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Pan African Film Festival announces filmmaker awards

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The Pan African Film Festival announced its filmmaker awards on Wednesday during a brunch ceremony.

The largest international film festival in the U.S., which opened Feb. 16 and closes Wednesday, handed out awards in seven categories:

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Best picture (narrative feature): ‘Besuro’

Honorable mention: ‘The Athlete’

Documentary feature: ‘Thunder Soul’

Honorable mention: ‘War Don Don’

Short film (narrative short): ‘The Abyss Boys’

Honorable mention: ‘Hear Me’

First Feature Film (Narrative Feature): ‘I Will Follow,’ directed by Ava DuVernay

Honorable mention: ‘Hopeville,’ directed by John Trengove

Audience Award narrative feature: ‘The First Grader’

Audience Award documentary feature: ‘Gang Girl: A Mother’s Journey to Save Her Daughter’

Audience Award short film: ‘The Black Mozart in Cuba’

The ceremony also presented winners of the Pan African Film Festival Board of Directors Awards:

Best short film: ‘Precipice’

Best documentary: ‘The Manuscripts of Timbuktu’

Best feature film: ‘Viva Riva’

Honorable mentions: ‘The Child’ and ‘The Figurine’

Pan African Film Festival-British Academy of Film and Television Arts Festival Choice Award: ‘I Sing of a Well’

— Susan King

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