Having won over 12 festival awards, the South African film ‘Skin' has now been nominated for Best Foreign Film award at the NAACP Image Awards, while Sophie Okonedo, who plays the role of Sandra Laing in the film, has been nominated for the Outstanding Actress award.
The NAACP Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievements and performances of people of colour in the arts, and individuals and groups that promote social justice through their creative endeavours, will be held on Friday, 26 February 2010, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
The film, a true-life story about South Africa's Sandra Laing, stars award-winning Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge and Ella Ramangwane. Anthony Fabian produces and directs it, with co-producers Genevieve Hofmeyr and Margaret Matheson.
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), The History Channel, Ster-Kinekor, United Independent Pictures (UIP) and Mail & Guardian support the film's release in South Africa on Friday 22 January.
Skin had its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival in September 2008 and premiered to rave reviews in the US in late 2009. Previous awards include:
- Audience Award for Best Film at the Santa Barbara Film festival
- Best Narrative and Best Jury Awards at the Pan African Film Festival
- Audience Award at the Afrika Film Festival, Belgium
- Audience Award at the AFI Dallas
- Best Feature Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival 2009
- Circle Audience Award at the Film Fest DC - Washington DC
For more info, go to www.skinthemovie.net.
