ATFT Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015

SOUTH AFRICAN

INDIES SHEFFIELD DOC FEST 5 - 10 JUNE 2015

MINERS SHOT DOWN A FILM BY

REHAD DESAI

PHOTO CREDIT © GREG MARINOVICH

CONTENTS

Sheffield Doc Fest

ABOUT THE

SOUTH AFRICAN

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CONTENTS INTRO

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About the SA Film Industry

PRODUCTION PROFILES/PROJECTS

FILM INDUSTRY

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After Marikana: The End Of The ANC?

Uhuru Productions

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Bontle

South Africa has a vibrant film and television 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 or shoot a TV show here than in Europe or the US.

Nakedi And Associates

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Celebrating a Hero

Slic Eye Productions

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Child of the Revolution

Nayanaya Pictures

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Forging Ahead

Tshedza Media

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From A Heart Of A Man

Tumelo Matlala

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Homophobia: Not Having Compassion

For People Who Are Not Like You

Maalkop Trading and Projects cc

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In Parallel Lines

Naleli M Holdings Pty Ltd

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Isihlobo Esihle (A Good Relationship)

Dogg Bite Entertainment

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Lady Africa

Bolobathaba

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Mining For Power

Hambrook Communications

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Reabetswe (The Gift)

Masanani Productions cc

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The Rush Behind

Vanessa Tloubatla

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Wizard of Zim

Away From Keyboard

South African films and television productions have attained substantial global recognition including an Academy Award for best foreign language film in 2006 for Tsotsi, Oscar-nominated films like Yesterday, and U-Carmen eKhayalitsha, a Xhosa-language film which won the Golden Bear award at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival. Documentary film A Lion’s Tale won a non-fiction Emmy in 2006, recognised for its “most outstanding cultural and artistic programming”. South Africa’s documentary and factual films continue to be selected for screening and receive recognition at international festivals including IDFA and HotDocs.

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 District 9, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture; Fury Road, the fourth Mad Max film; Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio; and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus.

Opportunities abound, with the makers of movies, television, commercials and other productions being attracted by South Africa’s highly skilled film crews and technicians, excellent technical capacity and infrastructure, good weather and an incredible and stable film and TV production incentive that ranges from 20% to 50% depending on the kind of production and nature of ownership.

COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Miners Shot Down, a film by Rehad Desai. Photo credit: © Greg Marinovich. Image courtesy of Uhuru Productions.

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AFTER MARIKANA: THE END OF THE ANC? Uhuru Productions Rehad Desai

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ersonal Profile: Rehad Desai is a Producer/Director who runs his own company Uhuru Productions. In 2000, he completed a post-graduate degree in TV and film producing through AVEA and in 2009 he completed a post-graduate diploma in documentary through Eurodoc. He has produced over 20 documentaries, a number of which were directed by himself and have been broadcast internationally, accepted into numerous festivals and been received with critical acclaim. His last film was Miners Shot Down.

Cell: +27 83 997 9204 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 615 2505 Email: rehad@icon.co.za Web: www.uhuruproducions.co.za Address: PO Box 1003, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa

Company Profile: Uhuru was the clarion call announcing Africa’s independence and ability to work together, which we embrace as our company identity. Uhuru Productions was established in 2003. it is a TV and film company whose focus is primarily documentary film.

Its work in both drama and documentary has garnered international and local awards.

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his is a story about the rogue of South African politics: A man who is loved and hated in equal measures: a leader who can’t escape the contradictions that constantly bubble beneath his headline life, a man whose story defines what has, and is, happening in the heart of South Africa’s compelling political life.

The Marikana massacre triggered the formation of a new party, the Economic Freedom Fighters. Led by lovable rogue Julius Malema, the EFF represents the first serious challenge to the ANC. Malema’s party is committed to direct confrontation over parliamentary accountability, land and services for the people, and they will take this fight to the streets. But the ANC, respected home and abroad as the movement that brought down apartheid, has recently demonstrated that it will flout constitutional democracy in order to maintain its right to rule.

