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A to Z Solutions Ltd is a Zambian Registered Company established in 2013 and is proudly the first dedicated film fixing company in Zambia. Owned by Anita Balletto the Managing Director, A to Z Solutions provides film fixing and facilitation services predominantly to Wildlife Documentary and Reality Show Filmmakers visiting Zambia offering its customers a first class service tailored to their needs and requirements.

Anita was born and brought up in Kenya, holds a BSc in Zoology from Leeds University in the UK and has been involved in the safari industry in East and Southern Africa for over 20 years. Living and working in Kenya, Tanzania, and more latterly in Zambia where she has been for the past 10 years Anita has extensive local knowledge and knows and understands the intricacies and nuances of operating in remote and ‘off the grid’ areas. With her extensive experience in the tourism and hospitality industry and a focus on operations and logistics, twinned with her passion for Conservation and the protection of Africa’s wildlife estates, Anita through her company A to Z Solutions is well positioned to assist visiting film

crews with a range of services.

In her own capacity Anita sits on a number of Conservation/ Wildlife boards including Conservation Lower Zambezi, and has in the past served on the Abercrombie & Kent Zambia and ZAWA (Zambian Wildlife Authority – now DNPW) Boards. The latter being a ministerial appointment and testament to her passion and commitment to the Zambian Wildlife Estate.

With this in mind A to Z Solutions are on the ground, and offer extensive local knowledge and hands on experience. We are familiar with Africa’s quirks, working conditions and its people, customs, cultures, fauna and flora. As such our small team will ensure attention to detail and can offer you a holistic ‘one stop shop’ where being based in Zambia’s capital Lusaka we are well positioned to provide the best service and turn around for licenses and approvals for filming in Zambia.

Over the past few years we have worked with Film crews from Canada, the US, UK, Germany, The Netherlands and South Africa where in every case our services have been tailored around the production companies needs and requirements.

Most recently we facilitated all services in Zambia for the crew of Holiday in the Wild – a feature film for Netflix which aired on the 1st November including accommodation, transport, charter flights from South Africa, as well as all permits and approvals to film in Zambia and all temporary Import permits for over 3 tons of filing and set equipment. Click here to see trailer: https://youtu.be/8miCh30GcGU

In 2018, A to Z Solutions worked on an extremely powerful and emotionally charged Chinese documentary called, “Encounter”.

The idea of the documentary was to use Chinese celebrities with a genuine love for elephants to educate a largely Chinese audience about how elephants are poached and killed for the ivory that is so desired by so many Chinese people. The fact is, many Chinese people do not realise that elephants have to be killed in order to ‘harvest’ their ivory. Many think that tusks fall out and are found lying around in the bush… As such, education through documentaries like this, is a vital part of reducing the poaching epidemic that supplies the Chinese market with ivory.

Extraordinarily, the documentary was aired on Tencent, China’s second largest internet movie provider, similar to Netflix, and also broadcast in mainland China, where to date the Zambian episode has been paid for, downloaded and viewed by a staggering 50.5 million people with numbers are growing by the day!

50.5 million people watch a conservation documentary managed by Zambian Film Fixing company, A to Z Solutions

The documentary features celebrities Liu Hanya (Aya), a Taiwanese actress and hostess and Xu Xidi (Dee), a Taiwanese television host, actress, and singer.

Aya and Dee have an immersive trip to Zambia as volunteers and guests of Game Rangers International (GRI). Aya and Dee are both passionate about wildlife conservation, and elephants in particular. The documentary captures the emotional rollercoaster of their experience which included getting to know rescued baby elephants whose mothers had been killed for ivory, and the grief of being present during the gruesome discovery of an elephant hunted for its ivory.

The documentary highlights the fantastic conservation work being done by Game Rangers International and how passionate their team are. You can find out more about Game Rangers International and how you can support their work

Celebrities, Aya and Dee; Anita Balletto of A to Z Solutions; Rachael Murton, GRI Project Manager; Lisa Olivier, GRI Head of Research

here.

A to Z Solutions worked closely with the international film crew, the GRI team and coordinated the entire Zambian trip.

They ensured all necessary licenses, permits, paperwork and immigration visas were in order ahead of travel. They managed the Press Passes, National Parks (DNPW) Permits for filming in Kafue National Park, Temporary Import Permits (TIP’s) for the equipment that was required, Drone applications with the ZCAA, as well as all accommodation, transport, charter flights, and catering for the team of 38 who traveled to Zambia from China and Taiwan in order to film this groundbreaking documentary.

We’re excited to see what A to Z Solutions works on next to help tell Zambia’s story! Find out more about A to Z Solutions on thebestofzambia.com here and on their website here.

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A to Z Solutions Ltd Farm 4142/D1/J – Chifwema Estates, Chifwema Road, Lusaka, Zambia +260 978 057353 anita@atozsolutions.net ballettoanita@gmail.com anita@atozzambia.com www.atozsolutions.net Czech Republic, China, New Zealand, Japan, Kenya, Austria Switzerland