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SOUTH AFRICAN

INDIES SHEFFIELD DOC FEST 7-12 JUNE 2014

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South African Indies Sheffield Doc Fest 2014

WHO IS

ATFT?

The Association for Transformation in Film and Television (ATFT) is a non-profit company that tackles transformation in the film and TV industry in South Africa and aims to implement the various

CONTENTS INTRO 3. About the SA Film Industry PROJECTS 4.

All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men

B antu Nightingales: A History of Black Nurses in South Africa

transformation strategies and

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Black Widow

programmes that organisations and

Child of the Revolution

government stakeholders in the

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industry have in place.

Marikana: A Tale of Invisible Women

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Philia

Rain in a Dead Man’s Footprints

ATFT’s statement of purpose is “to empower, develop and inspire black females, physically impaired and black individuals, as well as black-owned companies, and grow the South African Film, Television, Animation and Transmedia Industries“.

ATFT believes South African filmmakers need to increase their networks of international contacts, which will enable them to conduct business according to international

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Ma’ngoyi: Mother of Black Resistance

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The African Native Choir Jubilee Tour: 1891-’93

The Relic Coven

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The Journey: The Road of a MK Soldier

Y-Revolution

PRODUCTION PROFILES 10.

Asi-B Films

Big Fish

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Fort Films

Happy Brown Babies Productions CC

standards and develop strong

12. Imbiza Entertainment

business models for their companies.

Nayanaya Pictures

13. One Man & His Dog Films Rzalutionary Filmworks

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Suzanne Du Toit

Taxi Films

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ABOUT THE

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outh 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 sub-class of aliens forced to live in the slums of Johannesburg - was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture.

South Africa also has a growing reputation as a producer of award-winning local content, such as Oscar-nominated Yesterday, the story of the struggles of an HIV-positive mother, and U-Carmen eKhayalitsha, a Xhosalanguage film which won the Golden Bear award at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival.

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”.

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.

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.

Our Mission

ATFT is pleased to present its delegation of emerging filmmakers from South Africa to Sheffield Doc Fest 2014. ATFT, together with the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Wesgro, hosts the South African Indies Stand at Sheffield Doc Fest 2014 and has created this catalogue of companies and productions from South Africa in attendance at Sheffield Doc Fest 2014.

Our Statement of Purpose “To empower, develop and inspire black females, physically impaired and black individuals, as well as black-owned companies, and grow the South African Film, Television, Animation and Transmedia Industries”.

ATFT’s Highest Aspiration

“An overall growth of 200% of South African content on local and international platforms of which 80% is made and sold by black females, physically impaired and black individuals, and black-owned companies by end 2018”

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

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To empower, develop and inspire black females, physically impaired and black individuals, as well as blackowned companies, and grow the South African Film, Television, Animation and Transmedia Industries.

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Come learn about the South African Independant Television and Transmedia Industry. A world of locations in one country, great weather, first class crew, facilities and infrastructure, amazing stories, co-production treaties with many countries and great funding and tax incentives.

Meet some of the world’s friendliest and most passionate filmmakers at the SA Indies Stand at the Sheffield Doc Fest 2014 and read more about some of the projects on offer at various stages, from development to completed work, in this catalogue.

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PROJECTS

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ALL THE KING’S HORSES AND ALL THE KING’S MEN Imbiza Entertainment

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ll the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men is a story of a modern day King,KgotshiMakgoba, in search of his ancestor’s head. His great grandfather, King Makgoba was assassinated in 1895 by a boer leader who took the kings head to Pretoria as proof of his death. We access the story through the new kings’ daughter, a modern day, city life, media professional living in Johannesburg who is caught between her modern life and her roots in rural South Africa.

The story unravels as she visits her rural home to find it in turmoil under her father’s rule. The province of Limpopo has been riddled with chaos and corruption for decades. Her father, King Kgotshiis convinced that the turmoil being experienced by the province is due to the fact that King Makgoba’s head is still missing and that it must be reunited with his body in order to bring peace back to the province.

The community of Limpopo had been paying homeage to the head of a mummy in the Pretoria Museum for 25 years only to discover that the head they were visiting was that of an Egyptian mummy and not the head of King Makgoba. This absurd discovery adds a macarb sense of humour to the search asMaphala,through duty and a love for her father, sets outon a journey to Germany and back to South Africa to discover the location of the missing head.

