South Africa, Feb. 7 -- In addition to receiving the Jury Award at the 'Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival' in Cape Town last year, South African short film, The Letter Reader has now also received an Audience Award for the iamAfrica Short Film Competition - a collaborative initiative between YouTube, the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) and the Africa Narrative at the University of Southern California Norman Lear Centre.

The Audience Award is granted to the semifinalist film that receives the most votes from the online public.

The film will be screened locally at the Rapid Lion Film Festival taking place from 6 to 15 March at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and internationally at the Pan African Film Festival on 22 February in Los An...