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- The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is apologising for leaving the names of some nominees off the list for the upcoming 15th Saftas.
- Nominees were omitted from the Best Directing Feature Film, Best Short Film, and Best Student film categories.
- The Saftas ceremony will take place on Saturday, 22 May and simulcast on SABC3 and Mzansi Magic.
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is apologising for leaving the names of some nominees off the list for the upcoming 15th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs).
The ceremony will be broadcast on Saturday, 22 May, with a virtual half-hour "red carpet" broadcast starting at 18:30 and the 2-hour live broadcast at 19:00 on the night, and that will be a simulcast show on the SABC's S3 and Mzansi Magic (DStv 161).
In the category for Best Short Film, Address Unknown from Green Leaf Films joins the existing three nominees of Heirloom (Butterfly Films), The Stranger (TH Films) and Uxolile (Zinc Pictures).
In the category for Best Student Film, Fowl Goblin from The Animation School joins Binding Adventures, Flower in the Subway and The Boy and the Robin, all The Animation School nominees, taking its overall tally from 3 to 4 nominations.
In the category of Best Achievement in Directing for a Feature Film, Jozua Malherbe for Griekwastad (kykNET, DStv 144) is also a nominee and joins Jenna Bass for Flatland (DStv BoxOffice), Sunu Gonera for Riding with Sugar (Netflix) and Louw Venter for Stam (DStv BoxOffice).
The additional nomination of Griekwastad for Jozua Malherbe means that the film increases its tally from six to seven.
Neo Moretlwe, NFVF spokesperson, in response to a Channel24 media enquiry, says: "The NFVF on behalf of the SAFTAs would like to extend a sincere apology for SAFTAs nominees that were not captured on the initial list shared. This was an unintentional error that we have since rectified."
