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At Eternity’s Gate[/caption]
From November 30 to December 8, 2018, festival-goers and cinema-lovers alike will discover no fewer than 80 films coming from 29 different countries at the 17th Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM). The Festival with open with
At Eternity’s Gate directed by Julian Schnabel, the remarkable biopic that depicts the most celebrated period of the life and works of Vincent Van Gogh will open the Festival.
The line-up is divided into several sections, the main ones including the Official Competition; Gala Screenings; Special Screenings; The 11th Continent; Moroccan Panorama; Jamaa El-Fna Square Screenings; Audio-described Cinema; and a Tribute section. International Film Festival.
Fourteen (14) films, six directed by women, are in the running to win the Marrakech Etoile d’Or (or, the Gold Star), in the Official Competition. Tributes will be made to four great names in cinema, namely: Robert De Niro, Jillali Ferhati, Agnès Varda, and Robin Wright.
2018 Marrakech International Film Festival Official Selections
COMPETITION
THE GOOD GIRLS (Las niñas bien) / Mexico
By Alejandra Márquez Abella
Cast: Ilse Salas, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Paulina Gaitán, Johanna Murillo, Flavio Medina
JOY / Austria
By Sudabeh Mortezai
Cast: Joy Anwulika Alphonsus, Precious Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme Pius, Gift Igweh, Sandra John, Chika Kipo, Ella Osagie, Christian Ludwig, Mary Kreutzer
DIANE / USA
By Kent Jones
Cast: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Andrea Martin, Estelle Parsons, Deirdre O’Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Phyllis Gallagher, Glynnis O’Connor et Paul McIsaac
THE LOAD (Teret) / Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
By Ognjen Glavonić
Cast: Leon Lučev, Pavle Čemerikić
THE CHAMBERMAID (La camarista) / Mexico
By Lila Avilés
Cast: Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez
RED SNOW (Akai yuki) / Japan
By Sayaka Kai
Cast: Masotoshi Nagase, Nahana, Arata Lura, Yui Nastukawa, Koichi Sato
LOOK AT ME (Fi ‘ainaya / Regarde-moi) / Tunisia
By Nejib Belkhadhi
Cast: Nidhal Saadi, Idryss Kharroubi, Sawssen Maalej, Aziz Jebali, Mouna Nourredine
IRINA / Bulgaria
By Nadejda Koseva
Cast: Martina Apostolova, Hristo Ushev, Irini Jambonas, Kasiel Noah Asher, Krassimir Dokov, Alexander Kossev
VANISHING DAYS (Màn yóu) / China
By Zhu Xin
Cast: Jlang Li, Huang Jing as, Qiu Xiaqiu, Chen Yan, Li Xiaoxing, Lu Jiahe
URGENT (Tafaha al-kail / Une urgence ordinaire) / Morocco, Switzerland
By Mohcine Besri
Cast: Rachid Mustapha, Fatima Zahra Benacer, Youssef Alaoui, Saïd Bey, Ghalia Ben Zaouia, Ayoub Layoussifi, Younes Bouab.
ROJO / Argentina, Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Germany
By Benjamín Naishtat
Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi
AKASHA / Sudan, South Africa, Germany, Qatar
By hajooj kuka
Cast: Ekram Marcus, Kamal Ramadan, Ganja Mohamed Chakado, Abdallah Alnur Najla Kamal
THE GIRAFFE (La ahdun hunak) / Egypt
By Ahmed Magdy
Cast: Amr Hosny, Shaza Moharam, Haidy Koussa, Salma Hassan, Rasha Magdy
ALL GOOD (Alles ist gut) / Germany
By Eva Trobisch
Cast: Aenne Schwarz, Andreas Döhler, Hans Löw, Tilo Nest, Lisa Hagmeister, Lina Wendel
Gala Screenings
AT ETERNITY’S GATE / USA, France
By Julian Schnabel
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner
EUFORIA / Italy
By Valeria Golino
Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ferrari, Valentina Cervi, Jasmine Trinca
ROMA / Mexico, USA
By Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira
GREEN BOOK / USA
By Peter Farrelly
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
YOMEDDINE / Egypt, USA, Austria
By A.B.Shawky
Cast: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Shahira Fahmy
CAPERNAUM (Capharnaüm) / Lebanon, USA
By Nadine Labaki
Cast: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Youssef,
Nadine Labaki.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
THE ACCUSED (Acusada) / Argentina
By Gonzalo Tobal
