SAFTAs nominees announced

Leading the nominations in the 7th annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) is e.tv drama Sex Tips For Girls, which has received 10 nominations (including Best TV drama), and the Afrikaans comedy Semi-Soet, which has received eight nominations (including Best Feature Film), in the feature film categories.

Winners of the 2013 SAFTAs will be announced on 15 and 16 March at two glittering, star-studded ceremonies at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, and will be presented with the SAFTA Golden Horn Trophy.

Sex Tips For Girls is up against stiff competition from Erfsondes and 90 Plein Street, both SABC2 dramas, and SABC1’s Zone 14 and Soul City.

Semi-Soet is competing against Otelo Burning, Material and Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker).

As with the previous years, the Best TV Soap category is open to the public to vote for their favourite TV soap. This year eight South African TV soaps will be competing for the Best TV Soap title, namely Isidingo (I), Generations (G), Scandal (S), The Wild (W), Inkaba (K), Muvhango (M), 7de Laan (7) and Rhythm City (R). To vote for their favourate TV soap, the public should sms the first letter of the title of the TV soap to 45242, standard sms rates apply. The voting line will open on 4 March and close on 16 March 2013 at 20h45.

The SAFTAs is the premier film and television industry awards and is held under the custodianship of the National Film and Video Foundation.

Here is the list of nominees:

Golden Horn Documentary Nominations 2013

Best Editor of a Documentary Short:

• Tamsyn Reynolds – Sea Skeletons
• Carte Blanche Editing Team – Carte Blanche – Aurora Liquid
• Carte Blanche Editing Team – Carte Blanche – Riaan Manser

Best Editor of a Documentary Feature:

• Stefan van Wyk – Cold Sweat
• Andrew Wessels – Sobukwe – A Great Soul
• Khalid Shanis – Forerunners

Best Cinematographer of a Documentary Short:

• Ian Miller – Centrum Guardian Project 2011
• Annalet SteenKamp – Sea Skeletons
• Carte Blanche DOP Team – Carte Blanche – Aurora Liquid

Best Cinematographer of a Documentary Feature:

• Stafford Robinson, Danie Ferreira – Cold Sweat
• Mandla Dube – Sobukwe – A Great Soul
• Felix Seuffert – Forerunners

Best Director of a Documentary Short:

• Michael Yelseth – Centrum Guardian Project 2011
• Tamsyn Reynolds – Sea Skeletons
• Carte Blanche Directing Team – Carte Blanche – Aurora Liquid

Best Director of a Documentary Feature:

• Marguerite Albrecht – Cold Sweat
• Mickey Dube Sobukwe – A Great Soul
• Tim Wege – King Naki and the Thundering Hooves

Best Documentary Feature:

• Cold Sweat – Urban Brew Studios
• Sobukwe – A Great Soul – Born Free Media
• King Naki and the Thundering Hooves – Plexus Films

Best Documentary Short:

• Sea Skeletons – BigFish School of Digital Filmmaking
• Carte Blanche – Aurora Liquid – Carte Blanche
• Carte Blanche – Riaan Manser – Carte Blanche

Best Director of a Wildlife Programme:

• Richard Slater-Jones – Saving Rhino Phila
• Richard Slater-Jones and Kira Ivanoff – All the President’s Elephants
• Dereck Joubert – The Last Lions
• Pat van Heerden – Nyempere, (The Fighter) Charlie Nkuna and the
  making of the Kruger National Park

Best Editor of a Wildlife Programme:

• Susan Scott and Candice Odgers – The Last Lions
• Katherine Pienaar – All the President’s Elephants
• Katherine Pienaar – Saving Rhino Phila

Best Cinematographer of a Wildlife Programme:

• Dale Hancock and Riaan Laubscher and Don Percival – All the President’s Elephants
• Dereck Joubert – The Last Lions
• Dale Hancock and Alexander Sletten and Willem van Heerden and Russell Bergh – Saving Rhino Phila

Best TV Wildlife Programme:

• Saving Rhino Phila – NHU Africa
• All the President’s Elephants – NHU Africa
• The Last Lions – Wildlife Films

Best Youth & Children Programme Nominations 2013:

