BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – DOCUMENTARY
KUSASA – Cape Town TV
Practitioner: Tim Pringle
Production House: Optical Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – DOCUMENTARY
KUSASA – Cape Town TV
Practitioner: Joe Krenzer
Production House: Optical Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – DOCUMENTARY
Changemaker – Simphiwe Rorwana – ETV
Practitioner: Yolisa Qwabaza
Production House: Train. Create. Innovate (TCI)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – DOCUMENTARY
Lobola, A Bride’s True Price? – SABC
Practitioner: Sihle Hlophe
Production House: Passion Seed Communications
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A camera on my Lap – Encounters Film Festival
Production House: twospinningwheels
BEST MADE FOR TV DOCUMENTARY
Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star – Netflix
Production House: Storyscope
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Lobola, A Bride’s True Price? – SABC
Production House: Passion Seed Communications
BEST NATURAL HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME
Crocodile’s Revealed – DSTV (NATGEO)
Production House: Earth Touch
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Nick Music Africa – NickToons (NICKELODEON)
Production House: VIS Studios
BEST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
MTVShuga: What Makes A Man – MTV Base
Production House: Taung Film Studios
BEST FACTUAL PROGRAMME
Rebounders: Grizelda Grootboom – SABC 2
Production House: Red Sugar Productions
BEST COMPETITION REALITY SHOW
Tropika Island of Treasure All Stars – SABC 3
Production House: Cardova Productions
BEST STRUCTURED SOAPIE REALITY SHOW
Life With Kelly Khumalo Season 3 – Showmax
Production House: GOAT (Originals)
BEST STRUCTURED OR DOCU – REALITY SHOW
Sex in Afrikaans – Showmax
Production House: Provoco
BEST YOUTH PROGRAMME
TREND Season 1 – KykNet
Production House: Green Planet Productions
BEST ONLINE CONTENT
Lunch With Hitler – YouTube
Production House: Argento Holdings
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME –
Homegrown Taste South Africa Season 1 – DSTV 174 (BBC LIFESTYLE)
Production House: Rapid Blue
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME
Carte Blanche Mining Takedown – DSTV 101 (MNET)
Production House: Combined Artists
BEST MADE FOR TV MOVIE
Whatever It Takes- eVOD
Production House: RHP International
BEST INTERNATIONAL FORMAT
Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts – MNET 101
Production House: Afrokaans Film & Television
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Miss South Africa 2022 Live Finale – DSTV 161 (MZANSI MAGIC)
Production House: Black Swan Media
BEST VARIETY SHOW
Sunday Sexy Love – DSTV 161 (MZANSI MAGIC)
Production House: Media24
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE – UP AND HAIRSTYLING – TV COMEDY
How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 – NETFLIX
Practitioner: Silindile Dladla
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WARDROBE – TV COMEDY
Tali’s Joburg Diary – ShowMax
Practitioner: Erin Simon
Production House: Sketchbook Studios
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – TV COMEDY
Hotel Season 5 – KYKNET
Practitioner: Tim Pringle, Giles Heesom-Green & Melani Robertson
Production House: Nagvlug Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV COMEDY
Hotel Season 5 -KYKNET
Practitioner: Merishen Wessels
Production House: Nagvlug Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – TV COMEDY
How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 – NETFLIX
Practitioners: Bongi Malefo, Khulekani Zondi & Melanie Golden
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV COMEDY
Tali’s Joburg Diary – ShowMax
Practitioners: Julia Anastasopoulos, Ari Kruger, Gilli Apter, & Daniel Zimbler
Production House: Sketchbook Studios
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TV COMEDY
Hotel Season 5 – KYKNET
Practitioner: Dino Benedetti
Production House: Nagvlug Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TV COMEDY
Tali’s Joburg diary – ShowMax
Practitioners: Ari Kruger
Production House: Sketchbook Studios
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE- UP AND HAIRSTYLING – TV DRAMA
Desert Rose – MNET
Practitioner: Marika Weber Collop
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WARDROBE – TV DRAMA
Lavish – 1 MAGIC
Practitioner: Brenda Khambule
