Two African movies have clinched high prizes on the recently-concluded 2025 version of the American Black Movie Competition (ABFF).
The honours have been introduced on the Better of ABFF Awards which occurred on Saturday, 14th June, 2025.
South African movie Black Ladies and Intercourse (directed by Godisamang Khonou) received the award for Greatest Documentary Characteristic, whereas Ghanaian comedy characteristic The Fisherman (directed by Zoey Martinson) received two awards on the day – Greatest Narrative Characteristic and Greatest Director.
“ABFF has been greater than a movie pageant— it’s true after they say your story will discover its viewers, and generally it’ll be greater and higher than you possibly can think about”, Khonou wrote on her Instagram account, reacting to her win.
The Better of ABFF Awards recognise excellent achievements in varied classes of Black movie and tv. The awards are a spotlight of the pageant, celebrating the creativity and expertise of Black filmmakers. The awards span varied classes, together with Greatest Narrative Characteristic, Greatest Documentary Characteristic, Greatest Director, Greatest Collection (Tv or Net), and the HBO Quick Movie Award.
ABFF is an annual occasion devoted to empowering Black expertise and showcasing movie and tv content material by and about individuals of African descent. Believing that various artists deserve the identical alternatives as their mainstream counterparts, pageant founder Jeff Friday conceived the pageant in 1997 to strengthen the Black leisure neighborhood by means of useful resource sharing, training, and inventive collaboration.
ABFF attracts a worldwide neighborhood of Black movie and tv fanatics. That includes a dynamic mixture of movie screenings, panel discussions, grasp courses, and networking alternatives, the pageant gives a significant platform for each rising and established expertise to attach, showcase their work, and have interaction in significant trade dialogue. Held yearly in June, the five-day occasion attracts over 7,000 attendees from world wide, amplifying Black voices in Hollywood and past.