In 2024, South Africa's wealth of content will hit our screens and make an international impression.
Although 2024 saw the passing of several popular actors, it was also a year that saw a wealth of South African content appear on screen that went on to make an impression internationally.
Below, in no particular order, are some of the shows that have achieved international and national success.
Di Burg
KykNET Di Burg It was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Unscripted Entertainment.
This is Showmax's third MultiChoice content nomination in the last three years, following the rugby doc. both sides 2023 and crime dramas Reika In 2022.
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Catch Me A Killer: Series Mania's first SA series
Authentic crime drama inspired by pioneering profiler Mickey Pistorius catch me a killer ' became the first South African series to be screened at France's Seriesmania, one of the world's top television festivals.
It also won the Warren Gray Award for Best Production Design at the British Society of Film Designers Awards.
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Wifey at international awards
Wifey It was nominated for Best International Series at the Seoul International Drama Awards. Best Soap or Telenovela at the Rose d'Or Awards in London. It won the Outstanding Location Use Award at the Global Production Awards in Cannes, France, sponsored by Screen International.
Showmax Originals' competition for these prestigious awards also included legendary author Wong Kar-wai. Winner of 7 British Academy Awards eastenders;and trollThe most popular non-English language movie in Netflix history.
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Spinners win over Succession in Shanghai
spinner beat the Emmy Award-winning final season. inheritance It was selected as the Best Overseas Series at the 29th Shanghai Television Festival's Magnolia Awards, one of Asia's biggest honors.
spinner It also charted at number 6 on CANAL+ during its primetime broadcast in France.
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Coach Tabby Maktat wins
For the second year in a row, a South African won the animation category at the International Children's Emmy Awards.
Directors Jack Hammann and Sarah Scrimgeour won for their work on the animated cat film. Tabby Maktat.
The recipients of this award in 2023 are: The Smets and the Smoothdirected by Daniel Snaddon and Samantha Cutler. This short film is an adaptation of the best-selling picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
“Growing up, you always dream of winning one of these awards, but it seems so impossible,” Hamann said.
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