The 2014 International Images Film Festival for Women (IIFF) ended with a wonderful ceremony at the Jameson Hotel in Harare's Samora Machel Avenue. The festival is orgainzed annually by the Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe. Here are the results and some impressions from the awards.

1. 23rd August 2014
Jameson Hotel, Harare
International Images Film
Festival for Women 2014
Awards Ceremony

2. Filmmakers, Artists and
other cinema goers
thronged the venue to
support their favorite films.

3. A captivated audience
awaits the decisions at
the IIFF 2014 closing &
awards ceremony.

4. Video messages by
Chimamanda Adichie
and Yaba Badoe, two of
the nominees for the
“Distinguished Women
of African Cinema”
Award.

5. IIFF 2014 Award Winners
WALTER MUPARUTSA PRIZE FOR THE BEST FILM IN THE NEW MAN CATEGORY
Under The Same Sun by Sameh Zoabi - USA/ Israel
BEST SHORT FILM
Strength in Fear by Ella Liliane Mutuyimana - Rwanda
BEST DOCUMENTARY ($1000)
Little Heaven by Lievan Corthouts - Ethiopia/ Belgium
BEST SCRIPT
Biyi Bandele for Half of A Yellow Sun - UK/ Nigeria
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bradford Young for Mother of George - USA/ Nigeria
BEST ACTRESS
Sumeia Maculuva in Virgin Margarida - Mozambique/ Portugal
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Karekezii for Imbabazi : The Pardon – Rwanda
BEST DEPICTION OF A WOMAN ALIVE: WOMAN OF HEART
Virgin Margarida by Licinio Azevedo - Mozambique/ Portugal
BEST FILM ($1000)
Virgin Margarida by Licinio Azevedo - Mozambique/ Portugal

6. IIFF 2014 Award Winners II
AUDIENCE PRIZE
Half of A Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele - UK, Nigeria
BEST AFRICAN FILM ($1000)
Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele - Nigeria/ UK
BEST SADC ($1000)
Virgin Margarida by Licinio Azevedo - Mozambique/ Portugal
BEST ZIMBABWEAN FILM ($500)
Two Villages Apart by Donald Mabido
SERVICE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WFOZ MEMBER ($50)
Stella January
DISTINGUISHED WOMAN OF AFRICAN CINEMA
Lupita Nyong’o - Kenya/ USA
The juries did not award the Best Zimbabwean documentary ($ 500)
and Zimbabwean film with best sound ($ 500)

7. IIFF 2014 Award Winners II
AUDIENCE PRIZE
Half of A Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele - UK, Nigeria
BEST AFRICAN FILM ($1000)
Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele - Nigeria/ UK
BEST SADC ($1000)
Virgin Margarida by Licinio Azevedo - Mozambique/ Portugal
BEST ZIMBABWEAN FILM ($500)
Two Villages Apart by Donald Mabido
SERVICE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WFOZ MEMBER ($50)
Stella January
DISTINGUISHED WOMAN OF AFRICAN CINEMA
Lupita Nyong’o - Kenya/ USA
The juries did not award the Best Zimbabwean documentary ($ 500)
and Zimbabwean film with best sound ($ 500)