As part of the 2018 centennial celebrations in honour of Nelson Mandela’s legacy, e.tv is giving independent producers a chance to submit documentary proposals about an individual or group which they believe capture the spirit and values of Madiba.
Producers from the Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and North West are invited to submit a proposal for a 23 minute documentary to e.tv by 18 of August 2017.
The channel is celebrating what the stalwart stood for. e.tv has a long history of providing a platform for authentic local storytelling. The documentary has to relay a message that is proudly South African and no less than 15% of the dialogue must be in languages other than English which are unique to the province.
Proposal requirements:
– A detailed treatment of the proposed documentary;
– A description of the locations where the documentary is to be shot and the names of individuals to be interviewed;
– Proposed name/s of the presenter or commentator, if any;
– Production budget incorporating a detailed description on personnel, equipment and resource requirements;
– Information which confirms that the key personnel working on the documentary are based in the province concerned.
Production company requirements:
e.tv will accept programme proposals only from South African production companies which have a registered business address in the province concerned. Production company must provide proof of previous productions completed.
All programme proposals from production companies must include the following
information:
– Name, address and telephone numbers of person representing the company for purposes of the proposal.
– Name and registration number of production company.
– Registered address of company.
– Names, race and gender of shareholders of production company.
– Names, race and gender of directors of production company.
– Names, race and gender of senior personnel at the production company and their positions.
– Details of training initiatives engaged in by the production company over the past 12 months
– Showreel of previously produced content; and copy of the company’s BEE verification certificate.
Proposal and all supporting documentation should be submitted to Proposals@etv.co.za
The submission deadline is 17h00 on 18 August 2017.
NB – if you do not receive feedback on your submission from e.tv by 17h00 on 31 August 2017, please consider your application unsuccessful.
