South African queer filmmaker.

Sandulela ASANDA is a film director and screenwriter.

She is known for "Black Burns Fast" (2025).

Sandulela Asanda (she/they) is a filmmaker from the Eastern Cape, currently based in Cape Town, South Africa. They have a background in Law and Economics. Asanda holds an Honours degree in film from AFDA Film School in Cape Town. Their student film, Nongqawuse, received a critical review and was selected as the South African entry for the Escolas section of the BRICS film festival 2019. After graduating, Sandulela worked at film festivals, training institutions, and production. Her first professionally produced short, "Mirror Mirror",had its world premiere in the Shortcuts Programme at TIFF 2022, and its European premiere at Berlinale Generations 2023. In the same year, the film won the award for Best South African Short at the Durban International Film Festival. "Black Burns Fast" (2025) is her feature film debut. She is an alumna of the Locarno Film Festival's Filmmakers' Academy, the Durban Film Mart and Realness African Screenwriters Residency.


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Updated by Thierno DIA, 17 August 2025