Expresso producer Paul van Deventer and host Katlego Maboe with their trophy
for Best Variety Show. Katlego hosted the Night 1 ceremony.
The first night of the 11th SAFTAS was held at Sun City on Thursday (16 March) and delivered awards in the categories that cover behind-the-scenes production and non-fiction shows.
The winners are...
DRAMA
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting - TV Drama
Louie Pretourius - Die Boekklub
Deon Opperman - Fluiters
Paul Ian Johnson - JAB
Best Achievement in Cinematography - TV Drama
Adam Bentel - Bloedbroers
Tiyane Nyembe - Heist Season 1
Jonathan de la Querra - Saints and Sinners Season 2
Best Achievement in Post Production Editing - TV Drama
Ula Oelsen & Johan Cronje - Bloedbroers
Melanie Golden - Heist Season 1
Eugene Lombaard - Saints and Sinners Season 2
Best Achievement in Post Production Sound Design - TV Drama
Ben Oelsen - Bloedbroers
Jonty Everton - Heist Season 1
Janno Muller, Thapelo Makhubo & Jonty Everton - Umlilo
Best Achievement in Post Production Original Music/Score - TV Drama
Janine Neethling - Bloedbroers
Duane Michael & Riley Arthur - Roer jou Voete
Neill Solomon & Allan Smith - Sober Companion
Best Achievement in Art/Production Design - TV Drama
Bathoni Robinson - Bloedbroers
Bathoni Robinson - Fluiters
Thabiso Senne - Heist Season 1
Best Achievement in Wardrobe, Make-Up and Hairstyling - TV Drama
Julia Rubinstein & Sulet Meintjes - Bloedbroers
Rosina Oliphant & Ntombizanele Mokwena - Heist Season 1
Silindle Dladla & Brenda Khambula - It’s Complicated Season 1
Night 2 of the awards takes place on Saturday (18 March) and focuses on the acting and fiction categories. The ceremony will air on SABC2 at 20h00, preceded by a red carpet at 19h30.
COMEDY
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting - TV Comedy
Bennie Fourie & Stiaan Smith - Hotel
Karen Jeynes, Chris McEvoy, Nkuli Sibeko - Botman, Sipumziwe Sandiso Lucwaba, Angel Blythe Campey - Puppet Nation ZANEWS!
Mzuvukile Dlamini, Camilo Zain Saloojee, Christopher Steenkamp, Lazola Gola, Loyiso Madinga, Nina Hastie, Mojakisane Lehoko, Donovan Goliath & Jason Goliath - The Bantu Hour Season 1
Best Achievement in Post Production Sound Design - TV Comedy
Jozua Loots - Hotel
Neil Benjamin - Comedy Puppet Nation ZANEWS!
Janno Muller, Jonty Everton & Thapelo Makhubo - Those Who Can’t
Best Achievement in Post Production Editing - TV Comedy
Johan Cronje - Hotel
Aurora Drummer & Nicolai Groudev - Puppet Nation ZANEWS!
The
The Bantu Hour Season 1 - Marc Adrien De Cherade De Montbron
Best Achievement in Art/Production Design - TV Comedy
Catherine Anne Jacot-Guillarmod, Racine Tanya Williams & Simone Rossouw - Puppet Nation ZANEWS!
Mpho Makhobotloane - Skwizas Season 4
Amanda Scholtz - Those Who Can’t
Best Achievement in Wardrobe, Make-up and Hair - TV Comedy
Islyn Salie & Pippa Heimann - Forced Love Season 2
Cheney Van Graan, Geralt Renaldo Cloete & Alice Josephine Jacobs - Puppet Nation ZANEWS!
Rochelle Selling & Silindile Dladla - Those Who Can’t
The Night 2 ceremony will be hosted by Katlego Maboe and Thando Thabethe.
