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“Hi’ from Hollard Insurance

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Global financial services business Hollard Insurance launched five new insurance products for its brokers and their clients through a web portal and a series of online adverts, produced by Studio UHU design agency and AIR Films production company.

Using an acronym for Hollard Insurance and the common greeting term, the Hi Hollard website allows users to access information on the five Hi products: PetSure, SMART, HomeAssist, EnRoute and LegalWise.

On a tight budget, AIR Films was tasked with creating videos which would compel an interested buyer to stop and actively watch an ad on an often less-than-glamorous business concept.

Matthys Boshoff, Director at AIR Films explains, “Studio UHU came up with the name and identity and we conceptualised, scripted and produced two 45-55 second internet commercials, hosted on the online site; which, much like Hollard, could push some social boundaries in an irreverent manner, as a means of capturing the interest of a browser where a million and one things clamour for attention.’

The PetSure commercial features a woman with a stuffed Chihuahua on her lap playing the part of a widow. Boshoff says the camera style and acting performance in this spot portrayed a slice of life. “It’s not pretentious and plays off a touch of dark humour; giving the viewer (browser) the impression that you are looking at a real person who is marginally nuts, as opposed to an objective perspective that pokes fun at that type of person.’

The video for Hollard’s SMART product features a white-collar professional man who tries to hide an irritating itch.

“Here, the tone is light and one of fun. The camera style is voyeuristic. We shot the hapless guy from many angles as he went through the motions of trying to be discreet, but actually reflecting the opposite, underlying the essence of SMART, that by merely washing over a scratch or blemish, they can become more obvious than we would like them to be,’ says Boshoff.

Visit the Hi Hollard website for more information.

Udada Film Festival call for entries

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The inaugural edition of the Udada Film Festival will take place in Kenya from 23 to 28 October 2014 and will feature films, short films, animations, experimental films and documentaries by women filmmakers from around the world.

The festival aims to promote female filmmakers by creating an industry marketplace for them to showcase their talent as well as network with professionals and audience members. It will also provide a platform for filmmakers and producers to attend workshops, face-to-face meetings and a forum which focusses on the business of filmmaking.

Film submission guidelines

Submissions will not be processed unless all of the following have been received:
• A completed entry form
• Three copies of the film/video in PAL DVD

Productions must have been completed after June 2011.

Udada is a non-competitive festival.

An English language track or subtitled version is required for submission copies.
Entries will be viewed by a programming committee and entrants will be notified of the decision regarding their film/video in September 2014. Submission copies will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, prepaid envelope or a courier account number.

All shipping and related costs for exhibition films/videos sent to the festival must be borne by the owner. Each film/video sent to the festival for exhibition is entered in Canada on a temporary duty free and GST exempt basis, which means that all films must leave Canada following the festival.

Submission deadline: films/videos must be received by the Festival by September 19, 2014

All packages must be marked with: “Film/Video for Festival to be returned to owner – No Commercial Value’

A list of contents containing title of film, format, and fair market value (cost of print only) must be included.

Exhibition copies of selected films/videos will be returned after the Festival by regular mail (unless specified otherwise and paid for by the entrant).

For more information, contact Naomi Mwaura on +254 720 701 359 or via email on udadafilmfest@gmail.com.

Master classes and workshops at the Encounters Documentary Festival

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Aside from a diverse line-up of local and international documentaries, the 16th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival will offer a number of informative master classes and workshops, from 5 to 15 June in Cape Town.

The Al Jazeera Pitching Forum

This closed forum will feature 15 participating filmmakers pitching projects to Al Jazeera commissioning editors, Dominique Young and Darmuid Jeffreys, in front of an audience.

A day prior to the Pitching Forum, selected participants will have an opportunity to discuss their project with an experienced filmmaker at a pitching workshop in order for them to present a solid and thorough pitch to the panel. Once in front of the panel, they will have seven minutes to pitch their film, with an additional eight minutes allocated for feedback and questions.

