2024 NIFCA Special and General Awards

NIFCA 2024 SPECIAL AND GENERAL AWARDS

 

THE PRIME MINISTER’S SCHOLARSHIP (NOMINATIONs)  

*DANCE                    – Lesley Seale, Multifarious Dance Crew, Breaking the Cycle

THEATRE                   – Akeem Chandler-Prescod, Monsters Aren’t Real

VISUAL ARTS            – Larissa Small, Saturday Mornin’ Series (Conversation)

*awarded

 

THE FOUNDER’S TROPHY                                               

Akeem Chandler-Prescod – Monsters Aren’t Real

 

THE PRIME MINISTER’S AWARD FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL NIFCA ENTRY

DANCE                       Multifarious Dance Crew – Breakin’ The Cycle

FILM –VIDEO           Egan Layne- Juice S

VISUAL ARTS            Sybil Fiedler – In the Deep

 

THE CYNTHIA WILSON NIFCA PRODUCER’S PRIZE

DANCE           – Jamal Dawe, Multifarious Dance Crew

 

SYMBOLS OF EXCELLENCE – ICON AWARDS

DANCE           The Madame Ifill Award of Excellence             – Multifarious Dance Crew – Breakin’ The Cycle

DANCE           The Gene Carson Award of Excellence             – Dancin Africa – Passing The Light

FILM-VIDEO The Erskine Callender Award of Excellence    – Gem.in.I Project- I Can’t Breathe

 

THE NIFCA AWARD FOR CITIZENSHIP

DANCE          Multifarious Dance Crew – Breakin’ The Cycle

THEATRE      Malachi Hope – There Was a Boy

MUSIC           Ignatius Byer Primary School Choir – Make The Right Choice

LITERARY      Elizabeth Best – Mama’s Soup

 

THE NIFCA AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT BY AN ARTISTE WITH DISABILITY

LITERARY                  Serena Archer– The Girl in The Dusk,

VISUAL ARTS           Mario Holder –Tied to the Ground

 

NIFCA PRIZE FOR INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

DANCE                        Naweza Dance Movement – The Power of Love

THEATRE                  Alister Alexander – Joshua Pow

MUSIC                       Haynesville Youth Club – Tombres de Alba

FILM                           Biocultural Education and Research Programme; Sonia Peter- Healing Roots

CULINARY               Melissia Batson – Doorly’s XO FourSquare Chocolate

LITERARY                  Carlson Spooner-Pascal – It Too Soon Bout Hey Fuh Xmas

 

SPECIAL ICON SCHOLARSHIPS

DANCE           The Richild Springer Scholarship            – Ysobel Jones, J.O.Y Productions

THEATRE       The NIFCA Earl Warner Prize                  – Anderson Clarke & O’neil Riley – BPS Stars

 

SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE BARBADOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DANCE           Khyra Williams,

DANCE           Calista Bowen,

DANCE           Tanarii O’Donell-Cadogan,

DANCE           Kato Austin

THEATRE       Malachi Hope

THEATRE       Raquon Hinds

MUSIC           Chelsea Ellis

MUSIC           Jaquon Stoute, Grantley Adams Memorial School

VISUAL ARTS            Cyanna Austin

VISUAL ARTS            William MacKenzie

SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE TVET COUNCIL

DANCE           Kiana Hall

DANCE           Shakiel Stoute

THE NCF BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR PRIZE

DANCE                       Jamal Dawe, Multifarious Dance Crew – Breakin’ The Cycle

CULINARY                 Bernice Chase – Moringa Blossom Pickle

VISUAL ARTS            Aisha Lovell – Inspired, Exulting, Free (jewellery set)

 

GENERAL & INCENTIVE AWARDS

DANCE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A PRIMARY SCHOOL           – Wesley Hall Junior School, The Cry

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL                    – Khyra Williams, Anomaly Dance Academy, Echoes Within 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A COMMUNITY GROUP     – Dancin’ Africa , Passing The Light

BEST NEWCOMER TO NIFCA DANCE                             – J.O.Y Productions, Psalm 91:11

BEST PRESENTATION BY A GROUP                                – Multifarious Dance Crew,  Breakin’ The Cycle

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT COSTUME:

Haynesville Youth Club – Tribute to Masquerade: Mudda Sally, Fertility Gods

Haynesville Youth Club – Tribute to Masquerade: Dancing the Leaves, Shaggy Bears

Elleira Dance Company – Vertere

Anomaly Dance Academy – Sweet Labour

Shakiel Stoute – Hold Me

Barbados Dance Theatre – The Calling

Dancin’ Africa – Passing the Light

KL Dance Movement – Inspire Change

J.O.Y Productions – Psalm 91:11

Naweza Dance Movement – The Power of Love

Wesley Hall Junior School – The Cry

Multifarious Kidz – Girl Power

Sharon Dancers – Together Hope

Barbados Dance Theatre – Zephyrs

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT DIRECTORS:

Jennifer Sealy – Dancin’ Africa

John Hunte – Barbados Dance Theatre

Ajene Lashley – Anomaly Dance Academy

Jamal Dawe – Multifarious Dance Crew

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT SET DESIGN:

Rohisia Sampson – Tribute to Cameron

Barbados Dance Theatre – The Calling

Simone Williams – Broken Dolls

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT ACCOMPANIMENT:

Haynesville Youth Club –

Simone Williams – Broken Dolls

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT LIGHTING:

