:
Santigie Sesay
Sierra Leone 2016
OUR MISTAKES / GEGEN DIE
ABMACHUNG
Director: Cecilia M. Karimu
Sierra Leone 2016
PLAN
WELL / EINE FAMILIE NACH PLAN
Director: Franklin T. O. M’Cormack
Sierra Leone 2016
SECRET PAIN / VERSCHWIEGENE WUNDEN
Director:
Salamatu Kuyateh
Sierra Leone 2016
WHO TO CHOOSE / EINE
SCHULUNIFORM FÜR ABIE
Director: Abass Foday Fofanah
Sierra Leone 2016
XXXIII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2018
FILM AWARDS
Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
******************************************************
DANSA
Director: Mohamed Janneh
Sierra Leone 2017
PICTURING MY LIFE /
ZOOM
Director: Kwabena Eddie Mankata
Sierra Leone 2017
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black
Experience/Marginalized People
******************************************************
MAYILLAH'S STONY PATH / AUF HARTEM PFLASTER
Directors: Santigie Sesay &
Alexander Baffour Nsiah
Sierra Leone 2017
VIBRANCY OF SILENCE – A
DISCUSSION WITH MY SISTERS
Director: Marthe Djilo Kamga
Belgium/USA
2017
Best film/video in the Fine Arts
Discipline
******************************************************
THE ARTIST IN SOCIETY: TALKING WITH HERSHELL WEST
Director: Dr. Eve
A. Ma
USA 2017
Best film/video
narrative production
******************************************************
YEMI'S
DILEMMA
Director: Sade Oyinade
USA 2017
Best film/video documentary production
******************************************************
'63
BOYCOTT
Director: Gordon Quinn
USA 2017
BLACK BORDER WARRIORS:
THE SEMINOLE NEGRO INDIAN SCOUTS
Director: Joseph P. Hill
USA 2018
CHEZ LES FILS DU CAMÉLÉON / THE SONS OF THE CHAMELEON
Director:
Dijana Sulić
Senegal 2013/Germany 2018
HIRA GASY – FAHRENDE
MUSIKANTEN MADAGASKARS /
HIRA GASY – TRAVELLING MUSICIANS FROM MADAGASCAR
Director: Bernd Leideritz
Madagascar/Germany 2017
XXXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2019
FILM AWARDS
Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
******************************************************
CARRYING DREAMS
Director: Kwabena Eddie Mankata
Ghana 2018
XOÉSE
Director: Gloria Eva Adotevi
Ghana 2018
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black
Experience/Marginalized People
******************************************************
ROOTS & BRANCHES – LETITIA MOORE
Director: Dr.
Eve A. Ma
USA
SNOWBALL
Director: Paul Rivet
USA 2018
THE WIND ON YOUR SKIN
Directors: Naomi Beukes, Jana von Hase, Birgit
Stauber
Namibia 2018
THIS ABILITY
Director: Mohamed Janneh
Ghana 2018
Best film/video by a
German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
******************************************************
WORN STORIES OF RWANDA
Director: Daniel
Theo Giesen
Rwanda/Germany 2018
Best film/video in the Fine Arts
Discipline
******************************************************
LUDO_2
Director: Lioba von den Driesch
Germany 2016
YOU'RE OUT
Director: LIUBA
Germany/Italy
2014-2016
Best film/video
documentary production
******************************************************
TOOLS FOR SOLIDARITY
Director: Béla Mayer
Hungary 2018
Best film/video narrative production
******************************************************
GOLNESA
Director: Sattar Chamani Gol
Iran
2018
XXXV. Black International Cinema
Berlin 2020
FILM AWARDS
Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
******************************************************
FAREWELL REGENT
Director: Christene Browne
Canada 2019
LIFE ON THE ROAD
Director: Shakiru Akinyemi
Ghana
2019
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black
Experience/Marginalized People
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GIFTS FROM BABYLON
Directors: Bas Ackermann &
Babucar Manka
Gambia/The Netherlands 2018
Best film/video by a
German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
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DER ENGEL DER GESCHICHTE / THE ANGEL OF
HISTORY
Director: Eric Esser
Germany 2019
Best children's film/video
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CIRCUS MOVEMENTS
Director: Lukas Berger,
Co-Director: Mário Gajo de Carvalho & Circus Artistic Director: Teklu
Ashagir
Portugal/Germany/Austria/Ethiopia 2019
Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
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QUEEN
Directors: Yagama and Ilina Perianova
Bulgaria 2019
Best film/video documentary production
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SANKARA N'EST PAS MORT / SANKARA IS NOT DEAD
Director: Lucie Viver
France 2019
Best film/video narrative production
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AVÓ DEZANOVE E O SEGREDO DO SOVIÉTICO /
GRANMA NINETEEN AND THE SOVIET'S
SECRET
Director: João Ribeiro
Portugal/Brazil/Mozambique 2019
MOTTOS
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn
sure won´t if I don´t..." - Oscar Brown Jr.
"Mankind will either find a
way or make one." - C.P. Snow
"Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph
Louis Turner
"Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr.
"Yes, We can...!" -
Barack Hussein Obama
"Yes, we can and Yes, we better...!" - Barack
Hussein Obama and Donald Muldrow Griffith