Director: Kgomotso Matsunyane Producer: Warren Wilensky Duration (min): 75 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: History Trailer Link: https://vimeo.com/66012071

Phase: Development

BANTU NIGHTINGALES: A HISTORY

OF BLACK NURSES IN SOUTH AFRICA One Man & His Dog Films

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his is a story about black nurses in South Africa, who from 1908 (when Cecilia Makiwane became the first African woman to qualify as a nurse) were part of a highly aspirational and respected profession, and whose need increased proportionally with industrialisation and the commercial development of South African cities.

Nursing was one of the few professions available to black women before apartheid, which meant that selection to training colleges was highly competitive and selective. Nurses were a crucial professional and cultural link between African traditional values and Western education and development, as many Africans were mistrustful of western medicine and norms. The past twenty years have seen a near collapse of the South African nursing profession. This documentary aims to celebrate the past

accomplishments, while interrogating how things could have gone so terribly wrong as to result in a once lauded profession being one of the most reviled in South Africa.

Director: Kgomotso Matsunyane Producer: Robbie Thorpe Duration (min): 90 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: History Broadcasters / Financiers / Distributors / Sales Agents: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has given the project a grant R100 000 for research and development.

Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=-_XsMU4JSYA

Phase: Development

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BLACK WIDOW

Happy Brown Babies Productions CC

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ne winter’s night, Nokuthula ZuluXaba’s husband is shot outside their home. Thus begin her nightmare, as instead of helping her through this hard time, his family takes the opportunity to repossess all their belongings through their cultural “right”, leaving her and her son with nothing.In the clash between modernity and traditional culture, the biggest losers are women who have lost their husbands. On their husbands’ passing - unprotected by the state and vulnerable to patriarchal traditions – these women often find themselves battling in-laws who blame them for the deaths of their sons, and come to enforce traditional edicts that states everything a man owns belongs to his “original” family. Many women find themselves out on the street with their children. Some traditions force the widow to marry her late husband’s male relative so he can ‘take care of his late brother’s estate’.

We relive Nokuthula’s ordeal as she helps a young widow currently going through

the same ordeal she once did. Following their trials and triumphs, we watch a tale of fortitude unfold as they battle this young widow’s family to keep possession of everything she worked for during her marriage.

We learn about the demands of culture that bring these practices about, but ultimately we go an a journey of hope and courage with women in the fight for dignity and life.

Director/Producer: Tshego Molete Duration (min): 75 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Documentary Broadcasters / Financiers / Distributors / Sales Agents: National Film and Video Foundation-Development fund: $10 000

Phase: Development

CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION Nayanaya Pictures CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION DIRECTED BY

XOLISWA SITHOLE

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oliswa Sithole escaped Apartheid South Africa as a child and grew up amidst the freedom fighters of Zimbabwe, witnessing the euphoria of revolution, but she left as the country descended into disarray.

Now, in this powerful, moving documentary she returns to Zimbabwe to relive her story and investigate what happened to those dreams of freedom.

This film attempts to pierce the static obscuring the Zimbabwean story.

Zimbabweans themselves are given the space to tell their story; a story celebrating 30 years of independence.

And it is in walking with our characters from colonialism through the liberation war to the challenges of post-colonial Independence to the present crisis ignited

by President Mugabe’s attempts at land redistribution. This historic journey helps us understand more clearly where the country

finds itself today.

If we are able to make sense of events unfolding in Zimbabwe, we will be able to make sense of our own struggles. For as we recount the Zimbabwean story we are really recounting the story of Africans and the rest of the world.

Director/Producer: Xoliswa Sithole Duration (min): 75 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Documentary

Phase: Post-production

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MA’NGOYI:

MOTHER OF BLACK RESISTANCE Fort Films

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s a descendant of a fighter of great resilience in a war against Apartheid, I examine freedom; angle by angle and ask the most important question: Are we truly free?

Freedom has always been seen as a destination in South Africa, something that was fought for and ultimately attained. I find it to be quite a restless place and have always questioned the divinity of freedom. Ma’Ngoyi’s influence is still felt to this very day, as each year that passes by women stand in remembrance of one of the greatest demonstrations of the struggle of our time when she orchestrated a march of 20 000 women to The Union Buildings in protest against the pass laws that existed then.