Cast: Lali Espósito, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Inés Estévez, Daniel Fanego, Ferardo Romano, Gael García Bernal
WILDLIFE /USA
By Paul Dano
Cast: Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal
EXT. NIGHT (Leil kharigi) / Egypt
By AhmadAbdalla
Cast: Karim Kassem, Mona Hala, Sherief El Desouky, Ahmad Magdy, Aly Kassem
HER SMELL / USA
By Alex Ross Perry
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Amber Heard, Agyness Deyn
THE TOWER / Norway
By Mats Grorud
Film d’animation
LIONHEART / Nigeria
By Genevieve Nnaji
Cast: Genevieve Nnaji, Nkem Owoh, Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu
REAL LOVE (C’est ça l’amour) / France, Belgium
By Claire Burger
Cast: Bouli Lanners, Justine Lacroix, Sarah Henochsberg
RAFIKI / Kenya
By Wanuri Kahiu
Cast: Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmi Gathu, Nini Wacera, Dennis Muskoya
POISONOUS ROSES (Ward masmum) / Egypt
By Fawzi Saleh
Cast: Koky, Mahmoud Hemida, Ibrahim El Nagary
BIRDS OF PASSAGE (Pájaros de verano) / Colombia, Denmark, Mexico
By Cristina Gallego et Ciro Guerra
Cast: Carmiña Martínez, Jose Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez, Greider Meza, José Vicente Cote
DIVINE WIND (Rih Rabbani) / Algeria
By Merzak Allouache
Cast: Sarah Layssac, Mohamed Oughlis, Messaouda Boukhira, Hacene Benzerari, Abdelatif Benahmed, Brahim
Derris
THE 11th CONTINENT
VIEWS FROM MOROCCO AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Presented by Jay Weissberg
BURNING / South Korea
By Lee Chang-dong
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo
ANGELO / Austria, Luxembourg
By Markus Schleinzer
Cast: Makita Samba, Alba Rohrwacher, Larisa Faber, Kenny Nzogang, Lukas Miko
NERVOUS TRANSLATION / The Philippines
By Shireen Seno
Cast: Jana Agoncillo, Angge Santos, Sid Lucero, Cocoy Lumbao
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING / USA
By RaMell Ross
Documentary
THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS (Chuva é cantoria na aldeia dos mortos) / Brazil
By João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
Cast: Henrique Ihjãc Krahô, Raene Kôtô Krahô
SRBENKA / Croatia
By Nebojša Slijepčević
Documentaire
ERASED,ASCENTOFTHE INVISIBLE (Tirss, rihlat al sou’oud ila al mar’i) / Lebanon
By Ghassan Halwani
Documentary
ENDLESS TAIL (Beskrajni Rep) / Croatia
By Željka Suková
Cast: Julie Suková, Kašpar Suk, Prolaznici Tokijom, Željka Suková, Aleš Suk
MANTA RAY(Kraben rahu) / Thailand, France, China
By Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Cast: Wanlop Rungkumjad, Aphisit Hama, Rasmee Wayrana
THE SOUND OF MASKS / South Africa, Portugal
By Sara CF de Gouveia
Documentary
YESTERDAY (Tegnap) / Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Morocco, Sweden, Germany
By Kenyeres Bálint
Cast: Vlad Ivanov, Djemel Barek, Jacques Weber, Gamil Ratib, Johanna Ter Steege
STILL RECORDING (Lisah’am tsajil) / Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Germany
By Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub
RENAULT 12 / France
By Mohamed El Khatib
Docu-fiction
MOROCCAN PANORAMA
VOLUBILIS (Walili)
By Faouzi Bensaïdi
Cast: Mouhcine Malzi, Nadia Kounda, Abdelhadi Taleb, Nezha Rahil, Faouzi Bensaidi, Mouna Fettou
WE COULD BE HEROES
By Hind Bensari
Documentary
THE HEALER (Mbarkaa)
By Mohamed Zineddaine
Cast: Ahmed Moustafid, Fatima Atif, Mehdi Laarroubi, Hanane Elkabani, Nosrine Adam
SOFIA
By Meryem Benm’Barek
Cast: Maha Alemi, Lubna Azabal, Faouzi Bensaidi, Sarah Perles, Hamza Khafif, Raouia
STATELESS (Bila mawtin)
By Narjiss Nejjar
Cast: El Ghalia Ben Zaouia, Avishay Benazra, Aziz Fadili, Nadia Niazi, Mohamed Nadif, Julie Gayet
CATHARSYS, OR THE AFINA TALES OF THE LOST WORLD
By Yassine Marco Marroccu
Cast: Mohamed Zouaoui, Aziz Dadas, Sonia Okacha, Ljubisa Ristic
JAHILIYA
By Hicham Lasri
Cast: Mostapha Houari, Salma Eddlimi, Hassan Ben Badida, Rami Fijjaj
CINEMA FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
THE TOWER (Al borj) / Norway
By Mats Grorud
Animated film
IQBAL, A TALE OF A FEARLESS CHILD / Italy, France
By Michael Fuzellier, Babak Payami
Animated film
THE PRINCESS BRIDE / USA
By Rob Reiner
