South Africa makes its mark at One Show 2025 with 18 finalists. Here’s the work.
The One Show has revealed its 2025 finalists, and South Africa again shows up with 18 for the second year in a row. Finalists include local agencies and production companies: Joe Public, TBWA\Hunt Lascaris, Bananas, Promise, Darling Films, Carbon Films, and Enpower Trading. These finalists await the final Pencil decisions, which will be announced during Creative Week in New York on May 15. All finalists will win Gold, Silver, Bronze Pencils or Merits. Go team SA!
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Finalist: Interactive, Online & Mobile | Craft – UX / UI | Interface Design
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Finalist: Radio & Audio-First | Broadcast – Series
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Finalist: Radio & Audio-First | Craft – Writing – Series
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Finalist: Radio & Audio-First | Use of Humour
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Finalist: Moving Image Craft & Production | Cinematography – Single
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Finalist: Film & Video | TV, VOD, & Online – Over 90 Seconds – Single
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Finalist: Music & Sound Craft | Music Adaptation – Instrumental
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Finalist: Interactive, Online & Mobile | Craft – Writing
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Finalist: Music & Sound Craft | Custom Content
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Finalist: Radio & Audio-First | Custom Content
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Finalist: Radio & Audio-First | Craft – Writing – Series
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Finalist: Film & Video | TV, VOD, & Online – Over 90 Seconds – Single
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It’s been almost a year since Bongani Morgan joined the team at Made Films and he’s hit the ground running. While collecting awards for his documentary Map1mp1 and TV show, The Braai Show with Cassper Nyovest, Bongani spent most of 2022 travelling across the country directing for the likes of Vodacom and Red Bull and months directing his new series for Showmax, shot across the entire KZN region. Now finally back home in Joburg, and available for commercial briefs again with the powerhouse backing of his production team at Made, it was time for a catch-up.
Dare Content Studio delivers radical transparency to the production industry
Dare Content is a production studio working directly with agencies to produce film, stills and animation. Launched in 2020 by Creative Producer Chris Coetsee, Dare already has the proven success to back their transparent budget approach to production. With no in-house roster of talent, Chris curates a team that he believes is best suited to each brief and at the heart of his company is what Chris calls ‘radical transparency.’
Director Dan Mace from JOE collaborates with the most followed YouTuber in the world, Mr Beast, as new Chief Creative Officer
South African director, YouTuber and Founder of the creative production company JOE, Dan Mace, has joined forces with billionaire YouTuber, Mr Beast aka Jimmy Donaldson. According to Forbes, Donaldson is the world’s most followed person on YouTube. Dan has been appointed as the Chief Creative Officer of the Beast Philanthropy Channel on YouTube, tasked with carrying out the creative direction of the channel’s future content.
IDIDTHAT Monthly Craft Awards
Find out who’s doing the best work in South Africa. Every month we team up with industry leaders to award South Africa’s best in Production Craft. Huge thanks to our recent guest judges who’ve taken the time to judge IDIDTHAT Craft Awards. Look how sexy they are in these black and white pictures we put up – FYI we used the ‘Inkwell’ filter.
