TSAKANE NTSHANE
Cape Town, South AfricaOpen to media roles

TsakaneNtshane

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Still from Switched PerceptionSwitched Perception · Editor
Still from the Women's Day featureWomen Who Lead
Video Editor Creative Director cuts. still rolling.

AFDA-trained motion picture graduate who turns image, sound and pace into stories, for film, brands and the people behind them.

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TSAKANE NTSHANE
Video Editor · Creative Director · Content & Production

Great edits don't shout about themselves. They just make the story land.

Tsakane is a creative media professional with a background in content editing, creative direction and film production. She shapes footage into clear, engaging stories across film, brand and digital, working in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro.

She also brings the discipline of a corporate BPO environment: clear communication, organisation and a healthy respect for deadlines.

BA Motion Picture, AFDA Editing since 2021 4 festival-selected films 5 languages

The work

Short films, behind-the-scenes and corporate content: projects she has edited, creatively directed and produced.

Room 7Creative Director · 2024
Switched PerceptionEditor · 2024
IsithunziEditor · 2024
Wear You, Do You, Be YouCreative Director & model · 2024
Women Who LeadCorporate content · 2026
The Afrizan OpeningCorporate content · 2026
01 / SHORT FILM

Room 7

Where the unknown follows.

Creative Director
Genre Mystery / Thriller Runtime 2 min Year 2024 Shot on Smartphone
Room 7, the full film

The story

A woman trapped in a confined, increasingly unsettling space, caught between outside threats and her own paranoia.

As cryptic warnings and eerie phenomena build, Room 7 blurs the line between reality and illusion, asking whether we escape fear or let it consume us. It was shot entirely on a smartphone, with a gimbal, improvised rigs and tight spaces building the tension.

On set · Scene 02

The film's standout moment, the protagonist pouring water over her face in the bathroom sequence, wasn't in the shot list. Tsakane and cinematographer Bohlale Sootho pitched it during filming to show the character's desperation to regain control.

“…thanks to Tsakane and Bohlale's sharp eye for detail and storytelling.” — Jaden Sauls, director

“A superbly structured thriller full of tension, frenetic and unpredictable.”

— FICIMAD Magazine
FICIMADBest Thriller2025
Lift-Off Global NetworkOfficial SelectionSessions
Room 7 official poster
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Produced, directed & edited byJaden Sauls
StarringShannon Govender
Creative directorTsakane Ntshane
CinematographyBohlale Sootho
02 / STUDENT SHORT FILM

Switched Perception

Self-discovery through a different lens.

Editor
Genre Drama / Comedy Runtime 11 min Year 2024 Studio VonWonder Studios
Her segment of the crew & cast interviewYouTube ↗
Official behind the scenesYouTube ↗

The story

Two very different roommates swap bodies, and have to live each other's lives.

After a heated argument, Thuli and Jaclyn are thrown into each other's bodies by a strange twist of fate. Through confusion and professional setbacks, they learn to understand and support each other's struggles, and end up close friends.

In the cutting room

Tsakane cut Switched Perception as editor for VonWonder Studios. Hear her talk through the process in her segment of the crew interview above.

Lift-Off Global NetworkOfficial SelectionSessions
The FilmJointHonorable Mention3rd Edition · 2025
Switched Perception official poster
21 stills & BTS frames
03 / STUDENT SHORT FILM

Isithunzi

Mirrors don't lie, but they can haunt.

Editor
Genre Horror Runtime 12 min Year 2024 Studio VonWonder Studios
Isithunzi, the official trailerYouTube ↗

The story

A secluded cabin, a haunted mirror and a past that won't stay buried.

Chitra and Nomvula run away to an isolated cabin looking for peace, but find a malevolent spirit tied to Chitra's past. The quiet setting turns into a battleground between her unresolved memories and the presence inside an eerie mirror, until she has to face her buried demons or be consumed by them.

In the cutting room

As editor, Tsakane shaped Isithunzi as a subtle, slow-burn horror: no hard cuts, smooth and flowing transitions, and J- and L-cuts that stretch moments out to keep the audience in suspense.

Lift-Off Global NetworkOfficial SelectionSessions
The FilmJointHonorable Mention3rd Edition · 2025
Creative Minds Film FestivalOfficial Selection2025
Isithunzi official poster
YouTube ↗
Isithunzi explores trauma and identity in horrorYouTube ↗
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EditorTsakane Ntshane
DirectorsChristopher Leisewitz & Obakeng Malete
WritersNonwabe Jentile & Kanyua Kimani
ProducersJaden Sauls, Pumelela Tshazibana & Keneilwe Ramorola
CinematographyAlexia Ronbeck, Nicholas Venter & Jaeden Klassen
Data & colour gradeZoe Junge
Sound designLonwabo Nyhonyha
CastPrinita Kandasamy, Athenkosi Bouw & Pako Katjene
04 / FASHION FILM

Wear You, Do You, Be You

A youthful lookbook about wearing what feels like you.

Creative Director + Model
Format Lookbook / music-driven Runtime 2:02 Year 2024
The full fashion filmYouTube ↗

About the film

Self-acceptance, personal style, zero apologies.

A vibrant, uplifting fashion film that doubles as a youthful lookbook. Driven by music and visual style, it encourages viewers to wear what makes them comfortable and to embrace their individuality unapologetically.

Both sides of the lens

Tsakane was one of the film's three creative directors, and also stepped in front of the camera as one of its four models.

Cyprus Fashion Film FestivalOfficial SelectionYouth · 2025
Wear You, Do You, Be You poster
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Producer, director & editorJaden Sauls
Director of photographyShannon Govender
Creative directorsShannon Govender, Tsakane Ntshane & Bohlale Sootho
ModelsJaden Sauls, Shannon Govender, Tsakane Ntshane & Bohlale Sootho
Assistant cameraBohlale Sootho
05 / WOMEN'S DAY FEATURE

Women Who Lead

Women in male-dominated fields.

Corporate content
Client Afrizan People Intelligence BPO Format Interview feature Runtime 4:46

About the piece

A Women's Day spotlight on women leading in a male-dominated industry.

The feature puts the management and leadership skills of women inside the BPO on camera, through the voices of the people running the contact-centre floor.

Featuring

Thando Kunene

Assistant Contact Centre Manager, Afrizan People Intelligence BPO

06 / BRAND VIDEO

The Afrizan Opening

Inside the launch of a new BPO, and what it's about.

Corporate content
Client Afrizan People Intelligence BPO Format Launch video Runtime 1:50 Year 2026

About the piece

Showcasing the BPO's opening, and what the business is about.

A launch film introducing Afrizan People Intelligence BPO: the new space, the people on the floor and what the operation is about.

About her

Interested in how creative media connects brands with audiences, across campaign production, digital out-of-home, campus media and branded content.

hands-on.
Cut.Create.Repeat.

A curious, adaptable, hands-on creative who uses image, sound and editing choices to communicate ideas clearly, and keeps a consistent creative approach from concept to final export.

Education

BA: Motion Picture AFDA, Johannesburg · March 2025

Languages

    Film & video production Content creation Colour grading Advertising & media innovation

    Experience

    From the edit suite to the service floor: creative roles alongside client-facing work.

    Toolkit

    The software she works in every day, and how deep she goes.

    open to roles. internships ✓ Cape Town

    Let's makesomething.

    Open to media internships and roles in production, editing, digital content and advertising.

    Emailntshanetsakane@gmail.comBest way to reach her Phone069 336 5002Alt: 072 065 9778
    Based inCape TownSouth Africa