BEST SHORT FILM Mercy ( dir . Eliza Subotowicz )
BEST SOUTH AFRICAN SHORT FILM The Brave Unseen ( dir . Duan Myburgh )
BEST DOCUMENTARY Far out isn ’ t Far Enough : The Tomi Ungerer Story ( dir . Brad Bernstein )
SPECIAL MENTION : BEST DOCUMENTARY I Am Breathing ( dir . Emma Davie and Morag McKinonn )
BEST SOUTH AFRICAN DOCUMENTARY FILM Angel ’ s In Exile ( dir . Billy Raftery )
SPECIAL MENTION : BEST SA DOCUMENTARY Orania ( dir . Tobias Lindner )
AMNESTY DURBAN HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer ( dir . Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin )
AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST FILM Felix ( dir . Roberta Durrant )
AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST DOCUMENTARY Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer ( dir . Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin )
AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST WAVESCAPES FILM Stand ( dir . Anthony Bonello and Nicolas Teichrob )
AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST WILDTALK FILM 2 Wings Many Prayers ( dir . Lloyd Ross )
BEST FEATURE FILM The Land of Hope ( dir . Sion Sono )
BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM Wadjda ( dir . Al-Mansour Haifaa )
BEST SOUTH AFRICAN FEATURE FILM Durban Poison ( dir . Andrew Worsdale )
BEST DIRECTION Xavier Dolan for Laurence Anyways
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY MatÍas Penachino for Halley
BEST SCREENPLAY Asghar Fahradi for The Past
BEST ACTOR David and Eitan Cunio for Youth
BEST ACTRESS Paulina Garcia for Gloria and Suzanne Clément for Laurence Anyways
DIFF AWARD FOR ARTISTIC BRAVERY Jahmil XT Qubeka
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
The 34th Durban International Film Festival is organised by the Centre For Creative Arts ( University of KwaZulu-Natal ) with support by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund ( principal funder ), National Film and Video Foundation , KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism , HIVOS , City of Durban , German Embassy in South Africa , Goethe Institut of South Africa , French Season in South Africa , and a range of other valued partners .
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