The eighth edition of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) has ended with South African movies leading the pack of winners at the festival’s awards night, AFRIFF Globe awards.

30 Nigerian films made it to the final list of the 140 films that were screened at the 2018 edition of AFRIFF.

See list of winners below:

SHORTS COMPETITION

Best Short

NIGERIA: Coat of Harms by Stanlee Ohikuare

Best Animation

UGANDA: A Kalabanda Ate My School Work by Raymond Malinga

Best Student Short

RWANDA: Imfura by Samuel Ishimwe

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Special Mention

COLOMBIA: Cantadoras. Musical Memories of Life and death in Colombia by Maria Fernanda Carrillo

Best Documentary

SOUTH AFRICA: Ramothopo the Centenarian by Riaan Hendricks

FICTION COMPETITION

Special Mention

Poisonous Roses by Fawzi Saleh

Best Male Performance

SOUTH AFRICA: Ezra Mabengeza in Sew the Winter to My Skin

Best Female Performance

GHANA: Asana Alhassan in Azali

Best Director

SOUTH AFRICA: Jahmil X. T. Qubeka for Sew the Winter to My Skin

Best Screenplay

GHANA: Kwabena Gyansah for Azali

Best Nigerian Film

The Delivery Boy by Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe

Best Feature Film

GHANA: Azali by Kwabena Gyansah

Special Jury for outstanding film

(Jury selected documentary for outstanding achievement overall)

SOUTH AFRICA: Not in My Neighbourhood by Kurt Orderson 

Viewers choice award

Kasala