Issachar Arts Ministries – This Love

Barbados Dance Theatre – The Calling

Anomaly Dance Academy – Echoes Within

Anomaly Dance Academy – Sweet Labour

J.O.Y Productions – Psalm 91:11

Efflorescence Dance Collective – The Butterfly Effect

Gentle Step Arts Academy – The Testament

 

THEATRE ARTS

MOST PROMISING PRESENTATION – DRAMA                         BPS Stars – Silence The Violence

 

MOST PROMISING PRESENTATION – SPEECH                         Malachi Hope – There Was a Boy

 

MOST PROMISING PERFORMANCE – PRIMARY SCHOOL            Cuthbert Moore Primary School – Transformation

 

MOST PROMISING COMMUNITY GROUP                                Northern Lights Drama Group

 

MOST PROMISING PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL            Raquon Hinds – Canefields

 

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER TO NIFCA                             Ashley Serieux

 

THE RICKY ‘BABU’ PARRIS CHALLENGE SHIELD                      Alister Alexander – Joshua Pow 

 

NIFCA COACHING DEVELOPMENT AWARD                 Kaleah Thompson – Northern Lights Drama Group

 

MUSIC

BEST NEWCOMER TO NIFCA MUSIC – Jaquon Stoute

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SECONDARY SCHOOL  – CH CH Foundation School Steel Orchestra, Barbados Reborn

BEST ARRANGEMENT – Barbados Reborn, arranged by Lowrey Worrell

BEST INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE – CH CH Foundation School Steel Orchestra , Barbados Reborn,

BEST LARGE ENSEMBLE – CH CH Foundation School Steel Orchestra, Barbados Reborn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL – Skyy Dowridge, My Way

MOST PROMISING PERFORMANCE BY A COMMUNITY GROUP – Haynesville Youth Club, Tombres de Alba

BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE – Haynesville Youth Club, Tombres de Alba

BEST PERFORMANCE OF TUK RHYTHMS – Israel Lovell Foundation, Voyage

BEST ORIGINAL PIECE & THE JACKIE OPEL AWARD – Chad Bowen ‘A Single Bullet’

BEST PRESENTATION – Ignatius Byer Primary School Choir – ‘Issues’

MOST ENTERTAINING PERFORMANCE Ignatius Byer Primary School Choir – Make The Right Choice

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A PRIMARY SCHOOL – St. Luke’s Academy – Mama in Bridgetown

BEST SPOUGE PERFORMANCE – St. Cyprians Boys School Band – A Tribute to Jackie Opel

CULINARY ARTS

 

*Best Bajan Sweets & Treats (Traditional Confectionery) o Tamarind Balls (Junior Category) (Gold) – Sara Butler

• Best Bajan Preserve – Moringa Blossom Pickle – (Gold) – Bernice Chase
• Best Baked Goods – Fishy Cheesecake – (Gold)- Charlene Babb
• Best Bajan Cocktails & Mocktails – Sorrel Iced Tea Punch Cocktail – (Silver) – Jasmine Forde
• Best Bajan Nice-Cream & Desserts – Doorly’s Xo Four Square Chocolate – (Gold) – Melissia Batson
• Special Prize for Best Use of Local Flours – Cassava Ole Hat – (Silver) – Majorie Beckles

FILM

 

Best Entry by a Group

Gem.in.I Project; Diane Brathwaite- I Can’t Breathe

 

Best Newcomer to NIFCA

Egan Layne- Juice S

 

Best Integration of Barbadian Arts

Gem.in.I Project; Diane Brathwaite– I Can’t Breathe

 

 

Music Video

1^st Place: Gem.in.I Project; Diane Brathwaite- I Can’t Breathe

2^nd Place: Dreaming Cloud Films; Jomario Goddard- Starta Pack

 

Narrative Fiction

1^st Place: Egan Layne- Juice S

2^nd Place: Rebecca Chandler- Quest

 

Documentary

1^st Place: Biocultural Education and Research Programme; Sonia Peter- Healing Roots

 

Seven-Day Film Challenge

1^st Place: Egan Layne – Day Does Run (Narrative Fiction)

2^nd Place: Loleeka Productions; Aleeka Orisawayi-Hinds – Culture Shock (Narrative Fiction)

 

VISUAL ARTS

Photography Training Award I – Charissa Bend Wildlife

Photography Training Award II – Taryn Cox Monarch’s Embrace

Incentive Awards Fine Art

Cyrilline Goodman – Going Home

Maria Stanford – Road Tennis

Sade Phoenix – Sea Stones 2

William Mackenzie, Queen’s College – Portrait of Self

Aaron Trotman – Wings and Petals

Incentive Awards Fine Craft

Karen Thorne – Colour and Beauty

Leverson Walcott – Warrior Kit

Sybil Fiedler – In the Deep

Graydon Sealy – J’quan Knight, African Wear

Queen’s College – Jasmin Warner – Textile Product Design

Incentive Awards Photography

Taryn Cox – Monarch’s Embrace

Charissa Bend – Wildlife

Deighton Griffith Secondary School, Cyanna Austin – Solitude

Antonio Cheltenham – Summer’s Joy

Ronald Walcott – Support in Dark Times

Incentive Award for Disabled Artist – Mario Holder Tied to the Ground

 

 

LITERARY ARTS

BEST PROSE – Mama’s Soup, Elizabeth Best

BEST POEM – Route 6, Akeem Chandler-Prescod

BEST ESSAY – The Soundtrack of the People, Ashley Dyall

MOST PROMISING PROSE –De Weight of a Woman, Paula Harper-Grant

 

MOST PROMISING POETRY-Inside Out Disguise, Rose Ann Wharton