Winner
45. Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film
The Fragile King
Tristan Holmes
The Fragile King tells the story of an older white man, Gerald King, who is closer to death than life who gets dumped with his 15 -year-old grandson, when the child’s mother dies in a drunken car crash. The boy, who barely knows this old man, is shocked into a new reality when he is dumped in Gerald’s flat in Durban by social services. The film pays homage to the filmmaker’s grandfather.
The Nominees were as follows:
A Fire in Africa
Emil Kolbe
Alice, Through the Looking
Adam Donen
Little Johnny Jewel
Jude Rawlins
Punch of a Late Summer
Lorenzo Lanzillotti
The Fragile King
Tristan Holmes
The Legends of Nethiah
Emilio Iasiello
Twisted Vines
Tom Stohlgren | Corinne Sbeih
Thank you to everyone that entered this festival, you have been wonderful competitors and we wish you every success with your projects!
From all of the festival team.
