Martinique wins the grand prize for feature documentary with “The Color of Slavery” by Patrick Baucelin, at the 21st Pan-African Film Festival in Cannes.
Patrick Baucelin’s new production recounting the life of slaves from the holds of slave ships, the crossing of oceans, to homes in the Caribbean islands is a great success.
What a movie has received a harvest of accolades and continues to win numerous prizes. The latest is part of the Panafrican Film Festival in Cannes.
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The Cannes International Pan-African Film Festival (FIFP) is an exhibition platform for Cinema, its professions, Arts and know-how, but also innovation, culture and events.
This festival was created by Ngangue Ebelle Eitel Basile with the help of the Nord Sud Développement association. It constitutes an engine of development and solutions for the cinema industry and Pan-African Arts.
A crossroads for meetings between directors, musicians and visual artists, this festival is at the heart of living better together and building the future. Today the pan-African market is booming, hence the expertise of this institution.
To reward sure values, talents, the founders created the “DIKALO AWARDS” which means in Douala language of Cameroon “message“. This trophy is awarded by a professional jury to the best feature and short film (fiction), the best feature and short documentary, the best actor and the best actress.
From October 23 to 27, talents from all over Africa and beyond were in Cannes for the 21e edition of the pan-African festival. Patrick Baucelin received the prize for best documentary.
“The color of slavery” tells a tragic story, a crime against humanity and reports the daily life of slaves in every detail. The Martinican director, Patrick Baucelin describes the punishments, the rapes, the humiliations suffered by the slaves. In this poignant film, he also evokes maroonage and revolt.
This film did not leave the jury indifferent. He received the Golden Dikalo for the best. This is a consecration of more than 50 films screened from different countries: Africa, America, Europe, Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific.
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OFFICIAL DIKALO AWARDS 2024 AWARDS:
- BEST FEATURE FICTION FILM : “YAFA LE PARDON” by Christian LARA (France)
- BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM: “THE COLOR OF SLAVERY”, by Patrick BAUCELIN (Martinique)
- BEST SHORT FICTION FILM: “UNDER A MOTHER’S FEET”, by Elias SUHAIL (United Kingdom)
- BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM”: “LAPO CHAPÉ” by Mélissandre MONATUS, Aude JULIENNE-WILTORD (France)
- BEST ACTRESS: Amélie MBAYE for the film “AI-JE BIEN COUPÉE” by Amélie MBAYE (Senegal)
- BEST ACTOR: lThe duo Sidiki BAKABA and Luc SAINT-ELOI for the film “YAFA LE PARDON” by Christian LARA (France)
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- SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE FEATURE FICTION JURY: “THE DIVORCES OF CASABLANCA” by Mohammed Ahmed BENSOUDA (Morocco)
- “WITHOUT JUDGMENT” by Gabi Ruben NGOUNOU and Vicky PATTERSON (Canada)
- SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY JURY “THE KING OF KINGS: EDWARD JONES” by Harriet Marin JONES (France)
- SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE SHORT FILM JURY: “BATIMENT” de Hakim ZZIWA (Ouganda)
- SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM JURY: “THE DRUMS OF RASAKI AND THE RICH RHYTHMS OF THE YORUBÁ OF NIGERIA – NEW INTRODUCTION by Eve A. MA (United States)
- DOCUMENTARY JURY’S FAVORITE “COMING FROM ELSEWHERE by Patrice Jean EXENAT, Youseline SAINT THOMAS and Kylian EXENAT (France
- DIKALO OF PEACE NORTH SOUTH DEVELOPMENT
- “WITHOUT JUDGMENT” by Gabi Ruben NGOUNOU, by Vicky PATTERSON (Canada)
- DIKALO OF INNOVATION “THE MYSTERY OF WAZA” by Claye EDOU (Cameroon=
- DIKALO FOR BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Pierre-Michel MENARD
The film The Color of Slavery is at its 70th award.