Scoring Documentary

Philip Miller, a composer for feature film, television and theatre works; and Ben Ludik, who has composed scores for South African feature films Skoonheid and Die Wonderwerker, will present a master class on scoring documentaries. The session will be chaired by Dr Ian Rijsdijk, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and will present a scene-by-scene examination of the inspiration, composition and development of supporting visuals with the power of music.

Date: 12 June
Time: 17h30 to 19h30
Venue: The Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School Building on Hiddingh Campus, UCT
Ticket Price: R50,00

Final Cut for Real

Anne Kohncke, co-founder and producer at Final Cut For Real, a production company which specialises in high-end, creative documentaries such as The Act of Killing and The Pirate Bay: Away From Keyboard, will deliver a creative producing master class.

In the session Kohncke will discuss her collaborations with directors, the way in which she works with her production team in order to get a film up and running and how films are then launched on international markets.

Date: 14 June
Time: 10h00
Venue: Big Fish / The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Rd, Greenpoint
Ticket Price: R50,00

Long Distance Filmmaking

Rachel Boynton presents a master class on how she is able to gain access to the impossible as a contemporary documentary auteur.

Boynton draws on her experience on Our Brand Is Crisis, her multi-award winning first feature which was filmed over three years in two continents. Her film Big Men, executive produced by Brad Pitt, was shot in Africa and the USA and took seven years to complete.

The class will feature lessons on the practicalities of endurance and how filmmakers can keep a production alive through financing, collaboration and commitment despite obstacles they may face relating to time and locations.

Date: 7 June
Time: 10h00
Venue: Big Fish / The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Rd, Greenpoint
Ticket Price: R50,00

National Film and Video Foundation Events

The NFVF will host an industry engagement event as well as a session, In Conversations with …, featuring filmmakers who attended the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Canada at the end of April.

Visit the Encounters website or email nerissa@encounters.co.za for more information.

African Movie Academy Awards winners

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The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) took place in Bayelsa, Nigeria on 26 May, honouring a number of filmmakers for excellence in African filmmaking and cinema.

Winners are highlighted in bold amongst the nominees in the following categories:

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film
Children of Troumaron: Mauritius
Potomanto: Ghana
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
Of Good Report: South Africa
Accident: Nigeria

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Director
Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden: Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
Shirley Frimpong Manso: Potomanto (Ghana)
Andrew Mudge: The Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Jamil X.T Quebeka: Of Good Report (South Africa)
Teco Benson: Accident (Nigeria)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Zengo Ngqobe: Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Kanayo O. Kanayo: Apaye (Nigeria)
Mothusi Magano: Of Good Report (South Africa)
Joseph Benjamin: Murder at Prime Suites (Nigeria)
Adjatey Annan: Potomanto (Ghana)
Majid Michel: Brother’s Keeper (Nigeria)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Uche Nnadili: B for Boy (Nigeria)
Linda Sokhulu: Felix (South Africa)
Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha: Accident (Nigeria)
Clarion Chukwura: Apaye (Nigeria)
Uche Jombo, Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda and Daniella Okeke: Lagos Cougar (Nigeria)
Joselyn Dumas: Northern Affair (Ghana)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Desmond Elliot: Finding Mercy (Nigeria)
Thapelo Mofekeng: Felix (South Africa)
Yomi Fash-Lanso: Omo Elemosho (Nigeria)
Aniekan Iyoho: Potomanto (Ghana)
Tshamano Sebe: Of Good Report (South Africa)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Vinaya Sungkur: The Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
Patience Ozokwor: After the Proposal (Nigeria)
Marie Humbert: Potomanto (Ghana)
Barbara Soky: Brother’s Keeper (Nigeria)
Lee-Ann van Rooi: Of Good Report (South Africa)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Young/Promising Actor
Evelyn Galle Ansah: Good Old Days: For the Love of AA (Ghana)
Petronella Tshuma: Of Good Report (South Africa)
Tope Tedela: A Mile from Home (Nigeria)
Kitty Phillips: The Children of Troumatron (Mauritius)
Shawn Faqua: Lagos Cougar (Nigeria)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Child Actor
Tobe Oboli: Brother’s Keeper (Nigeria)
Lebohang Ntsane: Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Hlayani Junior Mabas: Felix (South Africa)

AMAA 2014 Award for Best First Feature Film by a Director
Roberta Durrant: Felix (South Africa)
Chika Anadu: B for Boy (Nigeria)
Andrew Mudge: Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden: The Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
Dilman Dila: Felista’s Fable (Uganda)
Joyce Mhango Chavula: No More Tears (Malawi)

AMAA 2014 Bayelsa State Government Endowed Award for Best Nigerian Film
Apaye
B For Boy
Accident
Murder at Prime Suites
Omo Elemosho

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Feature Film
Tula the Revolt: Curacao
AZU: Venezuela
Kingston Paradise: Jamaica
Retrieval: USA

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Documentary
Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China: USA/Canada
Freedom Summer: USA
No Bois Man, No Frad: Trinidad and Tobago
Through the Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People: USA

Ousmane Sembene AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film in an African Language
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
B for Boy: Nigeria
Omo Elemosho: Nigeria
Onye Ozi: Nigeria
Ni Sisi: Kenya

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Documentary
Hamu Beya – The Sand Fishers: Mali
Portrait of a Lone Farmer: Nigeria/Denmark
Kushaya Ingagasi: South Africa
Daughters of the Niger Delta: Nigeria
Sincerely Ethiopia: Ethiopia

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Short Film
Passage: Bahamas
Heaven: USA
Tickle Me Rich: Trinidad and Tobago
Red: USA

Efere Ozako AMAA 2014 Award for Best Short Film
Haunted Soul: Kenya
Siriya Mtungi: Tanzania
Dialemi: Gabon
New Horizon: Nigeria
Nandy l’orpheline: Mali
Living Funeral: Nigeria
Phindile’s Heart: South Africa

AMAA 2014 Award for Best Animation
The Hare and the Lion: Burkina Faso
Thank God it’s Friday: Morocco
Leila: Nigeria
Khumba: South Africa
The Brats and Toy Thief: Mozambique

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in a Screenplay
B For Boy: Nigeria
Of Good Report: South Africa
Accident: Nigeria
Potomanto: Ghana
Felix: South Africa

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Editing
Of Good Report: South Africa
Accident: Nigeria
Once Upon A Road Trip: South Africa
Potomanto: Ghana
Felix: South Africa

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Cinematography
Once Upon A Road Trip: South Africa
Good Old Days: Love of AA: Ghana
Of Good Report: South Africa
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
The Children of Troumaron: Mauritius

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Sound
Felix: South Africa
Northern Affair: Ghana
Nothing for Mahala: South Africa
Of Good Report: South Africa
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Visual Effect
A Mile from Home: Nigeria
Omo Elemosho: Nigeria
Secret Room: Nigeria
Ni Sisi: Kenya
Of Good Report: South Africa

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Soundtrack
Once Upon a Road Trip: South Africa
Onye Ozi: Nigeria
Felix: South Africa
Of Good Report: South Africa
Potomanto: Ghana

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Make-up
A Mile from Home: Nigeria
Apaye: Nigeria
Once Upon A Road Trip: South Africa
Felista Fable: Uganda
Potomanto: Ghana

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Costume Design
Good Old Days: Love of AA: Ghana
Apaye: Nigeria
Omo Elemosho: Nigeria
Ni Sisi: Kenya
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa

AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Production Design
Northern Affair: Ghana
Of Good Report: South Africa
Ni Sisi: Kenya
Good Old Days: Love of AA: Ghana
Apaye: Nigeria

AMAA 2014 Special Jury Prize for Short Film
New Horizon: Nigeria

AMAA 2014 Joyce Banda Award for Film on Women Empowerment
B For Boy: Nigeria

AMAA 2014 Madiba Award
Ni Sisi: Kenya

AMAA 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Manuel-Udokwu

Prime Focus Technologies announces ISO 27001 certification

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Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), a technology company which services the global media and entertainment industry with specialised media and information technology (IT) skills, has been awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).

