Four Corners wins Best Film at the 05 SAFTAs

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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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