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Winners of AFRIFF 2010
Best Feature Film: Soul Boy by Hawa Essuman (Kenya/Germany)
Best Feature Film: Soul Boy by Hawa Essuman (Kenya/Germany) Nairobi, Kenya. 14 year-old Abila lives with his grand parents in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa. One morning, the teenager discovers his father ill and delirious. Someone has stolen his soul, mumbles the father as he sits huddled in a corner. Abila is shocked and confuse... Read more
Best Documentary: Stolen by Daniel FallShaw (Australia)
Best Documentary: Stolen by Daniel FallShaw (Australia) STOLEN The story follows a Saharawi refugee separated from her mother, since she was a toddler, and reunited through a UN family reunion program. The reunion reveals a secret and the film quickly spirals into another world. It becomes difficult to identify who the good guys are, as the ‘goo... Read more
Best Short Film: Pumzi by Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
Best Short Film: Pumzi by Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya) PUMZI The outside is dead. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which water scarcity has extinguished life above ground, the short follows one scientist’s quest to investigate the possibility of germinating seeds beyond the confines of her repressive subterranean Nairobi culture. Director: Wanuri Ka... Read more
Best People's Choice Award: Working Girl
Best People's Choice Award: Working Girl by Nigel Trellis (Antigua+Barbuda)Lotus White is an impoverished but intelligent 16 year-old student preparing for important final exams. Her life becomes a nightmare when she finds out that her mother, Moira White, who works as a prostitute to support the family, has been diagnosed with ... Read more
Best Animation : URS by Montz Mayerhofer (Germany)
Best Animation: URS by Montz Mayerhofer (Germany) URS For many years Urs looked after his ailing mother. Now he sets out on a very dangerous journey. He carries her up a mountain to look for a better place for them but his mother doesn’t want to leave her home. Director: Montz Mayerhofer Germany 2009 • 10mins... Read more
Welcome
The Afriff International film festival is a celebration of film making and a platform for the recognition of new and established talents from all over the world. It is the new annual appointment of the world film community celebrated on African soil.NOVEMBER 30TH - DECEMBER 4TH 2011AFRIFF hosts local and international filmmakers ,celebrities,actors,producers,distributors,visual artists,film students,amateurs and the press. ...Read more
The Afriff International film festival is a celebration of film making and a platform for the recognition of new and established talents from all over the world. It is the new annual appointment of the world film community celebrated on African soil.NOVEMBER 30TH - DECEMBER 4TH 2011AFRIFF hosts local and international filmmakers ,celebrities,actors,producers,distributors,visual artists,film students,amateurs and the press. ...Read more
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