The certification is internationally recognised as the accepted independent security standard. The hybrid cloud technology, content processes and data centres serving PFT’s CLEAR Media ERP platform and Cloud-enabled Media Services, have earned it the accreditation.

Issued by the British Standards Institution (BSI), which is the national standards body of the UK, the ISO 27001 will provide independently validated business with the assurance that PFT’s team can successfully operate and manage information security risks. It also affirms to stakeholders its capabilities in managing availability, confidentiality and integrity of the 350,000 hours of content which it manages on behalf of its global clients.

Visit the Prime Focus Technologies website for more information.

Films from SA and Africa feature at Encounters International Documentary Festival

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The Encounters Documentary Film Festival takes place from 5 to 15 June at the Labia Theatre and the V&A NuMetro Cinema in Cape Town as well as the Bioscope Independent Cinema in Johannesburg.

The festival features an engaging line-up of documentaries, including 24 South African and African films, as well as 21 international films and a number of master classes and informative sessions.

South African films

Miners Shot Down

An account of the Marikana massacre, which involved South African police shooting and killing 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine.
Directed by: Rehad Desai
Watch the trailer

28UP

A cross-section of South Africa’s youth discuss their lives, hopes and dreams at age seven, 14, 21 and now as 28-year-old adults.
Directed by: Angus Gibson
Watch the trailer

Behind The Lens

A film about South African photographers who worked during the Struggle in the 1980s. Benny Gool, Gille de Vlieg, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Peter Magubane, Rashid Lombard, Tony Weaver, and Zubeida Vallie.
Directed by: Liz Fish

Crumbs – Toppling the Bread Cartel

The story of Imraahn Mukkadam, who blew the whistle on bread price-fixing in the Western Cape in 2006.
Directed by: Dante Greeff and Richard Finn Gregory
Watch the trailer

Diaries of a Dissident Poet

A profile of James Matthews, whose book of poetry, Cry Rage, became the first to be banned in South Africa.
Directed by: Shelley Barry

Spring Queen

On the night of the Spring Queen Pageant, Cape Town’s clothing and textile factory workers are given the chance to be Cinderella for a night.
Directed by: Paul Yule

I, Afrikaner

Four generations of an Afrikaner family hold on to their identity in an increasingly unrecognisable country.
Directed by: Annalet Steenkamp
Watch the trailer

Unearthed

The story of how a woman becomes an anti-fracking activist after an investigation sees her travelling across the globe in search of answers.
Directed by: Jolyn Minnaar
Watch the trailer

Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and The New South Africa

The life of award-winning author and former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs, who incurred severe injuries when South African security agents blew up his car in Mozambique in 1988.
Directed by: Abby Ginzberg
Watch the trailer

Outsider

The story of Beezy Bailey, a South African artist and provocateur.
Directed by: Sean Drummond, Paulene Abrey
Watch the trailer

The Vula Connection

The untold story of the ANC’s ingenious communications system during Apartheid.
Directed by: Marion Edmunds
Watch the trailer

1994 – The Bloody Miracle

The story of how South Africa very nearly came to a civil war.
Directed by: Meg Rickards and Bert Haitsma
Watch the trailer

Films with an African focus

The Square

The ongoing rollercoaster of the Egyptian revolution is explored in this Oscar nominated film which won the audience award at Sundance and Toronto.
Directed by: Jehane Noujaim
Watch the trailer

Big Men

A fast-paced look at the high-powered world of African oil deals.
Directed by: Rachel Boynton
Watch the trailer

Finding Fela

A politically-charged documentary about Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti, and the 2009 Broadway musical Fela!
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Watch the trailer

I Love Kuduro

A look into the Angolan musical and dance culture phenomenon taking the continent by storm.
Directed by: Mario Patrocinio
Watch the trailer

National Diploma

The story of a group of students in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who are expelled after failing to pay their teachers unofficial bonuses.
Directed by: Dieudo Hamadi

