SAFTA’s 12 Awards 2018

Isibaya

• Best Achievement in Directing
  TV Soap/Telenovela – Phiwe Mkhanzi & Sthembiso Mathenjwa
• Best Supporting Actor
  TV Soap/Telenovela – Pallance Dladla
• Best TV Soap

Isithembiso

• Best Actor
  TV Soap/Telenovela – Hamilton Dhlamini

Loeries 2018

• Silver – Film Internet Video
  above 30s – HopeJoanna
• Bronze Film – Branded Content Video
  South African Tourism

At the Loerie Advertising Awards Teboho Mahlatsi has 3 Gold, 16 Silver and 10 Bronze Awards

Ciclopes Africa 2018

• Best Long Form
  South Africa Tourism – Bheki the Mbhaco Maker

SAFTA’s 11 Awards 2017

The Road

• Best Achievement in Editing
  Andrew Traill, Julian Thomas, Nqobizwe Ndlangamandla, Sharron Hawkes, Kirsten de Magalhaes
• Best Achievement In Art Direction / Production Design
  Dylan Lloyd, Johann Krynauw
• Best Achievement In Wardrobe / Make-Up & Hair
  Trudi Barklem, Julene Paton – The Road

Isibaya

• Best Achievement In Music / Score
  Phillip Miller
• Most Popular TV Show

SAFTA’s 10 Awards 2016

Isibaya

• Best Achievement In Art Direction / Production Design
  Dylan Lloyd & Carlu Portwig and Henrietta Moutinho
• Best Achievement In Costume Design
  Rochelle Selling

• Best Actor In a Lead Role TV Soap
  Vusi Kunene
• Best Actor In a Supporting Role TV Soap
  Samson Khumalo – Isibaya

SAFTA’s 9 Awards 2015

Isibaya

• Best Wardrobe
• Best Art direction
• Best Cinematography
• Best Editing
• Best Scriptwriting
• Best Directing
• Best TV Soap

Think Big

• Best Factual / Educational Programme

Royal Soapie Awards 2015

Isibaya

• Best Wardrobe
• Best Art direction
• Best Cinematography
• Best Editing

• Best Scriptwriting
• Best Directing
• Best TV Soap

SAFTA’s 8 Awards 2014

Isibaya

• Best Actor
  Siyabonga Thwala
• Best Actress
  Thembi Nyandeni
• Best Writing Team
• Best Director
  Adze Ugah, Denny Miller

• Best Achievement In Directing
  Adze Ugah & Denny Miller
• Best Achievement In Scriptwriting
• Best Actress In a Lead Role TV Soap
  Thembi Nyandeni
• Best Actor In a Lead Role TV Soap
  Siyabonga Thwala

Royal Soapie Awards 2014

Isibaya

• Outstanding Lead Actor
  Siyabonga Twala as Mpiyakhe Zungu
• Outstanding Lead Actress
  Thembi Nyandeni as Mkabayi Zungu
• Outstanding Soapie
• Outstanding Make-up & Hair
• Outstanding Writing Team

• Outstanding Art Direction
• Outstanding Directing Team
• Outstanding Editing Team
• Outstanding Casting Director
  Kutlwano Ditsele & Angus Gibson
• Outstanding Lighting

Notable Awards

Amandla! Revolution in Four Part Harmony

• 2002 Sundance Film Festival: Audience Award, Freedom of Expression Award
• Other Film Festivals; Telluride, Colorado, Durban International, Sydney Australia

Portrait of a Young Man Drowning

• Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival (1999)
• Reel Black Award  – Toronto

Jacob’s Cross

• Best Actor   – Africa Choice Award  2013
• 5 Nominations including Best TV Series in Monte Carlo
• Pan African Film Festival Creative Achievement Award

Commercials

• Community Tables  (2007), MTN  –  4 silver loeries
• Soweto All Stars (2005),  Sasol –  2 silver loeries & shortlisted for the D & AD awards
• Vodacom Jaiva (2008),  Vodacom – 9 silver loeries
• MTN Elevator (2009), MTN – nominated at Cannes
• MTN Trumpets (2010);, MTN –  1 loerie (Gold Campaign)

I’m Addicted to Life Campaign

• A Loerie and 2 special mentions
• The IPM Award
• 15 Avanti Awards
•  Artes Award

Our corporate projects have received over 70 Avanti Awards in the past 8 years, ranging from Best Sales and Marketing, Best Communication, Best PR, Best Cinematography through to Best Script, Best Performance and Best Styling. We have twice won the US International Film and Television Award.

Yizo Yizo 1

• Japan Prize: best drama series
• 5 Avanti Awards (South Africa\\\’s  Emmys)

• Best Director
• Best Drama Series
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.

Both Yizo Yizo 1 and 2 were selected for INPUT in 1999 and 2001.

Yizo Yizo 2

• Best TV Series  – Rencontres Internationales de Télévision de Reims, France
•  The Cinema Tout Ecran Award for Best International TV Series – Swiss Cinema and TV Festival  (2001)
•  The Governor of Tokyo Prize  –  28th Japan NHK Awards (2002)
• Best TV Programme –  Duku Duku Awards (2001)
• Selected  for Mini Input Barcelona
• Selected for  South American Mini Input 2001 (Bogota)
•  World Input 2001 and European Input (Finland).

Yizo Yizo 2  was also invited to the Ghent Film Festival, Belgium; New York African Film Festival 2002; Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis Film Festival 2002;  International Film Festival, Rotterdam. In 2003, Yizo Yizo 2 was invited to the Milan African Film Festival and awarded in the Short Film category.

Yizo Yizo Sound Tracks

• Yizo 2 – Best Album of the Year  – 2002  SAMA awards
• Yizo 1 and 2  Platinum Sales Award – EMI records
• Song  “Ghetto Fabulous”   – Metro FM  Song of the Year