Award Highlights
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Malunde
German Critics Association Award (2003)
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Jury Award at the Bermuda International Film Festival (2002)
Munich Starter Prize for Best First Time Director (2002)
Golden Needle Award at the Seattle Film Festival (2002)
Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (x 2 shared) Best Cameo Role; Best Cinematography at the Avanti South African Awards (2001)
Critics Pick of the Toronto Film Festival (2001)
Disgrace
Best Feature Film Adaptation
– Australian Writers Guild Awards
International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI)
– Toronto International Film Festival
Black Pearl Award for Best Picture
– Middle East International Film Festival.
Rings of the Nibelungs
Diva Award in the Category Best Film (2004)
And there in the Dust
Best Independent Mini Film
– Independents Film Festival 2004 (USA)
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Merit - Brett Kebble Award 2004
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Best South African Short Film
– Durban International Film Festival 2005
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Best Short Film
– African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival of Milan, Italy 2006
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Best Writer, Best Cinematographer and Best Short Film at the 2006 South African Film and Television Golden Horn Awards
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Special Mention in the International Competition "Confrontations
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and many more..
Themba - A boy called Hope
Diploma for contribution by the Young Audiences of the Festival, Polish Film Festival
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CIFEJ Prize
– 29th Annual Rimouski International Festival of Youth Cinema, Canada
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Aichi Cinema & Theatre Association Award
– Aichi International Women’s Film Festival, Japan
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Grand Prix for Best Film, & a Special Mention from the International Youth Jury
– Ciné-Jeune Festival, France
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Audience Award for Best Film - Bermuda International Film Festival
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Honorary Award 2011
– Cinema for Peace UNICEF Child Rights Award for Film Award
Son of Man
Best World Cinema
– San Francisco Black Film Festival
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Best Feature
– Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles
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Best Director for a Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography for a Narrative Feature, Special Jury Prize for Original Creative Vision
– River Run International Film Festival, Carolina, USA
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Founders Awards
– Traverse City Film Festival, USA
The World Unseen
German Critics Association Award (2003)
Jury Award at the Bermuda International Film Festival (2002)
Munich Starter Prize for Best First Time Director (2002)
Golden Needle Award at the Seattle Film Festival (2002)
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And many more...
Salvation
Grand Jury Award
- Almeria Western Film Festival