Director: Rehad Desai Producer: Rehad Desai Attached Parties: Deckert Distribution Duration (min): 75 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Current Affairs / Investigative Journalism Trailer Link: docs.google.com/file/ d/0B0q8ERbITCf5QldBdjg3SkU4bVE/edit

Phase: Production

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BONTLE Nakedi And Associates Nakedi Ribane

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ersonal Profile: Nakedi Ribane is an actor, law graduate, published author and now emerging film producer and director. She started her career in the fashion and beauty industry as a model, agent, stylist, fashion and beauty editor for three different publications at different periods. She has been a television presenter and voice over artist, which makes her quite versatile within the performing arts.

Cell: +27 82 789 2163 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 884 6331 Email: nakedir@telkomsa.net Address: P.O.Box, 130816, Bryanston 2021, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Company Profile: Nakedi And Associates, a close corporation, was formed in 2005 as a general business and for the business of the arts. It has been a conduit through which the youth and women in particular have found expression and development within the arts. The company seeks to partner with like minded companies and entities through cultural exchanges and co-productions.

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ontle means beauty in Sesotho. It is a feature documentary about beauty in all its forms, based on influences, custom, tradition and lifestyle from a Black and African perspective. Who dictates and informs this beauty? Have blacks become culturally other people and if so, how? Does it in the main scheme of events matter?

Recent attacks of statues and xenophobia in South Africa make the discussion even more interesting and relevant.

Director: Cedric Sundstrom Producer: Nakedi Ribane Duration (min): 90 Episodes: 4 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Factual Entertainment

Phase: Development

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CELEBRATING A HERO

Slic Eye Productions Jugedesi (Desmond) Naidoo

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ersonal Profile: Desmond is passionate about exploring new ways of storytelling, and is always seeking out new voices, fresh ideas and innovative ways to tell stories. He likes to stay on the cutting edge of visual storytelling, and is not afraid to transcend boundaries. He is currently producing and directing short form documentaries for Channel ED, a new channel on the DSTV bouquet that broadcasts throughout Africa. He is also working on two feature length documentaries.

Cell: +27 82 858 0618 (SMS only) Email: sliceye@gmail.com Web: www.sliceye.wix.com/slic-eye Address: 51 Beatrice Street, Robin Hills Johannesburg, 2194, Gauteng, South Africa

Company Profile: Slic Eye Productions is committed to producing quality content that speaks powerfully to a broad audience base; challenging the way we think and feel about the realities of the modern world. We believe that to entertain is as crucial as to inform, and we always endeavour to connect ordinary people to their hopes, dreams and anxieties in an entertaining way.

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ilip Sarkar relives the life of his wartime hero, ace South African pilot Sailor Malan, who played a pivotal role in the defeat of the Germans during the Battle of Britain, a victory that changed the course of World War 2. He embarks on a journey to relive Malan’s great wartime triumphs and to explore his post-war fight for freedom in Apartheid South Africa. The film interweaves the momentous events of the past with present-day reality to bring us new insights into a man whose achievements still remain largely unknown in the land of his birth.

Director: Joseph Oesi Producer: Desmond Naidoo Attached Parties: Broadcaster: Channel ED, Urban Brew Studios, Roberto Carletti: Channel Head Duration (min): 72 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Biography

Phase: Pre-production

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CHILD OF THE

REVOLUTION Nayanaya Pictures Xoliswa Sithole

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ersonal Profile: Xoliswa is a producer/ director who makes films focusing on justice and human rights. Xoliswa was an associate producer on Orphans of Inkandla which won her a BAFTA. Xoliswa produced South Africa’s Lost Girls with True Vision, and Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children.

She was a Peabody winner, BAFTA and BANFF. Xoliswa is is trying to raise archive money for Child of the Revolution, shot in Zimbabwe, and is developing a Mandela documentary exploring his peace efforts globally.

children. Its primary business objective is to produce documentaries, corporate videos and feature films.

Cell: +27 72 504 1929 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 640 3685 Email: sitholexoliswa7@gmail.com Web: www.nayanayapictures.com Address: 12 Babington Street, Fairwood, 2192, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Company Profile: Nayanaya Pictures was established in 1997 as a closed corporation film production company. The company’s ethos is rooted in founder and director Xoliswa Sithole’s vision of a film company that produces films with themes in tune with South Africa’s political, educational, and socio-economic realm and the world at large, and with a particular focus on women and

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hild of The Revolution, eight years in the making, not only depicts Zimbabwe’s painful transition to selfrule from British rule, but is also a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

It holistically tries to explore the challenges that countries face, especially African countries on their journey to self-rule.

