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SAFTA 2016 Technical and Non-Fiction Award winners announced --
Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:54
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The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) announced the winners in the Non-Fiction and Technical categories on Friday 18 March at a gala event held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand.
In the TV Comedy categories, ZANews: Puppet Nation and Those Who Can t each garnered three awards, while Umlilo took three awards in the TV Drama categories. The biggest winner of the night was Ingoma, which took home seven SAFTAs for in the Made for TV Movie category. Another prominent winner was Dis ek, Anna which won three awards in the Feature Film categories including for Best Achievement in Scriptwriting.
Here is a full list of the winners:
Best Animation Short
Burgeon (The Animation School)
Best Short Film
Nommer 37
Best Achievement in Art/Production Design in a TV Comedy
Amanda Scholtz (Those Who Cant)
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting in a TV Comedy
Louw Venter, Thomas Hall, Gilli Apter, Zandile Tisani, Zoe Arthur (Those Who
Can t)
Best Achievement in Hair and Make-up in a TV Comedy
Maureen Wells (Ga Re Dumele: Season 4)
Best Achievement Costume Design in a TV Comedy
San-Mari Compton (ZANews: Puppet Nation)
Best Achievement in Sound Design in a TV Comedy
Lyle Bennet (ZANews: Puppet Nation)
Best Achievement in Editing in a TV Comedy
Aurora Drummer, Alex Fynn, Nicolai Groudev (ZANews: Puppet
Nation)
Best Achievement in Cinematography in a TV Comedy
Brendan Barnes (Those Who Cant)
Best Children s Programme
Elections (Ochre Media)
Best Youth Programme (Age 16-25)
#YOT Life in a Day (TIA Productions)
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting in a TV Drama
Zandile Tisani, Nonhlanhla Simelane, Napo Masheane, Arthur Zita, Tim Greene
(Umlilo)
Best Achievement in Art/Production Design in a TV Drama
Vallery Groenewald (Umlilo)
Best Achievement in Hairstyling and Make-up in a TV Drama
Smartie Olifant (Matatiele)
Best Achievement in Costume Design in a TV Drama
Mercedes de Bruyn (Terug Na Egipte)
Best Achievement in Sound Design in a TV Drama
Ben Oelsen (Swartwater)
Best Achievement in Original Score in a TV Drama
Joel Assaizky (Rockville 3)
Best Achievement in Editing in a TV Drama
Eugene Lombaard, Bjorn Johansen, Ambonga Mfundisi, Anchel Andersen and Talya J
Kahan (Saints and Sinners I)
Best Achievement in Cinematography in a TV Drama
Jonathan De La Querra (Umlilo)
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting in a TV Soap
Neil McCarthy, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Byron Abrahams, Craig Freimond (Rhythym
City)
Best Achievement in Art/Production in a TV Soap
Dylan Lloyd, Carlu Portwig and Henrietta Moutinho (Isibaya: Season 3)
Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling in a TV Soap
Bongi Mlotshwa (Generations the Legacy)
Best Achievement in Costume Design in a TV Soap
Rochelle Selling (Isibaya 3)
Best Achievement in Sound Design in a TV Soap
Ben Oelsen (Villa Rosa)
Best Achievement in Editing in a TV Soap
Louise Hornsby (Ashes to Ashes)
Best Achievement in Cinematography in a TV Soap
Kobus van Niekerk, Charl Odendaal, Francois Grobler (Binnelanders)
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting in a Made for TV Movie
Kobus Geldenhuys (Fluit-Fluit)
Best Achievement in Art / Production Design in a Made for TV
Movie
Charlette Coetzee (Ingoma)
Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling in a Made for TV
Movie
Islyn Goliath (Ingoma)
Best Achievement in Costume Design in a Made for TV Movie
Pippa Heimann (Ingoma)
Best Achievement in Sound Design in a Made for TV Movie
Janno Muller (Rise)
Best Achievement in Editing in a Made for TV Movie
Kholofelo Malatshi (Rise)
Best Achievement in Cinematography in a Made for TV Movie
Greg Heimann (Ingoma)
Best Achievement in Directing in a Made for TV Movie
Johnny Barbuzano (The Gift)
Best Achievement by a Lead Actor (Made for TV Movie)
Aubrey Poo (Ingoma)
Best Achievement by a Lead Actress (Made for TV Movie)
Zola Nombona (Ingoma)
Best Made for TV Movie
Ingoma (Penguin Films)
Best Reality Show
Ultimate Braai Master: Season 3 (Cooked in Africa Films)
Best Magazine Show
Girl Eat World (Lucky Bean)
Best International Format Programme
Strictly Come Dancing: Season 8 (Rapid Blue)
Best Factual Education Programme
Each One Teach One - Dancer (Blue Wizard Productions)
Best Current Affairs Actuality Programme
Carte Blanch - Dying for Water in Madibeng (Combined Artists
Production)
Best Variety Show
Galaxy Of Stars 2014 (Don t Look Down Productions)
Best Talk Show
Republiek Van Zoid Afrika (Brainwave Productions)
Best Game Show
Down For The Guap (Launch Factory)
Best Music Show
Sessions of 76 (Don t Look Down Productions)
Best Achievement in Sound Design in Documentary Short
Chris Bornman (Cape Town Carnival 2015: Elemental)
Best Achievement in Editing in Documentary Short
Garth Kingwill (Cape Town Carnival 2015: Elemental)
Best Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary Short
Garth Kingwill (Cape Town Carnival 2015: Elemental)
Best Achievement in Directing in a Documentary Short
Enver Samuel (Indians Can t Fly)
Best Documentary Short
Indians Cant Fly (EMS Productions)
Best Achievement in Sound Design in Documentary Feature
Daniel Eppel (The Boers at The End of The World/Boere op Die
Aardsdrempel)
Best Achievement in Editing in Documentary Feature
Richard Gregory, Ronelle Loots (The Boers at The End of The World/Boere op
Die Aardsdrempel)
Best Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary Feature
Richard Gregory (The Boers at The End of the World/Boere op Die
Aardsdrempel)
Best Documentary Feature
The Dream of Shahrazad (Undercurrent Film & Television)
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting in a Feature Film
Tertius Kapp (Dis Ek, Anna)
Best Achievement in Art / Production Design in a Feature Film
Christian Joubert (Dis Ek, Anna)
Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling in a Feature
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