{"id":4702,"date":"2015-09-02T20:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T00:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/?page_id=4702"},"modified":"2016-03-24T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T18:36:57","slug":"2011-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/archives\/history-of-winners\/2011-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The complete list of ABFF Honors Awards is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>HBO<sup>&#174;<\/sup> Short Film Competition<\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">FIG,<\/span> written by Alex George Pickering and directed by Ryan Coogler. Award presented by Lucinda Martinez, VP\/Domestic Network Distribution &#38; Multicultural Marketing for HBO,  and former HBO executive Olivia Smashum. Grand Prize of $20,000.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Best Documentary, presented by CNN<\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">BROWN BABIES, <\/span>directed by Regina Griffin. Award presented by Janet Rolle, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of CNN Worldwide, and actor Dennis White. Grand Prize of $5,000.\t<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Grey Goose &#8220;Rising Icon&#8221; Award &#8211; Actress Naturi Naughton. <\/strong>Award presented by Chauncey Hamlett, Grey Goose Brand Manager, and actress Mari Marrow. <\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>The Star Project Winners, presented by NBCUniversal &#8211; Sheaun McKinney of Los Angeles and Tiffany D. Hobbs of Dallas.<\/strong> Award presented by Kendra Carter, Director of Talent Diversity Initiatives, NBCUniversal Casting; Debra Langford, VP of Inclusion and Business Diversity, NBCUniversal; and actor Mekhi Phifer. Grand Prize winner to receive walk-on role on NBC&#8217;s daytime drama &#8220;Days of Our Lives.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>The gmc Television Network Screenplay Competition &#8212; David Martyn Conley for <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">RAISING IZZIE.<\/span><\/strong> Award presented by singer Eric Benet and actress DeEtta West. Grand Prize of $5,000.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Grand Jury Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Best Screenplay presented by Team Sizzle Worldwide &#8211; <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">BLACK GOLD,<\/span> <\/strong> directed by Jeta Amata. Award presented by Team Sizzle Worldwide CEO Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens and actress Elise Neal. Grand Prize of $5,000.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Best Actor, presented by Gold Peak Tea  (tie) &#8211; Lonyo Engele<\/strong> for his role as David Brown in <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">DAVID IS DYING <\/span>and <strong>Persia White<\/strong> for her role as Trenyce in <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">DYSFUNCTIONAL FRIENDS.<\/span> Award presented by Mark Pitts, VP and General Manager of Coffee and Tea for Coca-Cola, and actress Terri J. Vaughn. Grand Prize of $5,000.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Best Director, presented by Cadillac &#8211; Stephen Lloyd Jackson<\/strong> for <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">DAVID IS DYING. <\/span> Award presented by Dave Fitzwater, Regional Sales &#38; Marketing Manager SE Region at General Motors, and actor Laz Alonso. Grand Prize of $5,000.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Best Film, presented by Wells Fargo<\/strong> <span class=\"movie-title-bold\">THE TESTED, <\/span> directed by <strong>Russell Constanzo<\/strong>. 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