Binge worthy: Five SAFTA-winning shows to stream on Showmax

Content on Showmax has won 45 awards, which is more than half of the content prizes at the 2022 SAFTA awards.

SHOWMAX WINS BIG AT THE SAFTAS

Content on Showmax won 45 awards at the 2022 SAFTA Awards. This is more than half of the content prizes given out over the past weekend. 

Showmax Originals alone won 17 SAFTAs, the most of any channel or streamer. 

Tali’s Baby Diary and Glasshouse were the two biggest winners at the SAFTAs overall, with five awards each, tied in first place with Mzansi Magic’s telenovela Diep City. 

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SAFTA-AWARD WINNING SHOWS TO BINGE ON SHOWMAX

1. SHOWMAX ORIGINAL – ‘TALI’S BABY DIARY’ – SOUTH AFRICA’S BEST COMEDY

Tali’s Baby Diary is the sequel to the first ever Showmax Original, Tali’s Wedding Diary. This set a (then) record for the most first-day views on Showmax. 

In Tali’s Baby Diary, an unexpected pregnancy forces Tali into a desperate pivot from Insta-influencer to wholesome momfluencer. 

• As Tali, Julia Anastasopoulos (aka SuzelleDIY) won Best Actress
• Kate Normington won Supporting Actress as her mother, Michelle
• The series also won for Directing (Ari Kruger and Daniel Zimbler) 
• Editing (Richard Starkey and Gordon Midgley). 

Showmax is currently in production on Tali’s Joburg Diary. This premieres in November 2022. 

2. ‘GLASSHOUSE’ – THE MOST AWARDED FEATURE FILM AT THIS YEAR’S SAFTAS

The Showmax film Glasshouse won five SAFTAs, making it the most awarded feature film this year.

Glasshouse is directed and co-written by Kelsey Egan. The feature film was set after an airborne dementia known as The Shred has left humanity roaming like lost and dangerous animals, unable to remember who they are. 

Confined to their airtight glasshouse, a family does what they must to survive – until the sisters are seduced by a stranger who upsets the family’s rituals, unearthing a past they have tried to bury. 

3. ‘4 MURE’ – SOUTH AFRICA’S BEST DRAMA SERIES 

kykNET’s 4 Mure won three SAFTAs: Best TV Drama; Makeup & Hairstyling (Minke Swart); and Wardrobe (Mariechen Vosloo). 

Each 25-minute-long episode in the five-part anthology is set in the same hotel room, with the same housekeeper (Lida Botha), but with different stories, characters and genres. 

4. ‘THE WIFE’ – THE ZULU BROTHERS ARE OFFICIALLY THE BEST

The first Showmax Original telenovela, The Wife took home Best Actor for Bonko Khoza as Mqhele and Supporting Actor to Abdul Khoza as Nqoba. This is Bonko’s first SAFTA win and Abdul’s second. 

Watch Bonko’s Showmax x Actor Spaces masterclass on acting here

5. ‘DEVILSDORP’ – THE BEST MADE FOR TV DOCUMENTARY IN SA

True crime series Devilsdorp was named Best Made For TV Documentary at the SAFTAs. 

In 2016, a spate of brutal Appointment Murders gripped the town of Krugersdorp, leaving sales people and consultants terrified to book meetings in case they were the serial killer’s next victims. The investigation led detectives to a series of unsolved cold cases, the so-called Satanic Murders, and to links between 11 Krugersdorp killings between 2012 and 2016. They discovered these were the work of the Electus per Deus (Chosen by God) cult.

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