SOUTH AFRICAN
INDIES
AMERICAN FILM MARKET & CONFERENCES 5-12 NOVEMBER 2014
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American Film Market & Conferences
ABOUT THE
SOUTH AFRICAN
FILM INDUSTRY
CONTENTS
INTRO
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About the SA Film Industry
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South Africa has a vibrant film industry that is growing in reputation and is competitive internationally. Local and foreign filmmakers are taking advantage of the country’s diverse, unique locations, as well as low production costs and favourable exchange rate, which makes it more affordable to make a movie here than in Europe or the US. The jewel in the industry’s crown is Tsotsi, Gavin Hood’s gritty drama about a young gangster in Soweto, South of Johannesburg, which won an Academy Award for best foreign language film in 2006. In 2010, District 9 - an action-packed science-fiction movie about a subclass of aliens forced to live in the slums of Johannesburg - was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture.
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Bruce Sands: The Rogue Operative
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Dinuzulu’s Exile Firetown
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Parts Of A Whole Pelindaba
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Pop Lock ‘N Roll The Boy, The Blade & The Man
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The Dodgy Promoter The Good Doctor
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Writers Block
Documentary filmmaker Francois Verster’s A Lion’s Tale won a non-fiction Emmy in 2006, recognised for its “most outstanding cultural and artistic programming”.
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Building on South Africa’s reputation for quality and creative film making, a string of successful big budget international productions have been filmed here, including Fury Road, the fourth Mad Max film; Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio; and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus.
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South Africa also has a growing reputation as a producer of awardwinning local content, such as Oscar-nominated Yesterday, the story of the struggles of an HIV-positive mother, and U-Carmen eKhayalitsha, a Xhosa-language film which won the Golden Bear award at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival.
Opportunities abound, with the makers of movies, commercials and other productions being attracted by South Africa’s highly skilled film crews and technicians, excellent technical capacity and infrastructure - as well as the good weather.
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Coal Stove Pictures
14. Diprente
Disadvantaged Background Production
15. Gambit Films
Inside Job Media
16. Kalahari Film & Media
Kude Media
17. Kutaya Productions
Sakhuri Multimedia
18. Nalwiindi Films
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13 HOURS:
Kalahari Film & Media
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ix months after drying out, Benny Griessel’s first day back at work starts with high hopes. He wants to reconcile with his wife, achieve the promotion that’s been eluding him and find some stability in the maelstrom of his life. Fat chance. One young woman lies in a churchyard, throat slit from ear to ear. An American tourist. It can’t get worse. Until Benny realizes that she had a pal, another woman, who’s now running for her life through the Cape Town streets. Rachel Anderson – an American doctor, doing a sabbatical at Cape Town’s busiest hospital. As he starts to piece together who might be after her, and why, reports come in that she’s fled into the townships where life is cheap and for a young foreigner, deadly. Butting up against this is another case, that of a murdered music impresario, who appears to have been shot by his alcoholic
wife, the beautiful singer Alexa Barnard. As Benny starts to dig, he finds strands linking the two cases, but for Rachel time is running out, and Benny has 13 hours to close the case or send her home in a box. The clock is ticking … Director: Donovan Marsh Producer: Irfaan Fredericks Duration (min): 90 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Action / Thriller
Phase: Development
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nspired by the true events of the Sharpeville massacre, a family man is forced to choose his family and organising the anti-pass campaigns in March 1960. Emasculated by the apartheid system, Taedi Tsolo is forced to be political after his son dies in his hands while looking for an asthma pump. He causes an unplanned strike at a metal factory. This catches the attention of a newly formed party that seeks to recruit him to organise the march in Sharpeville. Will he succeed?
