Nicola Daniels nicola.daniels@inl.co.za
AWARD-WINNING film-maker and performance artist Weaam Williams has scooped another prize, this time for Best Lead Actress at the West Europe International Film Festival, Brussels Edition, for her film Two Hues, a fictional drama.
Co-directed with Dominique Roxanne Josie, Two Hues was Williams’s first fiction directorial project, and first on-screen acting role.
The accolade was its fourth international prize, awarded at the festival’s virtual award ceremony on Saturday.
“I am truly honoured for this recognition and was encouraged by my husband, director of photography Nafia Kocks, to play the part, as deep inside, it’s what I really wanted to do. There was great support from my friends and support cast – Khalil Kathrada and Abdu Adams, both seasoned actors, offered words of encouragement. And co-director Dominique…