AFDA is proud to announce that our students and alumni won 10 SASC Visual Spectrum Awards and 25 Gold, Silver, and Bronze certificates across various categories at the SASC Visible Spectrum Awards 2024. This is quite simply an astonishing achievement!
The 2024 SASC Visible Spectrum Awards (VSA) celebrate the vision of the founding members of the SASC and honour South African cinematographers making waves both locally and abroad. These awards acknowledge the best of the best in South African cinematography, showcasing innovation, craft, and style.
Here is the list of winners:
Best Cinematographer in Short Film Award category:
- Justus de Jager, Silver Visual Spectrum Award for Nagval op Donkerdraai
- Zenn van Zyl, Bronze Certificate for A True Love Story
- Brendan Barnes, Bronze Certificate for The Party Job
- Trevor Calverley, Silver Certificate for Awake
- James Adey, Silver Certificate for The Last Ranger
Corporate Commercial category:
- Rory O Grady, Gold Visual Spectrum Award for Give it Time
- Brendan Barnes, Silver Award for And Beyond Sandbe
- Brendan Barnes, Gold Award for Sossusvlei Desert Lodge
- James Adey, Silver Certificate for Department of Education
Product Commercial category:
- Willie Nel, Gold Visual Spectrum Award for Momentum Giant
- Rory O Grady, Gold Visual Spectrum Award for Nivea The Climbing Cholitas
- Willie Nel, Silver Certificate for MTN Springboks
- Brendan Barnes, Silver Certificate for KFC Party
- James Adey, Silver Certificate for Baines
- Willie Nel, Gold Certificate for Nedbank – Think Ahead
- Brendan Barnes, Gold Certificate for KFC Now We Balling
- Willie Nel, Gold Certificate for KFC 50 Years
TV Drama Category:
- Tom Marais, Gold Visual Spectrum Award for Dam
- Tom Marais, Gold Visual Spectrum Award for Reyka
- Willie Nel, Gold Certificate for Blood Psalms
- Zeno Petersen, Gold Certificate for Shaka Ilemba
- Trevor Calverley, Silver Certificate for Justice Served
- Dino Benedetti, Silver Certificate for Catch Me A Killer
- Zenn van Zyl, Silver Certificate for Unseen
- Jonathan del la Querra, Bronze Certificate for Inconceivable
Feature Film category:
- Trevor Calverley, Gold Visual Spectrum Award for I am All Girls
- Justus de Jager, Gold Certificate for Glasshouse
- Tom Marais, Gold Certificate for Blindelings and iNumber Number Jozi Gold
- Willie Nel, Gold Certificate for Settlers
- Justus de Jager, Silver Certificate for Amandla
- Willie Nel, Silver Certificate for The Queenstown Kings
- Zenn van Zyl, Bronze Certificate for Vuta N’Kuvute
Student Certificate Award category:
- Daniel Fowles & Tumelo Mpheng, Certificate for Beneath the Sand (AFDA Johannesburg 2023 Honours Graduation Film)
Congratulations to all our talented winners! Your dedication and creativity continue to shine!