The 9th of August has since been commemorated as South African Women’s Day in accordance to this cause. In the turbulent years of the 1950’s two different forces merged to plunge Lilian Ngoyi, a hard-working widow, into the very heart of the liberation struggle in South Africa.

In 1994, South Africa became a democratic country, we were “free at last” but even twenty years on, the disparities and inequality in South Africa still, constantly gnaw at you. With the story of Ma’Ngoyi, we take freedom and dissect it. We look at the resilience of Ma’Ngoyi and what she represented and juxtapose it with my ‘freedom’ to reveal the stark differences, three generations later.

PROJECT IMAGE

Director/Producer: Nqaba Ngoyi Duration (min): 90 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: History Broadcasters / Financiers / Distributors / Sales Agents: nfvf.co.za Trailer Link: http://vimeo.com/69468538

Phase: Production

MARIKANA: A TALE OF INVISIBLE WOMEN Rzalutionary Filmworks

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t Marikana, 34 platinum miners were massacred while fighting for their employers Lonmin to listen to their wage demands. South Africa changed forever on that fateful, 16 August 2012, and left 18 year old Pumeza Mabiya widowed as a teenager and single mother to two young children. The last two years have seen her fighting for survival and on a journey to learn about the truth of her husband’s death at the hands of South African Police.

Today she is still struggling to close the Marikana chapter as she fights with her in-laws who do not want her to replace her husband at Lonmin’s Marikana mine. She stands at a crossroads as she realises that her only choice now is to be a miner herself, joining 5% of women working as platinum miners. The teenage widow and miner tells her story.

Director: Mariza Matshaya Duration (min): 84 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Documentary Looking for: Co-Producers, Finance, Sales Agent, Distributor, Broadcaster, Festival Programmers

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PHILIA

Big Fish

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hilia (The Good Doctor) – A film

by Zamo Mkhwanazi: Dimpho is a young South African woman whose dreams of studying abroad are shattered when she discovers that she is married to a Congolese man she has never met, Jean-Cristophe Kuyume. Unwilling to accept the idea of being a victim, and unable to appeal for help from the authorities, Dimpho decides to take matters into her own hands and set a trap for Jean-Cristophe.

But Dimpho underestimates her quarry, and ultimately learns that she has misjudged the kind of man she sees as her enemy.

Finding common ground in their shared humanity and dreams of a better life for themselves, the two become unlikely allies.

However, what Dimpho has set in motion cannot be undone, and will ultimately lead to a chain of events that will shatter both their worlds and lead to pain, loss, and ultimately growth.

Director: Zamo Mkhwanazi Duration (min): 24 Format: Film Type: Short Film Genre: Drama Broadcasters / Financiers / Distributors / Sales Agents: Multichoice Looking for: Finance, Sales Agent, Distributor, Broadcaster Trailer Link: http://kude.co.za

Phase: Complete

RAIN IN A DEAD MAN’S FOOTPRINTS

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he older people say that when you live, you leave footprints in the sand and when you die the rain washes those footprints away.

The question is, what then do we leave behind? Rain in a Dead Man’s Footprints is a story of two men from a small mining village in Namaqualand who surpass the racial, gender and cultural constraints that defined their existence through the creation of Jazzart, a leading contemporary dance company in South Africa. As a gay multi-racial couple they were exiled in the 1970s from the community in Namaqualand. After thirty years of dance development in the City of Cape Town, the two men are asked to leave once again. As a result, they have decided to return to the old mining town to train underprivileged youth in their new makeshift studio. Through the story of Byron, an ex alcoholic, we see how their legacy will live on through the next generation of dancers. By weaving dance memories of the past and the circumstances of the present, the

documentary follows the rehearsal process of a new production to be performed on a national stage. The staged production follows the true-life narratives of our characters as they attempt to reveal unanswered questions through live performance. Rain in a Dead Man’s Footprints is the story of overcoming all obstacles to follow an unconventional dream. A legacy that will never be washed away for as long as they live in the memories of those whose lives they have touched.

Director: Dominique Jossie Producer: Warren Wilensky Duration (min): 75 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Dance Documentary Trailer Link: http://vimeo.com/93059365

Phase: Development

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THE AFRICAN NATIVE CHOIR JUBILEE TOUR, 1891-’93 One Man & His Dog Films

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his is the phenomenal story of the African Native Choir, which was assembled by an erstwhile promoter Mr. Balmer in 1891 in South Africa among missionary-educated blacks, specifically to perform for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebrations. They performed for two and a half years in many parts of England, Scotland and Ireland.