• Challenge SOS – 2 Blonds and a Redhead Filming
• My Night – Okuhle Media
• Sistahood – Red Pepper

Best Factual Educational Entertainment Programme Nominations 2013:

• Final Verdict – Carol Bouwer Productions
• Sobukwe.- A Great Soul – Born Free Media
• The Dr. Mol Show – Cardova Productions

Best News & Actuality Programme Nominations 2013:

• Crimes Uncovered SA – Clive Morris Productions
• Robinson Regstreeks – Foxwood Films
• The Edition – Engage Entertainment (Pty) Ltd

Best Magazine Programme Nominations 2013:

• I am Woman – Plexus Films
• The Dr. Mol Show – Cardova Productions
• Big Up – Eclipse TV Productions
• The Edition – Engage Entertainment (Pty) Ltd

Best Variety & Lifestyle Show Nominations 2013:

• Roer – Homebrew Films
• Hectic Nine-9 – Okuhle Media
• Cooking with Siba – Homebrew Films
• Jou Show met Emo en Wicus – Homebrew Films

Best Music Show Nominations 2013:

• Club Culture – Bonngoe Productions
• Psalted III – Engage Entertainment (PTY) LTD
• Afro Cafe – Bonngoe Productions

Best Talk Show Nominations 2013:

• I Am Woman/Leap Of Faith (Judy Bekker) – Plexus Films
• My Top Ten – Pieter Dirk Uys – Don’t Look Down Productions
• Motswako – Carol Bouwer Productions
• Sistahood – Red Pepper

Best Reality Show Nominations 2013:

• Culture Shock – Vanilla Productions
• Big Up – Eclipse TV Productions
• Jozi Moving City – Joziewood Films

Best Game Show Nominations 2013:

• Noot Vir Noot (Series 35) – Stemmburg Televisie
• Friends Like These – Urban Brew Studios
• Jam Alley Crew VS Crew – Red Pepper

Best International Format Show Nominations 2013:

• Come Dine With Me – Rapid Blue
• Masterchef SA – Quizzical Pictures
• Dance Your Butt Off – Urban Brew Studios

Golden Horn TV DRAMA Nominations 2013
Award – Programme / Film – Real Name / Practitioner / Production House – Character name.

Best TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Imani Media
• 90 Plein Street – Born Free Media
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Quizzical Pictures

Best Director of a TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Peter Heaney
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Amanda Lane
• Soul City – Akin Omotoso and Vincent Moloi

Best Actor in a TV Drama Series:

• 90 Plein Street – Mothusi Magano – “Tshepo Sadiki”
• Mshika Shika – Richard Lukunku – “Phaka’
• Erfsondes – Emmanuel Castis – “Chris”
• Erfsonders – Jacques Bessenger – “Renier’

Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Terence Bridgett – “Wong”
• Skeem Saam – Molefi Monaisa – “Wallet”
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Pallance Dladla – “Jimmy”

Best Actress in a TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Jana Strydom – ” Kate”
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Tiffany Jones- Barbuzano – “Danny”
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Xolile Tshabalala – “Noma”

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama Series:

• Soul City – Samukelo Ndlovu – “Nkosazana”
• Zone 14 – Pearl Thusi – “Samkelisiwe”
• 90 Plein Street – Nazli George – “Shireen”

Best Writing Team of a TV Drama Series:

• Khalo Matabane and Sue de Groot and Ndumiso Khovano and Teddy Mattera – 90 Plein Street
• Minky Schlesinger and Gillian Breslin and Busisiwe Ntintili – 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls
• Brent Quinn – Soul City

Best DOP / Cinematographer of a TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Trevor Brown
• Hartland – Jonathan Kovel
• Soul City – Tom Marais

Best Editor of a TV Drama Series:

• 90 Plein Street – Tanja Hagen and Tumi Modiba and Sharron Hawkes and Yoav Dagan and Jurgen Hellberg
• Erfsondes – Christa Lategan
• Hartland – Quinn Lubbe and C.A van Aswegen

Best Production Design of a TV Drama Series:

• 90 Plein Street – Gerrida Venter
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Marna Heunis
• Soul City – T.O.M Pictures
• Zone 14 – Larissa Peters

Best Music Composition of a TV Drama Series:
The Art Direction Panel of judges unanimously decided that there won’t be an award in the ”Best Music Composition of a TV Drama’ category this year.

