The Fiction Categories night of the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) took place at a glamorous gala event at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Saturday 5 April and was broadcast live on SABC3.
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka’s Of Good Report dominated the film category, winning six of the seven categories in which it was nominated, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Writing Team.
Additionally it scooped the awards for Best Actor, which went to Mothusi Magano in the role of Parker Sithole; Tshamano Sebe who won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Vuyani; and Tina Jaxa who won the Best Supporting Actress award as the head mistress in Qubeka’s thriller. Antoinette Louw bagged the Best Actress award for her role as Elle Winter in Die Laaste Tango.
Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation Studios’ feature Khumba won the award for Best Animated Film.
Singer, songwriter, musical arranger and actress, Abigail Kubeka, was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Here is a full list of the winners:
Golden Horn TV Drama Winners
Best TV Drama Series
Intersexions: Season 2 by Quizzical Pictures
Best Director of a TV Drama Series
Tebogo Malope and Libby Dougherty for Tempy Pushas
Best Writing Team of a TV Drama Series
Athos Kyriakides and Thuso Sibisi for Room 9
Best Actor in a TV Drama Series
Siyabonga Thwala (Musa) in Intersexions: Season 2
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama Series
Akhumzi Jezile (Ngulube) in Tempy Pushas
Best Actress in a TV Drama Series
Tina Jaxa (Nokuthula) in Intersexions: Season 2
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama Series
Harriet Manamela (Meike Maputla) in Skeem Saam
The 2014 judges unanimously decided that only the Best Writer and the Best Director would be awarded in the Made for TV Movie category.
Best Writer of Made for TV Movie
Writing Team for Inside Story
Best Director of a Made for TV Movie
Rolisizwe Nikiwe for Inside Story
Golden Horn TV Soap winners
Best TV Soap (public vote)
7de Laan
Best Director of a TV Soap
Adze Ugah and Denny Miller for Isibaya
Best Writing Team of a TV Soap
Writing Team for Isibaya
Best Actor in a TV Soap
Siyabonga Thwala (Mpiyakhe Zungu) in Isibaya
Best Actress in a TV Soap
Thembi Nyandeni (Mkabayi Zungu) in Isibaya
Best Ensemble in a TV Soap
Scandal! by Ochre Media
Golden Horn TV Comedy Winners
Best TV Comedy Series
Both Worlds for ZA News
Best Director of a TV Comedy Series
Aaron Naidoo and Thierry Cassuto for ZA News
Best Writing Team of a TV Comedy Series
Andrew Donaldson, Anne Hirsch, Marianne Thamm and Thierry Cassuto for ZA News
Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series
Tsholo Monedi (Tiny) in Skwizas: Season 2
Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series
Obed Baloyi (Tsutsuma) in Ga Re Dumele
Best Ensemble in a TV Comedy Series
Late Nite News by Diprente Films
Golden Horn Feature Film Winners
Best Feature Film
Spier Films and New Brighton Pictures for Of Good Report
Best Director of a Feature Film
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka for Of Good Report
Best Writing Team of a Feature Film
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka for Of Good Report
Best Actress in a Feature Film
Antoinette Louw (Elle Winter) in Die Laaste Tango
Best Actor in a Feature Film
Mothusi Magano (Parker Sithole) in Of Good Report
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Tina Jaxa (the head mistress) in Of Good Report
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Tshamano Sebe (Vuyani) in Of Good Report
Best Animation Film
Khumba by Triggerfish Animation Studios
