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The 18th Annual South African Film and Television Awards nominees have been announced and Afda is proud to announce that Afda students and alumni have received over 50 nominations in the various categories.
The Afda Johannesburg 2023 third year graduation film, 'Anguish', produced by Raheem Razak and directed by Mandisa Mary-Jane Mtembu was nominated in the Best Student Film category, making it 18 years in a row that Afda student films have been nominated.
Afda alumni dominate the feature film category. Tristan Holmes’ debut feature film, 'The Fragile King', received five nominations including Best Feature Film and Best Actress (Antoinette Louw). Liese Kuhn’s directorial debut, 'Seconds', also received five nominations including Best Feature Film and Corne, and Rene van Rooyen’s award-winning feature film, 'Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor', received four nominations.
In the TV Comedy category, Afda alumni received eight nominations for the series 'Miseducation', including Best TV Comedy.
In the TV Drama category, Afda alumni received three nominations for their work on 'Shaka Ilembe'.
Behind the scenes Afda alumni cinematographers are nominated in all the different categories with Tom Marais receiving three nominations.
Afda alumnus Ebenhaezer Smal (Haezer) received five nominations in the sound and editing categories, and Mandle N is once again in the running, receiving three nominations in the Telenovela category for his show 'Isitha'.
Congratulations to all the Afda students and alumni on their nominations. Here is the full list:
Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story | Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal (Haezer)
Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story | Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal (Haezer)
Production house: Orange Films and Star Films
Miseducation | Practitioner: Refentse Munyai
Miseducation | Practitioner: Bryce Bowers
Miseducation | Practitioner: Martha Sibanyoni
Miseducation | Practitioners: Melanie Golden and Aluta Mlisana
Lwazi Mvusi and Rethabile Ramaphakela
Grown Woman | Practitioner: Nyembezi Ncaba
Yoh! Christmas | Practitioner: James Adey
Miseducation | Practitioners: Lwazi Mvusi
Unseen | Practitioner: Simon Beesley and Aluta Mlisana
Dam Season 2 | Practitioners: Tom Marais
Shaka Ilembe | Practitioner: Zeno Petersen
Shaka Ilembe | Practitioners: Thishiwe Ziqubu
Trompoppie | Practitioners: Etienne Fourie
Shaka Ilembe | Practitioners: Zeno Petersen and Adze Ugah
Unseen | Practitioner: Travis Taute
Outlaws | Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal
Isitha Season 1 | Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane
Isitha Season 1 | Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane
Outlaws | Practitioner: Ntobeko Dlamini
Outlaws | Practitioner: Waldemar Coetsee
Isitha Season 1 | Practitioner: Mandla Ngcongwane
Diepe Waters | Practitioner: Heleni Handt
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor | Practitioner: Marné van der Burgh
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor | Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor | Practitioner: Ebenhaezer Smal
BLINDELINGS | Practitioner: Tom Marais
Hans Steek die Rubicon Oor | Practitioner: Sunel Haasbroek
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold | Practitioner: Tom Marais
The Fragile King | Practitioners: Tristan Holmes
Anguish
Prev Reddy (Miseducation)
Miseducation | Production house: Burnt Onion Productions
Antoinette Louw (The Fragile King)
The Fragile King | Practitioner: Tristan Holmes
The Fragile King
Seconds