“Atlantics” just snagged another prestigious honor. Mati Diop’s refugee crisis drama about star-crossed lovers won the prize for best debut feature at the BFI London Film Festival, Variety reports. Diop previously took home the Grand Prix at Cannes, where “Atlantics” made history as the first feature directed by a black woman to screen in Competition. Senegal added the film to the International Feature Film Oscar race earlier this month.

“‘Atlantics’ is a film that intrigued us by its original and refreshing use of genre elements in a story that also has a strong political impact,” said director Jessica Hausner (“Little Joe”), who led the jury for the Sutherland Award for best first feature. She described “Atlantics” as  “a crime scene that becomes a nightmarish tale, held together by a story of the endurance and persistence of young love.”

Also scoring a big win at the London Film Festival was “White Riot,” Rubika Shah’s exploration of the Rock Against Racism movement. The winner of the Grierson Award for best documentary includes interviews with and previously unseen footage of The Clash, Steel Pulse, and other bands.

The jury awarded special commendations to Alma Har’el’s “Honey Boy,” a portrait of a father and son inspired by star and screenwriter Shia LaBeouf’s own relationship with his alcoholic father, and Rose Glass’ “Saint Maud,” a horror pic about a nurse obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.