The third season of the comedy series 'How To Ruin Christmas' walked away with five awards in the TV Comedy category at the 17th SAFTAs including the coveted Best TV Comedy award.
How To Ruin Christmas: The Baby Shower. Picture credit: Netflix
JOHANNESBURG - The third season of comedy series How To Ruin Christmas walked away with five awards in the TV Comedy category at the 17th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas). The glitzy event took place on Saturday at Midrand's Gallagher Estate, where the greatest in South African film and television were honoured and celebrated. The coveted prizes were presented in person this year for the first time in three years of virtual presentations because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Congratulations to How to Ruin Christmas Season 3 for winning the Best TV Comedy award!#saftas pic.twitter.com/X1QNWaGGkV Netflix SA and kykNET were two of the night's biggest winners, walking away with 19 and 15 Golden Horns, respectively. The film with the most wins on the night, six, was _Silverton Siege, _a product of Pambilimedia. In addition, the Saftas organisers honoured veteran and award-winning Afrikaans film director and cinematographer Koos Roets for his decade-long contribution to the TV and film industry. The late Derek Watts also received the SAFTAs17 Lifetime Achiever award. The veteran TV host and journalist passed away in August. Congratulations to the SAFTAs17 Lifetime Achiever, the late Derek Watts. We thank him for his remarkable legacy.#saftas pic.twitter.com/usSuTEOQ7e Thobela Mayinje, the National Film and Video Foundation's (NFVF) interim CEO, in a statement congratulated all of this year's winners. "You are the epitome of what the South African film and television business is all about. The films that are now being shown in festivals and markets around the world excite us. "The richness of the South African film and television discourse is demonstrated by features like Sihle Hlophe's Lobola, A Bride's True Price, an NFVF-funded film that also won an award today. Since its premiere, the film has sparked discussion on the continent and around the world. Here is the full list of winners: Best achievement in sound: documentary Kusasa (Tim Pringle Production, Optical Films, Cape Town TV) Best achievement in editing: documentary Kusasa (Joe Krenzer, Optical Films, Cape Town TV) Best achievement in cinematography: documentary Changemaker: Simphiwe Rorwana (Yolisa Qwabaza, TCI), e.tv Best achievement in directing: documentary Lobola, A Bride's True Price? (Sihle Hlophe, Passion Seed Communications), SABC1 Best documentary short A Camera on my Lap (twospinningwheels) Best made-for-TV documentary Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star (Storyscope), Netflix Best documentary feature Lobola, A Bride's True Price? (Passion Seed Communications), SABC1 Best children's programme Nick Music Africa (VIS Studios), Nickelodeon Africa Best educational programme MTV Shuga: What Makes a Man (Taung Film Studios), MTV Africa Best factual programme Rebounders: Grizelda Grootboom (Red Sugar Productions), SABC1 Best competition reality programme Tropika Island of Treasure: All Stars (Cardova Productions), SABC3 Best structured soapie reality show Life with Kelly Khumalo (GOAT Originals), Showmax Best structured/docu-reality show Sex in Afrikaans (Provoco), Showmax Best youth programme TREND (Green Planet Productions), kykNET Best online content Best lifestyle programme Homegrown Taste South Africa (Rapid Blue), BBC Lifestyle Best current affairs programme Mining Takedown, Carte Blanche (Combined Artistic Productions), M-Net Best made-for-TV movie Whatever it Takes (RHP International), eVOD Best international format Survivor SA: Return of the Outcasts (Afrokaans), M-Net Best entertainment programme Miss South Africa 2022 Live Finale (Black Swan Media), M-Net Best variety show Sunday Sexy Love (Media24), Mzansi Magic Best achievement in make-up/hairstyling: TV comedy How to Ruin Christmas (Silindile Dladla, Burnt Onion Productions), Netflix Best achievement in wardrobe: TV comedy Tali's Joburg Diary (Erin Simon, Sketchbook Studios), Showmax Best achievement in sound: TV comedy Hotel (Tim Pringle, Giles Heesom-Green, Melani Robertson, Nagvlug Films), kykNET Best achievement in art direction: TV comedy Hotel (Merishen Wessels, Nagvlug Films), kykNET Best achievement in editing: TV comedy How to Ruin Christmas (Bongi Malefo, Khulekani Zondi, Melanie Golden, Burnt Onion Productions), Netflix Best achievement in scriptwriting: TV comedy Tali's Joburg Diary (Julia Anastasopoulos, Ari Kruger, Gilli Apter, Daniel Zimbler, Sketchbook Studios), Showmax Best achievement in