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Celebrating the continued rise of the South African film industry, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa provides an overview of the various industry sectors and the country as a whole. The 2010 edition looked back on ten years of continued growth for both the industry and the publication.

Creative Showcase aims to become the premier visual directory of South Africa’s finest animators, directors, DoPs, food stylists, photographers, visual effects artists and other creatives involved in the filmmaking process.

NOW ALSO ONLINEThe Filmmakers Guide to South Africa has just relaunched its website, which now offers ebooks, an image of the day blog of African inspiration, online creative portfolios, a searchable database of recommended South African suppliers, and important production information like exchange rates, weather forecasts, and time zone converters.

2010 will be remembered for The FIFA Soccer

World Cup, the most watched television event

in history, which broadcast South Africa’s colour

and creativity to the furthest corners of the world.

The event attracted more than 300 000 tourists,

90% of whom said their experience of the coun-

try was better than they had expected. 89% said

they would consider visiting South Africa again,

while 96% said they would recommend the

country to their friends and relatives. The world

came, the world saw, and the world fell in love.

The South African film industry excelled in

every area this year: Schucks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to 2010 set a new box office record, while

District 9 was a global blockbuster and was nom-

inated for Oscars with Invictus. Topsy Selinah won Gold at Cannes Lions. Hopeville was named

Best Drama and Miniseries at Rose D’Or.

Swamp of the Baboons was nominated for an

Emmy. Die Antwoord’s Enter the Ninja was

MySpace’s Music Video of the Year. Michael

Meyersfeld won one of just six Golds at the AOP Photographers Awards....

This is no flash in the pan: The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa celebrated its tenth anni-

versary edition this year and we’ve been market-

ing success stories like this from the beginning.

The interest in South Africa has already

resulted in A-list films like Safe House, starring

Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, being

rewritten to be set in Cape Town, but this book is

a celebration of the creativity coming from within

South Africa itself.

Whatever your creative need, South Africa

can surpass your expectations. Test us.

Kevin Kriedemann, Editor, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa

THE YEAR THE WORLD FELL IN LOVE WITH SOUTH AFRICA

CREATIVE SHOWCASE

Escape © Bryan Traylor • Locker 14

CONTENTS 11 reasons to use african creatives in 2011 06film: the most features ever 08short films: magical realism & african sci-fi 10commercials: a year of firsts 12tv: triumph at rose d’or 14wildlife: from the big five to bigger dives 16documentary: first drafts of history 18music videos: blowing up on the interwebs 20animation: the year of 3D 22photography: best in category 242011 calendar 26creative profiles 28industry services 50directory (alphabetical) 52directory (categorical) 54credits IBC

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11 REASONS TO USE AFRICAN CREATIVES

1. Africa is the world’s second largest

and second most populated continent

2. Africa is home to over a billion people and even more untold stories

3. Africa hides some of the mostbeautiful but least seen places in the world

4. South Africa offers co-financing options, including the refreshingly efficient Department of Trade and Industry rebate

5. English is spoken across South Africa

6. SA is two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and one hour ahead of Central European time, so has compatible timezones with Europe

7. SA creatives offer affordable quality

8. SA’s summer is during the NorthernHemisphere winter

9. South Africa has world-leading, non-unionised crew

10. SA offers high-end post, VFX andanimation

11. SA offers first world infrastructure

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Disko animated this First For Women Insurance ad for Black River FC, reworking the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood

THE MOST FEATURES EVER

TOP LEFT: Sophie Okonedo in Anthony Fabian’s Skin

© Moonlighting TOP RIGHT: Khomotso

Manyake in Life, Above All © Oliver Schmitz • Enigma

RIGHT: Troye Sivan and John Cleese in Spud

© Nu Metro FAR RIGHT: Fana Mokoena

and Neo Ntlatleng in State of Violence © Dv8

FAR RIGHT TOP: Naomi Harris and Oliver Litondo in

The First Grader © VideoVision

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A record 23 South African films were released at the local box office in 2010. These films were more varied than ever, with Apartheid era films like Skin and Endgame in the minority for a change.

Instead we had every type of comedy: black comedy (Jozi), romantic comedies (I Now Pronounce You Black and White), Bollywood romantic comedies (For Better For Worse), standup comedy documen-taries (Outrageous), Afrikaans teen com-edies (Bakgat 2), and candid camera (Schucks Tshabalala’s Survival Guide to 2010).

