‘Acts of Man,’ ‘Africa AI,’ ‘We Had the Moon!’ Among Top Prize Winners at Durban FilmMart Award Ceremony

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Christopher Vourlias South African supernatural crime series “Acts of Man” took home the biggest cash prize Monday night at the Durban FilmMart award ceremony, while the South African documentaries “Africa AI” and “We Had the Moon!” were among the projects that took home multiple awards at the close of a spirited week in Durban. “Acts of Man” scooped the Known Inner Circle Award, which was handed out by the recently launched venture from South Africa’s Known Associates Group (KAG) and Canada’s Inner City Films (ICF) and Circle Blue Entertainment (CBE).

The award included a cash prize of $10,000 for the show’s creators, Sheetal Magan and Sean Drummond. The series follows two city detectives who are called to investigate a brutal ritualistic killing in a remote mountain town, where the shaken conservative community is convinced the devil is at work.

As Variety previously announced, the show has already been boarded by Casey Walker of Toronto-based Cave Painting Pictures, veteran Canadian producer Todd Brown (“The Raid,” “Mandy”) and Naysun Alae-Carew at Blazing Griffin in the U.K. “Africa AI,” from Amilcar Patel and Chris Kets, investigates the hidden costs of artificial intelligence for the African continent, from the extraction of its raw natural resources to its effects on labor rights, privacy, equality and ideas of freedom.

The film took home the Red Sea Film Fund Award for documentary in the amount of $5,000, as well as the DOK Leipzig Award with the support of IEFTA. “We Had the Moon!” is Pamella Edouard’s personal exploration of the profound impact of racism, colonialism and slavery in her native Mauritius.