Director: Xoliswa Sithole Producer: Xoliswa Sithole Attached Parties: Women Make Movies are interested in distributing the documentary Duration (min): 70 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Historical/Personal

Phase: Post-production

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FORGING AHEAD

Tshedza Media Takalani Mulaudzi

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ersonal Profile: With a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Pretoria, Takalani was drawn to the television industry quiet early in her career and ever since she has been telling stories. Takalani founded Tshedza Media in 2011 after gaining experience as a freelancer over more than 10 years.

Takalani believes in growing with her company.

Storytelling is her my life and she is humbled to work with people who are equally passionate.

Cell: +27 76 130 3114 (SMS only) Email: tshedzanaledzi@gmail.com Web: www.tshedzamedia.co.za Address: 13 Mrytle Street, Naturena ext 26, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2095, South Africa

Company Profile: Tshedza Media is a communications company that specializes in documentary production. Tshedza Media has produced corporate videos and boasts three documentary series called 100% Youth, Freedom is not Free and Come Again? that have been commissioned by the South African Broadcast Corporation. Tshedza Media is in development of a feature documentary – Lest We Forget!

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orging Ahead is a film about relationships. A young man from a poor background is surrounded with nothing more than good positive relationships and he uses those as his springboard to change his school marks and write his future.

Mzimasi, 18 years old, is the last-born son of eight Bhomela kids. His dad was a miner who got retrenched and Bhomela had to rely on his siblings for survival. In 2014, he wrote his final high school exam. A few years before he did not perform well. What can one achieve when surrounded by nothing but support?

Director: Milly Takalani Mulaudzi Producer: Milly Takalani Mulaudzi Duration (min): 24 Format: HD Type: Short Documentary Genre: Socio-Lifestyle Trailer Link: www.dropbox.com/s/ cwqxqfjw8ia5149/PROTEC%20 1%2712%22TEASER.mp4?dl=0

Phase: Complete

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FROM A HEART OF A MAN Tumelo Matlala Tumelo Matlala

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ersonal Profile: Tumelo Matlala is among the bright lights in this industry.

He began his career decade ago as a musician. He’s since added acting and modeling to his list of achievements. He has been cast in various television adverts for most of South Africa’s leading brands. Mostly known for his role as Captain Black in Mzansi Magic’s bioscope Mama Stole My Hunk; he also acts in soapies such as Generations, Zabalaza, Rhythm City and many more.

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he From A Heart of A Man project is a Talk Show which is aimed at inspiring men and the women in their lives. It is meant to stimulate peoples’ minds, pierce through souls and tackle issues that are facing men on a daily basis. The concept has a special focus on men purely as determined by the way they sometimes struggle to express themselves.

The goal is to build healthy relationships.

Cell: +27 72 806 4004 (SMS only) Email: tumelomusic@gmail.com Address: 1063 Khumalo Street, Duduza, Nigel 1496

Director: Tumelo Matlala Producer: Tumelo Matlala Duration (min): 30 Format: HD Type: Factual Series Genre: Talk Show

Phase: Development

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HOMOPHOBIA NOT HAVING COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE YOU Maalkop Trading and Projects cc Obakeng Malope

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ersonal Profile: Obakeng Malope has been working in the TV industry since the year 2012; worked on advertisements, feature films, horse racing, soccer and lifestyle shows Produced a PSA (public service announcement advert) in the Big Fish School of Filmmaking which won special mention for Best Sound at the Mnet Tag Awards 2012.Won a commission for Mzansi Magic (TV channel) to do a film about a once-famous celebrity Mr. Selwyn. Also the founder of Maalkop Trading and Projects.

Cell: +27 79 714 3028 (SMS only) Email: obakengmalope@yahoo.com Web: www.maalkop.weebly.com Address: No. 4 Gibson Street, Wesdene, Johannesburg, 2092, South Africa

Company Profile: Maalkop started on 03/11/2010 as a t-shirt printing company to raise funds for film productions. We still sell the Maalkop logo printed t-shirts, print for other businesses and invest the money in the films. We shoot documentary films, edit, do camera work and sound mixing for other companies and music video production.