cinematography: TV comedy Hotel (Dino Benedetti, Nagvlug Films), kykNET Best achievement in directing: TV comedy Tali's Joburg Diary (Ari Kruger, Sketchbook Studios), Showmax Best achievement in make-up/hairstyling: TV drama Desert Rose (Marika Callop, Quizzical Pictures), M-Net Best achievement in wardrobe: TV drama Lavish (Brenda Khambula, Hela Media), Mzansi Magic Best achievement in sound: TV drama Donkerbos (Jozua Loots, Nagvlug Films), Showmax Best achievement in original music/score: TV drama Ludik (Peach Van Pletzen, Rose and Oaks Media), Netflix Best in art direction: TV drama The Brave Ones (Jacobus Smit, Ochre Media), Netflix Best achievement in editing: TV drama Justice Served (Nicolas Costaras, Blessing Khulekane Zondi, Megan Gill, Lucian Barnard, Meraki SA), Netflix Best achievement in cinematography: TV drama Blood Psalms (Willem Nel, Yellowbone Entertainment, Showmax Best achievement in scriptwriting: TV drama Good Men (Portia Gumede, Steven Pillemer, Christo Davids, Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso, Sunni Faba, Ochre Media), SABC1 Best achievement in directing: TV drama Donkerbos (Nico Scheepers, Nagvlug Films), Showmax Best achievement in make-up and hairstyling: TV soap/telenovela House of Zwide (Mina Shembe, Itumeleng Ledwaba, Nakedi Makgato, Musa Mnisi, The Bomb Shelter), e.tv Best achievement in wardrobe: TV soap/telenovela House of Zwide (Beverly Mogorosi, Teddy Geldart, The Bomb Shelter), e.tv Best achievement in sound: TV soap/telenovela Suidooster (Lloyd O'Connor, Suidooster Films), kykNET Best achievement in editing: TV soap/telenovela Diepe Waters (Paul Martin van Wyk, Marthinus van Rhyn, Khathu Mudau, Wynand Verster, Rick Dodgen, Daniel de Villiers, Penguin Films), kykNET Best achievement in original music/score: Telenovela The Black Door (Mandla Ngcongwane, Jamela Vuma, Kurt Slabbert, Black Brain Pictures), e.tv Best achievement in cinematography: telenovela The Black Door (Lavhelani Mudau, Gaopie Kabe, Black Brain Pictures), e.tv Best achievement in art direction: TV soap/telenovela Legacy (Amanda Scholtz, Tshedza Pictures), M-Net Best achievement in scriptwriting: telenovela DiepCity (Nontuthuzelo Magoxo, Mandla Ngcongwane, Mpumelelo Nhlapo, Black Brain Pictures), Mzansi Magic Best achievement in directing: telenovela The Wife (Fikile Mogodi, Stained Glass TV), Showmax Best achievement in scriptwriting: TV soap Scandal! (Ameera Patel, Grace Mahlaba, Thomas Hall, Paul Grootboom, Nonhlanhla Simelane, Omphile Molusi, Rosalind Butler; Teresca Muishond, Themba Mahlangu, Kelly Robinson, Ochre Media), e.tv Best achievement in directing: TV soap Suidooster (Erina Niemand, Shirley Ellis, Romano Gorlei, Richard September, Suidooster Films), kykNET Best achievement in make-up/hairstyling: feature film Silverton Siege (Nicola Roodt, Pambilimedia), Netflix Best achievement in costume design: feature film Silverton Siege (Ruy Filipe, Pambilimedia), Netflix Best achievment in sound design: feature film Silverton Siege (Barry Donnelly, Pambilimedia), Netflix Best achievement in editing: feature film Silverton Siege (Richard Starkey, Pambilimedia), Netflix Best achievement in production design: feature film Silverton Siege (Chantel Carter, Pambilimedia), Netflix Best achievement in original music/score: feature film Gaia (Pierre-Henri Wicomb, Film Initiative Africa), kykNET Best achievement in cinematography: feature film Gaia (Jorrie van der Walt, Film Initiative Africa), kykNET Best achievement in scriptwriting: feature film The Umbrella Men (John Barker, Philip Roberts, Known Associates Entertainment), eVOD Best student film Shumba (AFDA) Best supporting actress in a TV soap Odelle de Wet (Binnelanders, Stark Films), kykNET Best supporting actor in a TV soap Charlie Bouguenon (Binnelanders, Stark Films), kykNET Best supporting actress in a telenovela Deli Malinga (Redemption, Burnt Onion Productions, Seriti Films), BET Best supporting actor in a telenovela Thulani Mtsweni (Gomora, Seriti Films), Mzansi Magic Cindy Swanepoel (Binnelanders, Stark Films), kykNET Best actor in a TV soap Melusi Mbele (Scandal!, Ochre Media), e.tv Best actress in a telenovela Michelle Botes (Legacy, Tshedza Pictures), M-Net Best actor in a telenovela Lawrence Maleka (The River, Tshedza Pictures), 1Magic Best TV soap Scandal! (Ochre Media), e.tv Best telenovela Legacy (Tshedza Pictures), M-Net Best supporting actress in a TV drama Nthati Moshesh (Savage Beauty, Quizzical Pictures), Netflix Best actor in a TV drama Morné Visser (Justice Served, Meraki SA), Netflix Best actress in a TV drama Lerato Mvelase (Justice Served, Meraki SA), Netflix
Lunch with Hitler (Argento Holdings)
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