Jordy Sank

Jordy Sank

Jordy Sank is a two-time South African Film and TV Award-winning Director, Screenwriter and Producer known for his feature documentary “I Am Here” (2021), which also won the Best South African Documentary Award at the Durban International Film Festival (2021). He was honoured with the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the South African Film and TV Awards (2022), given to one South African filmmaker making waves in the industry. He is a Durban Talents alumnus (2022) and winner of a Silver Screen Award at the Young Director Awards (2022) in Cannes. In 2021, he received 2 Best Director Awards from the Jozi Film Festival and Africa Human Rights Film Festival. In 2022, his short film “Leemtes en Leegheid (A Void)” won Best Short Film at Silwerskermfees, which paved the way for his directorial narrative feature debut, “Die Kwiksilwers (The Quicksilvers)”, which premiered at Silwerskermfees (2024). The film won the Audience Choice Award and is set for theatrical distribution in South Africa later this year. Jordy is driven and passionate about pushing the envelope of South African storytelling and sharing the country’s meaningful and impactful stories with the world.