This is a list of South African animated films. It includes theatrical films, some important short films, and international films in which South Africa's production houses and studios were involved.
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Studio | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bang | 2006 | Diek Grobler | Fopspeen Moving Pictures | Stop-motion object and puppet animation. SAFTA Nomination for best animated short. Ekhuruleni Art Merit Award for new media. | ||
| Agenda | 2007 | Diek Grobler | Fopspeen Moving Pictures | Stop-motion object and puppet animation. SAFTA award for best animation in a short film. Best Shorrt film award, Arficala African Film festival, Mexico, 2009 | ||
| The Rise and Fall of Tony the Frog | 2008 | Ambient Animation | CG animation | |||
| Het vogeltjes ABC | 2008 | Diek Grobler | Fopspeen Moving Pictures | Best film for Children at Teheran International animation festival, Iran. Best film for Children at Tindirindis International animation Festival, Lithuania. Best film for Children at KROK International Animation festival, Ukraine. | ||
| n Gewone Blou Maandagoggend | 2014 | Naomi van Niekerk | Dryfsand Films | Poetry-film of a poem by Ronelda S.Kamfer. Awarded the Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for Best First Film at Annecy Animation Festival 2016. | ||
| What about de law | 2014 | Charles Badenhorst | Bittervrug | Poetry-film of a poem by Adam Small. Winner of the Weimar Poetry-film prize, Germany (2016), and the first animated film to be included in the art collection of the South African Constitutional Court. | ||
| Please Frog, just one sip | 2018 | Diek Grobler | Fopspeen Moving Pictures | An African retelling of the Australian Tidalik legend, the film is based on a book by international illustrator Piet Grobler. Special Award at Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2018. | ||
| Ruby & Roach | 2019 | Erentia Bedeker | Abyss Productions | Best South African Short Film 2020 (Durban International Film Festival) Best African Short Film 2020 (Durban International Film Festival) Best Children Film (Tbilisi International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2020) Best Music Video/Music Films award (Blu-Hill Film Festival Season 3, 2021) Best Animation Short Film (Onyko Films Awards – May 2021 selection) Gold medallist Best Sound Design Category (1st Film Olympiad Grand Prix 2021) Bronze medallist, Best Animation Category (1st Film Olympiad Grand Prix 2021) Best Original Score (New York Indie Shorts Awards, April – August 2021 season) Best Animation (Cannes Indie Cinema Awards 4th Edition, 2021) |
| Year | Title International Title | Director(s) | Studio | Technique | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tengers | Michael J. Fix | Mirror Mountain Pictures Ster Kinekor Pictures | Clay animation | |||
| The Lion of Judah | Deryck Broom Roger Hawkins | Animated Family Films Character Matters Sunrise Productions Rocky Mountain Pictures | CG Animation | [1] | ||
| Jock the Hero Dog | Duncan McNeillie | Jock Animation ARC Entertainment | CG Animation | [2] | ||
| Zambezia | Wayne Thornley | CG Animation | Africa Movie Academy Award for best animation Nominated for Annie award for Music in an Animated Feature Production and Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production[3] | |||
| Khumba | Anthony Silverston | Triggerfish Animation Studios Millennium Entertainment Cinema Management Group | CG Animation | Zanzibar International Film Festival for best animation[4] Africa Movie Academy Award for best animation[5] Nominated for best feature; Annecy Animation Festival . | ||
| Bru & Boegie: The Movie | Mike Scott | Mike Scott Animation | 2D Animation | South Africa's first feature-length 2D animated film. | ||
| Brent Dawes | Sandcastle Studios Sunrise Productions Timeless Films | CG Animation | ||||
| Seal Team | Greig Cameron Kane Croudace | CG Animation | ||||
| Headspace | Paul Meyer Gerhard Painter | Luma Animation The Ergo Company | CG Animation |