The fourth edition of Africa’s most prestigious smartphone film festival, themed; Connecting filmmakers to a global cinema, ended on Sunday 20th December 2020.
We have the winners! Congratulations to all the award winners for excellence in smartphone filmmaking at ASIFF’20
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
QUE SERA SERA
Directed by SOHRAB KHANDELWA
Country; INDIA
BEST NIGERIAN FILM
WAZOBIA
Directed by PETERS CLINTON
Country: NIGERIA
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
MONSTERS ARE REAL
Directed by SHRECO BAKARI
Country; UNITED STATES
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
ONSLAUGHT
Directed by OLADIPO O’FRESH
Country; NIGERIA
BEST AFRICAN SHORT FILM
MAKENA
Directed by STEVE WERU
Country; KENYA
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
THE PORTRAIT OF LONELINESS IN QUARANTINE
Directed by MIGUEL REYES
Country; PERU
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BUSTAGATE
Directed by WELKET BUNGUE
Country; PORTUGAL
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
MAROON KING- THE CHOICE OF DAYU
Directed by LCHARLES DEGREAT
Country; COTE D’IVOIRE
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
CALL OF THE DJEMBE
Directed by CATHERINE VEILLEUX
Country; CANADA
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
SUMMEREYES
Directed by SIGFIDO GIAMMONA
Country; ITALY
BEST TRAVEL VIDEO
OUT OF THE WINDOWS
Directed by PRAKASH GANDHI NATARAJAN
Country; UNITED STATES
BEST ACTOR INTERNATIONAL
SHRECO BAKARE
In MONSTERS ARE REAL
Country; UNITED STATES
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
DAVID ASUQUO
in LEACH
Country; NIGERIA
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
JULIE BRENDA
in MAKENA
Country; KENYA
BEST ACTRESS INTERNATIONAL
NIRA SUAREZ
QUE SERA SERA
Country; INDIA
BEST INNOVATIVE FILMMAKING
SMART PANTHEON
Directed by MYRIAM THYES
Country; GERMANY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
RESILIENCE
By ANTHONIO CHAVEZ TREJO
Country; UNITED STATES
BEST DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
ANTHONIO CHAVEZ TREJO in
RESILIENCE
Country; UNITED STATES
BEST SCREENPLAY INTERNATIONAL
MARRIED AND LOVING IT
Written by RYAN MCDONALD
Country; UNITED STATES
BEST FIRST- TIME FILMMAKER
DDAMBA “DWAYNE” HAWARI
JULIUS HUSTLE
Country; UGANDA
BEST DIRECTOR NIGERIA
OLADIPO O’FRESH
LYT
Country; NIGERIA
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
FOOTAGECREATE in
MOORON KING
Country; COTE D’ IVOIRE
BEST PRODUCER AFRICAN
BEATRICE MATEGWA
MOMENTS
Country; SOUTH SUDAN
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN
Directed by LENA WINDISH
Country; GERMANY
BEST PRODUCER INTERNATIONAL
FLORENCE WEYNE ROBERT
NEXT STOP
Country; BRAZIL
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
WAZOBIA
By PETER CLINTON
Country; NIGERIA
BEST SHORT FILM
FOOTBALL NO BE WAR
Directed by RAYMOND YUSUF
Country; NIGERIA
BEST FILM CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSERVATION
#NUCLEUS
Directed by Max Schleser, Michael Hollis, Fauxhyana Sharifa, Nabil Azizi, Amirul Firdaus, Sarah Davis, Loud Doron, Tejas Ewing, Guy Tam Dang, Andrew Robb.
Country; NEW ZEALAN
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Donn Bhat, Sahil Bhatia, Burudu
SO SICILY
Country; India
BEST ARTISTIC STORYTELLING
TRACES OF SONGS
Directed by EVA JANE WOTTRENG
Country; SWITZERLAND
GRAND JURY PRIZE
LOST PEN
Directed by BERAAT GOKKUS
Country; FRANCE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
ATUNMARILAKA
Directed by OMOMNJAHIO OLUMENSE
Country; NIGERIA
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
THE DEVILS WITHIN
Directed by SHRECO BAKARI
Country; UNITED STATES