Best Costume Design of a TV Drama Series:

• 90 Plein Street – Rochelle Selling
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Rochelle Selling
• Zone 14 – Philipa Heydenrych

Best Make-up & Hair Stylist of a TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Minuche Snyman
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Minuche Snyman
• Zone 14 – Sheila Petlele

Best Sound Design of a TV Drama Series:

• Erfsondes – Richard Hedges
• 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls – Sound Design Team
• Zone 14 – Sibongeleni Mabuyakhulu and Mark Phillips

Best Director on a TV Soap:

• Henry Mylne – 7de Laan
• The Wild Directing Team – The Wild
• John Trengrove and Joshua Rous and Welile Nzuza and Hlomla Dandala and Craig Gardner – Scandal!

Best Actors in a TV Soap:

• Isidingo – Kevin Smith – “Frank Xavier”
• Generations – Menzi Ngubane – “Sibusiso Dlomo”
• Scandal! – Clint Brink – “Tino”

Best Actress in a TV Soap:

• Isidingo – Kim Engelbrecht – “Lolly de Klerk”
• Generations – Nambitha Mpumlwana – “Mawande”
• Scandal! – Louise Barnes – “Donna”

Best Ensemble in a TV Soap:

• Isidingo – Endemol South Africa
• Generations – MMSV Producitons Cc
• Rhythm City – Quizzical Pictures

Best Writing Team of a TV Soap:

• The 7de Laan Writing Team – 7de Laan
• The Wild Writing Team – The Wild
• Lerato Khanye and Mark Graham Wilson and Thomas Hall – Scandal!
• The Rhythm City Writing Team – Rhythm City

Best Editor of a TV Soap:

• Julia Scott Lawson – 7de Laan
• Gilbert Makhafola and Magdamarie van
• Rooyen – Inkaba
• The Wild Editing Team -The Wild

Best Art Direction of a TV Soap:

• Anneri Gericke – The Wild
• The Isidingo Art Directing Team – Isidingo
• Nerina Du Plessis – Inkaba

Best DOP / Cinematographer of a TV Soap:

• Stuart Banks and Tenson Hlabangana and Vusi Khozane – 7de Laan
• Hector Dludla – Inkaba
• Greg Heimann and Leon Kriel – The Wild

Public Votes – The public will vote on the following Soapie awards

Best TV Soap All TV Soaps in contest:

• The Wild
• Generations
• Rhythm City
• Scandal!
• Isidingo
• Muvhango
• 7de Laan
• Inkaba

Golden Horn TV Comedy Nominations 2013

Best Director on a TV Comedy, Best Writing Team of a TV Comedy:
The Direction Panel of Judges unanimously decided that there won’t be an award in the “Best Director on a TV Comedy, Best Writing Team of a TV Comedy ‘ category this year.

Best Actor in a TV Comedy:

• Ses’Top La – Leroy Gopal – “Oleshe’
• Ses’Top La – Trevor Gumbi – “Gideon”
• ZA news – Nik Rabinowitz – “Various Characters”

Best Actress in a TV Comedy:

• ZA News – Nikki Jackman – “Various Characters”
• My Perfect Family – Baby Cele – “Portia Nkosi
• Abo Mzala – Salamina Mosese – “Ella”

Best Ensemble in a TV Comedy:

• Ses ‘Top La – Black Brain Pictures Cc
• ZA News – Both Worlds
• My Perfect Family – Burnt Onion Productions
• Moferefere Lenyalong – Moja Movie Factory

Best Editor of a TV Comedy:

• ZA News – Aaron Naidoo and Rod Macleod and Hugh Upsher
• Ses ‘Top La – Glarry Leshilo
• SIES – Roberta Durrant and Talya Kahan

Best DOP / Cinematographer TV Comedy:
The Genre Panel of judges unanimously decided that there won’t be an award in the “Best DOP / Cinematographer TV Comedy’ category this year.