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n 1996, after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s new constitution became the first in the world to include provisions of non-discrimination based on sexual orientation. Lesbians, gay men, and transgender people in South Africa continue to face hostility and violence.

This film will follow a Hindu gay couple who broke the stigma on homosexuality by getting married. Through their marriage we uncovered the secret gay life in the Hindu Indian culture. Similar stereotypes in homosexuality and HIV/Aids appear. Lesbians are raped to turn them straight, and some contract HIV/Aids from the ordeal.

Director: Obakeng Malope Producer: Molly Motseothata Duration (min): 60 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Social issues

Trailer Link: youtu.be/vsXnT5FbA9k , www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB8OhB5HfI&fea ture=youtu.be Attached Parties: The Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) is a nonprofit organisation that works with and in the interests of black lesbian women in South Africa. Irantiorg is a queer human rights visual media organization based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Iranti-org works within a human rights framework as its foundational platform for raising issues on Gender, Identities and Sexuality.

Phase: Development

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IN PARALLEL LINES

Naleli M Holdings Pty Ltd Pheello Mochele

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ersonal Profile: Pheello Mochele is the Business Development Director of Naleli M Holdings. He has a BCom Actuarial Science degree and Mathematical Statistics and Financial Risk Manager Postgraduate. He is also an author of books in Sesotho and English, being translated in other languages. His passion is in storytelling and he combines his great business acumen and skills to produce films, books and other mediums that travel and have the most impact.

financial risk management, quantitative analysis and large business dynamics.

Cell: +27 72 396 2813 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 477 0291 Email: admin@nalelim.co.za Web: www.nalelim.co.za Address: 47 Twist Street Albertville, Randburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2195, South Africa

Company Profile: Naleli M Holdings boasts lots of experience in studio based TV show, corporate video, low budget film and documentary productions. It is 100% black, 50% female and youth owned. The company was started with the notion of creating an enterprise that would be professional and growth driven in all its business engagements.

The directors of this company have skills and experience in video and digital production,

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artin Mahlamvu (one of the most notorious Gangsters known to Johannesburg, Gauteng) and Lesley Ann Van Selm (2010 woman of the year running the biggest NPO in South Africa, and Africa) are in an adopted mother and son relationship that is characterized by contrast in decisions, opportunities and challenges and it all started more than eighteen years ago when Lesley Ann visited prison and met Martin as an inmate.

Director: Dudusile Mkhize Producer: Pheello Mochele Duration (min): 80 Format: 16mm Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Documentary Attached Parties: National Film and Video Foundation is interested in Funding the Development of the project. NFVF is a statutory body in South Africa with the mandate to improve the film and television industry in SA through funding, training, facilitating, etc.

Phase: Development

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ISIHLOBO ESIHLE (A GOOD RELATIONSHIP) Dogg Bite Entertainment Siphiwe Dominic Mpanza

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ersonal Profile: Based in Cato Manor, Durban, his artistic journey interplays with photography and flirts with creative writing. He studied at Movietech Film and Television College. He produced a documentary, The Rebirth of uMkhumbane, for SABC. He attended Durban Producer’s Lab. This gave him access to the Durban Film Mart as well as business training at University of KwaZulu-Natal. His current documentary Isihlobo Esihle (A Good Relationship) was a finalist in DISCOP Africa’s pitching competition.

still a new kid on the block and are greedy for experience.

Cell: +27 71 251 2428 (SMS only) Email: sfmpanza@hotmail.com Web: isihloboesihle.blogspot.com Address: CC0353 Cato Crest, Mayville, 4091, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Company Profile: Dogg Bite Entertainment is aimed at adding value to the growing South African film and television industry through extensive, raw and authentic creativity. The company has produced several short experimental films. With one professional production on slate, a documentary we did for SABC TV, we are

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here is a prevailing outcry phrase among the Zulu which says “lafa elihle kakhulu” meaning “cry the death of the (Zulu) nation”. This refers to the loss of values and customs among Zulu people. This documentary exposes colonial influences such as lobola (Bride Price) regulation as factors that hinder poor lovers from marrying. The poor are the majority among the Zulu nation.

This film warns that the exclusion of the poor from marriage is a critical factor to the deterioration of a culture that the Zulu want to protect and celebrate.