Coach Zoran and His African Tigers

The story of an eccentric Serbian who coaches the national soccer team in the world’s youngest country, South Sudan.
Director: Sam Benstead
Watch the trailer

The Iranian Film

The challenges of filmmaking anywhere in the world are exposed when a Moroccan man, who is passionate about cinema, tries to make his graduation film in Iran.
Directed by: Yassine el Idrissi

Jumping Into Life

The story of an inspirational performing arts school in Kenya, aimed at over 80 000 youths living and working on the streets of Nairobi.
Directed by: Young people from the same social background

Visit the Encounters website for more information.

Healthcare communications festival and awards launches

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On 13 and 14 June Lions Health, a new festival and awards focused on healthcare communications, launches in Cannes, France. The event serves as an industry networking hub and aims to set new creative benchmarks in the sector.

Seminars

Delegates will be exposed to industry insights and offered fresh inspiration at the 18 seminars which run throughout the festival. The content programme features global thought leaders, marketers and scientists from organisations such as Novartis, Unilever, Bristol Myers Squibb, TEDMED, Interbrand Health and McCann Health.

John McCarthy, Vice President, Global Commercial Excellence, AstraZeneca; Ewen Sturgeon, Chief Executive, International, DigitasLBi; HE Toyin Saraki, Former First Lady, Kwara State Nigeria and Founder, Wellbeing Foundation; Kathy Calvin, President, CEO, United Nations Foundation; Dr Ron Cohen, Founder and CEO, Acorda Therapeutics as well as cancer survivors Diem Brown, Founder of MedGift.com and Renee Nicholas, Director of Corporate Relations for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, will join global public relations firm Weber Shandwick on stage to contribute to Friday’s programme.

Saturday will also offer delegates a number of valuable sessions delivered by industry professionals such as Dr Rita Charon, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, Jason Silva, Futurist; Mike Cooper, CEO, PHD Worldwide; Jacques Seguela, Founder, Havas; and prolific television director David Nutter.

Awards

On Saturday 14 June, the Lions Health Awards will honour international ground-breaking projects which push the boundaries with creative healthcare marketing. Entries in the Pharma category as well as the Health and Wellness category will be judged by 25 industry professionals. Following the awards, delegates, jurors and speakers will be able to network and celebrate at the Lions Health Gala.

Networking

Attending delegates from 47 countries will be provided with ample networking opportunities at a number of festival events including a FleishmanHillard briefing breakfast on Friday 13 June, networking drinks, in partnership with Chandler Chicco Companies, GSW and Palio+Ignite, at the end of Friday’s sessions and pre-award drinks, sponsored by WebMD, before the ceremony on Saturday.

Louise Benson, Festival Director of Lions Health, says, “Lions Health exists to testify for the necessity of creativity in healthcare communications. We’re delighted that we can bring such a well-rounded and high profile learning programme to the Festival with speakers that will deliver intensive, constructive and inspiring sessions. Alongside this, the awards offer an unbeatable opportunity to see current work from around the globe displayed in one place. Accompanying all of this is the exclusive chance to network and exchange ideas with global leaders of the industry.’

Visit the Lions Health website to register for the festival or to find more information.

Zuku provides Kenya residents with fast internet connections

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Zuku, a home entertainment and communication services brand under the Wananchi Group, has launched a 50 Mbps home based internet service in Kenya, in order to meet the country’s growing information and communications technology (ICT) demands. The initiative will allow Internet users to enjoy seamless data, voice and video services.

Richard Alden, CEO of the Wananchi Group commented, “Kenyans are now demanding more speed, and this demand has fuelled our overall broadband strategy by revamping our internet offering. Not only are we now delivering the fastest speed today, but our infrastructure has the capacity to support even higher speeds as demand and usage grows.’

Zuku invested over KSh 40m in upgrading network infrastructure to achieve higher speeds, which will provide better speed and reliability for customers to use and enjoy.