Director: Not confirmed Producer: Thabang Molibeli Duration (min): 90 Format: 4k Type: Feature Film Genre: Political Melo Drama
Phase: Pre-production
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ALUTA :
Asi - B Films
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luta is a political thriller with rough edges. Centred around an ex-MK solider who has entered the world of politics, but is forced to take up arms again when he is thrust into the middle of a plot to kill the president. 20 years into South African democracy, an apartheid veteran faces a war of a different kind, going against fat cats who want a lion’s share and won’t mind breaking a few bones to get it. Finding inspiration from television shows and films like ‘Prison Break’ and ‘The Fugitive’, Aluta is a genuine South Africa project whose origins are based on a true story. This is a film that speaks to our history, our present and our future, with strong characters who not only speak about their problems, but are courageous enough to put themselves on the line and face them.
Director: Asi Mathaba Producer: Asivhanzhi “As” Mathaba Duration (min): 98 Format: 4k Type: Feature Film Genre: Action / Thriller Financiers: Asi - B Films Trailer Link: http://www.dropbox.com/s/ nggdh1rube4ymy5/Aluta%20AsiB%20Films. mp4
Phase: Pre-production
BRUCE SANDS:
THE ROGUE OPERATIVE Nalwiindi Films
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ruce Sands is the ultimate patriot and there is nothing he won’t do to protect his country. While on his latest mission as an agent of Section 1, a clandestine division within the CIA, Bruce uncovers that Section 1 is not controlled by the American President, but rather takes its orders from The Council. The Council is a secret order bent on world domination. Bruce turns against his masters and sets off to bring down Section 1 and The Council.
Director: TBC Producer: Andre & Nalie Pietersen Duration (min): 120 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Thriller Distributors: TMF
Phase: Development
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DINUZULU’S EXILE:
Sakhuri Multimedia
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tale of death, destruction and DNA. The 19-year-old Zulu king — my great grandfather — was forced into exile for 10 years from 1889 to the island of St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean while Britain consolidated its hold on his kingdom. His most ardent supporter, Harriet Colenso – daughter of the Bishop of Natal – and her sister, Francis, visited him on the island and he had an affair with her. Harriet campaigned tirelessly for his release. She was regarded as a “heretic” and she was accused of being Dinizulu’s “whore”. While in exile he fathered numerous children with members of his entourage, entertained visiting dignitaries and polished his skills on the piano and as a cricketer and horseman. On his return to Natal, he tried to reunite the Zulus and attempted to reclaim his kingdom without success. Dinuzulu was approached by Chief Bambatha to wage a
war with the British known as the Bambatha Rebellion. He supported him by harbouring Bambatha’s people and giving him arms. Dinuzulu was later tried for this rebellion and sent to prison in Greytown. He died in poverty without realizing his dream. Director: Khubu Zulu Producer: Richard Gibbs/Lauren Wimbush Duration (min): 90 Format: 35mm Type: Feature Film Genre: Thriller
Phase: Pre-production
FIRETOWN: Inside Job Media
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hen a young girl from an upper class upbringing is kidnapped. a desperate mother tries everything legal to bring her back. Her husband George feels emasculated and wishes he could help but doesn’t have her strength, so turns to the bottle instead. She meets a prostitute at the police station who tells her to speak to sex workers on Oxford Road in the hopes that they will know something. She decides to take the law into her own hands and finds out about a local gangster who might be able to help her. She goes to the township and enlists the help of a gangster named Luzo who will help her find her daughter. Luzo asks his right hand man Mustafa to search everywhere. On the journey, we later find out that Mustafa’s sister was killed by militia which haunts him till this day. A determined Dianne and Mustafa take a
journey into the underbelly of prostitution, hijacking, child trafficking and the mysterious world of sangomas in pursuit of her daughter’s life. Director: Bradley Katzen Producer: Litha Booi Duration (min): 112 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Thriller
Phase: Development
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HEAR ME MOVE:
Coal Stove Pictures
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orn and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Muzi is a street dance prodigy struggling to keep a promise he made to his mother to never dance again after his equally gifted father was murdered at a street party twelve years earlier. When his father’s ex-dance partner, Shoes, approaches Muzi to join his dance crew, “Sbujwa Nation”, Muzi has to choose between finding out the truth about his father’s death or disappointing his mother. What he does not realize is that by joining Shoes’s crew, he will make himself mortal enemies with Prince, the former leader of Shoes’s crew and head of a new dance crew that’s taking the city by storm. Muzi has to dig deep and come up with something that the crowds have never seen before, while at the same time fighting to keep the crew together in the face of backstabbing, jealousy and his budding
