SJ van Breda
Filmmaker, Director, Editor
SJ is a multi award winning South African editor and director for film and digital media. SJ graduated as a mechanical engineer from the University of Cape Town, and worked in the aerospace research field for two years, before pursuing film at Vancouver Film School. SJ has worked with diverse clients such as the WWF, UNFPA, UNICEF, FairTrade Africa, The Beautiful News, Aimer Films, Storyhive Canada, FilmicPro, Frame.io, Xiaomi, Zhiyun, and The Kingsley Holgate Foundation.
SJ has screened films at Whistler, Oxford, and the SA Indie Film Festival and recently won the doc category at FilmicFest, the Moment Invitational Film Festival 2021, and her latest documentary work ‘Freeflow’ won best editing and best cinematography at SF3 2023 in Sydney, and was named Best Short Documentary at the African Smartphone Film Festival 2023.
SJ is a finalist in the Moment Invitational Film Festival 2024, and will screen her most recent editing work ‘A Little Strange’ at SF3 2024 in Sydney.