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SAFTA Winners in the 2020 Film Category

Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic in 2020, the South African Film and TV Awards were given out virtually – The following are the winners in the Film Category. The SAFTA Awards are usually held in March every year in either Johannesburg or Sun City.

South African Film and TV Winners 2020 – Film Category:

Best Film: Fiela se Kind

Best Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka – Knuckle City

Best Actor: Bongile Mantsai – Knuckle City

Best Actress: Clementine Mosimane – Poppie Nongena

Best Supporting Actress: Anna-Mart van der Merwe – Poppie Nongena

Best Supporting Actor: Patrick Ndlovu – Knuckle City

Best Costume Design: Trudi Mantzios – Back of the Moon

Best Cinematography – Willie Nel – Die Verhaal van Racheltjie de Beer

Best Original Score – Chris Letcher – Die Verhaal van Racheltjie de Beer

Best Script – Brett Michael Innes – Fiela se Kind

SAFTA Winners in the 2018 Film Category

The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA’S) were held from the 22nd to the 24th of March 2018 at Sun City Resort and Casino in the North West Province, South Africa

Best Film: – The Wound

Best Director: John Trengrove for The Wound

Best Actor – Feature Film:
Nakhane Touré – The Wound

Best Actress – Feature Film
Crystal-Donna Roberts – Krotoa

Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film
Bongile Mantsai  – The Wound

Best Supporting Actress – Feature Film
Nomonde Mbusi – VAYA

SAFTA Winners in the 2017 Film Category

The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA’S) were held on March 2017 at Suncity Resort and Casino in the North West Province, South Africa

Best Film: – Sink

Best Director: Oliver Schmitz for Shepherds and Butchers starring Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Deon Lotz and Marcel van Heerden

Best Actor – Feature Film
Dann-Jaques Mouton – Noem my Skollie

Best Actress – Feature Film
Shoki Mokgape – Sink

Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film
Abdurahgmaan Adams – Noem my Skollie

Best Supporting Actress – Feature Film
Hlubi Mboya – Dora’s Peace

Best Original Screenplay: Brett Michael Innes and Nicholas Costaras – Sink

SAFTA WINNERS 2019 in the Film Category

The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA’S) were held on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at Suncity Resort and Casino in the North West Province, South Africa

Best Film: Sew the Winter to my Skin

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Best Director: Daryne Joshua – Ellen, The Ellen Pakkies Story

Best Actress: Jill Levenberg – Ellen, The Ellen Pakkies Story

Best Actor: Jarrid Geduld – Ellen, The Ellen Pakkies Story

Best Supporting Actor: Zoliswa Xaluva – Sew the Winter to my Skin

Best Supporting Actress: Ilse Klink – Stroomop

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