The 17th Annual South African Film and Television Awards nominees have been announced and AFDA is proud to announce that AFDA students, staff and alumni have received over 50 nominations in the various categories.
The AFDA Johannesburg 2022 honours graduation film “Shumba”, directed by Nigel Wurayayi, was nominated in the Best Student Film category making it 17 years in a row for AFDA student films.
In the Feature Film category, the film “Wild is the Wind”, written and directed by AFDA alumnus Fabian Medea picked up 4 nominations including Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Scriptwriting and the big one, Best Feature Film. AFDA alumna Marne Van der Burgh received the Best Achievement in Costume Design nomination for her work on the film “Stiekyt”, directed by fellow alumnus Etienne Fourie. AFDA alumni editors were a cut above the rest picking up 3 nominations in the Best Achievement in Editing a Feature Film category; Simon Beesley for “Indemnity”, Richard Starkey for “Silverton Siege” and Alastair Orr for “Wild is the Wind”. Best Achievement in Cinematography went to Justus De Jager for “Amandla” and Zenn van Zyl for “Indemnity” and to round up AFDA Cape Town Live Performance lecturer Abduragmaan Adams received the nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Film for his role in “Indemnity”.
AFDA alumnus Richard Gregory was nominated in the documentary category for Best Achievement in Directing and Best Documentary for the doccie “Steinheist”.
AFDA alumni cinematographers made a clean sweep in the Telenovela category taking 4 nominations; Darren Dressels for “Diepe Waters”, Lekau Mamabolo for “House of Zwide”, Lavhelani Mudau for “The Blackdoor” and Ntobeko Dlamini for “The River”.
AFDA alumni and staff telenovela scriptwriters are also in on the act clearing the room with 6 nominations in the Telenovela category. Phathutshedzo Makwarela picked up 3 of these for “Giani – Land of Blood”, “Legacy” and “The River”, Mandla Ngcongwane got one for “Diep City” and Tristram Atkins and AFDA lecturer Margaret Goldsmid were nominated for “Diepe Waters”.
After winning a SAFTA for Best Documentary Film last year AFDA alumnus Jordy Sank is also in the running, this time for his award winning short film “Leemtes en Leegheid” in the Best Short Film category.
The Craft and Main awards ceremonies are happening in Joziburg on 29 and 30 September and will air live on YouTube and TV.
The Craft awards will stream on YouTube on Friday 29 September, with a rebroadcast on one of the SABC channels at an unconfirmed date. You know the SABC mos.
The Main awards will air live on S3 and Mzansi Magic at 19h00 on Saturday 30 September and both ceremonies will be themed round the tagline: Our stories flow together.
Congratulations to all the AFDA students, staff and alumni on their nominations. Here is the full list:
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – DOCUMENTARY
- Steinheist Practitioner: Richard Finn Gregory
BEST MADE FOR TV DOCUMENTARY
- Steinheist Production House: Idea Candy
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV COMEDY
- How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 Practitioners: Martha Sibanyoni
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – TV COMEDY
- How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 Practitioners: Melanie Golden
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING -TV COMEDY
- How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 Practitioners: Rethabile Ramaphakela, Lwazi Mvusi, Thuso Sibisi
- Tali’s Joburg Diary Practitioners: Gilli Apter
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY -TV COMEDY
- Hotel Season 5 Practitioner: Dino Benedetti
- Karavaan Practitioner: Sunel Haasbroek
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV DRAMA
- Blood and Water Season 3 Practitioner: Christian Joubert
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TV DRAMA
- Blood Psalms Practitioner: Willem Nel
- Justice Served Season 1 Practitioners: Trevor Fraser Calverley
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV DRAMA
- Entangled Season 1 Practitioner: Rethabile Ramaphakela
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING –TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
- Diepe Waters Practitioner: Marthinus van Rhyn
- Redemption Practitioner: Tongai Furusa
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/SCORE – TELENOVELA
- The Blackdoor Season 1 Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TELENOVELA
- Diepe Waters Practitioner: Darren Dressels
- House of Zwide Practitioners: Lekau Mamabolo
- The Blackdoor Season 1 Practitioner: Lavhelani Mudau
- The River Practitioner: Ntobeko Dlamini
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
- Legacy Practitioner: Amanda Scholtz
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TELENOVELA
- DiepCity Season 2 Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane
- Diepe Waters Practitioner: Tristram Atkins, Margaret Goldsmid
- Giyani – Land of Blood Practitioners: Phathutshedzo Makwarela
- Legacy Practitioner: Phathutshedzo Makwarela
- The River Practitioner: Phathutshedzo Makwarela
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TELENOVELA
- Arendsvlei Practitioner: Darryl Fuchs
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV SOAP
- SCANDAL! Practitioner, Themba Mahlangu
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
- Stiekyt Practitioners: Marne van der burgh
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – FEATURE FILM
- Indemnity Practitioners: Simon Beesley
- Silverton Siege Practitioners: Richard Starkey
- Wild is the Wind Practitioners: Alastair Orr
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE FILM
- Amandla Practitioners: Justus De Jager
- Indemnity Practitioners: Zenn van Zyl
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – FEATURE FILM
- Wild is the Wind Practitioners: Fabian Medea
BEST STUDENT FILM
- Shumba Production House: AFDA
BEST TV COMEDY
- How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
BEST SHORT FILM
- Leemtes en Leegheid Production House: Idea Candy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM
- Abduragmaan Adams – Indemnity
BEST ACHIVEMENT IN DIRECTING – FEATURE FILM
- Wild is the Wind Practitioner: Fabian Medea
BEST FEATURE FILM
- Wild is the Wind
