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Here are the list of Awardees in the 2013 JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL presented August 5 at Island Village, Ocho Rios.
DOCUMENTARY:’BORN IN TRENCHTOWN’ (USA); DIR: Greg Pond.
HONOUR AWARD: ‘AKWANTU – THE JOURNEY‘ (USA/JA); DIR: Roy Anderson
JAMAICA FEATURE FILM: JUST ANOTHER FRIDAY – (JA)
DIR: Judith Faloon-Reid, BarriVision Productions
INT. FEATURE FILM: ‘HILL & GULLY‘ (USA); DIR: Patrice Johnson.God-&-all-o-we Productions
INT. SHORT FEATURE: ‘DEAR JESUS‘ (UK; DIR: Danielle Scott-Haughton, WONDERLONDON Films
HONOUR AWARD: ‘ONE SONG‘ (AUSTRIA); DIR: Catalina Molina
REGGAE HISTORY: ”KEEPER OF ZION GATE‘ (ISRAEL); DIR: Ronan Davidesco
(EZ-MAK – PRESERVING MUSIC HISTORY AWARD)
HONOUR AWARDS: ‘‘LAND OF LOOK BEHIND‘ (USA); DIR: Allan Greenberg; LIVE WIRE (CAN) DIR: Kim Gertler
MUSIC VIDEO: ‘MYSTICA – (COSTA RICA); Natural Dub – Costa Rica
HONOUR AWARD: IF IT AIN’T ONE THING, IT’S ANOTHER – Edge Michael; DIR: Jean Antoniades
CINE JAMAICA – ‘THE CROFT – (JA); DIR: Wayne Benjamin, Fabrikated Projex
ANIMATION: ‘‘TEAM X’ (JA); DIR: Stephen Williamson (JA)
COMEDY FEATURE: ‘STRANDED IN DANGRIGA‘; DIR: Ross Jordan, Gostafa Productions (BELIZE)
INNOVATIVE CINEMATOGRAPHY: ‘RISE ABOVE PROFANITY‘ (UK/JA); DIR: Ben Stockman/Alesha Nicolson, BLISSTROPIC Productions
HONOUR AWARD:’ COUNTRYMAN – LISTEN TO THE OCEAN’; DIR: Sugar Cane (USA)
BLACK HISTORY: ‘DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK’; DIR: Sharon LaCruise (USA)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
JAMAICAN TRAVELOGUE: JTB AWARD Inspiring appreciation for the beauty and people of Jamaica. ’JAMAICA THROUGH THE EYES OF CARL BRADSHAW’; DIR: George Tait, Guerilla Film International (CAN/JA)
ONE LOVE AWARD: Films that promote the RFF objective to inspire World Peace. ’THE COTTON HOUSE‘; DIR: Russ Brandon (USA)
YOUNG FILM MAKER AWARD: Stephen ‘BigBomb’ Williamson. For excellence in both Film and Animation.
Special Thanks to the RFF Technical Team: BariVision Productions,, Peter Chung, Tina True and Makonnen Blake Hanna, with support by Delroy Morgan – Island Village, Sugashak Records, Orange Hill Records & Jamaica Tourist Board.