Akosua Adoma Owusu
2013
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Owusu's short film, Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful wins
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker
at Ann Arbor Film Festival
2013
Africa Movie Academy Award
Owusu’s film, Kwaku Ananse, is nominated for the
Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Short Film
2013
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Owusu screens her short, Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful at the
51st Ann Arbor Film Festival
Saturday, March 23th, 9:30pm
2013
CinemAfrica Film Festival
CinemAfrica Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden screens
a retrospective of Owusu’s short films including Kwaku Ananse,
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful, Drexciya, &
Me Broni Ba (My White Baby)
March 13th-March 17th, 2013
2013
Papillion Institute of Art
Owusu's work, ME BRONI BA is included
in Black Radical Imagination exhibition at the Papillion Institute of Art
Saturday, Feb. 16th at 7PM, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Director's Lounge
Owusu's film, DREXCIYA will participate in Experiments
in Cinema program at Director's Lounge in Berlin, Germany
2013
Tribeca Heineken Affinity Award
Owusu’s feature and Creative Capital project, BLACK SUNSHINE is being
nominated for the first ever Tribeca Film Institute Heineken Affinity Award
for African American filmmakers.
2013
Berlin International Film Festival
Owusu will have the world premiere of her film, KWAKU ANANSE,
in competition for the Golden Bear prize at the Berlinale Shorts
9.2., 22:00, CINEMAXX 3
12.2., 16:00, CINEMAXX 5
14.2., 22:00, CINEMAXX 3
16.2., 17:45, COLOSSEUM 1
February 11-February 17, 2013, Berlin, Germany
2013
Video Slink Uganda
Owusu's short, INTERMITTENT DELIGHT will participate in
Video Slink Uganda, curated by Marisa Jahn
February 6th-March 6, 2013, Uganda
2012
Art Matters Grant
Owusu is awarded a travel grant for her film, KWAKU ANANSE from Art Matters
2012
Union Docs
Retrospective of short films & influences with Akosua Adoma Owusu
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful, Drexciya, Me Broni Ba (My White Baby), and Intermittent Delight,
screens with works by Rebecca Baron
and Ayoka Chenzira
December 16, 7:30pm, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Studio Museum in Harlem
Akosua Adoma Owusu featured in Fore at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
Nov 11, 2012 - Mar 10, 2013, New York
2012
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Owusu’s work, DREXCIYA, screens in the Rencontres Internationales program
at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin
July 3rd, 2012, 9 PM, Germany
2012
Locarno Film Festival
Owusu’s feature film, 'BLACK SUNSHINE', is selected in Locarno Film Festival’s
Open Doors co-production mart
August 1st- August 8th, 2012, Switzerland
2012
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Owusu’s film, SPLIT ENDS, I FEEL WONDERFUL, is included
in the International Competition of the 58th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
April 26th – May 1st, 2012, Germany
2012
Images Film Festival
Owusu’s short, SPLIT ENDS, I FEEL WONDERFUL, screens as part of the
Images Film Festival’s 25th Anniversary in Toronto
April 12th-21st, 2012, Canada
2012
Sarah Jacobson Film Grant
Owusu receives Sarah Jacobson Film Grant for her short film, KWAKU ANANSE
2012
Studio Museum in Harlem
Owusu’s short film, 'SPLIT ENDS, I FEEL WONDERFUL', premieres in
The Bearden Project
at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Mar 29, 2012 - May 27, 2012, New York
2012
Toronto International Film Festival
Owusu’s film, DREXCIYA, is included in the Toronto International Film Festival’s
African Shorts program
February 16th- February 29th, 2012, Canada
2012
Focus Features Africa First Award
Owusu wins Focus Features Africa First commission,
which supports emerging African filmmakers making short films