The 18th Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs18) Nominees Announced

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, is thrilled to announce the nominees for the 18th Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs18).

A Celebration of Excellence in South African Film and Television

The SAFTAs continue to honour the outstanding quality, talent, and excellence within South Africa’s dynamic film and television industry under the custodianship of the NFVF. This year, 347 entries were received, showcasing the rich diversity and creativity of our local talent. The judging process, which began in June 2024 and concluded in August 2024, was once again conducted with utmost fairness, thanks to the invaluable contributions of 197 esteemed industry experts who served as jury members.

Exciting New Additions and Recognitions

This year marks a significant milestone as we introduce five new categories to recognise the evolving landscape of our industry better:

Best Achievement in Visual Effects (VFX) – TV or Film

Best Achievement in Special Effects (SFX) in Hair and Make-Up – TV or Film
Original Song – Telenovela
Original Song – TV Drama
Original Song – Feature Film

After not having enough animation entries since 2013, this year the Animation category comes back with a significant number of entries, which enables the SAFTAs to honour excellence in this field. This is an indication of growth in the South African animation space.

Nominee Highlights

Tshedza Pictures leads the leads the pack for achievements by production houses with
29 nominations for productions such as Outlaws and The River which scored 11
nominations each and Gqeberha – The Empire which received 3 nominations, to
name a few.

Burnt Onion Productions (Burnt Onion) follows with 22 nominations for projects such as Miseducation which received 10 nominations and Entangled which received 3, to name a few. Five of Burnt Onion’s nominations are shared with Seriti Films for the telenovela Redemption.
The Bomb Shelter Film Company received 20 nominations, 17 of which were for Shaka ilembe, including Best Actress in a TV Drama for Nomzamo Mbatha, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Wiseman Mncube and Senzokuhle Radebe.
Ochre Media also scored big with 19 nominations for productions such as Lioness, Fatal Seduction and SCANDAL!
In the Feature Film categories, Quizzical Pictures scored with 13 nominations for iNumber Number: Jozi Gold.
Idea Candy also achieved an impressive 12 nominations across the documentary, reality tv and short film categories for productions such as Rosemary’s Hitlist and Convict Conman.
BBZEE Films achieved 10 nominations for Yoh! Christmas, while Peu achieved 8 nominations, 7 of which were for Skeem Saam and Hela Media received 6 nominations for the soap/telenovela 1802 – Love Defies Time.
Orange Films and Star Films’ Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story received three nominations, Rose and Oaks Media achieved 2 nominations for The Masked Singer as did Rey Music’s Baking with The Reys, while Weil Entertainment’s Crown Chasers, and SABC’s Sport@10 both received a nomination each.
Thembinkosi Mthembu stands out with four nominations, for Best Actor in a Drama for both Shaka iLembe and Adulting, and then for Best Actor in a Telenovela for Outlaws, and then for Best Supporting Actor for The River
The late Mpho Sebeng received two nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Telenovela and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy while Sindi Dlathu’s two nominations for The River make her a nominee across all six seasons of the telenovela, The River.

SAFTAs 18 Nominees

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – DOCUMENTARY

Convict Conman
Practitioner: Schalk Joubert
Production House: Idea Candy
Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story
Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal (Haezer) & Mandisi Dyantyis
Production House: Orange Films and Star Films
The Heart of Cape Town
Practitioner: Tim Pringle
Production House: Optical Films
!AITSA
Practitioner: Simon Kohler
Production House: MED CINE
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – DOCUMENTARY
Boetie Boer – Inside the Mind of a Monster
Practitioner: Izette Mostert, Hilton Henstock, Skye Barrow, Jaco Laubscher, Jenine Lindeque &
Amelia Cohen
Production House: Fifth Floor Films
Born Racer
Practitioner: Gregory Fell & Matthew Eaton
Production House: Fell & Company
Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story
Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal (Haezer)
Production Orange Films and Star Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – DOCUMENTARY

Convict Conman
Practitioner: Charl Fraser
Production House: Idea Candy
Formidabele Mense: Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Practitioner: Theodor Crouse
Production House: Khaki Productions
Great African Mysteries
Practitioner: Nicholas Chevallier & James Brooke
Production House: Clive Morris Productions
Net mens
Practitioner: Christian Botha
Production House: StraatkatMedia
Rosemary’s Hitlist
Practitioner: Sims Phakisi
Production House: Idea Candy

