The 2015 Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF) was held in Los Angeles, CA from February 5 – 16, 2015 with all screenings at the RAVE Cinemas.The Festival showcases over one hundred fifty (150) quality new films and over one hundred (100) fine artists and unique craft persons from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South America, Europe, the South Pacific and Canada, all showcasing the diversity and complexity of people of African descent. The Festival also features special red carpet screenings and receptions, as well as a variety of other special events, including panels & workshops headed by industry professionals on various topics surrounding acting, directing and other film industry related topics.
Check out the full list of winners which includes Nollywood’s Lancelot Imasuen and Kunle Afolayan.
Best Feature Narrative
Difret (Ethiopia) Director: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Special Jury Recognition-Feature Narrative
Imperial Dreams (US) Director: Malik Vitthal
Best Director-First Feature Narrative
Unsound (US) Director: Darious Britt
Special Jury Recognition-Director – First Feature Narrative
Christmas Wedding Baby (US) Director: Kiara C Jones
Best Documentary
The Case of the Three Sided Dream (US) Director: Adam Kahan
Special Jury Recognition-Documentary
Tales of the Grim Sleeper (US) Director: Nick Broomfield
Best Narrative Short
The Bravest, The Boldest (US) Director: Moon Molson
Special Jury Recognition-Short Narrative
Love Thyself (US) Director: Chris Bailey
Programmers’ Award-Narrative Feature
October 1 (Nigeria) Director: Kunle Afolayan
Programmers’ Award-Documentary
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (US) Director: Carol Bash
Founders’ Award- Narrative
Triangle-Going to America (Sost Maezen) (Ethiopia) Director: Theodros Teshome Kebede
Founders’ Special Recognition
Invasion 1892 (Nigeria) Director: Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Founders’ Award-Documentary
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (US) Director: Stanley Nelson
CAPRI Capital Partners Award
The Man in 3B (US) Director: Trey Haley
Audience Award—Documentary
Bound: Africans vs African Americans (US) Director: Peres Owino
Audience Award—Narrative Feature (tie)
The Two of Us (Thina Sobabili) (South Africa) Director: Ernest Nkosi
and Imperial Dreams (US) Director: Malik Vitthal
BAFTA LA PRIZE (Pan African Film Festival-British Academy of Film and Television Arts/LA Prize)
Gone Too Far! (UK) Cinematographer: Stil Williams
Courtesy photos
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