Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film explained

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign-Language Film
Presenter:The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
Country:United States
Year:Black Reel Awards of 2012
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:Muzi Mthembu
African America (Black Reel Awards of 2022)

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film. This award is presented to the director of the film and was first awarded during the 2012 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

YearFilmCountryDirector(s)Ref
2012
Attack the BlockU.K.Joe Cornish[1]
The First GraderU.K.Justin Chadwick
KinyarwandaRwandaAlrick Brown
Life, Above AllSouth AfricaOliver Schmitz
Viva Riva!CongoDjo Tunda Wa Munga
2013
The IntouchablesFranceÉric Toledano and Olivier Nakache[2]
ElzaFranceMariette Monpierre
Ties That BindGhanaLeila Djansi
Toussaint LouvertureFrancePhilippe Niang
Wuthering HeightsU.K.Andrea Arnold
2014
War WitchCanadaKim Nguyen[3]
Better Mus' ComeJamaicaStorm Saulter
Home AgainCanadaSudz Sutherland
Nairobi Half LifeKenyaDavid Gitonga
Storage 24U.K.Johannes Roberts
2015
Fishing Without NetsKenyaCutter Hodierne[4]
DifretEthiopiaZeresenay Mehari
The Double!U.K.Richard Ayoade
Freedom RoadSouth AfricaShane Vermooten
Half of a Yellow SunNigeriaBiyi Bandele
2016
GirlhoodFranceCéline Sciamma[5]
FreetownLiberiaGarrett Batty
HoneytrapU.K.Rebecca Johnson
MediterraneaItalyJonas Carpignano
My Friend VictoriaFranceJean-Paul Civeyrac
SambaFranceÉric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
2017
Eye of the StormBurkina FasoSékou Traoré[6]
AishaTanzaniaChande Omar
DivinesFranceHouda Benyamina
LambEthiopiaYared Zeleke
Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in ItNigerChristopher Kirkley
2018
The WoundSouth AfricaJohn Trengove[7]
Félicité FranceAlain Gomis
Kati KatiKenyaMbithi Masya
2019
LionheartNigeriaGenevieve Nnaji[8]
Green Days by the RiverTrinidadMichael Mooleedhar
Where Hands TouchUnited KingdomAmma Asante
RafikiKenyaWanuri Kahiu
VayaSouth AfricaAkin Omotoso

2020s

YearFilmCountryDirector(s)Ref
2020
AtlanticsSenegalMati Diop[9]
The Boy Who Harnessed the WindUnited KingdomChiwetel Ejiofor
FarmingUnited Kingdom
In FabricUnited KingdomPeter Strickland
Les MisérablesFranceLadj Ly
2021
Night of the KingsSenegalPhilippe Lacôte[10]
His House United KingdomRemi Weekes
The Life AheadItalyEdoardo Ponti
2022
African AmericaSouth AfricaMuzi Mthembu [11]
Bitter SugarTunisiaMalik Isasis
Faya DayiEthiopiaJessica Beshir

Tally by country

Country Number of
winning films
Number of
nominated films
Italy
Senegal
United Kingdom
Rwanda
South Africa
Congo
France
Ghana
Canada
Jamaica
Kenya
Ethiopia
Trinidad
Nigeria
Niger
Tanzania
Liberia
Burkina Faso
Tunisia

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012 2012 Black Reel Awards
  2. Web site: Critics Wild About Beasts. Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. August 1, 2016.
  3. Web site: 2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees. Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. August 1, 2016.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards
  5. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2016 2016 Black Reel Awards
  6. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards
  7. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2018 2018 Black Reel Awards
  8. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2019 2019 Black Reel Awards
  9. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2020 2020 Black Reel Awards
  10. Web site: A Special "Night in Miami!". 18 February 2021. 27 February 2021. 22 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210222074540/http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/. dead.
  11. Web site: ‘The Harder They Fall’ Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards . Black Girl Nerds . BGN Staff . 2 January 2022.