THE 2015 WGSA MUSE AWARDS FINALISTS AND WINNERS ARE:
ANIMATION / WEB SERIES
Benedikt Sebastian – Sing-A-Gram
WINNER
Julia Smuts Louw -The Case of the Disappearing Daddy
Tracy Eccles – Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Dark?
FEATURE FILM
Tertius Kapp – Dis Ek, Anna
WINNER
Trish Malone – Ayanda
Thandi Brewer – The Chemo Club
RADIO DRAMA
Ayanda Seoka – Indlalifa’: My Heir
Jann Acutt – The Mother in Law
WINNER
Matthew Kalil – In the Line of Duty
SHORT FILM
WINNER
Eduard Frauenstein – Get a Life
Kelly Powell – Home
Tafadzwa Njovana – Anele
SPEC SCRIPT
Graham Hickson – Nokia Kid
Marina Bekker – Love on the Rocks
WINNER
Peter Goldsmid – Love Songs of Nathan J Swirsky
STAGE PLAY
Callum Tilbury – Doctor Godenstein’s Man
Callum Tilbury – Fabulous Nothing
WINNER
Richard Harry Nosworthy & Megan Reeks – Number One
TV DRAMA
Graham Hickson – Power
Marina Bekker – Land With A Temper
WINNER
Paul Ian Johnson – JAB
TV COMEDY / SITCOM
WINNER
Both Worlds – Puppet Nation ZA:
Karen Jeynes, Nkuli Sebeko, Thierry Cassuto, Angel Campey, Francesco Nassimbeni, Chris McEvoy
Julian Koboekae – Him, Her and the Guys
Marina Bekker – Seepsop
GAUTENG TOP WRITER
Graham Hickson
Thandi Brewer
WINNER
Ty Skosana
WGSA SERVICE AWARD
Harriet Meier
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FINALISTS AND WINNERS!
The WGSA would like to take this opportunity to thank our Judges:
First Round Judges:
Adze Ugah, Amor Tredoux, Anne-Marie Janse v Vuuren, Eben Cruywagen, Elsa van Schalkwyk, Hanneke Schutte, Jan Engelen, Janet van Eeden, John Hill, Joy Sapieka, Julie Hall, Kelsey Egan, Louis Minnaar, Margaret Goldsmid, Mark Middlewick, Meg Rickards, Michael Murphy, Mmabatho Kau, Nick Cloete, Nimrod Geva, Quanita Adams, Riana Wilkens, Sean Drummond, Theoline Maphautha, Veronica Stewart, Victor Molele, Yeland Prue Jinka, Yolanda Lindeque-Strauss, Zamo Mkhwanazi
Final Round Judges:
Alda Venter, Amor Tredoux, Andrew S Walsh (UK), Anjum Ramabali (Mumbai) , Fidel Namisi, Francois Le Pere, Harriet Meier, Henrietta Gryffenberg, Jean-Andre Yerles (France) Karen Jeynes, Kathie Fong Yoneda (USA), Liam J Stratton, Lisa Holdsworth (UK), Margaret Goldsmid, Marina Bekker, Matthew Kalil, Nimrod Geva, Paulette Reynecke, Peter Goldsmid, Thandi Brewer, Theoline Maphautha, Thomas McClaughlin (Ireland), Tim O’Donnell (USA), Yolanda Mogatusi, Yolanda Lindeque-Strauss
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GOLD SPONSORS
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GENERAL / PRIZE SPONSORS
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Entertainment
SPONSORS:
Accolade Wines, eAcademy, Exclusive Books, Franz Gräbe Flower Couture, Olmog’s Bathroom Essentials, Veronica Stewart (WGSA Member)
ENTERTAINMENT
Bongani Drama Nomcweya (MC)
Don Laka, Thembela Jessica Mbangeni, Lizanne Breedt & Donnavan Von Der Vaylle (Musicians)