SOAPIES AND TELENOVELAS
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting – TV Soap/Telenovela
Meren Reddy, David Gordon, Henriëtta Gryffenberg, Alyzzander Fourie, Sipho Mbonye - High Rollers
Paul Grootboom, Desiree Markgraaff, Paul S Rowlston, Jacob Ntshangase, James Whyle, Sunni Faba, Catherine Muller, Zolisa Sigwanda, Richard Beynon, Mbali Zulu, Christian Blomkamp & Fabian Medea - Isibaya
Phathutshedzo Makwarela - Uzalo Season 2
Best Achievement in Post Production Editing - TV Soap/Telenovela
Kholofelo Malatshi, Bertus Kirsten, Brett Macdonald & Theo Scheepers - High Rollers
Kirsten de Magalhaes, Jack Esterhuizen, Sbongeleni Mabuyakhulu, Nqobizwe Ndlangamandla & Muzi Mthabela - Isibaya
Kirsten de Magalhaes, Andrew Traill, Julian Thomas, Nqobizwe Ndlangamandla & Sharron Hawkes - The Road
Best Achievement in Art Direction/ Production Design - TV Soap/Telenovela
Inamarie Swanepoel - Generations The Legacy
Dylan Lloyd & Henrietta Moutinho - Isibaya
Dylan Lloyd &Johann Krynauw - The Road
Best Achievement in Wardrobe, Make-up and Hair - TV Soap/Telenovela
Bongi Mlotshwa & Natalie Lundon - Generations The Legacy
Amy Sprawson & Julie Palmer - Isidingo
Julene Paton & Trudi Barklem - The Road
Best Achievement in Post Production Original Music/ Score – TV Soap/Telenovela
Michael Bester - High Rollers
Philip Miller - Isibaya
Philip Miller - The Road
YOUTH AND CHILDREN
Best Youth Programme
100% Youth (Tshedza Media)
Craz-e Sistahood (Red Pepper Pictures)
MTV Base meets Bill Gates (TIA Productions)
Best Children’s Programme
Challenge SOS 2 (Blonds and a Redhead Filming)
Disney Cookabout (Penguin Films)
Silly Seasons – Piece of Cake (The Flying Circus)
FACTUAL/EDUCATIONAL
Best Factual Education Programme
Diamond River Hunters (UNcut Productions)
Now or Never (Dzuguda Productions)
Ocean Adventurer (Okuhle Media)
NEWS & ACTUALITY
Best Current Affairs Actuality Programme
Carte Blanche (Combined Artists)
Saving Microbabies (Combined Artistic Productions)
Spieners (SABC)
MAGAZINE
Best Magazine Show
50/50 (Clive Morris Productions)
All Access Mzansi (Burnt Onion Productions)
The Man Cave (Cheeky Pictures)
VARIETY
Best Variety Show
Expresso (Cardova Productions)
Jou Ma se Chef (Cheeky Pictures)
Sarah Graham Food Safari Season 1 (Okuhle Media)
REALITY SHOWS
Best Reality Show
The Ultimate Braai Master (Cooked in Africa Films)
Vrydag4uur (Red Pepper Pictures)
Weg! Agtepaaie, Namibie (Red Pepper Pictures)
GAME SHOWS
Best Game Show
Musiek Roulette Season 3 (Stemmburg Television)
Noot vir Noot Season 41 (Stemmburg Television)
Point of Order (Both Worlds Investment)
MUSIC SHOWS
Best Music Show
Coke Studio (Good noise Productions)
Jam Sandwich (Idea Candy Business Trust)
Xperia Mashlab (Thread)
INTERNATIONAL FORMATS
Best International Format Show
Clash of the Choirs (Endemol Shine Africa)
The Great South African Bake off Season 1 (Rapid Blue)
The Voice South Africa (African Media and Production Network)
MADE FOR TV MOVIES
Best made for TV Movie
Skorokoro (Phoenix Films)
Die Geur van Appelkose (Luna Films International)
Stick-Up (33 Films)
DOCUMENTARY
Documentary Short
Best Documentary Short
Cape Town Carnival 2016 - Street Life (F.I.L.M)
South African Heroes – Theresa Gwala (e.TV)
The Silent Form (SaltPeter Productions)
Best Achievement in Directing - Documentary Short
Lauren Groenewald - I Walk Alone
Mia Cilliers - Six to Six
Simon Wood - The Silent Form
Best Achievement in Sound Design - Documentary Short
Chris Bornman - Cape Town Carnival 2016 – Street Life
João Orecchia and Guy Steer - The Silent Form
Best Achievement in Editing - Documentary Short
Garth Kingwill - Cape Town Carnival 2016 – Street Life
Conroy Esterhuizen - South African Heroes – Theresa Gwala
Khalid Shamis - The Silent Form
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The winner of Best Documentary Feature will be announced on Night 2.
