BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA AWARDS

17 Years of Black International Cinema
Film Awards

1991 - 2007

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 Disciplines

6. Best film/video documentary production                  

VI. Black International Cinema Film Awards 1991

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker. ************************************************
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.
************************************************
A STEP IN THE MIND
Director: Wanjuhi Kamau, Kenya, 1988, Documentary

Best film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany. ************************************************
3. DER KRANKE VOGEL
Director: Wanjiru Kinyanjui, Kenya/Germany, 1991, Narrative/Drama

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
Director: Eric Daniel, U.S.A., 1991, Narrative

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
EIN TRAUM WURDE WAHR
Director: Nader Ahmady, Germany, 1991, Docu-Drama

NERIA
Director: Godwin Mawuru, Zimbabwe, 1990, Narrative

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
SCHATTEN DER ANGST - SHADOWS OF FEAR
Director: Konstantin Schmidt, Germany, 1992, 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.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
DIE SCHWARZEN KOMMEN - THE BLACKS ARE COMING
Directors: Thomas Meffert & Bernado Cequera, Germany, 1993, Documentary

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
THE JOURNEY OF THE LION
Director: Fritz Baumann, Germany, 1992, Narrative/Documentary

EVERYONE'S CHILD
Director: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe, Narrative

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
CITY FARMERS
Director: Meryl Joseph, U.S.A., 1997, Documentary

Best film/video by a German filmmaker
or a filmmaker residing in Germany. ************************************************
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

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
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. ************************************************
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

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
DIE LETZTEN VENEZIANER / THE LAST VENETIANS
Directors: Sorin Dragoi, Alina Teodorescu, Germany/Romania, 1998, Documentary

Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines. ************************************************
CHOREOGRAPHY BY X-FACTOR
Director: Edison Midgett, U.S.A., 1998, Experimental

Best film/video documentary production. ************************************************
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

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.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
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.
************************************************
LOTTE PRIMABALLERINA
Director: Marc-Andreas Bochert, Germany, 1999, Narrative

Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines. ************************************************
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. ************************************************
ACTRESS
Director: Daniel Yost, U.S.A., 1999, Documentary

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People.
************************************************
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. ************************************************
ATLANTA INSIDE OUT
Directors: Thomas Schunke & Jochen Bechler, Switzerland, 2000, Documentary

Best children's film/video.
************************************************
YELLOW CARD
Director: John Riber, Zimbabwe, 2000, Narrative

Best film/video documentary production. ************************************************
PROXIMITY
Director: Scott Millwood, Australia, 1999, Documentary

Special Acknowledgement:

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.
************************************************
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:

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. ************************************************
Special Acknowledgement:

STREET OF DREAMS
Director: Darnell S. Summers, U.S.A./Germany 1993, Documentary

Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines. ************************************************
AME NOIRE / BLACK SOUL
Director: Martine Chartrand, Canada 2001, Animation

EL TROMBÓN DE BOMBA, WILLIAM CEPEDA´S JAZZ
Director: Louise Ernst, France 2001, Documentary

Special Acknowledgement:

Best film/video documentary production. ************************************************
DENIS A. CHARLES: AN INTERRUPTED CONVERSATION
Director: Véronique N. Doumbé, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary

MARCUS GARVEY: LOOK FOR ME IN THE WHIRLWIND
Director: Stanley Nelson, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary

Special Acknowledgement:

SHELTER
Director: Lorna Lowe Streeter, U.S.A. 2001, Documentary

AFTERSHOCKS: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY
Director: Rakesh Sharma, India 2002, Documentary

PAUL ROBESON: HERE I STAND
Director: St. Clair Bourne, U.S.A. 1999, Documentary

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. ************************************************
DESS OR ALAIF
Director: Otu Tetteh, Germany 2002, Narrative

TROUSER TEST
Director: Colin Sinclair, U.K. 2002, Narrative

Best film/video documentary production. ************************************************
MOZAMBICO DOVE VA IL CINEMA /
MOZAMBIQUE WHERE FILM GOES
Directors: Nello Ferrieri & Raffaele Rago, Italy 2002, 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 Film Awards 2004

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
BRINCANDO COM O SOL/PLAYING WITH THE SUN
Director: Celeste Vargas, Brazil 2003, Experimental


Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
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,
Documentary




XX. Black International Cinema Film Awards 2005

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
RUBBER SOLES
Director: Christine Turner, U.S.A. 2005, Narrative


Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
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, Narrative





XXI. Black International Cinema Film Awards 2006

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker. 
************************************************
PRESCRIPTION FOR TIME
Director: Keith McQuirter, U.S.A. 2005, Narrative


Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People. 
************************************************
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. 
************************************************
LES JOURS À CÔTÉ - DAYS ASIDE
Directors: Iliana Estañol & Ella Pugliese, Burkina Faso/Germany 2005,
Documentary


Best children's film/video. 
************************************************
PÅ EVENTYR I INDIEN / WHEN WE WERE TIGERS
Directors: Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark 2005,
Documentary


Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines. 
************************************************
MARATHON
Director: Tod Jackson, U.S.A., Experimental


Best film/video documentary production. 
************************************************
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 Film Awards 2007

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker. ************************************************
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. ************************************************
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. ************************************************
LUCKY SPIN
Director: Colin Sinclair, Narrative, Germany 2006


Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline. ************************************************
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. ************************************************
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

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