The two juries, made up of leading exponents from the worlds of television drama and news, will be officially presented during the Opening Ceremony, before starting to screen the next day all of the nominated Fiction and News content from across the globe.
South African Drama Reyka to Open Monte-Carlo TV Festival
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This year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which marks its 60th anniversary, will feature the worldwide premiere of the South African drama
Reyka.
Dominion,
Downton Abbey) and Thando Thabethe (
How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding). In the series, a flawed but brilliant criminal profiler, haunted by her past, returns to her hometown to solve a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer amongst the sugarcane fields of Kwa-Zulu-Natal.
The series’ director is Zwelesizwe Ntuli (
Hard to Get) and the producer Serena Cullen (
Lady Chatterley’s Lover). Reyka is from Serena Cullen Productions and Quizzical Pictures for M-Net (MultiChoice Africa Group), with global distribution handled by Fremantle.
All the 2021 Safta winners
The 15th annual South African Film and Television Awards concluded a two-night ceremony with a live, virtual event featuring actors and actresses accepting their accolades with video messages.
The Saftas are presented annually by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF). This year’s awards reflects many changes in the film and TV industry including wins for streaming services and growing genres in the country like telenovelas.
29 Apr 2021
The virtual event started with a live-stream red carpet experience hosted by LaSizwe and Larato Kganyago via the Safta Youtube Channel, followed by the main ceremony on DStv and SABC3, hosted by Dineo Langa, Mpho Popps and Graeme Richards .
TV viewers have spoken - Gomora is the Most Popular Telenovela in SA. The show was awarded the biggest award on Saturday night during the 15th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) that took place virtually. Gomora also won the Best Achievement in Directing in a telenovela. Telenovela The River walked away with 6 awards.