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – DOCUMENTARY

Faces of Fortune
Practitioner: Jessie Zinn
Production House: Red Coat Films
Music Is My Life – Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Practitioner: Mpumi “Supa” Mbele
Production House: Free Women Films & Nine To Five Creative Agency
‘n Gids vir Louzanne
Practitioner: Eddie Stanley
Production House: Idea Candy
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Drummies
Production House: Red Coat Films
Call of the Wild
Production House: Idea Candy
Faces of Fortune
Production House: Red Coat Films
Langafstand
Production House: Idea Candy
‘n Gids vir Louzanne
Production House: Idea Candy

BEST MADE FOR TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Boetie Boer – Inside the Mind of a Monster
Production House: Fifth Floor Films
Convict Conman
Production House: Idea Candy
Freedom Flyer – The Sailor Malan Story
Production House: Slic – Eye
Pale Ya Kosa
Production House: Full Circle Productions
Rosemary’s Hitlist
Production House: Idea Candy

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Beyond the Light Barrier
Production House: Towerkop Creations
Music Is My Life – Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Production House: Free Women Films & Nine To Five Creative Agency
Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story
Production House: Orange Films and Star Films
That’s What She Said – A Social Inquiry
Production House: Yes Girl Productions
!AITSA
Production House: MED CINE

BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME

Baking With the Rey’s
Production House: Rey Music
Takalani Sesame
Production House: Pulp Films & Sesame Workshop
WANDI & KABZ
Production House: Storyline Productions

BEST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME

Activated – Disability Show
Production House: Trace TV
BADIMO
Production House: Mirror Effect Media
THE KHOEKHOE SAGA
Production House: On Set Images

BEST FACTUAL PROGRAMME

Outopsie
Production House: 7EVENTY9 Films
Rebounders
Production House: Red Sugar Productions
Vimba
Production House: Bad Bees Productions

BEST COMPETITION REALITY SHOW

Clash of the Choirs Season 4
Production House: GOAT (Originals)
Crown Chasers
Production House: Weil Entertainment
Kokkedoor: Vuur & Vlam
Production House: Homebrew Films

BEST STRUCTURED SOAPIE REALITY SHOW

Bae Beyond Borders S1
Production House: Media24
The Mommy Club S1
Production House: Media24
Young, Famous and African S2
Production House: Urban Brew Studios & A Pop Media

BEST STRUCTURED OR DOCU-REALITY SHOW

Habits of Gen Z
Production House: Idea Candy
Reno Race
Production House: RHT United T/A RichCon
Sex and Pleasure
Production House: Idea Candy

BEST YOUTH PROGRAMME

100 Days to Succeed
Production House: Youngpreneur Media
MTV Shuga Down South – Season 3
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
TREND
Production House: Green Planet Productions

BEST ONLINE CONTENT

Awkward Dates (ZA)
Production House: TD Media
Giving it Gears with Jason Goliath
Production House: Silver Bullet Films
The Adventures of Noko Mashaba – Struggles of SA Youth
Production House: Rams Comics

BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME

DIE ARGITEKTE (The Architects)
Production House: Thank you kindly, Bobby
Elders: Frankryk
Production House: Bonanza Films
THE COOK-A-LONG
Production House: Peu Communications

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME

Carte Blanche
Production House: Combined Artists
Checkpoint
Production House: eNCA
Wie’s Nuus? Season 2
Production House: Media24

BEST MADE FOR TV MOVIE

Kind (Child)
Production House: The Film Factory
‘n Tyd van Waterpere
Production House: Sonvelt Media
Ouma Olive die ongelooflike
Production House: Go2 Content

BEST INTERNATIONAL FORMAT

The Brug (The Bridge)
Production House: Red Pepper Pictures
The Masked Singer Season 1
Production House: Rose and Oaks Media
The Perfect Picture Season 2
Production House: One Thread Productions

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

Koppestamp
Production House: Just Ad Production
Slim vang sy baas S8
Production House: Media24
The Saturday Showdown
Production House: Red Pepper Pictures

BEST VARIETY SHOW

One Night With
Production House: GOAT (Originals)
SIP AND TALK
Production House: EXIT MEDIA
Sport@10
Production House: SABC

