Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film

Black Reel Award for Outstanding International Film
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardBlack Reel Awards of 2012
Most recent winnerOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2026)
Websiteblackreelawards.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.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Year Film Country Director(s) Ref
2012
Attack the Block United Kingdom Joe Cornish [1]
The First Grader United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Johannes Roberts
2015
Fishing Without Nets Kenya Cutter Hodierne [4]
Difret Ethiopia Zeresenay Mehari
The Double! United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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

Year Film Country Director(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
2023
Saint Omer France Alice Diop
Neptune Frost Rwanda Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
2024
Rye Lane United Kingdom Raine Allen-Miller [12]
Brother Canada Clement Virgo
Our Father, the Devil Cameroon Ellie Foumbi
2025
Hard Truths United Kingdom Mike Leigh [13]
Bird United Kingdom Andrea Arnold
Emilia Pérez France Jacques Audiard
Old Righteous Blues South Africa Muneera Sallies
Nine South Africa Erica Joy
2026
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Zambia, United Kingdom, and Ireland Rungano Nyoni [14]
My Father's Shadow United Kingdom Akinola Davies Jr.
Night Call Belgium Michiel Blanchart
Souleymane's Story France Boris Lojkine
We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe Germany Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

Tally by country

Country Number of
winning films		 Number of
nominated films
United Kingdom &&&&&&&&&+4 &&&&&&&&+16
France &&&&&&&&&+3 &&&&&&&&+12
South Africa &&&&&&&&&+2 &&&&&&&&&+7
Senegal &&&&&&&&&+2 &&&&&&&&&+2
Kenya &&&&&&&&&+1 &&&&&&&&&+4
Canada &&&&&&&&&+1 &&&&&&&&&+3
Nigeria &&&&&&&&&+1 &&&&&&&&&+2
Burkina Faso &&&&&&&&&+1 &&&&&&&&&+1
Zambia &&&&&&&&&+1 &&&&&&&&&+1
Ireland &&&&&&&&&+1 &&&&&&&&&+1
Ethiopia &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+3
Italy &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+2
Rwanda &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Congo &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Ghana &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Jamaica &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Liberia &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Tanzania &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Niger &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Trinidad and Tobago &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Tunisia &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Cameroon &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Belgium &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1
Germany &&&&&&&&&+0 &&&&&&&&&+1

References

  1. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  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
  10. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!"". 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  11. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  12. ^ Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "25th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "26th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
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