Young SA filmmaker rakes in awards for music videos

It seems 2015 is a good year for Ryan Kruger to prepare acceptance speeches as Kruger wins his first SAMA for Prime Circle's Doors music video as well as two awards at the first ever Short & Sweet Music Video Awards.

It feels amazing to receive recognition for something I'm so passionate about. I really want to create videos of international quality and set the standards high. I feel honoured to receive all these awards, it must mean I'm doing something right.

Celebrations started early in January when Short & Sweet announced the nominees for their first South African Music Video Awards. Judged by local and international industry leaders and with the aim of giving recognition to creatives behind the lens, Short & Sweet kindly nominated Kruger a whopping 9 times in 5 categories. He walked away with two awards winning in the categories for Best EDM & Best Rock music video.

Celebrations continued as The South African Music Awards announced Prime Circle's Doors as one of the nominees for Best Music Video of the Year. The concept for the clip is based on one of Kruger's favourite 70s films Capricorn One and really pushed the boundaries for local music videos with a movie-scale storyline and highly cinematic visuals.

I like to incorporate local stories into international concepts. I feel like there are so many talented filmmakers in this country who just stick to what sells easily in the local market. Why can't we make movies about South African astronauts travelling to Mars?

It seems the SAMA's agreed as Kruger walked away with the prestigious award at last night's extravagant event at the Sun City Resort. Delighted with the announcement, Kruger says his hard work has paid off: Trying to make good quality music videos on small budgets is a difficult thing and I would not have been able to pull it off without my amazing team .

But there's still a lot to do this year. Kruger is now expanding his expertise and is branching into TVC's, branded content and has an exciting script in development that will hopefully lead to his breakthrough debut feature film. Music videos will always stay a passion of mine, so I'll of course continue to do that as well! says Kruger laughingly.

I love how the world is focusing on South African filmmaking at the moment. It makes me so excited I can barely keep still.

It's the place to be

For more of Ryan Kruger's work, view his showreels by following this link: http://enigmaacefilms.com/home/directors-showreels/

For any media enquiries, interview opportunities and photos please contact:

Laurissa Vergottini // laurissa@enigmaacefilms.com // 082 555 32 36

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