2025: This year's Unicorn Awards were exceptional. The theme for the awards evening was black and white - the Grade 10s really showed up looking stylish to this blue-carpet event.
This year's topics were:
1) “One choice”
2) “The glass”
3) “Memories through time”
They were required to create either a motion poem, write a narrative short story and turn it into a creative film or create an original animation.
By Gerhard Vosloo, Sesona Mbovane, Alexa-Rose Shreuder & Madison Coleman
An original animation by Chiara Saunders
by Tristan Strumpher, Ryan Arnaudov, Noah Abbott & Adam Muller
by Arabella Fox, Zachary Rawat & Leigh Pijoos
by Aden Van Rhyn, Steffan Hillebrand & Puneet Nagendrakumar
by Luke Le Grange & Primo Hong
by Emma Lilienfeld, Josh Crosson, Sophia De Sousa & Zakey Mooin
By Liat Demissew, Alecea Viera, Ella Frelinghaus & Kaylee-Jade Mestre
by Dhiya Mathadeen & Gabriella Valjee
by Aphelele Momoti, Keith Nkosi, Daniel De Vos, Giovanni Simaoa & Markus Baptista
by Logan De Araujo, Shihan Huang, Ammiel Kianda & Jenna Simpson
Mr Joshua Wyngaard, Morgan Santo, Tamzyn Baker, Craig Groenewald & Kyle Lewis
MEET THE 2025 JUDGES
Mr Joshua Wyngaard
You all know our awesome Dramatic Arts teacher and play director, Mr Wyngaard. Mr Wyngaard completed a Bachelor of Arts and Honours degree in Theatre and Performance.
In addition to teaching, Mr Wyngaard has also dabbled in acting and has performed in many South African films, including the award-winning film, “Felix”, where he played the character of Ricardo.
Morgan Santo
Morgan Santo is an actress best known for her roles in the television series Raised by Wolves (HBO, 2020), The Watch (BBC, 2020–2021), and White Lies (2024). Won Best film unicorn awards (2023).
Craig Groenewald
Craig Groenewald currently works as a Development Producer for Trace Studios and Okuhle Media.
Craig is an adaptable content creative with a proven track record as producer, digital strategist, and published author, with over a decade of experience in the media and entertainment industries. Most recently, Craig’s roles have included Supervising Producer for the wildlife series Wild Orphan Rescue, Series Producer for the live youth television format Hectic Nine-9, and Creative Director & Lead Developer for the children’s series Hectic On 3.
Tamzyn Baker
Tamzyn graduated from AFDA with a BA in motion picture medium majoring in editing. She worked on 20+ film sets during her 3 years of studying. During her 3 years she did directing, editing, cinematography, sound design, costume makeup, styling and set design. In her third year she interned at a production company which made documentaries.
She recently worked as a marketing executive for a company called The Harvest Table where she edited videos for Instagram and Youtube. She also ran the photoshoots and video shoots for the company.
Kyle Lewis
Kyle Lewis is one of the top music video directors in South Africa.
His keen instinct, a flair for youth culture, and by consistently pushing boundaries in-camera sees him teaming up with local and international artists like Cassper Nyovest, Khuli Chana, Nasty C, and Ricky Rick. Kyle's music videos have racked up millions of views on YouTube. In 2016, he directed half of the Best Music Video nominees at the South African Hip Hop Awards; and was nominated for a MTV Africa Music Award.
Today Kyle transitions seamlessly between music videos and advertising both in Africa and abroad. He is a talented visual storyteller, top performance director, and great collaborator, with the ability to find the right approach for every project.
Kyle works for brands such as Heineken, BMW, Nike, Volkswagen, Absolut, Vodacom, Nivea, and Castle Lager, to name a few. Kyle is bringing a fresh look to traditional advertising through his bold and colourful visuals.
Advertising accolades include Gold & Silver Loeries, Silver Bookmark, and Apex awards, and eight features on Shots in just over two years - the most of any South African director during this time.
Best Actor(s): Gerhard Vosloo from ‘All in my Mind’ & Aphelele Momoti from ‘A Time to Remember’
Best Actress (x2): Liat Demissew from ‘(bitter)sweet’ & Logan De Araujo from ‘Mirror Mirror’
Best Director: “All in my Mind” AND
Best Editing: “All in my Mind” by Gerhard Vosloo, Sesona Mbovane, Alexa-Rose Schreuder & Madison Coleman
Best Cinematography: “(bitter)sweet” by Liat Demissew, Alecea Viera, Ella Frelinghaus & Kaylee-Jade Mestre
Best Original Animation: “Quality Markers” by Chiara Saunders
Most Wholesome Message: “The Button” by Emma Lilienfeld, Josh Crosson, Sophia De Sousa & Zakey Mooin
Favourite Character(s): Logan de Araujo - “Mirror Mirror”
Luke Le Grange - “The Glass”
Aphelele Momoti - “A Time to Remember”
Best Expressive Voice: Dhiya Mathadeen & Gabriella Valjee in “A Look Through the Glass Eye”
Unique Script Development: “Crossroads” by Arabella Fox, Zacchary Rawat, Navdi Naidoo & Leigh Pijoos
Outstanding Creative Concept: “The Cost of Speed” AND
Best Visual Effects: “The Cost of Speed” by Tristan Strumpher, Ryan Arnaudov, Noah Abbott & Adam Muller
Best Artsy/Nouveau Moment: “No One Noticed” by Aden Van Rhyn, Steffan Hillebrand & Puneet Nagendrakumar
Most Wholesome Moment: The final friendship scene in “The Glass” by Luke Le Grange & Primo Hong
Congratulations to all of the winners for the various categories. Now for top 3 movies as decided by our judges.
Unicorn Awards for Best Movie
In 3rd Place: “Mirror Mirror” by Logan De Araujo, Shihan Huang, Ammiel Kianda & Jenna Simpson
In second place 2nd Place: “(bitter)sweet” by Liat Demissew, Alecea Viera, Ella Frelinghaus & Kaylee-Jade Mestre
And in first, 1st place, drum roll please… “All in my Mind” by Gerhard Vosloo, Sesona Mbovane, Alexa-Rose Schreuder & Madison Coleman
To see the the official photos from the Unicorn Awards please click on the FaceBook icon above.