The Cape Film Commission (CFC) launches the CFC Resource Centre at the Waterfront Studios this Friday 22 February. The Centre has been made possible through the support of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape-Economic Development, the film industry and Corporate Sponsorship.
MEC T Essop from the Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development Western Cape will officially open the centre. Mr. Eddie Mbalo CEO of the NFVF will give a speech at the event on behalf of the NFVF.
The Resource Centre for the Film industry is a culmination of a process that took four years. The aim was to provide historically disadvantaged local filmmakers with the resources to create effective bids, proposals, sponsorship requests and better scripts.
Through the centre the Western Cape Filmmakers will benefit from information distribution, keeping them in touch with commissioning realities. The centre also aims to provide a home for film. Thus any training initiative, meeting or industry events that can be accommodated by the Centre will be held there. The centre has already successfully housed two scriptwriting courses, one acting course and one animation workshop.
The centre is also a home for other organisations namely, Women in Film and Television; AnimationSA, South Africa Exposed; South African Association of Stills Producers (SAASP); South African Association for Scriptwriters Union; Black Filmmakers Associations; Ikapa Youth Film Festival and the character agencies’ organisation OSCA.
In Public Private Partnerships with these organisations, the CFC can effectively simplify training in a productive and prioritised way across all sectors.