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING – TV COMEDY

Miseducation
Practitioners: Refentse Munyai
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Roomies
Practitioners: Yonela Nombewu
Production House: 32Done Productions
Tatkiek
Practitioner: Sulani Saayman
Production House: Nagvlug Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WARDROBE – TV COMEDY

Entangled Season 2
Practitioners: Thembelihle Buthelezi
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Miseducation
Practitioner: Bryce Bowers
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Roomies
Practitioner: Thembelihle Buthelezi
Production House: 32Done Productions

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – TV COMEDY

Miseducation
Practitioner: Janno Muller, Jeanre Greyling, Jonathan Everton, Thapelo Makhubo,
Sharon Chimhanda, Greg Canning, Senkhane Montsitsi, Nicholas Mboweni & Samkelo
Mahlalela
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Tatkiek
Practitioner: Tim Pringle, Melani Robertson & Giles Heesom-Green
Production House: Nagvlug Films
Yoh! Christmas
Practitioner: Themba Mashinini & Guy Steer
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV COMEDY

Magaeng
Practitioners: Kagiso Malefane
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Miseducation
Practitioner: Boitumelo Melo Nhlapo & Martha Sibanyoni
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Yoh! Christmas
Practitioner: Susan Steele
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – TV COMEDY

Miseducation
Practitioners: Mmapula Letsoalo, Melanie Golden & Aluta Mlisana
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
uBettina Wethu Season 3
Practitioner: Tshenolo Ditlhake, Nyeleti Furumele & Lwahluma Piki
Production House: Known Associates Entertainment
Yoh! Christmas
Practitioners: Tessa Verfuss, Quinn Lubbe & Miriam Arndt
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING -TV COMEDY

Magda Louw
Practitioners: Desire Gardner
Production House: Homebrew Films
Miseducation
Practitioners: Oratile Mogoje, Tumi Morake, Brad Katzen, Sunni Faba, Lwazi Mvusi,
Mojak Lehoko, Katleho Ramaphakela & Rethabile Ramaphakela
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Yoh! Christmas
Practitioners: Tiffany Barbuzano, Zoleka Monare, Johny Barbuzano & Gillian Breslin
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY -TV COMEDY

Entangled Season 2
Practitioner: Thami Magqoki
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Grown Woman
Practitioner: Nyembezi Ncaba
Production House: Red Pepper Pictures
Yoh! Christmas
Practitioner: James Adey
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TV COMEDY

Miseducation
Practitioners: Themba Mfebe, Rea Rangaka, Lwazi Mvusi & Catharine Cooke
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Tatkiek
Practitioners: Beer Adriaanse & Bennie Fourie
Production House: Nagvlug Films
Yoh! Christmas
Practitioners: Johnny Barbuzano, Lauren Chengan, Sanele Zulu, Zolani Phakade &
Chris Beasley
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING – TV DRAMA

Lioness Season 2
Practitioner: Amy Sprawson-Rossouw
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Queen Motlatle
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Unseen
Practitioners: Stella Johnson
Production House: Gambit Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WARDROBE – TV DRAMA

Hartklop
Practitioner: Lehasa Molloyi
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
How to Manifest A Man
Practitioner: Rochelle Selling
Production House: Barkers Media
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Shirley Masondo
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV DRAMA

Dam Season 2
Practitioner: Sue Steele
Production House: Picture Tree
Lioness Season 2
Practitioner: Jacobus Smit
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Dylan Lloyd
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL EFFECTS (SFX) IN HAIR AND MAKE-UP- FILM/TV

Do Your Worst
Practitioner: Nicola Roodt, Ronwyn Jarrett & Cassidy Lombard
Production House: Blingola Media
Hartklop
Practitioner: Ronwyn Jarrett
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Shaka iLembe
Practitioner: Queen Motlatle
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Trompoppie
Practitioner: Jolene Cilliers
Production House: Homebrew Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – TV DRAMA

Dam Season 2
Practitioner: David Oosthuizen
Production House: Picture Tree
Lioness Season 2
Practitioner: Chad Snell
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Athanasios Koundouris, Vaughan Phillips & Andries Scholtz
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/SCORE – TV DRAMA

Dam Season 2
Practitioner: Brendan Jury
Production House: Picture Tree
Lioness Season 2
Practitioner: Brendan Jury
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Philip Miller
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ORIGINAL SONG – TV DRAMA