While initially excited about the prospects of touring England (a truly rare experience), once they arrived the group was constantly frustrated by the blatant racism, and jealousy among the group even leads to fantastic charges of witchcraft. This documentary aims to tell the story of the African Native Choir’s historic musical tour of England: through exploring the physical trail they followed, as well as the group’s the dramatic emotional highs and lows, as told first hand through the most celebrated member of the tour: Katie Manye (Makanya) as told in the book “The Calling of Katie Makanya”, and supported

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with compelling archive photographs and newspaper articles.

The tour was not particularly successful, but two of the women singing in the group grew to leave an indelible mark on South Africa. Katie went on to become an assistant to Dr. McCord and helped him when he founded the McCord Hospital in Durban, while Charlotte (Maxeke) went on to become an educator and an ANC activist after further education in the United States of America (Tuskegee and Wilberforce).

Director: Kgomotso Matsunyane Producer: Philip Miller Duration (min): 60 Format: HD Type: Factual One Off Genre: History

Phase: Development

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tephen Brown, a modern Sherlock Holmes residing in England, is called to investigate a series of enigmatic murders occurring in small town Prince Albert, South Africa. The killer gruesomely murders his victims, and then extracts their internal organs for a reason unknown to many - muti.

Nozi Mzomba, a top notch local detective is to assist inspector Brown with the case, in light of some of its African content. Brown defies this move, and uses generic protocol to uncover the mysteries of the killings. But his information serves him ill. The case gets nowhere and soon, Nozi is there to shape things for him. She tells him the case is not “typical” and therefore, unorthodox methods would need to be used. She says they would need to see a “Sangoma”, a traditional sage in matter like these for guidance. The killings escalate. The town’s mayor panics and at the last minute, Stephen gives Nozi a try.

Director: Phillip Gqitiyeza Duration (min): 99 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Mystery Broadcasters / Financiers / Distributors / Sales Agents: Rzalutionary Filmworks, Seismic Looking for: Co-Producers, Finance, Sales Agent, Distributor, Broadcaster

Phase: Development

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THE JOURNEY: THE ROAD OF A MK SOLDIER

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‘The Journey’ is a 13-part documentary series looking for a sales agent / distributor, as it profiles the many different journey’s that MK soldiers took during their fight against apartheid. It is no secret that South Africa did not win this fight alone, we received a lot of help through training, equipment and even weaponry, from other countries, arming our soldiers to fight for freedom.

We will travel across the continent and beyond, visiting the different nations that supported us, and walking the path that our soldiers did many years before, in order to remind us of the sacrifices and the contributions that not only our soldiers made, but the many different countries as well.

This series will be a remembrance of the sacrifices made in order to keep us as South Africans humble to the fact that 20

years of democracy was a collective effort and we need to appreciate those who helped us when they could have easily turned their backs.This series will be available as individual documentaries or as a collective of (13 parts x 60 minutes).

Director/Producer: Asivhanzhi “Asi” Mathaba Duration (min): 60 Format: 4k Type: Factual Series Genre: Documentary Series Trailer Link: http://www.asibfilms.com

Phase: Pre-production

Y-REVOLUTION Taxi Films, Suzanne du Toit

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-Revolution – The story of YFM: The struggle didn’t end, it just changed. Set against the birth of a new democracy, this is the inspiring tale of how a group of young, ambitious South Africans came together despite incredible odds and intense media skepticism to launch the country’s very first independent black youth radio station.

The ultimate symbol of freedom of speech, YFM became so much more than just an ordinary radio station. It gave a voice to the youth of Jozi when nobody else would even dare. It gave artists, DJs, producers and entrepreneurs the confidence to reach for their dreams. And it gave Kwaito – a new music genre a home, a face and an audience. The vanguard of South African youth culture YFM, harnessed the raw energy of Jozi’s streets and turned it into something honest and beautiful - a feat no other has been able to achieve since.

Directors/Producers: Suzanne Du Toit, Thato Moatlhodi Duration (min): 85 Format: HD Type: Feature Documentary Genre: Music, Biography

Phase: Development

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ASI-B FILMS

The Journey (The Road of an MK Soldier) / p9

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ersonal Profile : Asivhanzhi “Asi” Mathaba, Executive Producer and Director, graduated from City Varsity Film School in Cape Town, South Africa, majoring in Directing.

