[Winners of the 2017 Riverwood Awards. Photo/Courtesy]
The Riverwood awards, Kenya’s annual film awards, went down in Nairobi on Saturday night at the Kenya Cultural Centre, at a ceremony where glamour and surprises ruled. The event was put together by the Riverwood Ensemble comprising of 200 film producers, and headed by Mwaniki Mageria.
The awards, which launched in 2014 are aimed at recognizing low-budget film makers of Kenyan film and television content.
Raymond Ofula won the Lifetime Riverwood Achievement award while the Best Short Film went to Seed. Bonyeza *699*1 won in the Best TV Commercial category.
Other winners included Elly Yang, Best Lead Actor in a TV series (Pray and Prey), Charity Wang’ondu, Best Lead Actress in a TV series (Gaterina), Millicent Ogutu, Best Supporting Actress in Film (Bait) and Jacob Otieno, Best Supporting Actor in Film (Sibini).