The Inter-School Short Film Competition will return in 2022 as an online training programme and festival. The changes of the last two years have meant many more schools are geared up to access online activities for their learners. This offers us the wonderful opportunity to bring back the film project and achieve far more with far less. Watch this space for more details and to discover how we can support film production at your school.
Here is the list of Awards, Winners and Nominees in each category for the South Peninsula Inter-School Film Festival of 2018.
WINNER: Sarah Mitchell from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One”
NOMINEE: Ayabonga Ntoba from Sinako High for the film “Trouble in Paradise“
NOMINEE: Talon Adams from Simon’s Town High for the film “Talent & Skill”
WINNER: Talon Adams from Simon’s Town High for the film “Talent & Skill”
NOMINEE: Sarah Mitchell from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One”
NOMINEE: Prince Museka from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot“
(only one nominee and winner)
WINNER: Sarah Mitchell from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One”
WINNER: Talon Adams from Simon’s Town High for the Noticeboard Scene in “Talent & Skill”
NOMINEE: Ayabonga Ntoba from Sinako High for “This child is pregnant” Scene in “Trouble in Paradise”
NOMINEE: Sarah Mitchell from Fish Hoek High for the “Rule # 2” Scene in “The One”
(only two schools contributed music for their films)
WINNER: Yeko Siyolise & Zintle Mcingana from Masiphumelele High for the film “I Am Enough”
NOMINEE: Decent Moyana from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot”
WINNER: Talon Adams from Simon’s Town High for the film “Talent & Skill”
NOMINEE: Ayabonga Ntoba from Sinako High for the film “Trouble in Paradise”
NOMINEE: Prince Museka from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot“
WINNER: Christopher Hanger from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One“
NOMINEE: Decent Moyana from Simon’s Town High for the film “Talent & Skill“
NOMINEE: Thakira Mohammed from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot“
WINNER: Jamela Chivurani & Dorian Boloney from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot“
NOMINEE: Lufefe Kwayinto from Sinako High for the film “Trouble in Paradise“
NOMINEE: Nande Ngxoxo from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One“
WINNER: Enrico Meyer & Brandon Botes from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot“
NOMINEE: Sipho Joars & Sonwabise Tyala from Sinako High for the film “Trouble in Paradise”
NOMINEE: Gabriel Bernstein & Jack Donnelly from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One“
WINNER: Ashwin Williams from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot”
NOMINEE: Samkelisiwe Mtsholana from Masiphumelele High for the film “I Am Enough”
NOMINEE: Gabriella Lups & Kate Wannenburgh from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One“
WINNER: Ayla Engelbrecht from Fish Hoek High for her role as Continuity on the film “The One”
WINNER: Ayabonga Ntoba for her determination to represent Sinako High in the film festival. Her film: “Trouble in Paradise”
WINNER: Liaison Teacher: Simpiwe Nondwayi from Masiphumelele High for the film “I Am Enough“
NOMINEE: Liaison Teacher: Duncan Mackenzie from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One”
NOMINEE: Liaison Teacher: Sharon Moller from Simon’s Town High for the film “Talent & Skill”
WINNER: Talon Adams from Simon’s Town High for the film “Talent & Skill“
NOMINEE: Prince Museka from Ocean View High for the film “The Innocent Shot“
NOMINEE: Sarah Mitchell from Fish Hoek High for the film “The One”
Congratulations to all nominees & winners!
Pictured above are Prince Museka, Talon Adams and Sarah Mitchell (L-R).
Here is our list of Winners in our Award Categories for the films produced in Eastern Cape High Schools in 2016/2017. This information was only shared on social media previously.