Classified
Practitioner: Zethu Mashika
Production House: Diprente
Mooiweer & Warm
Practitioner: Pieter Bezuidenhout
Production House: Nagvlug Films
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Mbuso Khoza
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – TV DRAMA

Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Sibongeleni Mabuyakhulu, Llewellyn Rice & Megan Gill
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Spinners Season 1
Practitioners: Matthew Swanepoel & Andrea L Shaw
Production House: Natives At Large
Unseen
Practitioner: Tanja Hagen, Simon Beesley &Aluta Mlisana
Production House: Gambit Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS(VFX) – FILM/TV

Dam Season 2
Practitioner: Mushroom Media
Production House: Picture Tree
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Nosipho Maketo van den Bragt, Rob van den Bragt &Tiaan Franken
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Eugen Olsen & Gerhard Painter
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TV DRAMA

Dam Season 2
Practitioners: Tom Marais
Production House: Picture Tree
Lioness Season 2
Practitioner: Bradley Devine
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioner: Zeno Petersen
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV DRAMA

Shaka Ilembe
Practitioners: Thishiwe Ziqubu, Paul Grootboom, Catherine Stewart, Andrew Peterson &
Daniel Zimbler
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Spinners Season 1
Practitioner: Sean Steinberg, Matthew Jankes, Daniel Zimbler, Zoe Laband, Gillian
Breslin & Byron Abrahams
Production House: Natives At Large
Trompoppie
Practitioners: Etienne Fourie
Production House: Homebrew Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TV DRAMA

Dam Season 2
Practitioner: Alex Yazbek
Production House: Picture Tree
Shaka Ilembe
Practitioners: Angus Gibson, Zeno Petersen & Adze Ugah
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Spinners Season 1
Practitioner: Jaco Bouwer
Production House: Natives at large
Unseen
Practitioner: Travis Taute, Rolisizwe Nikiwe & Ntombozuko Matiwana
Production House: Gambit Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA

1802-Love Defies Time
Practitioner: Lungelwa Mildred Hela
Production House: Hela Media
Binnelanders
Practitioners: Raquel Ogle, Jessica van Kerkhoff & Selwone Cameron Michaels
Production House: Stark Films
Suidooster
Practitioner: Islyn Salie
Production House: Suidooster Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WARDROBE – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA

1802-Love Defies Time
Practitioner: Shirley Masondo
Production House: Hela Media
House of Zwide
Practitioners: Bevely Mogorosi & Teddy Geldart
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Outlaws
Practitioner: Maria Hofmeyr
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING –TELENOVELA

My Brother’s Keeper Season 1
Practitioners: Patrick Peni, Thungthung Matli, Jeanette Mokobane & Nomzingisi Msezeli
Production House: Rhythm World Productions
Outlaws
Practitioners: Natalie Varoy, Ebenhaezer Smal, Bongi Malefo, Siwelile Mbanjwa &Nandi
Mehlomakulu
Production House: Tshedza Pictures CC
The River
Practitioners: Ula Oelsen, SC Nhlumayo & Bongi Malefo
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/SCORE – TELENOVELA

1802- Love Defies Time
Practitioner: Modiakgotla Kubu Katile Shole
Production House: Hela Media
Isitha Season 1
Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane & Johnross Jamela Vuma
Production House: Black Brain Pictures
Outlaws
Practitioner: Brendan Jury
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
The River
Practitioner: Brendan Jury
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ORIGINAL SONG – TELENOVELA

Isitha Season 1
Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane & Phikeleli (Bongo Riot) Zungu
Production House: Black Brain Pictures
Redemption
Practitioner: Samukelo Mahlalela
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions & Seriti Films
The River
Practitioner: Brendan Jury & Sindi Dlathu
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TELENOVELA

1802-Love Defies Time
Practitioners: Sevetian Su Ong Maslamoney
Production House: Hela Media
Diepe Waters
Practitioners: Darren Dressels & Kobus Van Wyk
Production House: Penguin Films
Outlaws
Practitioners: Ntobeko Dlamini
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – TV SOAP

Binnelanders
Practitioners: Eric McKechnie & Barry Gillot
Production House: Stark Films
Generations: The Legacy
Practitioners: Louis Morobe
Production House: MMVS
Suidooster
Practitioners: Lloyd O’Connor
Production House: Suidooster Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND –TELENOVELA