romance with Khanyi, the stunningly beautiful girl in Sbujwa Nation and Muzi’s school mate in college. Director: Scottnes L. Smith Producer: Fidel Namisi Duration (min): 105 Format: 4k Type: Feature Film Genre: Dance Broadcasters / Distributors: m-Net, Ster Kinekor Trailer Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt3303444/
Phase: Complete
INDEMNITY: Gambit Films
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heo Abrams is an ex-Cape Town fireman suffering from severe PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. Despite his attempts to fix his condition through psychotherapy, one morning he wakes up in hospital learning that he has murdered his wife and survived shooting himself in the head. With no obvious recollection of the event, Theo ends up pleading guilty to her murder charge despite the protests of his criminal lawyer, Moses Tswete, who argues that his mental capacity is fractured through his PTSD. He is sentenced to 25 years in prison. 8 years later, a presidential pardon due to overcrowded prisons sees Theo on early parole. Although much has changed, Moses and Theo stumble upon a conspiracy theory when they discover similar case profiles of people who have committed murders with ‘no recollection’ of the event. However, as their investigation gains
traction, Theo and Moses receive unwanted attention from shady government officials who dispatch henchmen to silence them. Theo must race against time to figure out his wife’s complicated past, piece together and expose a devastating truth, before he too is murdered. Director: Travis Taute Producer: Helena Spring Duration (min): 90 Format: 2k Type: Feature Film Genre: Psychological Thriller Financiers: NFVF, DTI and Others
Phase: Development
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PARTS OF A WHOLE:
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dark psychological thriller about a man who awakens from a coma with terrible scars covering his body and no memory of who he is or where he came from. He is taken in by his presiding physician but as a series of baffling events unfold, he learns that there is a lot more to his story than what he has been told. In fact, the truth behind his “accident” is far darker and twisted than he could have ever imagined and his only friend, the doctor who has taken him in, is at the centre of the conspiracy.
Director: Arsen Ostejic Producer: John Volmink Duration (min): 100 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Psychological Thriller Financiers: Department of Trade and Industry
Phase: Development
PELINDABA: Kutaya Productions
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ramed for the Pelindaba uranium deficit that links him to the nuclear weapons black-market, Themba Langa’s fight becomes one of proving his innocence to local and French Intelligence, to save his reputation, his family and his life.
Director: Catherine Stewart Producer: Richard Green, Manase Duba Duration (min): 100 Format: 16mm Type: Feature Film Genre: Thriller Distributors / Sales Agents: Wide, Indigenous Films
Phase: Pre-production
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POP LOCK ‘N ROLL:
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aps lives in the Cape Slums and works as a tour guide in the city. His parents recently passed away and left him to look after his younger brother. Raps gets a lucky break when one of his old crew members sprains an ankle and asks Raps to fill in for him at a gig at the city’s most notorious club. Raps’s talent catches the eye of the club’s owner, Valentine, a music producer, and gangster, who sets him on the road to success. But Raps falls in love with Queen, Valentines young Brazilian wife, a singer and star in her own right, and even though acting on their feelings could destroy their careers and their lives, Queen and Raps are unable to fight their feelings. When Valentine discovers the truth he throws Raps out of the window, crippling him. Raps, now fully aware of Valentine and Queen’s abusive relationship, puts together
a plan to put his career back on track, and win back his ultimate prize – Queen. Director: Ziggy Hofmeyr Producer: Pascal Schmitz Duration (min): 95 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Dance Film Financiers / Distributors / Sales Agents: Barking Cow Media, AAA Entertainment, NFVF, Silverline 360 Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=QA3CtH_4n5Y&index=2&list=PL61B90 2F2C6E978F8
Phase: Development
THE BOY,
THE BLADE & THE MAN: Mandela Bay Pictures
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n my culture, being circumcised makes you man. At the age of 18 I went up the mountain to be circumcised, but now 15 years later I’m faced with the choice as to whether I circumcise my son traditionally the way I did, or follow modern society and take him to hospital. Over the past 5 years, more than 500 boys have died and 100 more have lost their penises. This film explores the complexities of a custom that has shaped many men, but has killed many boys.