Director: Siphiwe Dominic Mpanza Producer: Siphiwe Dominic Mpanza Duration (min): 70 Format: 2K Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Ethnographic Documentary Attached Parties: KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission

Phase: Development

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LADY

AFRICA Bolobathaba Molatelo Mainetje

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ersonal Profile: Molatelo Mainetje is an award-winning television news and current affairs producer, video journalist and documentary filmmaker. With 14 years experience in the industry, Molatelo has produced, written, directed and edited several documentary films in South Africa and on the continent, broadcast locally and internationally.

Molatelo is the founder of Bolobathaba Filmmaking Project in rural GaModjadji, Limpopo Province. She’s also serving as the Secretary of Documentary Filmmakers’ Association of South Africa.

GaModjadji in Limpopo Province of South Africa, the company has brought together over 50 young people who are trained to use film to tell their own stories.

Cell: +27 83 714 5648 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 496 3286 Email: bolobathaba@gmail.com Web: www.bolobathaba.co.za Address: Unit 15 Quartz Close, 1 Chamfuti Crescent, Ormonde, 2091, Johannesburg South Africa

Company Profile: Established in 2010, Bolobathaba Multimedia is owned by Molatelo Mainetje; an award-winning television news and current-affairs producer and filmmaker.

The company was born to fill the vacuum that exists in documentary filmmaking in the province - storytelling firsthand. Through Bolobathaba Filmmaking Project in rural

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nternationally renowned musician Lady Africa was born Margaret Mcingana. She was forced to modify herself to suit her white audience during Apartheid and was one of the few musicians allowed to perform in the country. Singana suffered a stroke in 1978 and when she made a comeback years later, and went big with William Faure’s successful television series Shaka Zulu theme song, We are Growing. Little did she know that would be her last bow. After touring the world, tragedy fell on her home soil. A mysterious incident that remains unreported till now leaves her wheelchair bound. Singana died in 2000.

Director: Molatelo Mainetje Producer: Molatelo Mainetje Duration (min): 75 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Bio-Doc Attached Parties: National Film and Video Foundation

Phase: Development

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MINING

FOR POWER Hambrook Communications Joseph Oesi

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rofile: Born in picturesque KwaZuluNatal, South Africa, Joseph Oesi is a veteran, award-winning South African television news journalist. Oesi chose at a very early stage to focus on his first passion – namely telling stories through televisual/multi-media devices. In a career spanning three decades, he has produced documentaries in French and English. With his vast experience, it was only natural that Oesi would want to tell his own stories on the African continent.

Hambrook Films is currently in various stages of production on a number of documentaries telling African stories ranging from Rwanda, DRC to Benin.

Cell: +27 83 988 3473 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 447 7887 Email: joesibt@me.com Web: www.miningforpower.com Address: 110 Alteryn Mansions, 6, Corlett Drive, Illovo 2196, Johannesburg

Company Profile: Hambrook Films is a Pan-African production house that specialises in non-fiction projects that cross platforms and open minds. They tell compelling stories using film as a medium to challenge traditionally negative perceptions of Africa.

Hambrook Films has an established track record of working with international co-producers and commissioned content.

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he Apartheid government gained power on the back of an economy driven by mining.

After 1994, South Africa was a symbol of hope, but today the country shows signs of despair. The infamous Marikana massacre in 2012 shines a light on the insidious history of mining.

In the documentary, we meet a father who lost his son, a widow with no money to feed her family, and a miner, as they grapple with the ramifications of the 2012 tragic atrocity and go on their own personal journeys in search of answers.

Director: Joseph Oesi Producer: Mofolu Oesi Duration (min): 90 Format: HD Episodes: 2 Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Documentary Trailer Link: www.miningforpower.com

Phase: Production

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REABETSWE (THE GIFT)

Masanani Productions cc Tshililo Muzila

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ersonal Profile: I was born in Mauluma village, murahu ha thavha ya Tswime.

I enrolled at Wits University in the year 2000 and obtained my BA (Honours Equivalent) Degree in 2004. I currently own a production company (Masanani Productions) that produces television programmes and corporate events. We have just finished post production of three SABC 1 series shows; namely Come Again, Freedom is not Free and 100% Youth.

This was produced by Tshedza Media.

