SCREEN AFRICA EXCLUSIVE: Shotgun Garfunkel, directed by Johnny Barbuzano,
won Best Feature Film at the third annual Jozi Film Festival (JFF) while iNumber
Number by Donovan Marsh took the Audience Choice Award.
JFF came to a close on Sunday 23 February with an awards ceremony hosted by
stand-up comedian John Vlismas at The Rand Club.
Preceded with a performance by The Soweto Opera Quadro, the awards were
handed out by members of the jury such as radio personality and writer Kate
Turkington, Nthabeleng Phora, unit co-ordinator at the Gauteng Film
Commission, and Mike Boyd of TakeOneCFF.com and the Cambridge Film Festival.
The winners are:
Best Student Film
Across the Colour Bar by Luscious Dosi
Best South African Short Fiction Film
Security by Mark Middlewick
Best International Short Film
That Music (Colombia) by Dario Vejarano
Best Short Documentary
Bamba (Senegal) by Yirmeyah Beckles
Best Feature Length South African Documentary
The Devil’s Lair by Riaan Hendricks
Best Feature Length International Documentary
American Promise (US) by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson
Best Feature Film
Shotgun Garfunkel by Johnny Barbuzano
Audience Choice Award
iNumber Number by Donovan Marsh
JFF founder Lisa Henry and Brendon Burmester, festival director, concluded the
three-day event which, for the first time, included international films in the line-
up, by thanking all the filmmakers for entrusting their films with them. Burmester
said: “We are excited to have reached this point with JFF, the festival can only
grow from here.’
Report by Martie Bester
