CTIFM&F winners announced

Young local filmmakers, local, and international experts, professionals, and guest speakers participated in the 10-day festival. Jury members from across the globe viewed all the films in competition.

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This year’s prize is worth $20,000 and is sponsored by the Moving Billboard Company. The prize was awarded to Nathan Theys for the project Ronald. Brett Michael Innes for Callus received the runner-up prize, which is worth $10,000.

There are two films that the juries acknowledged for honourable mentions: Jaap by Ian Morgan and Post by Jesse Brown.

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The 2017 CTIFM&F winners are:

Best short film - Intergalactic Samurai by Hagar Ben-Asher 

Best actor - Pankaj Tripathi as Salim in Mango Dreams

Best actress - Antoinette Louw as Molly Fischer in An Act of Defiance

Best script - Jean van der Velde for An Act of Defiance

Best editing - Mustafa Presheva for Ayla: The Daughter of War

Best cinematography - Massimo Moschin for The Last Prosecco

Best documentary film - Hana by Giuseppe Carrieri

Best LGBT film (special mention award) - KA Bodyscapes by Jayan K. Cherian

Best South African feature film - Catching Feelings by Kagiso Lediga

Best new director - Manouj Kadaamh for Horizon

Best director - Visa Koiso-Kantilla for Star Boys

Grand Prix Award - Kivanç Sezer for My Father’s Wings

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