
Priest
A Cape Town post-production house with a highly experienced team specializing in Offline Editing of TVCs, Feature Films and Series and offering finishing with Adobe Premiere, Motion Graphics Design, Colour Grading, Compositing, AfterEffects, 2D, 3D Blender and Visual Effects.
Cape Town
Producer: Michelle Duvenhage
Film Editor and Mograph: Amelia Cohen / Colourist: Skye Barrow
VFX & Compositing Artist: Hilton Henstock / 3D & VFX Artist: Gabriel Hair
Established in 2003, Priest started as a traditional post-production facility and has evolved into a creative studio that Edits and Finishes, including Grade, Online and VFX, TV Commercials, Feature Films and a variety of Web and Digital Content. Priest is based in Cape Town. We are dedicated to supporting and strengthening the post-production industry in South Africa and are proud of our interrelation with the visual art world.
- Amelia Cohen won Edit Craft Gold at iPendoring Awards for Spotify in 2025
- Michelle Duvenhage ranked 15th best producer 2022 (Loeries Official Rankings)
- Matthew Swanepoel ranked 3rd best editor 2022 (Loeries Official Rankings)
- Priest ranked 3rd best Post House 2022 (Loeries Official Rankings)
- Matthew Swanepoel won best editor at the SAFTAs for Inxeba / The Wound in 2018
- Matthew Swanepoel won best editor at the SAFTAs for Necktie Youth in 2016
Cape Town
14 Pickwick Road
Salt River, 7925
Cape Town
+27 (0) 21 2014 777
Michelle Duvenhage | Producer
michelle@priest.co.za
+27 (0) 845 775 866
AWARDED BY IDIDTHAT
AWARDED: CRAFT MENTION (EDITING CRAFT)
Priest Post Production | Amelia Cohen
TOPS SPAR ‘Turn Up Epic’
IDIDTHAT Guest Judge: Suhana Gordhan, Chief Creative Officer of LoveSong
November 2025
Suhana’s comment: “I felt a special mention must be given to Tops Spar ‘Turn up Epic’ for editing. There are so many worlds in this story, and the editor leads you from one to the other with beautiful precision. It’s smooth and playful and keeps the energy up. The transitions deliver on whimsy and allow you to feel some curiosity instead of delivering too soon.”
AWARDED: BEST IN CRAFT (EDITING)
Priest Post Production | Matthew Swanepoel
Audi ‘The Outside Lane’
IDIDTHAT Guest Judge: Ernest Nkosi, Director at Bomb Commercials
September 2020
Ernest’s comment: “Matthew Swanepoel’s edit gives fluidity to the relationship of car and athlete, invoking the same emotion as if it was Wayde’s 400m race. The clever use of archive footage and well-timed music helps portray a parallel story of Wayde’s life adding an extra dynamic to the spot. The timing and tempo of the shot selections are slick and shows the number of hours and dedication to this piece. Congratulations to all involved, on a beautiful piece of work.”
AWARDED WORK
FEATURED
South Africa’s One Show Work & Winners
It’s time for The One Show results everyone! When we heard South Africa had 21 finalists this year we damn near Black Eyed Pea’d ourselves and exclaimed ‘Boom Boom Pow’. Now it’s great to see this incredible work convert. Congratulations to all of you! With over 50 countries and regions around the world entering, this is big for South Africa. Well done.
IDIDTHAT Craft Awards December 2023
This month’s IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were judged by the ever red-carpet ready Jacquie Mullany, ECD at FCB Africa & Bruno Bossi, Director at Carbon Films. Congratulations to VFX maestros Eddie Addinall and Rory Mark from The Refinery and directing wizard Greg Rom from Gentlemen Films.
South Africa’s One Show 2023. All the winners and the work.
Behold, behold! Feast your eyes on all the winning work that got attention at the One Show Awards. This year, The One Club for Creativity is celebrating The One Show’s first 50 years of honouring global creative excellence. And that’s us South Africa, proudly standing amidst the mighty pillars of ‘global creative excellence.’ Congratulations to all our local winners! You have caused our desert-like dry eyes to well up with tears of joy. Bravo!
South Africa’s Clio Awards 2023. All the Work and the Winners
IDIDTHAT is super excited to showcase South Africa's winners and the work that won at this year's Clio Awards! Go team SA! The winners were celebrated at the 63rd annual Clio Awards hosted by Anthony Anderson on April 25th at Gotham Hall in New York City.