Cell: +27 83 240 2497 Email: tshililow@gmail.com Web: www.masanani.co.za Address: 51 Eleadah Complex, Krugersdorp x2

Company Profile: Masanani is a production and post-production solution company that offers its services to National and International Production Houses that have independent or broadcaster commissioned projects. On an international scale, some of the works we have rendered is the post-production for Prince Harry’s ‘Sentebale’ Project in Lesotho. We have also done a number of international and national documentaries alike.

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his is a story of a young rural South African girl who is continuing to touch and amaze South Africans everyday. At a tender age of 8, she started a kiddies interactive group that they names Ditsala (friends). This was after she heard of a girl in need of funds to go participate in Brasil for Miss Little Nations.

This Documentary continues to track the amazing work of ‘a bunch of young kids’ determined to make a change.

Director: Jedi Mulovhedzi Producer: Tshililo waha Muzila Duration (min): 72 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Documentary Trailer Link: www.youtu.be/MFl4nPk8B4k

Phase: Production

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THE RUSH BEHIND

Vanessa Tloubatla Vanessa Tloubatla

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ersonal Profile: Vanessa Tloubatla is a highly motivated, hard working professional that has experience in the broadcasting, film and television and events management industries. She has worked for various local and international broadcasters including CNN, Turner Broadcasting, Clear Channel Media and eNCA which imparted her with advanced broadcasting, production and events-management skills.

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ew people know exactly what happens just days before the events they attend or the television shows. We explore the lives of event organizers, celebrities and their families. We travel to events to give viewers a look at the planning, the adrenaline rush, the entertaining moments, the dynamics between the crew and cast, the rush to meet deadlines, decision making, the panic, the inspiring moments, the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of behind the scenes of production.

Cell: +27 76 766 5863 (SMS only) Email: irfaan@kalaharipictures.co.za Address: 24 Hlabangane Street, Kwa-Thema, 1575

Director: Vanessa Tloubatla Producer: Vanessa Tloubatla Duration (min): 60 Episodes: 13 Format: HD Type: Factual Series Genre: Reality

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WIZARD OF ZIM

Away From Keyboard Samora Sekhukhune

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ersonal Profile: Samora Sekhukhune ventures into documentary filmmaking from a background of 15 years as a producer of television series and commercials, supporting award-winning directors and production companies. After producing documentary series, Africa Rising in 2008 she was hooked – on documentary and the continent. She lends her voice to the increasing number of storytellers who believe in the power of documentary filmmaking in innovative and courageous ways.

Pitch at DISCOP and ZIFF in 2014; Rotterdam (IFFR) Lab in 2015.

Cell: +27 61 404 5360 Tel: +27 11 431 3858 Email: sssamora@gmail.com Address: Postnet Suite 241, Private Bag x9 , Melville, 2092, Johannesburg , South Africa

Company Profile: We focus on documentary.

Why? Because we believe in its power.

We focus on the African continent. Why? Because we know she is the future. Our debut independent feature documentary, Wizard of Zim, speaks directly to these values. So far, the project is supported by Hot Docs Blue Ice Fund, National Film & Video Foundation, Department of Trade & Industry; won Best

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daughter, desperate to win her father’s approval, drives him thousands of miles from South Africa to Zimbabwe trying to make his 70th birthday wish come true: to meet his lifelong hero, President Robert Mugabe.

Seemingly random encounters and tangential tales all form part of this road trip northward (and inward), helping the pair confront - and evade - answers to personal and political uncertainties. Despite its controversial premise, the film defies any expectation for high drama or spectacle.

A simplistic story on the surface, it uses its basic structure to wring out universal themes of memory, truth and redemption.

Director: Samora Sekhukhune Producer: Samora Sekhukhune Duration (min): 90 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Observational Trailer Link: www.vimeo.com/114561633 Attached Parties: Hot Docs Blue Ice Fund - Elizabeth Radshaw, National Film & Video Foundation - Refiloe Hlabioa, Department of Trade and Industry - Brenda Mohale

Phase: Pre-production

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INTRO TO ATFT

The Association for Transformation in Film and Television

ABOUT SA INDIES 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. Find out more at sa-indies.org.

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South African Indies (SA Indies) is an umbrella brand for South African independent filmmakers and companies

Contact Information

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South African Indies (SA Indies) is an umbrella brand for

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