After spending more than 12 years in the film and television industry Mathaba has managed to accrue the following credits on both the local South African and the International scene; I Had It All (SABC doccie series), Rivoningo season 1 to 3, Musangwe documentary(Gladiators), Culture shock, Big Brother, “Zola 7”, “Latitude” and “Zwahashu” for the SABC. Internationally made films; “Storming Ernest”. International Documentaries; “Solly Story” garnered award at Berlin Film Festival. He then went on to make “Homesick”documentary which showed at FESPACO: A Chinese-South African film collaboration. He has also worked in countries such as Zimbabwe and Hong Kong.

Asivhanzhi “Asi” Mathaba

stories with a uniquely Asi-B signature: Bringing to life the human element using internationally celebrated formats of storytelling. This is captured on the latest world-class technology coupled with an awardwinning filmic style developed by a team of creative innovators representing the inclusive spectrum of a South African diversity in unity. The company was founded by one of South Africa’s multitalented director, Asivhanzhi “Asi” Mathaba. His extensive knowledge en sures that the right elements are brought together every time a project is carried out.

SA Cell: +27 78 100 6949 (No roaming) International Cell: 033 789 3137 Tel: +27 11 26 4 2235 Email: asi@asibfilms.com Web: http://www.asibfilms.com Address: P.O. Box 9536, Edenglen, South Africa, 1613

Company Profile: Asi - B Films: An innovative film, television and multimedia production company, that seeks to tell untold South African and African

BIG FISH Philia / p6

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ersonal Profile: Zamo Mkhwanazi has written more than a hundred hours of aired television on over twenty-five 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. She is currently directing on the sitcom Single Galz and is in postproduction for her next film: The Call, starring Fana Mokoena (World War Z).

Zamo Mkhwanazi

Company Profile: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking recognises talented unemployed, South African youths and trains them in audio visual skills. The

school specialises in socially conscious documentary filmmaking and high-concept drama productions. Big Fish students have won awards from China to Canada as well as having an 85% employment rate with production companies and international broadcasters such as Al Jazeera.

Cell: +27 71 309 3626 (SMS only) Tel: +27 11 482 5599 Email: zamobleach@gmail.com Web: http://bigfish.org.za Address: 174 Fulham Road, Brixton, 2092

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FORT FILMS

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ersonal Profile: After directing a few plays as community work, Nqaba began to develop concepts for film and television. These activities led to building relationships with a number of film companies in Johannesburg. He’s currently working as an Insert Producer for a music show called Sunday Chillaz as well as Director on a Documentary Series called In Conversation ‘Making Cents’, currently in Post Production. His previous work includes shows such as The Money Drop for Endemol South Africa and I Am A Work Of Art. He has recently directed and produced a comedy DVD for one of South Africa’s most promising comedians.

Nqaba Ngoyi

that led to working on a short South African/ American film-GARGOYLE, as an Assistant Producer; which was subsequently nominated for a Golden Horn Award for Best Short Film 2010 as well as the production of a PSA for NICRO. That later escalated into even bigger productions such as up-coming documentary called Ma’NgoyiMother of Black Resistance. Fort Films has just completed a comedy DVD with one of South Africa’s most promising comedians.

SA Cell: +27 72 724 0952 (SMS only) Email: nqabaq@gmail.com Address: 55 Moorat Drive, Brackendowns ext. 5 Alberton 1448

Company Profile: Fueled by passion and driven by hard work, Fort Films intends telling stories of Africa and its people as well as stories of the world. This company was created by Nqaba Ngoyi, out of a love and passion for motion pictures and story-telling. It was this very passion

HAPPY BROWN BABIES PRODUCTIONS CC Black Widow / p4

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ersonal Profile: Tshego Molete is a news, documentary film and television producer with extensive writing and research experience. She has a Journalism Writing and Editing degree from Rhodes University. Her works include associate producing a US South African co-production short film, Gargoyle, which was short-listed at various international festivals and nominated for a SAFTA. She has produced WDR’s popular German children’s documentary “Sendung mit der Maus” South African special, which went on to win the Erich-Kästner-Preis for exceptional German television. Molete also runs an independent production company which is in post-production for a feature documentary on struggle icon and Nelson Mandela prison mate Andrew Mlangeni.