Director: Mayenzeke Baza Producer: Pascal Schmitz Duration (min): 85 Format: HD Type: Feature Doc Genre: Social Issue Financiers / Sales Agents: Hotdocs Blue Ice Fund, National Film and Video Foundation, Gauteng Film Commission, IDFA Bertha Fund Trailer Link: https://vimeo.com/76174752
Phase: Post-production
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DODGY PROMOTER:
Disadvantaged Background Production
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n untrustworthy music promoter offers one of South Africa’s biggest hip-hop bands what’s supposed to be their biggest show ever and a chance to make a comeback and recover from their record label debt. For him it’s just another music group he’s taking for a ride but he soon tries to change his ways and do good for once. They embark on a journey to a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province where the gig of their lives is supposed to take place; with hilarious results on their way there.
Director: David Kau Producer: Carmel Nayanah / David Kau Duration (min): 90 Format: 4k Type: Feature Film Genre: Comedy Roadtrip Financiers: Comedy Roadtrip
Phase: Development
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GOOD DOCTOR Kude Media
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he Good Doctor is about two doctors. Themba strictly practices Western medicine, while Mapaseka explores alternative medicines. When his sister decides to take her daughter to Mapaseka, for her chronic shingles, Themba is horrified and resolves to keep a close eye on his niece’s treatment. Spending so much time in close proximity, he finds himself attracted to Mapaseka. But they are total opposites. He is ambiguously reserved while she is freespirited and unfettered. From their initial gettogether, there is an attraction, but the spark is never fully ignited because he thinks she is a charlatan, not a real doctor. She thinks he is an ego-maniac with a God-complex. Nonetheless, the attraction is too strong to deny and a relationship develops. But things fall apart when Maphaseka discovers that he is working with one Dr Bradshaw, who has been trying to criminalize
all forms of alternative medicine. What’s more, his sister is furious as she feels that he has put his professional interests above the possibility of finding a real cure for his own niece. Desperate to heal the rift in both relationships, Themba finds out more about his mentor’s activities. He discovers that in fact Dr Bradshaw has been working with a large pharmaceutical to patent the very same traditional medicines for profit, while criminalizing it’s practitioners. Director: Zamo Mkhwanazi Producer: Zamo Mkhwanazi Duration (min): 100 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Romantic Comedy
Phase: Development
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WRITERS BLOCK:
Azania Rizing Productions
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n a divided city, Slewboy and his friends Layla, Thando and Dave are graffiti artist’s disillusioned by their countries new democracy. Growing up amongst gang violence, to a single mom, Slewboy finds solace in the Base Collective - a gathering of artists from Cape Town. On a throw-up mission, a security guard makes Slewboy and his friends; a serious accident sends them to seek help from blasé police. The Base Collective plans a massive graffiti mission in retaliation to indifferent police.
Director: Kurt Orderson Producer: Kurt Orderson Duration (min): 120 Format: 4k Type: Feature Film Genre: Coming of Age Distributors / Sales Agents: Azania Rizing Productions, Switch Films
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TAMOL MEDIA:
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ersonal Profile: Thabang Molibeli studied film at Monash South Africa. He then worked as an assistant director for several companies and as assistant producer until he started Tamol Media. He ran and managed Movie House Independent Cinema. He is currently a producer and distributer and exhibitor through red carpet film screenings where they showcase local films in the townships around Vaal, South Africa
Cell: +27 71 089 9148 (Calls) Email: thabangmoli@gmail.com Address: 1100 Sharpeville, P.O Sharpeville, 1928, Gauteng, South Africa
Company Profile: Tamol Media is a production company, distribution and exhibition company based in the Vaal triangle of Gauteng, South Africa. The company produces mainly historical films based in the struggle history of South Africa. It has produced several documentaries, feature length docu-drama and feature films. The company exhibits and distributes independent films in Africa. Thabang Molibeli
ASI - B FILMS:
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ersonal Profile: Asi was born in Venda, in the Limpopo Province. He graduated from City Varsity Film School in Cape Town, majoring in Directing.
