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Four Corners wins Best Film at the 2015 SAFTAs --
Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:18
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SCREEN AFRICA EXCLUSIVE: The second evening of the South African Film and Television Awards, presented by the National Film and Video Foundation, took place at Gallagher Estate on Sunday 22 March where South Africa s most talented filmmakers and performers took home Golden Horn trophies for their outstanding work over the last year. Four Corners received top honours, winning the Best Film award - its third accolade of the night. The film also earned young actor Jezriel Skei the award for Best Actor and Brendon Daniels the award for Best Supporting Actor. The Bomb Shelter s Isibaya and ZANews: Puppet Nation, produced by Both Worlds, carried on their winning streak from Friday night s event with a further two awards each, including Best Director in each of their television categories.
Accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015 was Marius Weyers, an industry veteran who got his breakout role in The Gods Must Be Crazy.
The Best Director award in the Feature Film category was given to Donovan Marsh for his film iNumber Number, while John Trengove, Jozua Malherbe and Denny Miller took the Best Directing award in the TV Drama category for Swartwater.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Supporting Actor - TV Comedy
Warren Masemola as Thokozani in Ses Top la II
Best Supporting Actress - TV Comedy
Brenda Ngxoli as Pinky in Ses Top la II
Best Actor in a Lead Role - TV Comedy
Thomas Gumede as Zanele in Single Guys
Best Actress in a Lead Role - TV Comedy
Mary Mhlongo as MaKhambule in Skwizas
Best Achievement in Directing - TV Comedy
ZANews: Puppet Nation - Thierry Cassuto, Alex Fynn
Best TV Comedy
ZANews: Puppet Nation - Both Worlds
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marius Weyers
Best Supporting Actor - TV Drama
Fezile Mpela as Zwide in Donkerland
Best Supporting Actress - TV Drama
Brenda Ngxoli as Gladys in Rockville
Best Actor in a Lead Role - TV Drama
Louw Venter as Francois Le Roux in Swartwater
Best Actress in a Lead Role - TV Drama
Nthati Moshesh as Dibuseng Makwarela in Thola
Best Achievement in Directing - TV Drama
Swartwater - John Trengove, Jozua Malherbe, Denny Miller
Best TV Drama
Swartwater - Quizzical Pictures
Best Supporting Actor - TV Soap
Justin Strydom as AK in Isidingo
Best Supporting Actress - TV Soap
Marjorie Lange as Gloria in Scandal
Best Actress in a Lead Role - TV Soap
Masasa Mbangeni as Thembeka in Scandal
Best Actor in a Lead Role - TV Soap
Jamie Bartlett as David Genaro in Rhythm City
Best Achievement in Directing - TV Soap
Isibaya - Adze Ugah, John Berker, Denny Miller, Alex Yazbek, Phiwe Mkhanzi, Tebogo Malope
Best TV Soap
Isibaya - The Bomb Shelter
Best TV Presenter
Katlego Maboe - Expresso Morning Show
Best Supporting Actor - Feature Film
Brendon Daniels as Farakhan in Four Corners
Best Supporting Actress - Feature Film
Marga Van Rooy as Tannie Marietjie in Die Windpomp
Best Actress in a Lead Role - Feature Film
Thishiwe Ziqubu as Skiets in Hard to Get
Best Actor in a Lead Role Feature Film
Jezriel Skei as Ricardo in Four Corners
Best Achievement in Directing - Feature Film
iNumber Number - Donovan Marsh
Best Feature Film
Four Corners - Giant Films & Moonlighting Films
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