Cast: Robin Wright, Carey Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Fred Savage
THE BIG BAD FOX AND OTHER TALES (Le Grand Méchant Renard et autres contes) / France, Belgium
By Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
Cast: Guillaume Darnault, Jules Bienvenu, Augustin Jahn Sani, Violette Samama, Céline Ronté
Film d’animation
THE BREADWINNER / Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg
By Nora Twomey
Animated film
LE CINÉMA EN AUDIODESCRIPTION POUR LES MALVOYANTS
FACES PLACES (Visages villages) / France
By Agnès Varda et JR
Documentary
THE EAVESDROPPER (La Mécanique de l’ombre) / Belgium, France
By Thomas Kruithof
Cast: François Cluzet, Denis Polalydès, Sami Bouajila, Siman Akbarian, Alba Rohrwacher
LAHNECH / Morocco
By Driss Mrini
Cast: Aziz Dades, Majdouline Idrissi, Fadila Benmoussa, Mouhcine Malzi, Abdelghani Sannak
BLADE RUNNER 2049 / USA, United Kingdom, Hungary, Canada
By Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks,
LADY BIRD / USA
By Greta Gerwig
Cast: Robin Wright, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet
JEMAA EL FNA
KORSA / Morocco
By Abdellah Toukouna
Cast: Abdellah Ferkous, Bouchera Ahraich, Khouloud Batioui, Fadilla Ben Moussa, Omar Azzouzi
AS LONG AS I LIVE (Jab tak hai jaan) / India
By Yash Chopra
Cast : Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma
THE UNTOUCHABLES / USA
By Brian De Palma
Cast : Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Sean Connery
KUNDUN / USA
By Martin Scorsese
ALEXANDRIA AGAIN AND FOREVER (Iskandariyya Kaman wa Kaman) / Egypt, France
By Youssef Chahine
Cast: Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Hesham Selim, Taheya Cariocca
FORREST GUMP / USA
By Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field
BROOKS, MEADOWS AND LOVELY FACES (Al-ma’ wal-khodra wal-wajh al-hassan) / Egypt
By Yousry Nasrallah
Cast: Laila Elwi, Bassem Samra, Menna Shalabi, Zeina Mansour, Sabreen
HUSBAND MATERIAL (Manmarziyaan) / India
By Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Abhishek Bachchan
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP / USA
By Peyton Reed
Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas
ASTERIX & OBELIX: MISSION CLEOPATRA (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléôpatre) / France, Italy
By Alain Chabat
Cast: Gérard Dépardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci, Alain Chabat, Claude Rich, Gérard Darmon
LAHNECH / Morocco
By Driss Mrini
Cast: Aziz Dades, Majdouline Idrissi, Fadila Benmoussa, Mouhcine Malzi, Abdelghani Sannak
Tributes
ROBERT DE NIRO
GOODFELLAS / USA
By Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
THE UNTOUCHABLES / USA
By Brian De Palma
Cast: Robert De Niro,Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Sean Connery
RAGING BULL / USA
By Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
AGNÈS VARDA
CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) / France
De Agnès Varda
Interprétation: Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
FACES PLACES (Visages villages) / France
By Agnès Varda, JR
Documentaire
VAGABOND (Sans toit ni loi) / France
By Agnès Varda
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stephane Freiss, Yolande Moreau, Patrick Lepczynski, Yahiaoui Assouna
ROBIN WRIGHT
THE PRINCESS BRIDE/ USA
By Rob Reiner
Cast: Robin Wright, Carey Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, Fred Savage
SHE’S SO LOVELY / USA
By Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Harry Dean Stanton, James Gandolfini, John Travolta
FORREST GUMP / USA
By Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Sally Field
BLADE RUNNER 2049 / USA, United Kingdom, Hungary, Canada
By Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind[/caption]
One hundred sixty-six features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process. This year, for the first time, films that have won a qualifying award at a competitive film festival or have been submitted in the Foreign Language Film category as their country’s official selection, are also eligible in the category. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 17.
Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Above and Beyond: NASA’S Journey to Tomorrow”
“Active Measures”
“Amazing Grace”
“American Chaos”
“Andy Irons: Kissed by God”
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Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco[/caption]
“Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco”
“Avicii: True Stories”
“Bali: Beats of Paradise”
“Bathtubs over Broadway”
“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”
“Believer”
“Better Angels”
“Bill Coors: The Will to Live”
“Bisbee ’17”
“The Bleeding Edge”
“Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat”
“Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine”
“Call Her Ganda”
“Charm City”
“Chef Flynn”
“The China Hustle”
“Christian Audigier The Vif”
“The Cleaners”
“Communion”
“Crime + Punishment”
“Dark Money”
“Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”
“The Dawn Wall”
“The Distant Barking of Dogs”
“Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”
“Drug$”
“Eating Animals”
“Eldorado”
“Fahrenheit 11/9”
“Fail State”
“Family in Transition”
“Far from the Tree”
“Filmworker”
“The First Patient”
“Foreign Land”
“40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie”
“Free Solo”
“Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable”
“Generation Wealth”
“Ghost Hunting”
“Ghosthunter”
“The Gilligan Manifesto”
“The Gospel According to André”
“Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami”
“Graves without a Name”
“The Great Buster: A Celebration”
“Hal”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Half the Picture”
“The Heart of Nuba”
“Hillbilly”
“The Homeless Chorus Speaks”
“Hondros”
“Howard”
“In Search of Greatness”
“In the Land of Pomegranates”
“Inventing Tomorrow”
“Invisible Hands”
“Itzhak”
“Jane Fonda in Five Acts”
“John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection”
“The Judge”
“Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story”
“Killer Bees”
“The King”
“King in the Wilderness”
“Kusama – Infinity”
“The Last Race”
“Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy”
“Letter from Masanjia”
“Licu, a Romanian Story”
“Living in the Future’s Past”
“Liyana”
“Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle”
“Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story”
“Love, Cecil”
“Love, Gilda”
“Love Is Tolerance – Tolerance Is Love – Make Tolerance Great Again!”
“Making The Five Heartbeats”
“Maria by Callas”
“Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.”
“McQueen”
“Minding the Gap”
“Monrovia, Indiana”
“The Most Unknown”
“New Moon”
“93Queen”
“Nossa Chape”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“Of Love & Law”
“On Her Shoulders”
“Opera about Poland”
“The Opera House”
“The Oslo Diaries”
“The Other Side of Everything”
“The Panama Papers”
“Path of Blood”
“People’s Republic of Desire”
“Philosopher King – Lee Teng-hui’s Dialogue”
“Pick of the Litter”
“Piripkura”
“Police Killing”
“Pope Francis – A Man of His Word”
“The Price of Everything”
“The Price of Free”
“Qiu (Inmates)”
“Quincy”
“RBG”
“The Rachel Divide”
“The Raft”
“Recovery Boys”
“Restoring Tomorrow”
“Reversing Roe”
“The Road Movie”
“Robin Williams: Come inside My Mind”
“Ruben Blades Is Not My Name”
“Samouni Road”
“Saving Brinton”
“Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland”
“Science Fair”
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood”
“Searching for Ingmar Bergman”
“Seeing Allred”
“The Sentence”
“Shirkers”
“Shot in the Dark”
“The Silence of Others”
“Sisters of the Wilderness”
“A Son of Man”
“Songwriter”
“Stan”
“Studio 54”
“Summer in the Forest”
“Tea with the Dames”
“That Summer”
“That Way Madness Lies…”
“They Fight”
“They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead”
“This Is Congo”
“This Is Home: A Refugee Story”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“To Be Continued”
“Transformer”
“Travel Ban”
“The Trial”
“Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace”
“Trust Machine”
“Under the Wire”
“United Skates”
“Unknown Distance”
“Up Down and Sideways”
“The Waldheim Waltz”
“We Could Be Heroes”
“Weed the People”
“What Haunts Us”
“What Lies Upstream”
“Whitney”
“Wonderful Losers: A Different World”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
“Yellow Is Forbidden”
“Yellowing”
Spell Reel[/caption]
The Durban International Film Festival today announced the films and jury members for competition at this year’s 39th edition of the festival, which takes place from July 19 to 29, 2018.
