Awards
- In 1997, Angus Gibson was nominated for an Oscar Award for his MANDELA documentary,
which also won the Pare Lorentz Award and the Amnesty International Media Spotlight
Award.
Winner of two coveted Sundance awards, Amandla - A Revolution in
Four- Part Harmony received the Freedom of Expression Award and the Audience award
at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
YIZO
YIZO won 5 Avanti Awards (South Africa's equivalent of the Emmys), Best Director,
Best Drama Series, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Both the 1st and 2nd series were selected for INPUT in 1999 and 2001 and YIZO
YIZO won the Japan Prize in 2000.
The
second series of YIZO YIZO has won the following awards: Best TV Series at the
Rencontres Internationales de Télévision de Reims, France; the Cinema
Tout Ecran Award for Best International TV Series at the 2001 Swiss Cinema and
TV Festival; the Governor of Tokyo Prize at the 28th Japan NHK Awards 2002, "Best
TV Programme" in the Duku Duku 2001 Awards; and was also selected for Mini
Input Barcelona, South American Mini Input 2001 (Bogota), World Input 2001 and
European Input (Finland). Yizo Yizo Two was also invited to the Ghent Film Festival,
Belgium; New York African Film Festival 2002; Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis Film
Festival 2002 and the International Film Festival, Rotterdam. In 2003, Yizo Yizo
2 was invited to the Milan African Film Festival and awarded in the Short Film
category.
The
YIZO YIZO series has created international interest and had media coverage from
most major networks worldwide such as CNN, BBC, CBC, SKY, ARTE and many more.
PORTRAIT
OF A YOUNG MAN DROWNING won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1999
and Reel Black Award in Toronto.
The
I'M ADDICTED TO LIFE campaign won a Loerie and 2 special mentions as well as the
IPM Award, 15 Avanti Awards and an Artes Award in 1996.
In
March 2001, Teboho received the Tribute Entertainment Achiever of the Year Award
from President Thabo Mbeki and was honoured by the ANC Youth League.
Our
corporate projects have received over 70 Avanti Awards in the past 8 years, ranging
from Best Sales and Marketing, Best Communication, Best PR, Best Cinematography
through to Best Script, Best Performance and Best Styling. We have twice won the
US International Film and Television Award.