Best Achievement in Directing - Documentary Feature
Nadine Angel Cloete - Action Kommandant
Uga Carlini - Alison
Greg Lomas & Colwyn Thomas - To Skin a Cat
Best Achievement in Cinematography - Documentary Feature
Georgia Court - Alison
Andre Meyer - Doc-U-Mentally
Nic van der Westhuizen - Nobody’s died Laughing
Best Achievement in Sound Design - Documentary Feature
Simon Ratcliffe & James Olivier - Alison
Jonty Everton - My Story
Barry Donnelly - Nobody’s died Laughing
Best Achievement in Editing - Documentary Feature
Daniel Mitchell - Alison
Brian Bartle & Andre Meyer - Doc-U-Mentally
Geoffrey Butler - Nobody’s Died Laughing
WILDLIFE
Best Wildlife Programme
Africa’s Trees of Life – Camelthorn Tree (Obsessively Creative)
Brothers in Blood: The Lions of Sabi Sand (Aquavision TV Productions)
Soul of the Elephant (Wildlife Films)
Best Achievement in Directing – Wildlife
Stefania Muller - Africa’s Trees of Life – Camelthorn Tree
Derek Joubert - Soul of the Elephant
Peter Lamberti - Brothers in Blood – The Lions of Sabi Sand
Best Achievement in Cinematography - Wildlife
Greg Nelson - Brothers in Blood – The Lions of Sabi Sand
Boris Von Schoenebeck, Colin McGregor Nelson, Willem Van Heerden & Lee Jackson - Incredible Spiders
Derek Joubert - Soul of the Elephant
Best Achievement in Sound Design - Wildlife
Johannes Muller - Africa’s Trees of Life – The Sausage Tree
Martin Ferreira - Brothers in Blood – The Lions of Sabi Sand
David Birch - Incredible Diggers
Best Achievement in Editing - Wildlife
Rupert Troskie - Brothers in Blood – The Lions of Sabi Sand
Ruaan Botha - Incredible Diggers
Candice Odgers - Soul of the Elephant
FILM
Best Achievement in Scriptwriting - Feature Film
John Fredericks - Noem My Skollie
Brett Michael Innes - Sink
Tracey Farren - Tess
Best Achievement in Editing – Feature Film
Simon Beesley - Noem My Skollie
Megan Gill - Shepherds and Butchers
Nicholaus Costaras & Brett Michael Innes - Sink
Best Achievement in Cinematography - Feature Film
Tom Marais - Hatchet Hour
Adam Bentel - Modder en Bloed
Trevor Calverley - Sink
Best Achievement in Art/Production Design – Feature Film
Bathoni Robinson - Modder en Bloed
Warren Gray - Noem My Skollie
Mike Berg - Shepherds and Butchers
Best Achievement in Original Music/ Score - Feature Film
Quinn Lubbe - Modder en Bloed
Kyle Shepherd - Noem my Skollie
Chris Letcher - Sink
Best Achievement in Sound Design - Feature Film
Jim Petrak - Modder en Bloed
Ivan Millborrow - Shepherds and Butchers
Barry Donnelly - Sink
Best Achievement in Costume Design – Feature Film
Nerine Pienaar & Jolandi Pienaar - Dora’s Peace
Emma Moss - Noem My Skollie
Diana Cilliers - Shepherds and Butchers
Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling - Feature Film
Diane Allen - Happiness is a Four Letter Word
Gale Shepherd - Noem My Skollie
Marli Kruger & Talli Patcher - Shepherds and Butchers