Award categories are Best Feature Film, Best South African Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best SA Documentary, Best Short Film, Best African Short Film, Best South African Short Film, Best Actor Award, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Artistic Bravery, Audience Choice Award, Wavescape Audience Choice Award and the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award.
Feature films in competition are Clint (India) directed by Harikumar Ramakrishna Pilla, Farewell Ella Bella (SA) directed by Lwazi Mvusi, The Foolish Bird (Ben Niao) (China) directed by Ji Huang, Otsuka Ryuji, High Fantasy (SA) directed by Jenna Bass, Mayfair (SA), directed by Sara Blecher, The Movie Of My Life (O Filme Da Minha Vida) (Brazil) directed by Selton Mello, Pororoca (Romania, France) directed by Constantin Popescu, Rafiki (Kenya, South Africa) directed by Wanuri Kahiu, The Recce (SA) directed by Ferdinand Van Zyl, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (Palestine, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico) directed by Muayad Muayad, Supa Modo (Germany, Kenya), directed by Likarion Wainaina, The Tale (USA) directed by Jennifer Fox, A Trip To The Moon (Un Viaje A La Luna) (Argentina) directed by Joaquín Cambre.
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Documentary films in competition are We could be Heroes (Denmark, Morocco, Tunisa, Brazil) directed by Hind Bensari, Silas (Canada/South Africa/Kenya) directed by Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman, Whispering Truth To Power (South Africa/Netherlands) directed by Shameela Seedat, New Moon directed by Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann, Kinshasa Makambo (Democratic Republic Of The Congo/France/Switzerland/Germany/Norway) directed by Dieudo Hamadi, Amal (Egypt/Lebanon/Germany) directed by Mohamed Siam, Spell Reel, (Germany/Portugal/France/Guinea-Bissau) directed by Filipa César, Shakedown (Usa) directed by Leilah Weinraub, The Silk and the Flame (Fei’e Pu Huo) (United States) directed by Jordan Schiele, The State Against Nelson Mandela and the Others (France) directed by Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte.
All SA documentaries and features are also eligible for the SA Best Documentary and SA Best Feature awards.
Fiction section jurors are Bongiwe Selane, the award-winning SA producer with a string of credits behind her including her debut SA block buster feature Happiness is a Four-Letter- Word; Hakeem Kae Kazim, the well-known British-Nigerian actor who has gained international acclaim for his performance in the Oscar nominated film Hotel Rwanda. He has countless credits in major international films such as The Triangle with Sam Neill, Pirates of the Caribbean III, X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Hugh Jackman and many more. Nse Ikpe-Etim Nigerian is a multiple award-winning actress who DIFF audiences will remember from her role in the celebrated Meg Rickards’ film Tess.
The documentary film jury includes Uzanenkosi on of the SA’s busiest and most prolific producers, who created InterSEXions the award-winning first of its kind, world over drama series that won an unprecedented 11 SAFTA awards. Nakai Matema, a veteran Zimbabwean Producer who has produced several ground-breaking documentaries including Rehad, Desai’s My Land, My Life and Leo Phiri’s A Fighting Spirit from the STEPS for the Future series. Nigerian filmmaker Mahmood Ali-Balogun who has directed numerous films including multiple award-winning film Tango With Me, and has been on the juries of numerous festivals such as Cairo International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival and African International Film Festival (AFRIFF). Dorothee Wenner is a Berlin-based freelance filmmaker, writer and curator who has been on the selection committee of Berlin’s International Forum since 1990 and serves as the Berlinale’s Delegate for India and sub- Saharan Africa.
The Shorts Jury includes Alicia Price, Head of the Film Department at SAE Cape Town and Leon Van Der Merwe, a founding member, Chief Operating Officer, board member and director of the Cape Town International Film Market and Festival (CTIFMF).
The Amnesty International Durban jury is convened by its chair Coral Vinsen with members Professor Margaret Daymond, Lazola Kati , Betty Rawheath and Nelvia Rawheath.
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The 2018 Hot Docs film festival wraps today and last night at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation, 13 awards and $85,000 in cash and prizes were presented to Canadian and international filmmakers. The Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award went Friday to “A Little Wisdom,” and the Best International Feature Documentary was awarded to “We Could Be Heroes.”