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

Our Clients

Awards

Awards & Nominations 

  1. Ciclope Africa (2021): Won best Animation (Chicken Licken “Alien”) and best VFX (Showmax “Game Changers”).
  2. Loeries Gold Awards (2019): Chicken Licken “Big John” (VFX Craft) and Investec “Human Search bar”.
  3. Cannes Lions (2019): Silver and Bronze for Allan Gray “Father’s Share”.
  4. Ciclope Africa (2019): Grand Prix for Chicken Licken “Sbu 2.0” and Best VFX for “Big John”.
  5. Dutch Creativity Awards (2019/2021): Won for Penny “Only Need Love” (2019) and “Christmas Doesn’t Need Much” (2021).
  6. Visual Effects Society (2017): Nomination for Outstanding Supporting VFX in Roots.
  7. Loeries (2017): VFX Craft Award for Robot & Scarecrow. 
  8. Cannes Lions (2023):  Volkswagen ‘The Blind Spot’ – Ogilvy South Africa
  9. Cannes Lions (2023): Disturbed Bad Man 
  10. Immortal Awards (MEA Rankings) 2024 – Post Production Company (1st place / #1) 
  11. Nominated for International Emmy Award for Philipstown WireCar GrandPrix (2026)

Recent Recognition

  1. IDIDTHAT Craft Awards (2025): Recognized for Nedbank “Get Money Fit”.
  2. One Show (2025): Contributed to South Africa’s success with nominations/wins. (Nedbank ‘Youth Honours Board’– AWARDED: Finalist: Film & Video | TV, VOD, & Online)
  3. Netflix – Miseducation ( Top 10; number 1 in South Africa (TV)  
  4. SAFTA’s – Silverton Siege (2017, Best Achievement in Make-up & Hairstyling; Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best achievement in sound design) 
  5. SAFTAs – The Brave Ones (2017, Best Achievements in Art Direction – TV Drama
  6. SAFTAs 17 – Savage Beauty (Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama, Moshesh (Grace Bhengu)

Notable Past Achievements

  1. Cannes Lions: Earned Silver and Bronze Lions in 2019 for the Allan Gray “Father’s Share” campaign.
  2. Ciclope Awards: “Chicken Licken Sbu 2.0” won the Grand Prix in 2019, while “Big John” took home Best VFX.
  3. Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting VFX in a Photoreal Episode for work on the miniseries Roots (2017).
  4. Loeries: Multiple Gold VFX Craft Awards for projects including “Chicken Licken Big John” (2019), “Sbu 2.0” (2018), and “Robot & Scarecrow” (2017). 
  5.  Nedbank – Sustainable Growth Graphs (Loeries 2022 Awards – Film: TV & Cinema Commercials Finalists
  6. Checkers – Better for our planet (Loeries 2022 Awards – Film: Special Visual Effects Finalists
  7. Shots Awards EMEA (2026): Chief Creative Officer Rob van den Bragt joined the Animation & VFX jury. 

Loeries official Ranking 

  1. 2024 – Animation Company Film (1st Place) 
  2. 2024 – Post Production Company (2nd Place) 
  3. 2023 – Post Production Film (1st Place) 
  4. 2022 – Post Production Film (5th Place) 
  5. 2021 – Post Production Film (1st Place) 
  6. 2021 – Animation Company Film (1st Place) – Loeries Africa & Middle East 
  7. Post Production – Film: (2018, 2nd best post production company in Africa & the Middle East. 
  8. 2018 – Animation Company (1st place in Africa & Middle East) 

Chocolate Tribe is a Level 1 BBBEE contributor.

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.

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