Tshego Molete

province is brimming with locations and talent that present the national industry with a new frontier of production opportunities, we seek to exploit fresh creativity and modern technology to deliver cost effective product without sacrificing production quality and entertainment value. Along with our flagship project’Nab’Ubomi’ (an Inter-School Short Film Competition packaged as a television series) and the new SAYIFF(SA Youth International Film Festival).

SA Cell: +27 72 546 5321 (SMS only) International Cell: 072 546 5321 Tel: +27 11 027 5255 Email: tsheg1@gmail.com Address: 208 Killarney Court, 1st Street, Killarney, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa

Company Profile: Formalised in January 2006, Happy Brown Babies Productions CC is a closed corporation’ with ownership divided equally between founding members Mayenzeke Baza and Bryony Roughton. Based on the belief that the Eastern Cape

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IMBIZA ENTERTAINMENT All the King's Horses and All the King's Men / p4 Rain in a Dead Man's Footprints / p7

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ersonal Profile: Having started a career as a journalist, Roxanne landed a researcher position at X CON Films, a film company in Cape Town, South Africa. Over the past five years Roxanne has produced historical documentaries for schools and museums and directed a love stories documentary series for the national broadcaster, SABC. She has also line produced religious programming for SABC and corporate documentaries and promos for local and international companies. Roxanne production manages a documentary series on the “born-free” generation of South Africa for SABC. As a Producer, Roxanne is attending Sheffield Docs to represent dance, music and journalistic documentary projects for Imbiza Entertainment.

Roxanne Harris

Company Profile: Established in 2012, Imbiza Entertainment is a boutique productions company, which specialises in indigenous South African television content. The company comprises three diverse and talented individuals,

with an extensive cumulative background in television, film and theatre. Imbiza is the Xhosa word for a cooking pot. Keeping in line with our namesake, we aim to deliver a unique mix of ingredients that will cater to local and international audiences. Through a consistent commitment to innovative and indigenous programming, we aim to push the industry envelope with cutting-edge content that focuses on our own unique cultural identity and proud South African heritage.

SA Cell: +27 73 267 3830 (SMS only) Tel: +27 21 434 7547 Email: info@imbizaentertainment.com Web: http://www.imbizaentertainment.com Address: 19 Leinster st, Greenpoint, 8005 Cape Town, South Africa

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ersonal Profile: Xoliswa is a producer / director who makes documentary films mainly about women and children focusing on justice, human rights, poverty. She started out her film career as an actress in anti apartheid films like Cry Freedom and Mandela and then moved into production as a receptionist for the BBC Cecil John Rhodes. Xoliswa then moved on to become a researcher for companies like CNN and BBC in South Africa. In 2001 she produced her first documentary called Shouting Silent which explored the vulnerabilities of young girls who had lost their mothers to HIV/Aids, having lost her own mother to HIV/Aids herself. She has since produced several documentaries – Orphans of Inkandla, A Ribbon in the Sky, Projek Mandela, South Africa’s Lost Girls, Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children. Xoliswa is a two time BAFTA and Peabody Award winner, she is also an Emmy nominee.

Xoliswa Sithole

Company Profile: Nayanaya Pictures was established in 1997. 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, Africa and global political, educational, and socio-economic realm and the world at large, and with a particular focus on women and children. Its primary business objective is to produce documentaries, television programmes, corporate videos, and feature films.

SA Cell: +27 72 504 1929 (SMS only) International Cell: 650 675 8194 Tel: +27 11 640 6244 Email: nayanaya@mweb.co.za Web: http://www.nayanayapictures.com Address: 12 Babington Road, Fairwood 2192 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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ONE MAN & HIS DOG FILMS The African Native Choir Jubilee Tour, 1891-93 / p8

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ersonal Profile: Kgomotso Matsunyane is a broadcaster, writer, and filmmaker based in Cape Town and Johannesburg. She is an accomplished documentary director and producer, and has been a commissioning editor for drama at SABC1, after which she was editor at The Oprah Magazine (SA).

She is a former partner at T.O.M. Pictures, where she hosted a late night talk show and produced the last 3 seasons of the “Soul City” series for TV, which had some of the highest ratings for TV Drama in the country.

Kgomotso was co-producer on four feature films. She is also the former host of a daily and a weekend morning show on Kaya FM & Talk Radio 702/567 Cape Talk. She now runs ‘One Man & His Dog Films”.

