Black Burns Fast

Sandulela Asanda

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 critical review and was selected as the South African entry for the Escolas section of the BRICS film festival 2019. After graduating, Sandulela has worked in 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. Sandulela has most recently worked as a writer on Netflix’s Blood Legacy and is a commercials director at OSU Creative Productions. Black Burns fast is their feature film debut and is in the final stages of post production. She is an alumna of the Locarno Film Festival’s Filmmakers’ Academy, the Durban Film Mart and Realness African Screenwriter’s Residency.