Deployed on the company’s latest high capacity fibre optic network technology, Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks (GPON), the initiative will be piloted to 100 customers in areas such as Runda, Spring Valley and Karen. Further customers will experience the offering when the full roll-out takes place in August.

The deployment of steady connections with high speeds of up to 40Mbps in urban areas, and 5Mbps in rural areas is part of Kenya’s National broadband strategy, which will be implemented by 2017.

Visit the Zuku website for more information.

Siyabonga Cwele named new minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

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Following his inauguration on 24 May, President Jacob Zuma announced the members of his new Cabinet on 25 May, which included Siyabonga Cwele as the Minister of Communications, a department now renamed as Telecommunications and Postal Services.

Cwele was previously the Minister of State Security and is a supporter of the Secrecy Bill. He replaces Yunus Carrim who had been making strides in developing South Africa’s broadband policy and effectively solving problems at government agencies within his portfolio.

Zuma stated that the newly formed department would include a broader scope of functions and would be formed from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), Brand SA and the Media Development and Diversity Agency.

“We have established a new communications ministry which will be responsible for overarching communication policy and strategy, information dissemination and publicity, as well as the branding of the country abroad,” said Zuma.

Cwele will need to address a number of industry challenges including the country’s delayed migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT). He will also need to rectify an ineffective Post Office, the poorly governed Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa, which is responsible for funding communications access in rural areas, and the widely criticized public broadcaster.

NFVF calls for filmmakers to take part in Female Only Filmmaker Project

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In an initiative to provide emerging female filmmakers, especially those from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, with an opportunity to produce a short film, the NFVF invites entrants to apply for the Female Only Filmmaker Project.

Ten shortlisted submissions will have the opportunity to develop a 24 to 27 minute script. Of these, six scripts will be selected to go into production and will be shot over a five-week period in 2014.

The development process includes three three-day workshops with facilitators and mentors, which will take place between June and August 2014. Participating directors will also be provided with a number of valuable production tools, and successful projects and teams will be provided with a professional production crew to assist them in shooting their film.

In an effort to avoid cliched content, the series of films will be themed Negotiating Spaces and will explore how women negotiate their many roles, as mothers, wives, daughters, career women and professionals, in a constantly evolving society. Stories will need to present the pressures and expectations imposed by society on women, which result in them having to continuously navigate their place within their own personal desires.

Some of the issues that can be explored with this theme are:

• Family (responsibility and expectation)
• Taboos (cross cultural)
• Love
• Life lessons (lived experiences and how they shape us)
• The heroine inside and outside the family etc.

Eligibility

In order for a filmmaker to be considered for this opportunity, the applicant must:
Have worked in the industry for at least two years.

Have worked in one or more departments including (but not exclusive to): writing, directing, editing, cinematography, producing, assistant director, production managers and actresses.

Be a historically disadvantaged individual as defined in the constitution of South Africa.

Be able to set aside the requisite time over a period of eight months to complete the programme.

Selection Criteria

Eligible candidates for the project must:

Have a strong written concept for a half hour (approx. 26 minutes) stand-alone film, with a clearly thought out premise or controlling idea that would allow it to be packaged with at least 5 other projects.

Demonstrate familiarity with the tools of scriptwriting including software, formatting, scheduling and editing.

Demonstrate a willingness and ability to work with others in pursuit of the same objective.

Be able to work under pressure and tight schedules.

Have a show-reel that demonstrates their creative abilities.

Have written, directed, photographed or edited two or more short films, documentaries or commercials

Applications

All applications should be able to provide the following documentation in hard copy triplicate for consideration:

Narrative treatment for one 26 minute film including character bible, detailed synopsis and major turning point.


CV and copy of ID document.

Show-reel

All applications must be submitted as hard copies to the National Film and Video Offices.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: 6 June 2014

13 June 2014: Top ten shortlisted submissions announced

20 June 2014: Shortlist presentations

Contact Bongiwe Selane on 083 2607929 or via email on bongiwe@blingola.co.za for more information.

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