Kenyan and Sudanese Filmmakers Lead Durban Film Awards

Kenyan and Sudanese filmmakers emerged as major winners at the 2026 Durban FilmMart, an important gathering for Africa’s film industry. Held in Durban, South Africa, the event attracted 1,131 film professionals from 56 countries under the theme “Shifting Worlds: Turning Towards Ourselves.” Kenyan filmmaker Neema Ngelime took the top nonfiction grant from South Africa’s national film foundation for The Ones With the Tempered Flowers, as well as four other awards. Fellow Kenyan Saitabao Kaiyare’s “Heirs of No Regret” won one award. Sudan’s Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmad’s “Where Do I Belong? and Alyaa Musa’s Four Months and Ten Days also collected six honors between them. Nigerian projects performed strongly, including The Boy Who Spoke Static, which won three awards.