What we do

Facility
STUDIO
- 1x Large Resolve Colour Grading / Nuke Online Suite (4K standard)
- 2x Nuke Studio Online Suites (4K standard)
- Various Client areas for meetings
- 30x seats available for artists
- 1x Overflow space for special projects (50m2)
- Office space of 300m2




Awards
Awards & Nominations
- Ciclope Africa (2021): Won best Animation (Chicken Licken “Alien”) and best VFX (Showmax “Game Changers”).
- Loeries Gold Awards (2019): Chicken Licken “Big John” (VFX Craft) and Investec “Human Search bar”.
- Cannes Lions (2019): Silver and Bronze for Allan Gray “Father’s Share”.
- Ciclope Africa (2019): Grand Prix for Chicken Licken “Sbu 2.0” and Best VFX for “Big John”.
- Dutch Creativity Awards (2019/2021): Won for Penny “Only Need Love” (2019) and “Christmas Doesn’t Need Much” (2021).
- Visual Effects Society (2017): Nomination for Outstanding Supporting VFX in Roots.
- Loeries (2017): VFX Craft Award for Robot & Scarecrow.
- Cannes Lions (2023): Volkswagen ‘The Blind Spot’ – Ogilvy South Africa
- Cannes Lions (2023): Disturbed Bad Man
- Immortal Awards (MEA Rankings) 2024 – Post Production Company (1st place / #1)
- Nominated for International Emmy Award for Philipstown WireCar GrandPrix (2026)
Recent Recognition
- IDIDTHAT Craft Awards (2025): Recognized for Nedbank “Get Money Fit”.
- One Show (2025): Contributed to South Africa’s success with nominations/wins. (Nedbank ‘Youth Honours Board’– AWARDED: Finalist: Film & Video | TV, VOD, & Online)
- Netflix – Miseducation ( Top 10; number 1 in South Africa (TV)
- SAFTA’s – Silverton Siege (2017, Best Achievement in Make-up & Hairstyling; Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best achievement in sound design)
- SAFTAs – The Brave Ones (2017, Best Achievements in Art Direction – TV Drama
- SAFTAs 17 – Savage Beauty (Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama, Moshesh (Grace Bhengu)
Notable Past Achievements
- Cannes Lions: Earned Silver and Bronze Lions in 2019 for the Allan Gray “Father’s Share” campaign.
- Ciclope Awards: “Chicken Licken Sbu 2.0” won the Grand Prix in 2019, while “Big John” took home Best VFX.
- Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting VFX in a Photoreal Episode for work on the miniseries Roots (2017).
- Loeries: Multiple Gold VFX Craft Awards for projects including “Chicken Licken Big John” (2019), “Sbu 2.0” (2018), and “Robot & Scarecrow” (2017).
- Nedbank – Sustainable Growth Graphs (Loeries 2022 Awards – Film: TV & Cinema Commercials Finalists
- Checkers – Better for our planet (Loeries 2022 Awards – Film: Special Visual Effects Finalists
- Shots Awards EMEA (2026): Chief Creative Officer Rob van den Bragt joined the Animation & VFX jury.
Loeries official Ranking
- 2024 – Animation Company Film (1st Place)
- 2024 – Post Production Company (2nd Place)
- 2023 – Post Production Film (1st Place)
- 2022 – Post Production Film (5th Place)
- 2021 – Post Production Film (1st Place)
- 2021 – Animation Company Film (1st Place) – Loeries Africa & Middle East
- Post Production – Film: (2018, 2nd best post production company in Africa & the Middle East.
- 2018 – Animation Company (1st place in Africa & Middle East)
Chocolate Tribe is accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) as a Skills Development Provider, authorised to offer the Advanced Occupational Certificate: Media/Programme Content Production Manager (NQF Level 6).
Accreditation Number:
07-QCTO/SDP040526174608.