Company Profile: After spending more than 12 years in the film and entertainment industry Mathaba has managed to accrue the following credits on both the local South African and the international scene: • Ekasi Stories – TV movies for eTV • Walk like a Man – Premiered at Durban Film Festival • I Had It All - Rivoningo season 1 to 3 • Culture shock, Big Brother, Zola 7, Latitude and Zwahashu for the SABC • Internationally made films – Storming Ernest Solly Story premiered at Berlin Film Festival • Homesick which showed at FESPACO and Nu-Metro
Asivhanzhi “As” Mathaba
Cell: +27 78 100 6949 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 264 2235 Email: asi@asibfilms.com Web: http://www.asibfilms.com Address: P.O.Box 9536, Edenglen 1613, Johannesburg, South Africa
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AZANIA RIZING PRODUCTIONS: Writer's Block / p9
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ersonal Profile: Kurt Orderson is an award-winning filmmaker and social activist from Cape Town. After completing his film and television studies at Monash University, he went on to direct documentaries for the SABC. His body of work includes a number of critically-acclaimed feature documentaries and short films that have screened at numerous internationally film festivals. His first feature length documentary, Definition of Freedom, examined the role hip hop played during the South African struggle. He co-directed On The Trail Of My Father, a tribute film to the late internationally renowned reggae artist Lucky Dube. In 2008 he was award a fellowship in Oslo, Norway and directed Visibly Invisible which takes a look at the African presence in Norway.
Kurt Orderson
facing the working class and marginalized voices. Fictional and documentary features produced stimulate public discourse around issues which only often remain in the realm of the private. The mission statement of the company is to educate people about film as a way to contribute to the growth of a community of filmmakers with an emphasis on personal/political narratives targeted at an active rather than passive audience. Cell: +27 72 577 0731 (SMS only) Email: ordersonkw@gmail.com Web: http://www.azaniarizing.com
Company Profile: Azania Rizing Productions was founded in 2008 by filmmaker Kurt Orderson. It was formed to include issues
COAL STOVE PICTURES:
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rofile: Fidel Namisi facilitates the development and production of foreign television and film projects in South Africa maximising the use of a 35% rebate incentive. Coal Stove Pictures is one of the few film production companies in South Africa to successfully finance a film utilising solely government grants, incentives and loans, with no private financing. Coal Stove Pictures leverages this experience to facilitate international co-productions with companies in Europe, the UK and the USA. Coal Stove Pictures is a full service production company based in Johannesburg, South Africa and extending to the rest of Africa. The company will soon be opening offices in Sydney, Australia. We offer premium production services to film entities, advertising agencies and television markets.
Fidel Namisi
• Local Production Managers • Line Producers and Coordinators • Location Scouting and Permits • Directors • Camera, Lighting and Grip equipment • Professional Crews • Post Production Coal Stove Pictures recently completed “Hear Me Move”, Africa’s first dance film. The film is ready for international distribution, and will be released theatrically in South Africa in February 2015. Cell: +27 76 279 1140 (SMS only) Email: wandile@coalstove.co.za Web: www.coalstove.co.za Address: 163 Smit Street cnr De Beers, Johannesburg, South Africa
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DIPRENTE:
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ersonal Profile: After achieving his Honours in economics from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, John joined JPMorgan in Mergers and Acquisitions. During his tenure at JPMorgan he worked on various local and international projects. In 2009 John co-founded Diprente, a company that develops edgy and engaging content across multiple platforms including feature films, television and branded entertainment. The company sources finance, develops, packages and produces content aimed at both the local and the international markets. Diprente’s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola was nominated for an international Emmy and won a SAFTA award.
