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Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature<\/h2>\n<\/div>

presented by Andscape<\/h4>\n<\/div>

\u201cCinnamon\u201d<\/em> – Written and Directed by Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr.<\/h3>\n<\/div>

Director: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Writer: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Producers: Oz Scott, Kevin Garnett | Cast: Damon Wayans, Pam Grier, Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ededed” css=”.vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Jury Award, Best Director (TIE)<\/h2>\n<\/div>

presented by Cadillac<\/h4>\n<\/div>

Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. – “Cinnamon”<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>

Director: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Writer: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Producers: Oz Scott, Kevin Garnett | Cast: Damon Wayans, Pam Grier, Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ogo Okpue – “A Song from the Dark”<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>

Director: Ogo Okpue | Writer: Ogo Okpue | Producer: Ogo Okpue | Cast: Vanessa Vanderpuye, Nse Ikpe Etim, Wale Ojo, Garcia Brown, Paul Coster<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ededed” css=”.vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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HBO\u00ae<\/sup> Short Film Award Showcase<\/h2>\n<\/div>

presented by Warner Bros. Discovery\/HBO<\/h4>\n<\/div>

“Jelly”<\/em> \u2013 Directed by Anndi Jinelle Liggett<\/h3>\n<\/div>

Director: Anndi Jinelle Liggett | Writer: Anndi Jinelle Liggett | Producers: Ifeyinwa Arinze, Simone Roberts, Anndi Jinelle Liggett, Frankie Li, Alyce Yang, Shailha Alam | Cast: Andr\u00e9 Holland, Khloe Bruno, Antu Yacob, Christopher Woodley, Farah Felisbret, Zuhairah McGill<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ededed” css=”.vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Jury Award, Best Documentary Feature<\/h2>\n<\/div>

presented by ABFF<\/h4>\n<\/div>

“Locked Out”<\/em> \u2013 Directed by Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher<\/h3>\n<\/div>

Directors: Kate Davis, Luchina Fisher | Producer: Rupert Maconick | Cast: Soummer Crawford, Geraldine Smith-Bey, Niaja Rutledge<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ededed” css=”.vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Jury Award, Best Series (Television or Web)<\/h2>\n<\/div>

presented by Comcast NBC Universal | Black Experience on XFINITY<\/h4>\n<\/div>

“I Was a Soul Train Dancer”<\/em> \u2013 Written, Directed, and Produced by Timiza Sanyika<\/h3>\n<\/div>

Director: Timiza Sanyika | Writer: Timiza Sanyika | Producer: Timiza Sanyika | Cast: Aretha Jackson, Larry \u201cBobcat\u201d Jefferies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ededed” css=”.vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Jury Award, Best Actor<\/h2>\n<\/div>

presented by Ally<\/h4>\n<\/div>

Actress<\/span> Vanessa Vanderpuye – “A Song from the Dark”<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_single_image image=\"29400\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"]Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature presented by Andscape \u201cCinnamon\u201d - Written and Directed by Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. Director: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Writer: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Producers: Oz Scott, Kevin Garnett | Cast: Damon Wayans, Pam Grier, Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono [vc_separator color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#ededed\" css=\".vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}\"][vc_single_image image=\"30635\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"]Jury Award, Best Director (TIE) presented by Cadillac Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. - \"Cinnamon\" Director: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Writer: Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. | Producers: Oz Scott, Kevin Garnett | Cast: Damon Wayans, Pam Grier, Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono [vc_single_image image=\"30661\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"]Ogo Okpue - \"A Song from the Dark\" Director: Ogo Okpue | Writer: Ogo Okpue | Producer: Ogo Okpue | Cast: Vanessa Vanderpuye, Nse Ikpe Etim, Wale Ojo, Garcia Brown, Paul Coster [vc_separator color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#ededed\" css=\".vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px !important;}\"][vc_single_image image=\"29741\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"]HBO\u00ae Short Film Award Showcase presented by Warner Bros. Discovery\/HBO \"Jelly\" \u2013 Directed by Anndi Jinelle Liggett Director: Anndi Jinelle Liggett | Writer: Anndi Jinelle Liggett | Producers: Ifeyinwa Arinze, Simone Roberts, Anndi Jinelle Liggett, Frankie Li, Alyce Yang, Shailha Alam | Cast: Andr\u00e9 Holland, Khloe Bruno, Antu Yacob, Christopher Woodley, Farah Felisbret, Zuhairah McGill [vc_separator color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#ededed\" css=\".vc_custom_1618323989768{margin-top: 12px...","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":24175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-30552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30552"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30604,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30552\/revisions\/30604"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}