Kgomotso Matsunyane

the African woman’s experience, while contributing and participating in the growth and understanding of the African continent.

Our approach is unapologetically feminist, maximising on stories of triumph and celebration. We need more love in the world!

SA Cell: +27 82 886 7463 (SMS only) Tel: +27 21433 1090 Email: kgomotso@kgomotso.co.za Web: http://www.kgomotso.co.za Address: P.O. Box 352, Sea Point Cape Town, South Africa, 8005

Company Profile: The basic ethos of the company is to make entertaining content that reflects, celebrates and promotes

RZALUTIONARY FILMWORKS

Marikana / p6, The Relic Coven / p8

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ersonal Profile: Mariza Matshaya is a South African documentary director and creative producer for factual, entertainment, television and film properties. With over a decade of experience, Mariza has honed her skills at South Africa’s leading production companies and is currently in pre-production with her directorial debut Marikana: A Tale of Invisible Women. She is also the lead producer of film The Relic Coven and seeking co-production partners for this mystery detective production. Mariza enjoys support from the National Film and Video Foundation and other government stakeholders.

Mariza Matshaya

Company Profile: Rzalutionary Filmworks is currently working on a documentary feature film Marikana: A Tale Of Invisible Women. Our current objective is to attract co-production partners, pre-sales and distribution opportunities with national and international partners for our properties and two feature films The Relic Coven

and The Russian we are producing under our new brand SEISMIC, a multiplatform content creation, production and digital distribution platform for compelling and excellent African content with international appeal. We are also looking to acquire unique scripted and nonscripted formats, and films with a distinct African footprint, and are seeking equity investors and coproduction deals with South African producers.

Cell: +27 72 030 1804 (SMS only) Tel: +27 72 030 1804 Email: rzalutionary@gmail.com Web: http://www.rzalutionary.com Address: PO Box 23648, Claremont, 7735 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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PRODUCTION PROFILES

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SUZANNE DU TOIT

Y Revolution, The Story of YFM / p9

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ersonal Profile: I currently live in the city of Johannesburg after moving from Cape Town as a teenager in the early 1990’s. After completing a 2 year diploma in Copywriting from the Vega, Advertising School in Johannesburg in 2000, I began working as a copywriter, having been obsessed with becoming one since the age of 12.

I’ve worked at number of advertising agencies including TBWA Hunt/Lascaris in both Johannesburg and Cape Town and DraftFCB in Johannesburg. My work has been recognized at a number of advertising awards and festivals celebrating creative excellence including the Vuka, Pendoorings and Loerie Awards – in the Virals, Activation and the TV and Film categories.

Suzanne Du Toit

Web: http://suzannethecopywriter.tumblr. com/ Address: 26 Protea Ridge, Healy Road, Malvern East, Germiston, Johannesburg, Gauteng

SA Cell: +27 726 4407 (SMS only) Tel: +27 803 0030 Email: s.dutoitster@gmail.com

TAXI FILMS

Y Revolution, The Story of YFM / p9

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ersonal Profile: I am an aspirant film maker, with an extensive background in advertising having worked for TBWA Hunt Lascaris and Metropolitan Repubic, two of the worlds’ greatest agencies. I want to start exploring the world of film and do great work.My ambitions lie in creating stories that transcend cultural divides.

My experience is centred around marketing and advertising and I plan on extending my skills to filmmaking. My journey in the advertising world has been quite fulfilling because a lot of knowledge and learning is absorbed from storyboarding, animation and live action commercials. These all form puzzles that I can fit in the process of film making but definitely don’t serve as direct reflections of what film is about. From here onwards the vision is true story-telling with an edge, especially when it comes to documentaries.

Thato Moatlhodi

Company Profile: Taxi Films is a young film

production company and is rooted in telling original South African stories. 4 years ago, Thato Moatlhodi met with Suzanne du Toit in an advertising agency called TBWA Hunt Lascaris. Since then the two have been extending their advertising and marketing skills to filmmaking. In South Africa, the two have identified a gap, in that the focus on their story telling will move seamlessly from concept to production and with the packaging to match.

SA Cell: +27 78 563 8739 (SMS only) Email: mthizo17@gmail.com Web: https://vimeo.com/user16424281 Address: 17460 Alana & Anthea Street, Glenridge, Phase 4, Protea Glen Ext. 16 Johannesburg, 1818

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SHEFFIELD DOC FEST 7-12 JUNE 2014