Awards Categories



Innovation in Youth HIV/AIDS Education
This award celebrates an imaginative film/video project that serves as a tool for effective Youth education regarding HIV/AIDS and Youth Sexuality.

Selection
Duara (Dir. By Richard Ndunguru, Tanzania)
Available in Swahili with English subtitles



Innovation in Youth Communication


This award celebrates a film/video project that serves as a tool for facilitating effective communication with young people on attitudes and practices regarding Youth Sexuality and HIV/AIDS.

Selection
Yellow Card (Pidgin English Version) Directed by John and Louise Riber, Zimbabwe. Pidgin by Tunde Kelani

Also available in French, English, Swahili, Luganda, Runyakole, Bemba, Shona, Nyanja, Ndebele, Portuguese.
   
Honorable Mention
More Time (directed, John and Louise Riber, Zimbabwe)



Innovation in Adult HIV/AIDS Education


This award celebrates an imaginative film/video project that serves as a tool for effective education and communication regarding HIV/AIDS.

Selection
Aluta Continua (Directed by Jack Lewis, South Africa)

Also available in Xhosa with English subtitles



Outstanding Investigation and Documentation


This award celebrates a film/video project for outstanding skill, accuracy and methodology in video journalism, documentation and/or scientific investigation of issues around HIV/AIDS.

Full Length Selection
Shouting Silent (Written and Directed by Renee Rosen and Xoliswa Sithole, South Africa)
   
Short Selection
Imiti Ikula (Dir. By Sampa Kangwa & Simon Wilkie, Zambia )
Available in Bemba and Nyanja with English subtitles.
   
Honorable Mention
Night Stop (Dir. By Licinio Acevedo, Mozambique)

Available in Ndebele, Shona, Nhungwe, English, Portuguese with English subtitles.



The Cultural Lens Award


This award celebrates an outstanding film/video project that produces a significant message about HIV/AIDS with respect to the medical, spiritual, social, political and/or economic frames of its particular community.

Full Length Selection
Yesterday (Written and Dir. By Darrell Roodt, South Africa)
   
Short Selection
Ndodii: What Shall I Do? (Farai Matambidzanwa, Zimbabwe)

Also available in Shona with English subtitles
   
Short Selection
A Miner’s Tale (Dir. Nic Hofmeyr & Gabriel Mondlane, Mozambique/South Africa)

Also available in Chope, Shangaan, Tswana with English subtitles



Groundwork in HIV/AIDS Cinema

This award celebrates the historical significance of a film/video project that has been instrumental in laying a foundation for the use of this medium as a means of raising awareness around issues regarding HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Full Length Selection
Everyone’s Child (Directed by Tsi Tsi Dangaremgba, Zimbabwe)

Available in English, French, Swahili, Shona, and Ndebele or with Danish subtitles
   
Honorable Mention
It’s Not Easy (Directed by Faustin Misanvu, Uganda)

Available in English, Luganda, Swahili, siSwati, Zulu or Runyakole



The Mobilization and Critical Resistance Award


This award celebrates a film/video project that serves as a mold-breaking model for mobilization, critical resistance, and increasing awareness regarding issues around HIV/AIDS.

Feature Film Selection
My Brother Nikhil (Written and Directed by Onir, India) in Hindi and English
   
Documentary Selection
A Red Ribbon Around My House (Directed by Portia Rankoane, South Africa)

In Sotho, Zulu, English, Afrikaans with subtitles.
   
Honorable Mention
Femmes Aux Yeux Ouverts (Directed by Anne Laure Folly, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal)

Also available in Chope, Shangaan, Tswana with English subtitles
   
Honorable Mention
State of Denial (Directed by Elaine Epstein, South Africa)

Also in Sotho and Zulu with English subtitles



Outstanding Mini Film


This award celebrates an outstanding film/video project with a significant social message regarding HIV/AIDS presented in a format of 20 minutes or less.

Selection
The Ball (Directed by Orlando Mesquita, Mozambique)
   
Honorable Mention
iThemba (Dir. Keefe Murren, Nelson Walker III & Lyne True, South Africa)



Eye on Popular Culture in HIV/AIDS Cinema


This award celebrates a film/video project that uses this medium as commentary on contemporary socio-political issues with a significant message regarding HIV/AIDS.



Selection
Claws of the Lion (Directed by Francis Onwochei)



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