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SAFTA 06 Technical and Non-Fiction Award winners announced

19/03/2016

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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
LINK: http://www.screenafrica.com/page/news/festivals/1657601-SAFTA-2016-Tec...
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