Winners announced for 2022 BUFF Awards
This year’s 8th annual British Urban Film Festival awards took place at Rich Mix in East London and was the climax to BUFF 2022 – the UK’s premier film showcase for diversity and representation (established by Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe MBE in 2005). Actor, writer and director Femi Oyeniran (The Evolution of Black British Music) hosted proceedings alongside co-presenter Mosique Lavontelle (MLavontellePresents, The Hotlist UK).
This year’s BUFF honorary award was presented by producer/director Don Omope (Makate Must Sell, TATU, The Wedding Party) and received by prolific British Nigerian filmmaker Obi Emelonye in recognition of his 20+ years contribution to cinema with films including Black Mail, The Mirror Boy, Oxford Gardens and Badamasi.
Results
Best Short Film Award – nominees
· My Jerome (dir: Adjani Salmon)
· Dysphoria (dir: Yennis Cheung)
· Fifty Four Days (dir: Cat White & Phoebe Torrance) – WINNER
· Puzzled Path (dir: Kenneth Ma)
The Blessing Anyiam-Osigwe Best Actress Award – nominees
· Shin-Fei Chen (Dysphoria)
· Sophie Cartman (Four O’Clock Flowers) – WINNER
· Kelise Gordon (Long Walk Home)
· Ledisi (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)
Best Actor – nominees
· Nicholas Pinnock (Can I Help?) – WINNER
· Kelechi Udegbe (Collision Course)
· Wil Johnson (The Track)
· Bally Gill (Bus Driver)
The Victor Adebodun Best Feature Film Award – nominees
· The Wife and her House Husband (dir: Marcus Markou) – WINNER
· Donkey Dust (dir: Kit Akinluyi)
· Four O’Clock Flowers (dir: Peter Callow)
· Pattern (dir: Ivan Madeira)
Best Documentary (sponsored by PBS) – nominees
· Buddleia – The Unchained Story (dir: Tracy Kiryango) – WINNER
· Fenom (dir: Kayla Johnson)
· Hostile (dir: Sonita Gale)
· Black Daddy: The Movie (dir: Damon Jamal Taylor)
Best International Film – nominees
· Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (dir: Denise Dowse) – WINNER
· Collision Course (dir: Bolanle Austen-Peters)
· Child of The Occult ( dir: Adesola Sunday Oyin-Adejobi, Isaac Oluwole Olaleye)
Best Soundtrack – nominees
· Silent World (dir. Charlie Dennis) – WINNER
· When the Rain sets in (dir. James Hughes)
· Wetin Man Go Do (dir. Lukas Zeickner)
· Remember Me – The Mahalia Jackson Story (dir: Denise Dowse)
Best Live Script Award – 3 recipients
· Helen Alexis Yonov (Burden of Light) – WINNER
· Stephen Graham (I’m a Gun) – WINNER
· Hecham Elhajoui (War Criminal) – WINNER
The British Urban Film Festival Honorary Award recipient:
Obi Emelonye