Diepe Waters
Practitioners: Stash Couvaras
Production House: Penguin Films
Outlaws
Practitioners: Geoff Kock &Clark Fivaz
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
The River
Practitioners: Tladi Mabuya
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA

Outlaws
Practitioners: Waldemar Coetsee
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Suidooster
Practitioner: Pieter Britz
Production House: Suidooster Films
The River
Practitioner: Amanda Scholtz
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TELENOVELA

Isitha Season 1
Practitioners: Mandla Ngcongwane, Mpumelelo Nhlapo & Maoto Edward Thaba
Production House: Black Brain Pictures
Outlaws
Practitioners: Gwydion Beynon & Phathutshedzo Makwarela
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
The Estate
Practitioners: Bongekile Ndaba
Production House: Clive Morris Productions

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TELENOVELA

Diepe Waters
Practitioners: Gert van Niekerk & Heleni Handt
Production House: Penguin Films
Outlaws
Practitioners: Tebogo Malope, Thembalethu Mfebe, Nthabi Tau & Menga Nhlabathi
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
The River
Practitioners: Anne Mashiloane, Sandile Mdluli, Ferry Jele, Zolani Phakade, Krijay Govender
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV SOAP

Binnelanders
Practitioners: Mitzi Booysen, Marthinus (Tinus) van Antwerp, Anton Swanepoel, Tarina
Marais, Monique Nortjé, Lorraine Burger, Ethel Elizabeth Pretorius (Ferreira), Elanie
Rupping, Louis Roux
Production House: Stark Films
Scandal!
Practitioners: Ameera Patel, Sanele Zulu, Grace Mahlaba, Thomas Hall, Nontlantla
Simelane, Sebabatso Mofokeng, Yonela Gatyeni, Paul Grootboom, Omphile Molusi,
Rosalind Butler; Teresca, Muishond, Themba Mahlangu & Kelly Robinson
Production House: Ochre Media
Skeem Saam
Practitioner: Khomotjo Aphane, Myrah Molokomme, Metsa Makhwidiri, Joseph Senosi,
Kelton Sinyosi, Sibusisiwe Manqele, Siphamandla Madondo &Zola Hlungwani
Production House: Peu

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TV SOAP

Generations: The Legacy
Practitioner: Kekeletso Mphuthi
Production House: MMVS
Skeem Saam
Practitioners: Mmoni Moabi, Percy Maboane, Ricardo Klassen
Production House: Peu
Suidooster
Practitioners: Romano Gorlei, Ella Catharina Niemand, Shirley Ellis & Richard
September
Production Company: Suidooster Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING – FEATURE FILM

Do Your Worst
Practitioners: Nicola Roodt, Ronwyn Jarrett, Cassidy Lombard
Production House: Blingola Media
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Theola Booyens
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Love, Sex & 30 Candles
Practitioner: Nthabiseng Senong
Production House: Sorele Media

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN – FEATURE FILM

Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
Practitioner: Marné van der Burgh
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Lehasa Molloyi
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Runs in the Family
Practitioner: Gabrielle Zarandah (Gabrielle De Gersigny)
Production House: Giant Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM

Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
Practitioner: Jackie Lotz
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Bathoni Robinson
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
The Queenstown Kings
Practitioner: Chantel Lee Carter
Production House: Yellowbone Entertainment

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND DESIGN – FEATURE FILM

BLINDELINGS
Practitioners: Tim Pringle
Production House: 17 FILMS
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Janno Muller, Jonathan Everton, Jeanre Greyling and Thapelo Makhubo
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Runs in the Family
Practitioner: Paul Theodorou
Production House: Giant Films
The Queenstown Kings
Practitioner: Guy Steer
Production House: Yellowbone Entertainment

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – FEATURE FILM

Big Nunu’s Little Heist
Practitioner: Khulekani Zondi
Production House: DIPRENTE
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
Runs in the Family
Practitioner: Eva Du Preez
Production House: Giant Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/ SCORE – FEATURE FILM

Big Nunu’s Little Heist
Practitioner: Joel Assaizky
Production House: DIPRENTE
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
Practitioner: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Brendan Jury
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Runs in the Family
Practitioner: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
Production House: Giant Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ORIGINAL SONG – FEATURE FILM

