Founder's Best Story

Pathbreakers (Uganda)
Restoring Dignity (France)
Tools for Solidarity (Malawi)
Sens Dessus Dessous (Gabon)
Rwanda: An African Metamorphosis (Rwanda)

TAFFEST:

Rwanda: An African Metamorphosis (Rwanda)
 

Best Screenplay Nominees

Bedroom Points (Nigeria)
Captive - Ko NKanga (South Africa)
State of Mind (Zimbabwe)
Parental Responsibility (Australia)
The Forbidden (Uganda)

TAFFEST:

The Forbidden (Uganda)

ROOTFLIX VIEWERS CHOICE Nominees

ASSANG (GABON)
SEMA (TANZANIA)
CASTED SOULS (SENEGAL)
TENACITY (CAMEROON)
ORIKI (NIGERIA)
SALAMU (TANZANIA)
GOLDEN FISH, AFRICAN FISH (SENEGAL)
VAIN GLORY (CAMEROON)
THE FORBIDDEN (UGANDA)
HALIMAT (NIGERIA)
SENS DESSUS DESSOUS (GABON)
LEADING LADY (NIGERIA)

TAFFEST:

SEMA (TANZANIA)
 

Best Emerging Filmmaker Nominees

PANAFRICUS - Casted Souls (Senegal)
UYOYOU ADIA - THE FOURTH SIDE (Nigeria)
JOSEPH BOATENG - Rising Star (Ghana)
GALINA KOLCHINA – Africa Tells (Russia)
CLAIRE JEANTET & Fabrice Catérini – Restoring Dignity (France)

TAFFEST:

NARRATIVE: UYOYOU ADIA - THE FOURTH SIDE (Nigeria)
DOCUMENTARY: CLAIRE JEANTET & Fabrice Catérini – Restoring Dignity (France)

Best Cinematography Nominees

NOMFUNDO (South Africa)
Closed (Nigeria)
A leaf (Egypt)
Nogochi (Mali)
Tenacity (Cameroon)

TAFFEST:

Tenacity (Cameroon)
 

Best Soundtrack Nominees

Sema (Tanzania)
Rain (Uganda)
Vain Glory (Cameroon)
Lucky (Ghana)
Oga Baloji (Nigeria)

TAFFEST:

Vain Glory (Cameroon)

Best Indigenous Nominees

Tenacity (Cameroon)
Salamu (Tanzania)
Assang (Gabon)
Butterfly (Cameroon)
Bigger than Africa (Nigeria)

TAFFEST:

Bigger than Africa (Nigeria)
 

Best Costume Nominees

Bigger than Africa (Nigeria)
Tenacity (Cameroon)
Disguise (Nigeria)
Nogochi (Mali)
'94 TERROR (Uganda)

TAFFEST:

'94 TERROR (Uganda)

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Pathbreakers (Uganda)
Jumer (Egypt)
The Vision (USA)
Putting Safety on the Front Burner (Nigeria)
Rwanda: An African Metamorphosis (Rwanda)

TAFFEST:

Pathbreakers (Uganda)
 

Best Narrative short Nominees

ORIKI (NIGERIA)
Rising Star (GHANA)
Closed (NIGERIA)
BIBI MTOTO (UGANDA)
Losing My Religion (NIGERIA)

TAFFEST:

ORIKI (NIGERIA)

Best Young Talent Nominees

Eric Appiah - Rising Star (Ghana)
Jasmin Fakunde - Oga Baloji (Nigeria)
Nchini Sylvia-Bright Bih - Bed of Thorns (Cameroon)
Anah Ambuchi - Made In His Image – Kenya
Ihiechineke Anthony - Losing My Religion (Nigeria)

TAFFEST:

Anah Ambuchi - Made In His Image (Kenya)
 

Best Director

Zziwa Aaron Alone - Twisted Minds (Uganda) Timoth Conrad - Sema (TANZANIA) Nkanya Nkwai - My Image (CAMEROON) Toumani Sangare - Nogochi (MALI) Ramesh Jai - Bad Luck Joe (GHANA)

TAFFEST:

Timoth Conrad - Sema (TANZANIA)

Best Actress Nominees

Syriette Che - My Image (Cameroon)
Stella Damasus - Between (USA)
Diana Nabatanzi – Twisted Minds (Uganda)
Phoenix Ifeoma Ezendu - Leading Lady (Nigeria)
Leilah Nakabira - THE FORBIDDEN (Uganda)

TAFFEST:

Stella Damasus - Between (USA)
 

Best Actor Nominees

Tsi Conrad - TENACITY (Cameroon) Hassan Daffur - Sema (Tanzania) Mateega Smith Shadic - ’94 TERROR (UGANDA) Nsu George - Bed of Thorns (Cameroon) Prince Osei - Last Night (Ghana)

TAFFEST:

Prince Osei - Last Night (Ghana)

Best Documentary Feature Nominees

MADAGASIKARA (Madagascar)
Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba (Cuba)
Tools For Solidarity (Malawi)
Golden fish, African fish (Senegal)
GALSEN - The language of souls (Gambia)

TAFFEST:

Golden fish, African fish (Senegal)
 

Best Narrative Feature Nominees

BETWEEN (USA)
Sema (TANZANIA)
Oga Baloji (NIGERIA)
Nogochi (MALI)
Bad Luck Joe (GHANA)

TAFFEST:

Nogochi (MALI)