11-year-old Caleb Payne has earned himself a nomination at the Young Artist Academy Awards for his role in the South African film “Good Life.”
Stellenbosch, South Africa (19 August 2022) – Proudly South African film Good Life continues to inspire and young actor, 11-year-old Caleb Payne, has received a nomination from the Young Artist Academy in Hollywood, California, for the Feature Film Artist category.
The Young Artist Academy Awards have been playfully dubbed the “Youth Oscars”. The award ceremony will be taking place in Los Angeles on October 2, 2022. The awards have seen the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence as nominees and winners. Caleb is the first South African to be nominated for a Youth Artist Award.
Caleb played the role of Jetmir in the film, which has been taking the world by storm. The film won the award for the Best Feature Film at the Berlin Independent Film Festival.
The film follows Olive Pappadopoulous, 35, an Oral Hygienist from Cape Town who flees the country after she is left heartbroken. She arrives in her Mediterranean paradise only to be faced with hostility from the local villagers. Olivia is then befriended by a 7-year-old refugee named Jet, who teaches her how to live the “Good Life.”
At just 11 years old, Caleb has already had an exciting career with appearances in The Kissing Booth 3 (Netflix 2021), Resident Evil (Netflix 2022), Warrior S1&2 (HBO 2018 – ) and Lincoln (History 2021). On stage, he played the role of Eric in GWB Entertainment’s touring production of Matilda. He has been in local productions such as MNe’st successful series Lioness where he rubbed shoulders with South African acting elite such as Frank Rautenbach, Natasha Sutherland and Fiona Ramsay.
It is safe to say this young man has his eyes set on the stars and get can very well get there! Caleb is hoping to get to Hollywood in October to attend the award ceremony. If you want to help his dream come true, you can find out more here.
If you have not seen this proudly South African goodie yet, it’s available on Netflix now. Take a look at the trailer below.
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