1960
Practitioner: Bruce Retief and Sipumzo Lucwaba
Production House: Renewal Productions
Big Nunu’s Little Heist
Practitioner: Zandile Patrick Nyathi
Production House: DIPRENTE
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Israel Matseke Zulu,Selby Ngozo, and Moses Sibeko
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Runs in the Family
Practitioner: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
Production House: Giant Films

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE FILM

BLINDELINGS
Practitioner: Tom Marais
Production House: 17 FILMS
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor
Practitioner: Sunel Haasbroek
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Practitioner: Tom Marais
Production House: Quizzical Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – FEATURE FILM

Do Your Worst
Practitioners: Zoë Laband
Production House: Blingola Media
Seconds
Practitioner: Andrico Goosen
Production House: Free Women Films & Full Circle Productions
The Fragile King
Practitioners: Tristan Holmes
Production House: The Ergo Company & Star Films

BEST STUDENT FILM

Anguish
Institution: AFDA
Bewilderness
Institution: The Animation School
Boomerang
Institution: UCT Centre for Film and Media Studies
By Two
Institution: The Animation School
Lights Out!
Institution: The Animation School
BEST ANIMATION
Headspace
Production House: Luma Animation & The Ergo Company
Kizazi Moto Generation Fire: Herderboy
Production House: Triggerfish Animation Studios
Twende (Season 1)
Production House: Mind’s Eye Creative

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SOAP

Marlee van der Merwe (Binnelanders)
Production House: Stark Films
Bianca Amato (Binnelanders)
Production House: Stark Films
Nkhensani Mlondzo (SCANDAL!)
Production House: Ochre Media

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SOAP

Kabelo Thai (SCANDAL!)
Production House: Ochre Media
Clement Maosa (Skeem Saam)
Production House: Peu
Maruputla Sehlapelo (Skeem Saam)
Production House: Peu

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELENOVELA

Lunathi Mampofu (1802 – Love Defies Time)
Production House: Hela Media
Hlengiwe Lushaba-Madlala (My Brother’s Keeper – Season 1)
Production House: Rhythm World Productions
Mmarona Motsegoa (Redemption)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions & Seriti Films

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELENOVELA

Seputla Sebogodi (Redemption)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions & Seriti Films
Mpho Sebeng (THE ESTATE)
Production House: Clive Morris Productions
Thembinkosi Mthembu (The River)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SOAP

Je-ani Swiegelaar (Binnelanders)
Production House: Stark Films
Nolwazi Shange (SCANDAL!)
Production House: Ochre Media
Elizabeth Serunye (Skeem Saam)
Production House: Peu

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SOAP

Germandt Geldenhuys (Binnelanders)
Production House: Stark Films
Eugene Olof (Hykie) Berg (Binnelanders)
Production House: Stark Films
Melusi Mbele (SCANDAL!)
Production House: Ochre Media

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELENOVELA

Zikhona Sodlaka (GQEBERHA – The Empire Season 1)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Sindi Dlathu (The River)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Connie Chiume (Gomora Season 4)
Production House: Seriti Films

BEST ACTOR IN A TELENOVELA

Jody Abrahams (Arendsvlei)
Production House: Penguin Films
Lindani Nkosi (My Brother’s Keeper – Season 1)
Production House: Rhythm World Productions
Thembinkosi Mthembu (Outlaws)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Themba Ndaba (Redemption)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions & Seriti Films
Presley Chweneyagae (The River)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST TV SOAP

SCANDAL!
Production House: Ochre Media
Skeem Saam
Production House: Peu
Suidooster
Production House: Suidooster Films

BEST TELENOVELA

GQEBERHA – The Empire Season 1
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
House of Zwide
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company & Videovision Entertainment
Outlaws
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Redemption
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions & Seriti Films
The River
Production House: Tshedza Pictures

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA

Nandi Nyembe (Adulting)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Renate Stuurman (Hartklop)
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Natasha Sutherland (Lioness Season 2)
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA

Nat Ramabulana (Fatal Seduction)
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Wiseman Mncube (Shaka iLembe)
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
Senzokuhle Radebe (Shaka iLembe)
Production house: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA

Kgomotso Christopher (Fatal Seduction)
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shannon Esra (Lioness Season 2)
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Nomzamo Mbatha (Shaka iLembe)
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA

