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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

Discretionary Awards

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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