UGugu no Andile is a 2008 South African drama film directed by Minky Schlesinger, and starring Daphney Hlomuka, Neil McCarthy & Lungelo Dhladhla. The film received 10 nominations and won 3 awards at the 2009 Africa Movie Academy Awards, including the awards for Best film in an African language, Most Promising Actor and Most Promising Actress. It was also a competitor in the Best TV Feature category at the 2009 FESPACO film festival in Burkina Faso, the oldest and largest film festival on the African Continent.[1][2][3]
The story is set in South Africa in 1993, during the upheaval in the struggle for democracy. A sixteen-year-old Zulu girl Gugu is in love with a Xhosa boy Andile, against the wishes of their respective communities.
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singer, rapper, and actor. He began his acting career in 2005, starring in several drama series and films including uGugu no Andile (2009). He then rose...
the nomination count, while Uganda's Battle of the Souls and South Africa's GuguandAndile followed with ten nominations each. Nigeria's Arugba received...
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with SABC1 mini-series uGugu no Andileand played the role "Bheki". In the same year, he acted in the ITV drama Wild at Heart and the SABC1 legal drama...
television miniseries, Shaka Zulu. She also starred on the SABC 1 series Gugu no Andile, as her aunt. She also appeared in the 1996 syndicated television series...
score, from the Royal Opera House; directed by Ross MacGibbon (UK) uGugu no Andile (2008); TV mini-series set in Thokoza during the apartheid negotiations...
role of Zinhle until 2008. She also joined the SABC1 mini-serial uGugu no Andileand played the guest role of "Teacher". In 2008, she appeared on the e...
come (has already come) 2008 - GuguandAndile 2008 - Bloodlines 2009 - For which I am Prepared to Die 2009 - Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation 2009 -...
recognize emerging talents in the African cinema. The category has been renamed and merged severally since it was first awarded in 2006. "AMAA Official website"...
annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward films with the most adjured and euphoric sound for the year. "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie...
Supporting Role is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize and reward actresses in a supporting role in a film. "Official website of the...
Supporting role is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize and reward actors in a supporting role in a film. "Official website of the AMAAs"...
2009 From a Whisper Wanuri Kahiu Won Arugba Tunde Kelani Nominated GuguandAndile Minky Schlesinger Nominated Battle of the Souls Matt Bish Nominated...
Since the 10th edition it has been used to immortalize Sembene Ousmane and consequently renamed to Sembene Ousmane Awards for Best Film in African Language...
From a Whisper Won Tunde Kelani Arugba Nominated Minky Schlesinger GuguandAndile Nominated Math Bish Battle of the Soul Nominated Saad Hendawy Seventh...
Seventh Heaven Ramses Marzouk Nominated GuguandAndile Greg Heimann Nominated Battle of the Soul Stephen Njero and Tony Matomi Nominated 2010 The Figurine...
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uGugu no Andile. The musical serial is based on the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. In 2010, he joined the cast of popular soapie Generations and...
2013. In 2015, the EFF suspended MP Lucky Twala and expelled three MPs, Mpho Ramakatsa, Andile Mngxitama and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala. Mngxitama formed...
film industry. There may be an overlap, particularly between South African and foreign films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to...
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