John Volmink
attracted millions of viewers both locally and internationally and have developed a cult following of loyal fans. In 2013 Diprente released Blitz Patrollie on screens in South Africa. The film is currently being sold globally by Picture Tree International. Cell: +27 72 419 7904 Tel: +27 11 403 0399 Email: john@diprente.co.za Web: http://www.diprente.co.za Address: PO Box 413904, Craighall, 2024
Company Profile: Diprente is a young, South African-based, production company that develops stimulating and engaging visual content across multiple platforms including feature films, television productions and live shows. Diprente’s productions have
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ersonal Profile: Stand up comedian for the past 16 years. Film director, producer and writer for the past 4 years. University of Cape Town Drama school graduate. Host/co-producer of Blacks Only Comedy show (biggest stand up comedy show in SA), Principal judge on a comedy talent show ‘So You Think You’re Funny’. CoCreator and Producer of SA’s first TV comedy sketch show, Pure Monate Show. He has a YouTube reality comedy show called David Kau’s House. The pilot can be viewed on YouTube www.youtube.com/MrDavidKau and is developing more episodes
David Kau
Company Profile: Disadvantaged Background Productions has shot live stand up comedy shows for almost 10 years now, and has been writing, producing and directing movies and TV shows for Mnet/Mzansi Magic channel on DStv. Our most popular work is a movie and a series based on it titled, Taxi Ride.
Our new film on air since May is titled The Room Divider, and coming soon on Mzansi Magic is Shampoo’s Retirement Village. We are now in development for our latest project titled The Dodgy Promoter to shoot in January/ February 2015. We’re looking at the possibility of having an American lead or a well know international actor playing the main character. Cell: +27 82 320 6060 (SMS only) Email: Disadvantaged@mac.com Web: http://www.youtube.com/MrDavidKau Address: P.O.Box 1978, Highlands North, 2037, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
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GAMBIT FILMS:
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ersonal Profile: Bradley Joshua is Gambit’s General Manager. With a focus on Business Development, Bradley is the force behind the exponential growth of Gambit Films. Bradley drives the vision, mission and strategy in order to continuously grow Gambit Films in the ever-changing marketplace. Driving in-house initiatives to build a sustainable local industry, Bradley ensures that all content produced by Gambit Films is always of the highest quality. His ability to lead, teach and guide has inspired the development of a mentoring program that Gambit runs in sync with all their operational projects.
Bradley Joshua
Company Profile: Gambit Films was founded in 2009 when a group of passionate, qualified film makers formed a multimedia agency that focuses on creating, developing and producing new and innovative intellectual property for Film and Television. Gambit offers a complete audio visual solution, exhibiting high
production value at very competitive rates. Gambit has produced short films, TV films, TV commercials and music videos for clients such as DSTV, Allan Gray, and Sun International. A new addition to its growing portfolio is the production of documentaries. Currently, the company is raising finance for a slate of feature films (includes Live Action and Animated) in various stages of development. Cell: +27 82 892 6426 (SMS only) Tel: +27 21 424 2891 Email: bradley@gambitfma.co.za Web: http://gambitfma.co.za Address: 3rd Floor, Earlgo Building, Cnr Kloof and Park St, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
INSIDE JOB MEDIA:
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ersonal Profile: Litha Booi is a producer, casting director as well as an actor and runs a company called Inside Job Media. Inside Job Media specialises in creating films as well as corporate videos. Some of the companies that the company has worked with include Nomadic tents, Anglo Coal Ashanti as well as SSC. Litha was involved in casting for independent short films like Tokolosh and Behind The Picket Line. He was also a production coordinater for Fox TV’s South African version of “The Walking Dead: zombie global invasion campaign”.