We also had a run of Afrikaans mu-sicals or musical-themed films (Liefling, Susanna van Biljon, and Jakhalsdans) and genre films like Eternity, a vampire thriller set in Joburg; The Unforgiving, South Af-rica’s first splatter film; and The Race-ist, a Fast and Furious-type racing movie. There have also been a number of TV spinoffs (Egoli: The Movie; Hopeville; and Stoute Boudjies). Add in wildlife family films (White Lion), art-house drama (Shirley

Adams and Long Street), soccer films (Themba), and coming of age book adap-tations (Spud, Die Ongelooflike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom), and you have the beginnings of a varied, sustainable local film industry.

Box office returns have been prom-ising: Shucks set a new box office record for a South African film, raking in R37.5 million, while Spud topped R16 million, Liefling made more than R13 million, Bakgat 2 topped R5 million and Jakhals-dans earned over R3 million.

The recession has been good for the local box office: James Cameron’s Avatar made over R41.9 million locally, a new record, even before its re-release.

South African films are making small inroads overseas too: Jerusalema and White Wedding were both released inter-nationally in 2010.

After District 9 and Invictus started the year with six Oscar nominations between them, South Africa’s awards cabinet continued to grow. Oliver Schmitz’

Life, Above All won the Prix Fran-cois Chalais after screening in Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festi-val and also took home Best South Afri-can Film and Best Actress (Khomotso Manyaka) at The Durban international Film Festival. This story of a touching mother-daughter relationship in rural South Africa was also shortlisted for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Stefanie Sycholt’s Themba: A Boy Called Hope received The Cinema for Peace Honorary Award, among others, and Neal Sundstrom’s Finding Lenny won Best Feature at The Pan African Film Festival in Cannes, France.

FEATURE FILMS

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MAGICAL REALISM ANDAFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION

ALL PICTURES: Sweetheart, starring Inge Beckman (top left) and Anthony Oseyemi (bottom right).

© DOP Shaun Harley Lee • Be Phat Motel

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SHORT FILMS

Short films have always been a platform for filmmakers to experiment, so it’s no surprise that the format suggested a number of new directions for South African cinema this year.

Focus Features’ Africa First short film programme has been driving this innova-tion. As part of their ongoing commitment to nurturing emergent filmmakers from Africa, for the last two years the specialty films unit of Universal Pict- ures has given five African directors a year $10 000 a piece, as well as development help to make short films.

Two South Africans were among the winners in the first year.

Catapult’s commercials director Jan-Hendrik Beetge directed Abyss Boys, a beautifully shot film about two brothers caught up in the dangerous world of illegal

abalone poaching. Abyss Boys went on to win Best Short Film at The African Movie Academy Awards 2010.

Jenna Bass wrote and directed The Tunnel, a magical realism tale set during the Gukurahundi massacres in 1980s Zim-babwe, where a young girl, Elizabeth, uses her skills as a storyteller to save her vil-lage and solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance. The Tunnel was an official selection for Sundance 2010 and screened in competition at Berlin, while Jenna went on to win The Hubert Bals Fund Award for “the most promising African project presented at Durban FilmMart” for her urban fantasy, Tok Tokkie.

Kenya’s Wanuri Kahui also shot her short, the dystopian tale Pumzi, in South Africa, working with Inspired Minority Pic-tures. Pumzi won Best International Short

Film at Cannes Independent Film Festi-val 201o for its story of Asha’s search for life in a futuristic Africa, where nature is seemingly extinct outside of self-sufficient indoor communities.

In 2011, we expect to see the latest fruits from Africa First, including Stephen Abbott’s dark comedy, Dirty Laundry, and Matthew Jankes’ science fiction story, Umkhungo.

With the success of District 9, it’s in-evitable we’ll see more African science fiction. One great sample is Sweetheart, directed by Michael Matthews of Be Phat Motel, about a young housewife whose husband and sons don’t return from an everyday trip into town. To find answers, she sets off into an apocalyptic Cape Town that feels familiar but is a marked alternative to the world we know.