BEST STORY
*You Never know Your Tomorrow – Mandela School of Science & Technology
BEST SCREENPLAY
*The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
BEST CROWD SCENE
*The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
BEST GENRE MOMENT
*The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
BEST PRODUCER
*The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
BEST DIRECTOR
*The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
BEST CAMERA DEPARTMENT
*Blind Love – Xolilizwe Senior Secondary School
BEST SOUND DEPARTMENT
*Last Chance – Lady Grey Arts Academy
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
*Shoes – Cradock High School
BEST ART DEPARTMENT
*Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
*The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
OUTSTANDING STUDENT PARTICIPATION (Two Awards Issued)
*Difficult Decisions – Cape Recife High School – Sheldon Wooding script & Continuity
*The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School – Megan Lottering – Composer
PRODUCER’S CHOICE AWARD (Best Film of those that achieved all the requirements of the competition brief)
*Now for Never – Aliwal North High School
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AWARD (Film with the most views in the first 10 days online)
*Afrika – Ntabenkonyana Senior Secondary School
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD (Film with the highest ratio of likes to views in the first 10 days online)
*Last Chance – Lady Grey Arts Academy
BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
*The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
The South Peninsula Inter-school Film Festival & Competition launches for the first time in June 2018 with a call for screenplay entries from high schools and learners in Cape Town’s far south.
Grade 10 and Grade 11 learners are invited to write a short film script (screenplay) that fits within the parameters of the Film Festival & Competition. The deadline for script entries has been EXTENDED TO Friday 27 July 2018, when learners will pitch their film ideas to a selection panel, in the hopes of their screenplay being selected and made into a film at their school.
The festival is a collaboration between SAY Media Education and Forward Fund Academy, and is modelled on the successful Nab’Ubomi Inter-School Short Film Competition from the Eastern Cape.
Successful young writers whose screenplays are selected will select a crew of learners at their respective schools, who will then receive training and be mentored through the process of film production. Once completed, the short films will be screened at the participating schools and compete for various awards.
The Festival strategy is designed to lower the barriers to entry for young people who dream of making films. The support offered through the process means it is a ‘level playing field’ for all schools to participate. To enter all a learner needs is an idea, a script, and support from their school. If their script is chosen, they will receive all the help they need to produce a broadcast quality short film.
The Film Festival Introduction & Screenwriting Guide outlines the competition rules and gives insight into writing a screenplay for the competition. The Entry & Consent Form must be included with every script submission. Here is a Introductory Letter for Schools that will explain the project to the Principal and Key Teachers who would support the project.
For more information please contact us here:
The South Peninsula Inter-school Film Festival is launching in the Valley with a call for screenplay entries from high schools and learners in Cape Town’s deep south. The deadline for script entries is Friday 27 July 2018, when learners will pitch their film ideas to a selection panel, in the hopes of their screenplay being selected and made into a film at their school.
Grade 10 and Grade 11 learners are invited to write a short film script (screenplay) that fits within the parameters of the Film Festival, and submit it to the selection panel at a pitching session on Friday 27 July at the new Forward Fund Academy in Solaris Park, on the corner of Kommetjie Road & Lekkerwater Rd in Sunnydale, Fish Hoek.
The festival is a collaboration between SAY Media Education and Forward Fund Academy, and is modelled on the successful Nab’Ubomi Inter-School Short Film Competition from the Eastern Cape.
Successful young writers whose screenplays are selected will select a crew of learners at their respective schools, who will then receive training and be mentored through the process of film production. Once completed, the short films will be screened at the participating schools and compete for various awards.
The Festival strategy is designed to lower the barriers to entry for young people who dream of making films. The support offered through the process means it is a ‘level playing field’ for all schools to participate. To enter all a learner needs is an idea, a script, and support from their school. If their script is chosen, they will receive all the help they need to produce a broadcast quality short film.
Founders of the programme Bryony and Mark Roughton have produced over one hundred short films with high schools in the Eastern Cape through similar inter-school film festival programmes supported by SABC, the NFVF and ECDoE. These films can be viewed on the SAYmeTV youtube channel as examples of what will be accomplished.
The Film Festival Intro & Screenwriting Guide outlines the competition rules and gives insight into writing a screenplay for the competition. The Entry & Consent Form must be included with every script submission. Here is a Letter for Schools to introduce Principals and Key Teachers to the project.
