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More Than Just A Game

2008 Mention D'Honneur : 26th Milano International Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs (FICTS) Festival

2006

2006 South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA) - Outstanding Contributor Award conferred on Anant Singh
2006 Black Business Quarterly: Black Businessman of the Year Nomination - Anant Singh
Best Established Black Business Award - Videovision

Yesterday

2006 Emmy Nomination
2006 Peabody Award
2005 Academy Award Nomination - Best Foreign Language Film
2005 Independent Spirit Award Nomination - Best Foreign Language Film
2005 Best Film - Pune International Film Festival
2004 Cape Town World Cinema Festival - Signis Jury Award For Ethical Contribution to Cinema
2004 Human Rights Film Award - Venice Film Festival

Red Dust

2006 South African Film & Television Awards - Best Editing
2006 BAFTA Television Award Nomination - Best Single Drama
2005 Audience Prize - Miami International Film Festival
2005 Silver Peacock Award - International Film Festival Of India
2005 Golden Kinnaree Award Nomination - Best Film: Bangkok International Film Festival

Dollars And White Pipes

2006 South African Film & Television Awards - Best Director
2006 South African Film & Television Awards - Best Screenplay
2006 Best Director Award (First Feature) - Pan African Film Festival

Place of Weeping

1987 Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles declares January 23 1987 Place of Weeping Day

Quest For Love

1988 Best Picture in the AA Life/M-Net Vita Awards

The Stick

1989 Opens The Montreal World Film Festival. Quoted by the Canadian media as "the best opening film in several years"
1989 Nominated for Best Picture AA Life/M-Net Vita Awards
1989 Special screening at the Moscow International Film Festival

Sarafina

2006 Wins Main Audience Prize at the Durban Film Festival
1992 Wins Best Picture in the M-Net Film Awards
1993 Christopher Award for affirming the highest values of the human spirit

Mangler

1994 Wins Best Picture M-Net Film Awards

Cry The Beloved Country

1995 Best Actor (Vusi Kunene) in the M-Net Film Awards
1995 Christopher Award for affirming the highest values of the human spirit
1995 First film ever to receive a special award from the Academy of Religious Broadcasting in Seattle

Legendary Award

1997 Anant Singh receives the Legendary Award in the Annual Crystal Awards of the Women in Film organisation for his contribution to South African Film

Paljas

1997 Paljas wins five awards in the M-Net All Africa Film Awards, having picked up awards in the category of Best Film (Anglophone Region), Best leading Actor (Marius Weyers) and three awards in the category of Best Supporting Performance (Liezel van der Merwe, Jan and Ellis Pearson

1998

The University of Port Elizabeth confers an Honorary Doctorate to Anant Singh for his wide-ranging contributions to the South African film industry, which has seen him making South African stories and talent known to the world, and raising awareness internationally of the injustices of apartheid through the medium of film

1998

The Wine Country Film Festival of the Sonoma Valley in Northern California awards its inaugural Distinguished Producer Award to Anant Singh for his commitment to cinema and social justice