Apart
from screening on many of the globes top broadcasters,
Films by Fireworx Media’s producers have won awards
(and participated in official selections) at festivals
around the world.
Some of these include:
> Best African Language Film for uGugu & Andile, African Movie Academy Awards, 2009
> Winner Best Editing, Sea
Point Days, DocNZ Film Festival, 2009
> Official
Selection, Best Feature Documentary, Courting Justice, FESPACO 2009
> Official Selection, Best TV Feature, uGugu
No Andile, FESPACO 2009
> Audience Award, Courting
Justice, Zimbabwe International Film Festival, 2009
> Official
Selection, Sea Point Days, IDFA, Joris Ivans Competition, 2008
> Emmy for ‘Most Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Achievement’, US Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, A Lion’s Trail, 2006
> Best Documentary
Award, The
Mother’s House,
South African Film and TV Awards, 2006
> Special
mention for Originality, Glimpse,
South African Film and TV Awards, 2006
> Best Documentary Award, The
Mother’s House, Cape
Town World Cinema Festival, 2005
> Special
Mention, The Mother’s House, Norwegian Film Festival, 2006
> Premio
Diocesi di Milano, The Mothers’ House, 2006
> Best Film, Three Continents Film Festival South Africa, Angola:
Saudades From The One Who Loves You, 2006
> Best SA Documentary, Durban International Film Festival, Angola:
Saudades From The One Who Loves You, 2006
> Best Documentary Zimbabwe International Film Festival, The
Mother’s House, 2006
> Best Documentary,
Docusur, Spain, The
Mother’s House, 2006
> Best Documentary,
Apollo Film Festival, South Africa, The
Mother’s House, 2006
> Best Feature-Length Documentary, Play-Doc, Spain, The
Mother’s House, 2007
> Best South African Documentary, Durban International Film Festival,
South Africa, The Mother’s House, 2007
> Winner Horizons Award, DokFest Munchen, Angola:
Saudades From The One Who Loves You, 2006
> Official Selection, IDFA, Silver Wolf Category, for Angola:
Saudades From The One Who Loves You, 2005
> Winner,
Zanzibar Film Festival, Dreams of a Good Life – part of the STEPS series, 2005
> Honourable Mention, BANFF, Dreams of a Good Life – part of the STEPS series, 2005 |