For more information email bryony@sayme.tv or whatsapp 084 627 9669.
We are pleased to announce the nominees in a range of awards issued by SAY Media Education to honour the learners and schools that created short films in 2016 & 2017 and submitted them to our online channel. There are four nominees in each award category. The Winners of each award will be announced on the evening of Tuesday 27th March at 7:30pm via Facebook Live on our SAY Media Education page.
BEST STORY
Afrika – Ntabenkonyana Senior Secondary School
Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
You Never know Your Tomorrow – Mandela School of Science & Technology
BEST SCREENPLAY
Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
The Game of Choices – Queens College
BEST CROWD SCENE
Phenomenal Woman – Victoria Girls’ High School
The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
You Never know Your Tomorrow – Mandela School of Science & Technology
BEST GENRE MOMENT
The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
The Game of Choices – Queens College
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
BEST PRODUCER
Now for Never – Aliwal North High School
Success Through Perseverance – Lupindo Senior Secondary School
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
You Never know Your Tomorrow – Mandela School of Science & Technology
BEST DIRECTOR
Shoes – Cradock High School
The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
BEST CAMERA DEPARTMENT
Blind Love – Xolilizwe Senior Secondary School
Now or Never – Kusile Comprehensive School
Shoes – Cradock High School
The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
BEST SOUND DEPARTMENT
Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
Last Chance – Lady Grey Arts Academy
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
Trying to Fit in By All Means – Umtiza High School
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Hardship – Ikamvalesizwe Public School
Self Confidence is Everything – Zwelakhe Senior Secondary School
Shoes – Cradock High School
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
BEST ART DEPARTMENT
Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
Last Chance – Lady Grey Arts Academy
Success Through Perseverance – Lupindo Senior Secondary School
You Never know Your Tomorrow – Mandela School of Science & Technology
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
Difficult Decisions – Cape Recife High School
Last Chance – Lady Grey Arts Academy
Success Through Perseverance – Lupindo Senior Secondary School
The Beauty Within – Holy Cross Education Centre
OUTSTANDING STUDENT PARTICIPATION (Two awards will be issued, to one student on each of the film crews below)
Difficult Decisions – Cape Recife High School
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
PRODUCER’S CHOICE AWARD (Best Film of those that achieved all the requirements of the competition brief)
Blind Love – Xolilizwe Senior Secondary School
Now for Never – Aliwal North High School
Shoes – Cradock High School
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT AWARD (Film with the most views in the first 10 days online)
Afrika – Ntabenkonyana Senior Secondary School
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
Hardship – Ikamvalesizwe Public School
Trying to Fit in By All Means – Umtiza High School
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD (Film with the highest ratio of likes to views in the first 10 days online)
You Never know Your Tomorrow – Mandela School of Science & Technology
Difficult Decisions – Cape Recife High School
Last Chance – Lady Grey Arts Academy
Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
Black Butterfly – Gonubie High School
Blind Love – Xolilizwe Senior Secondary School
The Colour of Love – Paul Sauer High School
The Enemy Within – Clarendon Girls’ High School
September 2017 saw the SAY Media Education team take to Eastern Cape roads again to visit eighteen schools across the province. We were proud to present Certificates of Achievement in Film Production to crews of learners at each school in recognition of the short films made at their school in 2016. Electronic versions of the certificates will be available for download from this site shortly. Here are the school details and the films they made:
TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
Cape Recife High School in Port Elizabeth: “Difficult Decisions” by Garth Willmore
WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
Ntabenkonyana Senior Secondary School: “Africa” by Lisakhanya Mene
Cradock High School: “Shoes” by Sisipho Mjanyelwa
