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Joburg Film Festival celebrates magic of African film making
Sunday World
|March 23, 2025
The seventh edition of the Joburg Film Festival, hosted by MultiChoice took place last week at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Shwa was also there to see the exciting mix of films from both local and international creators.
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On Saturday evening, the festival reached its exciting climax with the awards gala event. Industry professionals gathered in anticipation of the announcement of the best films.
The Best Short Film award went to the local African folklore tale Why the Cattle Wait (Phumi Morare.)
Sugar Land (Johanne Gomez Terrero), a Dominican Republic feature, claimed the Best Edit accolade. The Best Documentary award went to Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (Raoul Peck), the powerful and thought-provoking film that opened the festival and made its African première.
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