Best Art Direction of a TV Comedy:

• Abo Mzala – Esme Viviers
• ZA News – Riccardo Pugliese and Lindsay Van Blerk
• Moferefere Lenyalong – Moja Art department

Best TV Comedy:
The Genre Panel of judges unanimously decided that there won’t be an award in the “Best TV Comedy’ category this year.

Best Student Film Nominations 2013:

• E-lectricity – AFDA – Etienne Fourie, Robyn Oetle
• LYFSTRAF – AFDA – Rudi Steyn, Martina Della Togna,
  Gianfranco Human, Sarah Muhoho
• Die Windpomp – AFDA – Miklas Manneke, Jade Galbraith

Best Short Film Nominations 2013:

• Umkhungo – Matthew Jankes
• Loot – Greg Rom
• There are no Heroes – Kyle Stevenson

Best Animation Nominations 2013:

• I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts – Jungle Beat – Sunrise Productions
• Adventures In Zambezia – Triggerfish Animation Studios
• ZA NEWS – Both Worlds

Golden Horn Feature Film Nominations 2013
Award – Programme / Film – Real Name/Practitioner / Production House – Character name.

Best Director of a Feature Film:

• Katinka Heyns – Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker)
• Craig Freimond – Material
• Wayne Thornley – Adventures in Zambezia
• Darrell James Roodt – Little One

Best Actor in a Feature Film:

• Otelo Burning – Thomas Gumede – “New Year”
• Semi-Soet – Nico Panagio – “JP Basson”
• 31 Million Reasons – Jack Devnarain – “Ronnie”
• Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker) – Dawid Minnaar – “Eugene Marais”
• Material – Riaad Moosa – “Cassim Kaif”

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film:

• A Million Colours – Mpho Osei-Tutu – “Bomba”
• Material – Vincent Ebrahim – “Ebrahim Kaif”
• Semi-Soet – Louw Venter – “Hertjie Greyling”
• Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker) – Marius Weyers – “Gys van Rooyen”

Best Actress in a Feature Film:

• Little One – Lindiwe Ndlovu – “Pauline”
• Otelo Burning – Nolwazi Shange – “Dezi”
• Lucky – Jayashree Basava – “Padma”
• Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker) – Elize Cawood – “Maria van Rooyen”

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film:

• Material – Denise Newman – “Fatima”
• A Million Colours – Matshepo Maleme – “Busi”
• Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker) – Anneke Weidemann – “Jane Brayshaw”

Best Writing Team of a Feature Film:

• Chris Barnard – Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker)
• Craig Freimond – Material
• James Whyle and the cast workshop – Otelo Burning
• Darrell James Roodt – Little One

Best Cinematographer of a Feature Film:

• Koos Roets – Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker)
• Trevor brown – A Million Colours
• Trevor Calverley – Material

Best Editor of a Feature Film:

• Ronelle Loots – Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker)
• Aryan Kaganof – Man on Ground
• Megan Gill – Material

Best Production Designer of a Feature Film:

• Francois Coetzee – Semi-Soet
• Jackie Lotz – Zama Zama
• Anita van Hermet and Chantal Carter – Otelo Burning
• Bathoni Robinson – Pretville

Best Music Composition:

• Orangotang Music and Michael Bester – Semi-Soet
• Zethu Mashika – Zama Zama
• Tiago Correia Paulo and Alan Lazar – Otelo Burning
• Bruce Retief – Adventures in Zambezia

Best Costume Designer:

• Nerine Pienaar – Semi-Soet
• Mia Zwiegers – Zama Zama
• Ruy Filipe – Otelo Burning
• Nerine Pienaar – Pretville

Best Make up/Hair Stylist:

• Theola Booyens – Semi-Soet
• Elzette Winterbach – To the Power of Anne
• Charlie Runge and Lee-Anne Nourse – Pretville

Best Sound Designer of a Feature Film:

• Barry Donnelly – Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker)
• Jim Petrak – Semi-Soet
• Charlotte Buys – Material

Best Feature Film:

• Die Wonderwerker (The Miracle Worker) – Sonneblom Ateljees (pty) Ltd
• Material – Zukrafin Pty Ltd
• Otelo Burning – Cinga Productions
• Semi-Soet – Scramble Productions