Nhlanhla Kunene (Adulting)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Thembinkosi Mthembu (Adulting)
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
Frank Rautenbach (Lioness Season 2)
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Thembinkosi Mthembu (Shaka iLembe)
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST TV DRAMA

Fatal Seduction
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Lioness Season 2
Production House: Ochre Media ADO Arena Holdings
Shaka iLembe
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY

Tinah Mnumzana (Magaeng)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Meme Boitshoko Kumalo (Onse Kasi Season 1)
Production House: BLACK & WHITE PRODUCTIONS/SQU PRODUCTIONS
Dorothy Anne Gould (Yoh! Christmas)
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY

Mpho Sebeng (Miseducation)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Schalk Bezuidenhout (Tatkiek)
Production House: Nagvlug Films
Kagiso Modupe (Yoh! Christmas)
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY

Jo-Anne Reyneke (Black Tax Season 3)
Production House: RHP International
Phuti Khomo (Entangled Season 2)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Marion Holm (Tatkiek)
Production House: Nagvlug Films

BEST ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY

Sne Dladla (Black Tax Season 3)
Production House: RHP International
Prev Reddy (Miseducation)
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Siyabonga Raymond Sepotokele (Yoh! Christmas)
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST TV COMEDY

Miseducation
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
Tatkiek
Production House: Nagvlug Films
Yoh! Christmas
Production House: BBZEE Films

BEST SHORT FILM

Awake
Production House: Gentlemen Films
Father’s Day
Production House: Bunzi Bear Pictures & The Ergo Company
Thrift Tot Die Dood
Production House: Idea Candy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM

June van Merch (Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor)
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures
Brenda Ngxoli (iNumber Number: Jozi Gold)
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Jennifer Steyn (The Fragile King)
Production House: The Ergo Company & Star Films
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM
Bongile Mantsai (iNumber Number: Jozi Gold)
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Deon Lotz (iNumber Number: Jozi Gold)
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Adrian Alper (Seconds)
Production House: Free Women Films & Full Circle Productions

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM

Kate Liquorish (Do Your Worst)
Production House: Blingola Media
Mmabatho Mogomotsi (Seconds)
Production House: Free Women Films & Full Circle Productions
Antoinette Louw (The Fragile King)
Production House: The Ergo Company & Star Films

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM

Tony Miyambo (Big Nunu’s Little Heist)
Production House: DIPRENTE
Sdumo Mtshali (iNumber Number: Jozi Gold)
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Vusi Kunene (Seconds)
Production House: Free Women Films & Full Circle Productions
Pierre van Pletzen (Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor)
Production House: Red Letter Day Pictures

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – FEATURE FILM

BLINDELINGS
Practitioner: Ivan Botha
Production House: 17 Films
Runs in the Family
Practitioner: Ian Gabriel
Production House: Giant Films
The Fragile King
Practitioner: Tristan Holmes
Production House: The Ergo Company & Star Films

BEST FEATURE FILM

iNumber Number: Jozi Gold
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
Seconds
Production House: Free Women Films & Full Circle Productions
The Fragile King
Production House: The Ergo Company & Star Films

BEST NATURAL HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME

City Beasts: Cape Of Chaos/Otter Chaos
Production House: Josh Crickmay Productions & Cool to be kind
Legends of Venom: Viper
Production House: Earth Touch
Snakes in the City S9 Ep1 – Snakes and Ladders
Production House: Earth Touch

BEST TV PRESENTER (PUBLIC VOTE)

Mimi Rey (Baking with The Rey’s)
Production House: Rey Music Pty Ltd
Govan Albert Whittles (CARTE BLANCHE)
Production House: Combined Artists
Kuhle Adams (Expresso Morning Show)
Production House: Cardova Productions
Laconco (Forever Thina S1)
Production House: Urban Brew Studios
Dante Poole (Hectic Nine-9 Season 17)
Production House: Trace Studios
Emo Adams (Noot vir Noot series 47)
Production House: Stemmburg Television
Devi Sankaree Govender (The Devi Show)
Production House: eMedia, The Devi Show
Jolene Martin (THE KHOEKHOE SAGA)
Production House: On Set Images
Mpho Modikoane (The Masked Singer Season 01)
Production House: Rose and Oaks Media
Nomalanga Shozi (The Sauce Season 1 Episode 23)
Production House: Bonngoe TV