Litha Booi
Company Profile: Inside Job Media is a company that was formed by four individuals who have extensive experience in both the corporate as well as the film industry with the aim of telling authentic stories that will entertain our audiences. Although a young company, we believe in
taking initiative and finding stories that will inspire people. Our recent production Samson and Banda was a self funded project which was picked up by our local broadcaster. Driven by passion we are determined to find innovative ways of telling breath taking stories of our rich historical and cultural heritage. Cell: +27 74 001 030 (No roaming) Email: litha.booi@gmail.com Web: http://www.insidejobmedia.co.za Address: P.O box 13570, Northmead 115, Johannesburg, South Africa
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KALAHARI FILM & MEDIA:
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ersonal Profile: Irfaan Fredericks is a feature-film, commercials and television producer with over 10 years of experience. Irfaan recently Line Produced on the international TV series SAF3, from the creators of Baywatch, staring Dolph Lundgren. He is also one of the Producers of the upcoming feature film, 13 Hours. Irfaan also served as a shadow producer on Dredd 3D, a 40mil feature film shot entirely in Cape Town. Dredd 3D was the first 3D feature film to shoot in South Africa. Irfaan has produced numerous television commercials and segments of various international TV series, such as Cosmos.
Irfaan Fredericks
Company Profile: Founded by American Michael S. Murphey in South Africa in 2002, as Kalahari Pictures. Kalahari Pictures has evolvled into Kalahari Film & Media, which is one of Africa’s leading production companies. Our unique mix
of global perspective and local knowledge has contributed to some of Africa’s most successful productions, including global blockbusters, Oscar-nominated films and Emmy-winning TV series. We have also serviced hundreds of international television commercials. Kalahari Film & Media is currently developing a slate of original projects, telling South African stories with an international appeal. Cell: 073 178 8211 (SMS only) Int. Cell: +27 73 178 8211 Tel: +27 21 534 6000 Email: irfaan@kalaharipictures.co.za Web: http://www.kalaharipictures.co.za Address: P.O Box 51005, Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002
KUDE MEDIA :
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ersonal Profile: Zamo Mkhwanazi has written close to a hundred hours of aired television on over 25 television shows including, Isidingo: The Lab, Jacob’s Cross, Society, The Mating Game and 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls. Her short film Philia has recently been screened at various film festivals including the United Nations Film Festival. She wrote on all three of the television shows nominated for SAFTA Best Writing Team Award in 2009. She has recently directed three films on the popular Mzansi Love series and Single Galz. She has just completed another short film: The Call, starring Fana Mokoena (World War Z). She is raising funding for her first feature film: The Good Doctor
Zamo Mkhwanazi
Company Profile: Kude Media is a new company formed by Zamo Mkhwanazi for the purposes of television and film production. Zamo Mkhwanazi is an experienced writer/ director who studied producing at the New
York Film Academy. Thereafter she produced the twenty four minute film: Philia. The film has received international recognition at festivals such as The Montreal International Black Film Festival, which has Spike Lee as one of its patrons as well as the United Nations International Film Festival. The film was in competition at Durban International Film Festival. The company will focus on feature films as well as television series development and production. Cell: 071 309 3626 (SMS only) Int. Cell: +27 71 309 3626 Email: zamobleach@gmail.com Web: http://www.kude.co.za Address: 174 Fulham Road, Brixton, Johannesburg, 2092
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ersonal Profile: Producer Manase Duba has an Honours degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Witwatersrand. He has co-produced 4 documentaries on various subjects as well as being an actor in over 20 stage plays in South Africa and the UK. It was his eight years’ experience in the film industry working for Ster Kinekor that he identified an opportunity due to low participation of black-owned production companies in a continuously growing South African film industry. His greatest intention is to create work that will be thought provoking and informative. The feature films produced will cut across all races and cultures; increasing awareness of the different lifestyles and cultures South Africa appreciates.
Manase Duba
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promotion of South African society. It will, to its best ability, ensure to keep the integrity and dignity of every person of South Africa upheld. The business intends to maximize the existing co-production treaties which South Africa has entered into with other countries. Cell: +27 72 204 6444 (SMS only) Tel: +27 12 255 5330 Email: kutaya-productions@hotmail.com Address: PO BOX 2656, Brits, North West 0250, South Africa
Company Profile: Kutaya Productions intends to create films for an international audience. It is dedicated in using film to contribute significantly in the unification and
SAKHURI MULTIMEDIA:
Dinuzulu's Exile / p4
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ersonal Profile: Khubu Zulu is an international award-winning filmmaker having won the Australian International Documentary Competition for the treatment of her film, Down Rockey Street. The Dinuzulu Trilogy of films will be her first drama features and is based on the life of her great-grandfather. Khubu has worked as writer, director and producer in South Africa, directing one of South Africa’s leading soaps, Isidingo, and many documentaries and reality shows.
Khubu Zulu
Company Profile: Sakhuri Multimedia is a full-service production company that was established in 1997. The company develops and produces original content for clients in the broadcasting and creative industries sectors and also offers brand communications and marketing products for clients in the corporate, public and private sectors.
Services include: Multimedia Content Production (Film, TV, online, DVD, radio and print), Research and concept development, Scriptwriting and Creative direction, Producing Corporate and Training Videos and CSR Profiles, Producing and Directing Documentary, Feature films and Television Series. Int. Cell: +27 73 912 0829 (SMS only) Tel: +27 73 912 0829 Email: khubumethz@gmail.com Address: 11 Sharp St, Bellevue, 2198
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PRODUCTION PROFILES
The Association for Transformation in Film and Television
NALWIINDI FILMS:
Bruce Sands: The Rogue Operative / p3
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ersonal Profile: Nalwiindi Shakantu Pietersen was born in Zambia and moved to South Africa as a teenager. From her early years, Nalie developed an interest and love for the film and television industry. After completing a course in acting for television and TV presenting. Nalie found her true passion – to tell stories and so began her journey as a writer-producer. Nalwiindi believes in the power the television and film industry has in influencing society and wants to use the medium to make a positive change to people’s lives.
Nalwiindi (Nalie) Pietersen
Company Profile: Nalwiindi Films is an independent production company that has a vision to produce African productions that can compete with the best the international feature film community can offer. Our focus at Nalwiindi Films is to produce stories that have African characters but storylines that are appealing and relevant to international
audiences. Nalwiindi Films was founded by Nalie and Andre Pietersen in 2011 and is based in North Riding, Johannesburg with associates in the US, UK, Germany and Kenya. Nalwiindi Films is currently working on 3 projects, 2 in development and 1 in pre-production. The company also provides project packaging services. Cell: 081 523 4880 (SMS only) Int. Cell: +27 81 528 4338 Tel: +27 110501312 Email: nalie@nalwiindifilms.com Web: http://www.nalwiindifilms.com Address: P. O Box 2511 Witkoppen, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2068
SOUTH AFRICAN
AMERICAN FILM MARKET & CONFERENCES 5-12 NOVEMBER 2014
Š Johan Wilke
INTRO TO ATFT
South African Indies | American Film Market & Conferences
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ABOUT SA INDIES brand for South African independent filmmakers and companies, established by the Association for Transformation in Film and Television (ATFT) for their delegations sponsored by the department of trade and industry (DTI) to international film and television markets. The facilities and networks ATFT has at these international markets can be used by any South African independent filmmakers and companies and include stand or booth space to host meetings, Wi-Fi at markets, coffee and other refreshments, AV equipment to play promos or trailers, umbrella stand reduced rate accreditation at certain markets such as MIPCOM and MIPTV, logo display on the stands or booths, PR and marketing inclusion at certain markets and a catalogue of projects and companies attending the markets from South Africa available at the stand as well as online.
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South African Indies (SA Indies) is an umbrella brand for South African independent filmmakers and companies
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South African Indies (SA Indies) is an umbrella
Contact Information
Web: www.atft.info E-mail: info@filmandtvtransformation.org Established 2013 South African Non Profit Corporation No: 2013/054061/08
Executive Directors
Sifiso Khanyile - Spokesperson Mayenzeke Baza - Intl. Relations Tshego Molete - Skills Development Pascal Schmitz - Public Officer
Staff
Zukiswa Boyce - Project Coordinator