“Feathers” is the best film at the Johannesburg Film Festival

The jury has spoken, and Feathers has been chosen the best film at the just finished Johannesburg Film Festival. Omar El Zohairy is the director.

The fifth edition of the festival began on Tuesday of last week in Sandton, Johannesburg, in Nelson Mandela Square.

The yearly festival returned to theatres in and around Johannesburg for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 with 20 African premieres and 27 South African premieres. It ran until Sunday.

Saturday’s official awards presentation took place at Theatre on the Square, also in Sandton, and was sponsored by MultiChoice Group, the festival’s primary partner.

The black-and-white Ethiopian documentary Faya Dayi, directed, written, starring, and produced by Jessica Beshir, won the prize for Best African Film, while the award for Best Documentary went to the explosive Central African Republic film Nous, étudiants. Rafiki Fariala helms the production.

Jury members included Carolyn Carew, a producer from South Africa, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Njoko Muhoho, an author, writer, and poet, Mohamed Siam, a Sundance alumnus and filmmaker, and Jihan El-Mahdi, a director and producer.

In the category Africa’s Most Loved Storytellers, MultiChoice Group honored filmmakers for their influence and contribution to the industry. The following are the five significant awards presented:

Connie Chiume received the Anansi Award for her decades-long contributions to the creative storytelling business.

Collen Dlamini, executive director of corporate relations for MultiChoice Group, stated, “Our cooperation with the Johannesburg Film Festival reflects our mission to be Africa’s most beloved storyteller.

“We appreciate the Joburg Film Festival’s continued support as we honor the incredible storytellers who have inspired us. You have all demonstrated what it means to embrace the craft of storytelling by being nominated and by winning these awards.

On the night of the awards, the winner of the Young Voices film competition, an initiative of The Joburg Film Festival’s youth and audience development programme, was also announced.

This year, the initiative touched over 300 young people in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, West Rand, Sedibeng, and Johannesburg through a series of workshops.

The courses addressed primarily township-dwelling adolescents and industry experts who shared their experience and knowledge of the great art of cinematic storytelling.


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