Production House: Hela Media
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – TV DRAMA
Donkerbos – ShowMax
Practitioner: Jozua Loots
Production House: Nagvlug Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/SCORE – TV DRAMA
LUDIK – NETFLIX
Practitioner: Peach Van Pletzen
Production House: Rose and Oaks Media
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV DRAMA
The Brave Ones – NETFLIX
Practitioner: Jacobus Smit
Production House: Ochre Media
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – TV DRAMA
Justice Served Season 1 – NETFLIX
Practitioner: Nick Costaras, Blessing Khulekane Zondi, Megan Gill & Lucian Barnard
Production House: Meraki SA and Ochre Media
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TV DRAMA
Blood Psalms – ShowMax
Practitioner: Willie Nel
Production House: Yellowbone Entertainment
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV DRAMA
Good Men – SABC 1
Practitioner: Portia Gumede, Steven Pillemer, Christo Davids, Duduzile Zamantungwa
Mabaso & Sunni Faba
Production House: Ochre Media
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TV DRAMA
Donkerbos – ShowMax
Practitioner: Nico Scheepers
Production House: Nagvlug Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
House of Zwide – ETV
Practitioner: Mina Shembe, Itumeleng Ledwaba, Nakedi Makgato & Musa Mnisi
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WARDROBE – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
House of Zwide – ETV
Practitioners: Bevely Mogorosi & Teddy Geldart
Production House: The Bomb Shelter Film Company
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
Suidooster – KykNet
Practitioner: Lloyd O’Connor
Production House: Suidooster Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
Diepe Waters – KykNet
Practitioner: Paul Martin van Wyk, Marthinus van Rhyn, Khathu Mudau, Wynand Verster, Rick Dodgen & Daniel de Villiers
Production House: Penguin Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/SCORE – TELENOVELA
The Blackdoor Season 1 – ETV
Practitioner: Mandla N, Jamela Vuma & Kurt Slabbert
Production House: Black Brain Pictures
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – TELENOVELA
The Blackdoor Season 1 – ETV
Practitioner: Lavhelani Mudau & Gaopie Kabe
Production House: Black Brain Pictures
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION – TV SOAP/TELENOVELA
Legacy – MNET
Practitioner: Amanda Scholtz
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TELENOVELA
DiepCity Season 2 – Mzansi Magic
Practitioner: Nontuthuzelo Magoxo, Mandla N & Mpumelelo Nhlapo
Production House: Black Brain Pictures
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TELENOVELA
The Wife S3 – ShowMax
Practitioner: Fikile Mogodi, Luthando Mngomezulu, Tebogo Mkhabela & Thandokazi Msuza
Production House: Stained Glass TV
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – TV SOAP
SCANDAL! – ETV
Practitioner: Ameera Patel, Grace Mahlaba, Thomas Hall, Paul Grootboom, Nonhlanhla Simelane, Omphile Molusi, Rosalind Butler; Teresca Muishond, Themba Mahlangu & Kelly Robinson
Production House: Ochre Media
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING – TV SOAP
Suidooster – KykNet
Practitioner: Erina Niemand, Shirley Ellis, Romano Gorlei & Richard September
Production House: Suidooster Films
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING – FEATURE FILM
Silverton Siege – NETFLIX
Practitioners: Nicola Roodt
Production House: Pambilimedia
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Silverton Siege – NETFLIX
Practitioners: Ruy Filipe
Production House: Pambilimedia
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Silverton Siege – NETFLIX
Practitioners: Barry Donnelly
Production House: Pambilimedia
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING – FEATURE FILM
Silverton Siege – NETFLIX
Practitioners: Richard Starkey
Production House: Pambilimedia
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM
Silverton Siege – NETFLIX
Practitioners: Chantel Carter
Production House: Pambilimedia
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ORIGINAL MUSIC/ SCORE – FEATURE FILM
Gaia – DSTV Box Office (KYKNET)
Practitioners: Pierre-Henri Wicomb
Production House: Film Initiative Africa
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE FILM
Gaia – DSTV Box Office (KYKNET)
Practitioner: Jorrie van der Walt
Production House: Film Initiative Africa
