The Cape Town International Film Market & Festival\u00a0 at the Westin Hotel hosted by Pearl Thusi and Maps Maponyane.<\/p>\n
After the ten days of the festival, energy of local young filmmakers combined with the enthusiasm from the many local and international experts, professionals and guest speakers, has proven that Cape Town\u2019s film industry is thriving.<\/p>\n
Jury members from across the globe viewed all the films in competition and the following is the full list of winners.<\/p>\n
Pitching Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n This year the festival selected 8 projects from numerous entries who each had to hand in a comprehensive proposal to get selected. They went through workshops & pitch mentoring with the Writers\u2019 Guild of South Africa, to get them pitch ready.<\/p>\n The winner of this year\u2019s prize pworth $20 000 sponsored by the Moving Billboard Company is Nathan Theys, for the project Ronald.<\/p>\n The runner-up prize, also sponsored by the Moving Billboard Company, and worth $10,000 awarded to Brett Michael Innes for Callus.<\/p>\n South African Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n The Cape Town International Film Festival has a passion for short films, and particularly our South African Short films. There are two films that the juries acknowledged for Honourable Mentions.<\/p>\n Jaap<\/em> by Ian Morgan<\/p>\n Meticulously crafted, Jaap may start off with stereotypes, but the characters turn out well-rounded in the end. Director Ian Morgan has created a quirky, funny, poignant and endearing road trip movie.<\/p>\n Post <\/em>by\u00a0Jesse Brown<\/p>\n Post<\/em> is an immersive sensory experience. A short, hand-held camera documentary it paints a portrait of filmmaker Jesse Brown\u2019s grandfather, showing off an intimacy between the two that is both playful and real, yet sublime.<\/p>\n Best Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Intergalactic Samurai<\/em> Hagar Ben-Asher<\/p>\n Well-rounded, polished, emotionally visceral and with an ending to make your hair stand on end, this story of two young Ethiopian girls in Israel will subtly teach you something you didn\u2019t know. The story about identity is universal but will be of relevance to South Africans.<\/p>\n The superb performance Hagar Ben-Asher gets out of her two characters immediately grabbed us and left us gasping is Intergalactic Samurai<\/em>.<\/p>\n Best Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n Pankaj Tripathi as Salim in Mango Dreams<\/em><\/p>\n Best Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n Antoinette Louw as Molly Fischer in An Act of Defiance<\/em><\/p>\n Best Script<\/strong><\/p>\n Jean van der Velde for An Act of Defiance<\/em><\/p>\n Best Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n Mustafa Presheva for Ayla: The Daughter of War<\/em><\/p>\n Best Cinematography\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Massimo Moschin for The Last Prosecco<\/em><\/p>\n Best Documentary Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Hana<\/em> by Giuseppe Carrieri<\/p>\n Best LGBT Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Special Mention Award<\/strong><\/p>\n KA Bodyscapes <\/em>by Jayan K. Cherian<\/p>\n The role of film festivals is to make visible emerging filmic voices that counter dominant cultural representations in which certain lives are frequently left out. In India homosexuality is criminalised in law, with high levels of persecution and harassment.\u00a0 In this context, KA Bodyscapes<\/em> is a courageous film. It is a film about working class LGBT people struggling against both homophobia and sexism. Set in Kerala, the film weaves together several narratives that highlight the vulnerabilities of economic marginalisation, violence, state harassment, and powerful queer resistance, in the daily realties of women and LGBT people.<\/p>\n Best LGBT Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Heartstone<\/em> by Gu\u00f0mundur Arnar Gu\u00f0mundsson<\/p>\n This is an extraordinarily crafted film, dealing with the crisis in contemporary masculinity and how a heteronormative structure damages all genders and sexualities. It is a coming of age story of young people that mirrors the harsh and isolated, yet breathtaking, Icelandic fishing village in which it is set. Heartstone<\/em> is a stunning debut feature with raw, visceral performances, sensitive directing, truthful screenwriting and poetic cinematography.<\/p>\n Best South African Feature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Catching Feelings<\/em> by Kagiso Lediga<\/p>\n South African films are amongst the best in the world. Many of our feature films are screened and win at festivals around the globe. Tonight we honour the best in South African filmmaking. The winner for Best South African Feature Film\u2026<\/p>\n The film is a refreshing film that not only showcases the talent of its writer and director but also introduces the audience to characters and conversations that they will recognise instantly from their own lives. Well executed and vibrant, it is a love letter to Johannesburg and a deserving addition to the canon of South African cinema.<\/p>\n Best New Director\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Manouj Kadaamh for Horizon<\/em><\/p>\n Best Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Visa Koiso-Kantilla for\u00a0Star Boys<\/em><\/p>\n Grand Prix Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Kivan\u00e7 Sezer for My Father\u2019s Wings<\/em><\/p>\n The highest honour for any feature filmmaker, is to be awarded the Best Feature Film Award. This year the competition was exceptionally tough but the prize was awarded to Kivan\u00e7 Sezer for My Father\u2019s Wings<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Cape Town International Film Market & Festival\u00a0 at the Westin Hotel hosted by Pearl Thusi and Maps Maponyane. 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