SA filmmaker Weeam Williams has picked up the ‘Best Lead Actress’ award at the West Europe International Film Festival.

South African documentary ‘District Six Rising from the Dust’ won Best Documentary at a film festival in France.

Cape Town short film ‘Two Hues’ continues to make waves globally with a second award from the North Europe International Film Festival.

The short film which chronicles the cultural paradox a Muslim woman who is also a rape victim, has to overcome, was shot in Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap.