We are heading towards the SAFTAs weekend and AFDA would like to wish all the AFDA students, staff and alumni nominated for the awards GOOD LUCK.
You can watch the Craft Awards ceremony on the SAFTAs YouTube page on Friday, 29 September 2023 @19h00 and the simulcast of the main show on SABC and Mzansi Magic on Saturday, 30 September 2023 @20h00, with the red carpet show @19h30 on SABC 3 and Channel O. It is on, let the countdown begin!
Congratulations to all the AFDA students, staff and alumni on their nominations. Here is the full list of over 50 nominations.
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
