'How to Ruin Christmas' wins big at Saftas17
The third season of the comedy series 'How To Ruin Christmas' walked away with five awards in the TV Comedy category at the 17th SAFTAs including the coveted Best TV Comedy award.
How To Ruin Christmas: The Baby Shower. Picture credit: Netflix
JOHANNESBURG - The third season of comedy series How To Ruin Christmas walked away with five awards in the TV Comedy category at the 17th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas).
The glitzy event took place on Saturday at Midrand's Gallagher Estate, where the greatest in South African film and television were honoured and celebrated.
The coveted prizes were presented in person this year for the first time in three years of virtual presentations because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Netflix SA and kykNET were two of the night's biggest winners, walking away with 19 and 15 Golden Horns, respectively.
The film with the most wins on the night, six, was Silverton Siege, a product of Pambilimedia.
In addition, the Saftas organisers honoured veteran and award-winning Afrikaans film director and cinematographer Koos Roets for his decade-long contribution to the TV and film industry.
The late Derek Watts also received the SAFTAs17 Lifetime Achiever award. The veteran TV host and journalist passed away in August.
Congratulations to the SAFTAs17 Lifetime Achiever, the late Derek Watts. We thank him for his remarkable legacy.#saftas pic.twitter.com/usSuTEOQ7e
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