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SCRIPTWRITING – FEATURE FILM
The Umbrella Men – eVod
Practitioners: John Barker and Philip Roberts
Production House: Known Associates Entertainment
BEST STUDENT FILM
Shumba – AFDA
Production House: AFDA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV SOAP
Odelle De Wet (Delia Ritcher) – Binnelanders – KykNet
Production House: Stark Films
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV SOAP
Charlie Bouguenon (Jacques Neethling) – Binnelanders – KykNet
Production House: Stark Films
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELENOVELA
Deli Malinga (MaNgema)- Redemption – DSTV: BET
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions & Seriti Films
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELENOVELA
Thulani Mtsweni ( Bongani ) – Gomora – Mzansi Magic
Production House: Seriti Films
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SOAP
Cindy Swanepoel (Dr Annelize Roux) – Binnelanders – KykNet
Production House: Stark Films
BEST ACTOR IN A TV SOAP
Melusi Mbele (Jojo Kubeka) – SCANDAL! – ETV
Production House: Ochre Media
BEST ACTRESS IN A TELENOVELA
Michelle Botes (Angelique Price) – Legacy – MNET
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
BEST ACTOR IN A TELENOVELA
Lawrence Maleka (Zolani) -The River – MZANSI MAGIC
Production House Tshedza Pictures
BEST TV SOAP
SCANDAL! – ETV
Production House: Ochre Media
BEST TELENOVELA
Legacy – MNET
Production House: Tshedza Pictures
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA
Nthati Moshesh (Grace Bhengu) – Savage Beauty – NETFLIX
Production House: Quizzical Pictures
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA
Craig Urbani (Ezra) – Makoti Season 2 – SABC 1
Production House: Urban Brew Studios
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA
Lerato Mvelase (Mampho Mashaba) – Justice Served Season 1 – NETFLIX
Production House: Meraki SA and Ochre Media
BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA
Morné Visser (Allan Harvey) – Justice Served Season 1 – NETFLIX
Production House: Meraki SA and Ochre Media
BEST TV DRAMA
Lavish – 1 MAGIC
Production House: Hela Media
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY
Kate Normington (Michelle Shapiro) – Tali’s Joburg Diary – ShowMax
Production House: Sketchbook Studios
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY
Desmond Dube (Shadrack Sello) – How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 – NETFLIX
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV COMEDY
Thando Thabethe (Beauty) – How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 – NETFLIX
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
BEST ACTOR IN A TV COMEDY
James Borthwick (Ferdie) – Hotel Season 5 – KYKNET
Production House: Nagvlug Films
BEST TV COMEDY
How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 – NETFLIX
Production House: Burnt Onion Productions
BEST SHORT FILM
Cogito Ergo Sum (I Think Therefore I Am) – Africa Rising International Film Festival
Production House: S.S.L Studio’s
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM
Awethu Hleli (Tiny) – You’re My Favourite Place – ETV
Production House: Yellowbone Entertainment
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM
Chris Chameleon (Wilhelm Jooste) – Wild is the Wind – NETFLIX
Production House: Known Associates Entertainment and MYD88 FILMS
BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM
Noxolo Dlamini (Mbali Terra) – Silverton Siege – NETFLIX
Production House: Pambilimedia
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM
Jarrid Geduld (Theo Abrams) – Indemnity – Ster-Kinekor
Production House: Gambit Films
BEST ACHIVEMENT IN DIRECTING – FEATURE FILM
Gaia – DSTV Box Office (KYKNET)
Practitioner: Jaco Bouwer
Production House: Film Initiative Africa
BEST FEATURE FILM
Gaia -DSTV Box Office (KYKNET)
Production House: Film Initiative Africa
EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD
David Franciscus
OUTSTANDING PERSON WITH DISABILITY CONTRIBUTOR AWARD
Jabaar Mohamed
YOUTH ACHIEVER AWARD
Xolisa Mpafa
LIFETIME ACHIEVER AWARD
Derek Watts
LIFETIME ACHIEVER AWARD
Koos Roets
BEST TV PRESENTER (PUBLIC VOTE)
Tshegofatso Mosupye – Yo MTV Raps Uncapped (DSTV – MTV BASE)
Production House: VIS Studios
MOST POPULAR TV SOAP OR TELENOVELLA (PUBLIC VOTE)
SCANDAL! – (e.TV)
Production House: Ochre Media
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