The second annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) were held on Saturday, 27 October at Gallagher Estate. Nominees for the Awards were announced in September. The SAFTA 2007 team received 245 entries for the competition. The judging panel this year consisted of more than 60 members of professionals and practitioners in the industry. When We Were Black, which is a mini-series screening on SABC1, was a runaway success at the television drama awards. It took home seven awards. The show’s awards included the most prestigious prize: the Best TV Drama. When We Were Black is a four-part minseries created and directed by Khalo Matabane. He won the Golden Horn for Best Director. Heartlines and The Lab walked away with three awards each, while SABC3’s Isidingo won 10 of the 14 soap opera awards. SABC2’s Muvhango received two awards, and SABC1’s Generations and e.tv’s Scandal! each won an award. There were no runaway winners in the comedy awards, with all honours evenly spread across the board. M-Net’s Laugh Out Loud received the award for Best Comedy and two other awards, while Stokvel received three awards. The categories and award winners for the television category are listed below. The winners in the TV Drama category are as follows: Best TV Drama: When We Were Black; Best Director in a TV Drama: Khalo Matabane – When We Were Black; Best Actress in a TV Drama: Nambitha Mpumlwana – The Lab; Best Actor in a TV Drama: Patrick Mofokeng - Heartlines: The Good Provider; Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama: Bayo Jwalo - Gaz'lam; Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama: Jerry Mofokeng - When We Were Black; Best Ensemble Cast in a TV Drama: The Lab - casting by Moonyeenn Lee & Gabi Cirillo. Best Sound Design in a TV Drama: Eugene Meyer - Hard Copy ; Best Cinematographer in a TV Drama: Matthys Mocke - When We Were Black; Best Art Direction in a TV Drama: Amanda van Wyngaard - Tsha Tsha ; Best Writer/Writing Team in a TV Drama: Tumelo Padi and Ryan Fortune - When We Were Black; Best Hair and Make-up in a TV Drama: Lucy Ngwira - The Lab; Best Costume Design in a TV Drama: Sue Steele - When We Were Black; Best Editor in a TV Drama: Megan Gill - Heartlines: The Good Provider; and Best Music in a TV Drama: Phillip Miller - When We Were Black. The winners in the TV Comedy category are as follows: Best TV Comedy: Laugh Out Loud; Best Director in a TV Comedy: Johnny Barbuzano - Izoso Connexion; Best Actress in a TV Comedy: Manaka Ranaka – Stokvel; Best Actor in a TV Comedy: James Ngcobo – Stokvel; Best Supporting Actress in a TV Comedy: Andrea Dondolo – Stokvel; Best Supporting Actor in a TV Comedy: Alan Committie - Laugh Out Loud; Best Writer/Writing Team in a TV Comedy: City Ses'la Writing Team - City Ses'la; Best Multi-Camera Team in a TV Comedy: Eran Tahor – Sorted; Best Art Direction in a TV Comedy: Martha Sibanyoni – Nomzamo; Best Sound Designer in a TV Comedy: Sven Larsen - Izoso Connexion; Best Costume Design in a TV Comedy: The Most Amazing Show Team - The Most Amazing Show; Best Makeup and Hair in a TV Comedy: Debra Nichol (Make-up) & Mandy Mcdonald (Hair) – Gabriël; Best Editor in a TV Comedy: Kathy Jenks and Tom Glenn - Laugh Out Loud; and Best Music in a TV Comedy: Bruce Williams - City Ses'la. The winners in the TV Soap category are as follows: Best Director in a TV Soap: Directing Team – Isidingo; Best Actress in a TV Soap: Keketso Semoko – Isidingo; Best Actor in a TV Soap: Siyabonga Twala - Scandal!; Best Supporting Actress in a TV Soap: Velephi Mnisi – Muvhango; Best Supporting Actor in a TV Soap: Craig Urbani – Isidingo; Best Ensemble Cast in a TV Soap: Isidingo Cast Best Post Production in a TV Soap: Isidingo; Best Multi-Camera Team in a TV Soap: Isidingo Team – Isidingo; Best Art Direction in a TV Soap: Isidingo Team – Isidingo; Best Sound Designer in a TV Soap: Neels De Bruin, Kenneth Zwane and Rob Hansen - Isidingo; Best Writer/Writing Team in a TV Soap: Isidingo Writing Team – Isidingo; Best Make-up/Hairstylist Direction in a TV Soap: Nonhlanhla Nombewu (Make-up) & Ishmael Lise (Hair) – Generations; Best Costume Design in a TV Soap: Julie Palmer – Isidingo; and Best Music Composition in a TV Soap: Musa Mhlongo – Muvhango. The winners in the TV Non-Fiction category are as follows: Best Factual Entertainment Programme: Khumbul'ekhaya; Best Education Programme: What's Your Story; Best Children/Youth Programme: Take 5 - Virginity Testing; Best Magazine Programme: Free Spirit; Best Variety Programme: Strictly Come Dancing; Best Game Show: Summer Games; Best Reality Show: The Sho'T Left Challenj; Best Talk Show: Choice; Best Sports Programme: Shosholoza; Best Wildlife Show: Deadly Summer; and Best Made-For-TV Movie: Heartlines. The categories and award winners for the Film category are listed below. The winner in the Documentary Feature category is as follows: Best Documentary Feature: Heavens's Herds - Nguni Cattle, Nguni People - James Hersov (producer/director) & Sophia de Fay (director). The winner in the Documentary Short Subject category is: Best Documentary Subject: We Still Are Warriors - Part 1 - Siyabonga Makhatini (producer). The winners in the Student And Short Films category are as follows: Best Student Film: Sindiswa - Thobile Mkhwanazi (producer) & Grant Angus (director); and Best Short Film: The Tale Of How - The Blackheart Gang (producer/director). The winners in the Feature Films category are as follows: Best Feature Film: Goodbye Bafana; Best Feature Film Director: John Barker - Bunny Chow; Best Actress in a Feature Film: Pauline Malefane - Son Of Man; Best Actor in a Feature Film: Leon Schuster - Mama Jack; Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film: Mary Ann Barlow - Mama Jack; Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film: Hamilton Dlamini - Faith Like Potatoes; Best Feature Scriptwriter: Greg Latter - Goodbye Bafana; Best Feature Cinematographer: Lance Gewer - Beat The Drum; Best Production Designer: Ernie Seegers - Son Of Man; Best Editing: Ronelle Loots - Faith Like Potatoes; Best Music Composition: Phillip Miller - Catch A Fire; Best Sound Designer: Barry Donnelly - Son Of Man; Best Make-up: Debra Nicoll and Clinton Smit - Mama Jack; Best Ensemble Cast: Goodbye Bafana - Moonyeenn Lee (Casting Director); and Best Costume: Diana Cilliers - Goodbye Bafana. The following Craft awards were noted by the judges in the following categories: Documentary Feature: Cinematography - Heaven's Herds - Nguni Cattle, Nguni People; Short Film: Animation - The Tale Of How; Television Wildlife: Cinematography - Dive to Tiger - Peter Lamberti; Reality Show: The Sequence - The Cut: SA - Ochre Media; The following Special Citations for Co-Productions in Feature Film were made: Citation Foreign Director: Bille August - Goodbye Bafana; and Philip Noyce - Catch A Fire; Citation Male Actor: Joseph Fiennes - Goodbye Bafana; and Derek Luke - Catch A Fire; Citation Foreign Film: Catch A Fire. For further details, visit www.nfvf.co.za/SAFTAWESITE%20%20FINAL%5Fweb