# Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Foreign Film. This award is presented to the director of the film and was first awarded during the 2012 ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Country | Director(s) |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Attack the Block | U.K. | Joe Cornish |
| 2012 | The First Grader | U.K. | Justin Chadwick |
| 2012 | Kinyarwanda | Rwanda | Alrick Brown |
| 2012 | Life, Above All | South Africa | Oliver Schmitz |
| 2012 | Viva Riva! | Congo | Djo Tunda Wa Munga |
| 2013 | | | |
| 2013 | The Intouchables | France | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache |
| 2013 | Elza | France | Mariette Monpierre |
| 2013 | Ties That Bind | Ghana | Leila Djansi |
| 2013 | Toussaint Louverture | France | Philippe Niang |
| 2013 | Wuthering Heights | U.K. | Andrea Arnold |
| 2014 | | | |
| 2014 | War Witch | Canada | Kim Nguyen |
| 2014 | Better Mus' Come | Jamaica | Storm Saulter |
| 2014 | Home Again | Canada | Sudz Sutherland |
| 2014 | Nairobi Half Life | Kenya | David Gitonga |
| 2014 | Storage 24 | U.K. | Johannes Roberts |
| 2015 | | | |
| 2015 | Fishing Without Nets | Kenya | Cutter Hodierne |
| 2015 | Difret | Ethiopia | Zeresenay Mehari |
| 2015 | The Double! | U.K. | Richard Ayoade |
| 2015 | Freedom Road | South Africa | Shane Vermooten |
| 2015 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Nigeria | Biyi Bandele |
| 2016 | | | |
| 2016 | Girlhood | France | Céline Sciamma |
| 2016 | Freetown | Liberia | Garrett Batty |
| 2016 | Honeytrap | U.K. | Rebecca Johnson |
| 2016 | Mediterranea | Italy | Jonas Carpignano |
| 2016 | My Friend Victoria | France | Jean-Paul Civeyrac |
| 2016 | Samba | France | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache |
| 2017 | | | |
| 2017 | Eye of the Storm | Burkina Faso | Sékou Traoré |
| 2017 | Aisha | Tanzania | Chande Omar |
| 2017 | Divines | France | Houda Benyamina |
| 2017 | Lamb | Ethiopia | Yared Zeleke |
| 2017 | Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It | Niger | Christopher Kirkley |
| 2018 | | | |
| 2018 | The Wound | South Africa | John Trengove |
| 2018 | Félicité | France | Alain Gomis |
| 2018 | Kati Kati | Kenya | Mbithi Masya |
| 2019 | | | |
| 2019 | Lionheart | Nigeria | Genevieve Nnaji |
| 2019 | Green Days by the River | Trinidad | Michael Mooleedhar |
| 2019 | Where Hands Touch | United Kingdom | Amma Asante |
| 2019 | Rafiki | Kenya | Wanuri Kahiu |
| 2019 | Vaya | South Africa | Akin Omotoso |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Country | Director(s) |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Atlantics | Senegal | Mati Diop |
| 2020 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | United Kingdom | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| 2020 | Farming | United Kingdom | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje |
| 2020 | In Fabric | United Kingdom | Peter Strickland |
| 2020 | Les Misérables | France | Ladj Ly |
| 2021 | | | |
| 2021 | Night of the Kings | Senegal | Philippe Lacôte |
| 2021 | His House | United Kingdom | Remi Weekes |
| 2021 | The Life Ahead | Italy | Edoardo Ponti |
| 2022 | | | |
| 2022 | African America | South Africa | Muzi Mthembu |
| 2022 | Bitter Sugar | Tunisia | Malik Isasis |
| 2022 | Faya Dayi | Ethiopia | Jessica Beshir |

## Tally by country

| Country | Number of winning films | Number of nominated films |
| Italy | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+2 |
| Senegal | &&&&&&&&&+2 | &&&&&&&&&+2 |
| United Kingdom | &&&&&&&&&+1 | &&&&&&&&+11 |
| Rwanda | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| South Africa | &&&&&&&&&+2 | &&&&&&&&&+5 |
| Congo | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| France | &&&&&&&&&+2 | &&&&&&&&&+9 |
| Ghana | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Canada | &&&&&&&&&+1 | &&&&&&&&&+2 |
| Jamaica | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Kenya | &&&&&&&&&+1 | &&&&&&&&&+4 |
| Ethiopia | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+3 |
| Trinidad | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Nigeria | &&&&&&&&&+1 | &&&&&&&&&+2 |
| Niger | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Tanzania | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Liberia | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Burkina Faso | &&&&&&&&&+1 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |
| Tunisia | &&&&&&&&&+0 | &&&&&&&&&+1 |