Queens College for Boys, Queenstown: “The Game of Choices” by Sisindise Mshunqane
THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
Aliwal North High School, Aliwal North: “Now For Never” by Michanda Rheeder
Lady Grey Arts Academy, Lady Grey: “Last Chance” by Lindsey Cock
Lupindo Senior Secondary School, Maluti District: “Success Through Perseverance” by Ntlangoe Khuthala
FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
Zwelakhe Senior Secondary School, Mt Frere District: “Self Confidence is Everything” by Awona Nomnganga
Holy Cross Education Centre, Mthatha: “The Beauty Within” by Nwabisa Mvunelo
Mandela School of Science & Technology, Mvezo: “You Never Know Your Tomorrow” by Phanathi Maxaba
Xolilizwe Senior Secondary School, Idutywa District: “Blind Love” by Asavela Mhlathi
TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
Gonubie High School, East London: “Black Butterfly” by Asemahle Giwu
Clarendon High School for Girls, East London: “The Enemy Within” by Meg Nicholls
Kusile Comprehensive School, East London: “Now or Never” by Inathi Sipoko
Umtiza High School, East London: “Trying To Fit In By All Means” by Gwebani Nizani
WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
Ikamvalesizwe Combined School, Kenton-on-Sea: “Hardship” by Nandipha Plaatjie
Victoria Girls’ High School, Grahamstown: “Phenomenal Woman” by Athenkosi Singeni
THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
Paul Sauer High School, Kareedouw: “The Colour of Love” by Lee-Ann Wyatt
Pictures and video clips of these school visits have been shared on our Facebook page. Find us at: https://www.facebook.com/SAYmediaeducation/
The one remaining award to be decided from the 2013 selection of films is the audience favourite or “People’s Choice” Award.
Voting for this award is staying open until the end of May.
To vote for your favourite films from 2013 go to the new mobile app we have developed to facilitate communication between people interested and following Nab’Ubomi Activities… you can find it here
And find following the directions to cast you vote.
The app is so new it is not yet listed on the app store, but it will be in a few weeks. For now, be sure to save the link to your home screen on your mobile device so you can stay up to date really easily.
You will need to vote for three films for your vote to be valid.
You can watch all the NabUbomi 2013 films here.
Here are the award winners for 2013:
BEST DIRECTOR: Why Not? – Stutterheim High School
BEST PRODUCER: Boomerang – Lady Grey Arts Academy
BEST SCREENPLAY: Tables – Queenstown Girls High School
BEST STORY: What You Call Your Best Friend – St James Senior Secondary
BEST CAMERA DEPT: Why Not? – Stutterheim High School
BEST SOUND DEPT: What You Call Your Best Friend – St James Senior Secondary
BEST ART DEPT: Tables – Queenstown Girls High School
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Khanya – Khanyisa High School
BEST CROWD SCENE: Why Not? – Stutterheim High School
OUTSTANDING SCHOOL PARTICIPATION: Why Mom? – Strelitzia High School
OUTSTANDING STUDENT PARTICIPATION (3 Awards): Khanya (Grip) – Khanyisa High School; Silence is Lethal (Crew) – Victoria Girls High; Who is Him? (Crew)– Lehana Senior Seccondary.
COMMISSIONERS DREAM: Speak Out – Hoër Volkskool
BEST OF THE FESTIVAL: Pass or Fail – Alexander Road High
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: To vote for the People’s Choice Award go to the new Nab’Ubomi App where there is an option to vote for your favourite films from 2013.
Certificates for the nominees and winners in each category were presented at school screenings during April. Some schools were unable to host a screening and the certificates along with a screener DVD were left with the school to be presented by the Head at an appropriate time.
If one of the above awards relates to a film you were involved with, you are welcome to contact us to ask for the jpeg version of the certificate to be sent to you for your records. Both nominee and winners certificates are available.
Congratulations to all involved!
The deadline for the submission of scripts for the 2014 Competition has been extended to 25 April.
Any Grade 11 Learner in the Eastern Cape is invited to enter the competition by sending in your 7-page screenplay on the theme: TIME FOR CHANGE.
All the information you need to enter can be found here. Along with Introductory Videos explaining everything.
We’re making ten films in the Eastern Cape this year… this will bring our total number of EC films to 100!
Eastern Cape Learners, it’s not too late to get the film in your head onto the screen!
Spread the word!
