Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign-Language Film
Country United States
Presented by The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded Black Reel Awards of 2012
Most recent winnerMuzi Mthembu
African America (Black Reel Awards of 2022)
Website blackreelawards.com

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.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

YearFilmCountryDirector(s)Ref
2012
Attack the Block U.K. Joe Cornish [1]
The First Grader U.K. Justin Chadwick
Kinyarwanda Rwanda Alrick Brown
Life, Above All South Africa Oliver Schmitz
Viva Riva! Congo Djo Tunda Wa Munga
2013
The Intouchables France Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache [2]
Elza France Mariette Monpierre
Ties That Bind Ghana Leila Djansi
Toussaint Louverture France Philippe Niang
Wuthering Heights U.K. Andrea Arnold
2014
War Witch Canada Kim Nguyen [3]
Better Mus' Come Jamaica Storm Saulter
Home Again Canada Sudz Sutherland
Nairobi Half Life Kenya David Gitonga
Storage 24 U.K. Johannes Roberts
2015
Fishing Without Nets Kenya Cutter Hodierne [4]
Difret Ethiopia Zeresenay Mehari
The Double! U.K. Richard Ayoade
Freedom Road South Africa Shane Vermooten
Half of a Yellow Sun Nigeria Biyi Bandele
2016
Girlhood France Céline Sciamma [5]
Freetown Liberia Garrett Batty
Honeytrap U.K. Rebecca Johnson
Mediterranea Italy Jonas Carpignano
My Friend Victoria France Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Samba France Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
2017
Eye of the Storm Burkina Faso Sékou Traoré [6]
Aisha Tanzania Chande Omar
Divines France Houda Benyamina
Lamb Ethiopia Yared Zeleke
Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It Niger Christopher Kirkley
2018
The Wound South Africa John Trengove [7]
Félicité France Alain Gomis
Kati Kati Kenya Mbithi Masya
2019
Lionheart Nigeria Genevieve Nnaji [8]
Green Days by the River Trinidad Michael Mooleedhar
Where Hands Touch United Kingdom Amma Asante
Rafiki Kenya Wanuri Kahiu
Vaya South Africa Akin Omotoso

2020s

YearFilmCountryDirector(s)Ref
2020
Atlantics Senegal Mati Diop [9]
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind United Kingdom Chiwetel Ejiofor
Farming United Kingdom Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
In Fabric United Kingdom Peter Strickland
Les Misérables France Ladj Ly
2021
Night of the Kings Senegal Philippe Lacôte [10]
His House United Kingdom Remi Weekes
The Life Ahead Italy Edoardo Ponti
2022
African America South Africa Muzi Mthembu [11]
Bitter Sugar Tunisia Malik Isasis
Faya Dayi Ethiopia Jessica Beshir

Tally by country

CountryNumber of
winning films
Number of
nominated films
Flag of Italy.svg Italy +0+2
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal +2+2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom +1+11
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda +0+1
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa +2+5
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo +0+1
Flag of France.svg France +2+9
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana +0+1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada +1+2
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica +0+1
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya +1+4
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia +0+3
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad +0+1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria +1+2
Flag of Niger.svg Niger +0+1
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania +0+1
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia +0+1
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso +1+1
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia +0+1

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References

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  4. 2015 Black Reel Awards
  5. 2016 Black Reel Awards
  6. 2015 Black Reel Awards
  7. 2018 Black Reel Awards
  8. 2019 Black Reel Awards
  9. 2020 Black Reel Awards
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