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TOP LEFT: Alfa Romeo Giulietta Uma Thurman © Kevin Fitzgerald • Egg Films BOTTOM LEFT: Chicken Licken Craving © Adrian de sa Garces • VelocityBOTTOM RIGHT: (1) Topsy Foundation Selinah© Kim Geldenhuys • Egg Films(2) M-Net Ladybug © Shy the Sun (3) Allan Gray Legend © Keith Rose • Velocity (4) DSTV Balloons © Paul Meyer • Luma

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A YEAR OF

FIRSTS

COMMERCIALS

The most talked about commercial in South Africa this year was Topsy Selinah, directed by Egg Films’ Kim Geldenhuys for Ogilvy.

Selinah won South Africa’s first Grand London International Advertising Award (LIAA) and her first Gold at Cannes Lions in over a decade for its moving portrayal of The Lazarus Effect, where people suf-fering from HIV/Aids can be practically brought back to life with the proper use of anti-retrovirals.

The spot also won the Best Profes- sional VUKA! Award and a Gold Loerie Award, among other accolades.

As a public service announcement, Selinah wasn’t eligible for The Loerie Awards’ Grand Prix, which went to Allan Gray Legend, which imagines what might have happened if James Dean’s life hadn’t been so tragically cut short.

Shot beautifully in black and white by Velocity director Keith Rose, the King James ad also won Bronze at Cannes Lions.

Bouffant director Dean Blumberg won South Africa’s other Bronze for 1st For Women Insurance So Backwards, which illustrated why women receive better insurance prices.

In all, productions filmed in South Af-rica were shortlisted for 33 Cannes Lions in 2010, while a number of South African ads were shortlisted at The Clios: Velocity director Greg Gray’s Tetrapak Lightning and Guinness Scout; Kim’s Audi Flipbook; and Egg’s Humanoid director Terence Neale’s Texa Sneeze.

At LIAA, Velocity’s Anton Visser won Bronze for Wimpy Family, thanks to Sean Ou Tim’s music through Meme (Bluetone).

South Africa’s first 3D adverts were also flighted in 2010: Luma’s DSTV advert and Shy the Sun’s M-Net campaign for Ogilvy.

Local work pops up regularly in inter-national taste-making websites and publi-cations like Shots, which featured Selinah, Legend, So Backwards, Wicked Pixels’ Craig Wessels (Momentum Biology of Change), Egg’s Slim (Garmin War) and Kevin Fitzger-ald (Tracker Memories), and Velocity’s Anton Visser (Stimorol Infinity) and Daniel Levi (IBM Henry).

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TRIUMPH AT ROSE D’OR

South Africa’s television industry came of age in 2010 when Hopeville won The Rose D’Or award for best drama and mini series. Hopeville, which was produced by Curious Pictures for Heartlines and SABC Education, beat 85 television dramas from around the world to claim the prize.

Written and directed by John Trengove, Hopeville tells the story of an alcoholic father (Themba Ndaba) who tries to win the love of his son (Nat Junior Singo) by fixing the local swimming pool. The series explores the impact of doing good on the lives of the whole community.

At The International Emmys, South Afr ican Lerato Mvelase (formerly Moloisane) was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress for her role in the SABC1 drama series Home Affairs, produced by Penguin Films.

In Home Affairs, Lerato plays Katlego, a passionate drama student struggling with her identity as a black woman in South Africa. The series was nominated for Best Drama Series at The International Emmys in 2006 and 2008.

South Africans also featured at the Primetime Emmys, where DOPs Lee Doig and Mike Yelseth helped Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains win Outstanding Cinematography.

Lee and Mike have both had three previous unsuccessful Outstanding Cinematography nominations in the Emmys: Mike with two episodes of Survivor and The History Channel’s Explorers – In the Footsteps of Livingstone and Stanley; and Lee with another Survivor series; Explorers, coupled with Mike; and with his lone exploits in the

ABC Profiles from the Front Line series about U.S. military forces deployed in Afghanistan.

Locally, at The South African Film and Television Awards, winners included Death of a Queen (Best Mini-Drama Series), Family Bonds (Best Comedy), Big Up (Best Youth and Children), Carte Blanche (Best News and Actuality), Strictly Come Dancing (Best Variety Show), Dis Hoe Dit Is Met Steve (Best Talk Show), Our House (Best Reality Show), Noot vir Noot (Best Game Show), 50/50 (Best Magazine Programme), Jam Sandwich (Best Music Show) and Paw Paw Films’ Sokhulu and Partners (Best Drama), which earned an International Emmy nomination in 2009. A Place Called Home and Isidingo were the two most awarded programmes with five wins each.

TELEVISION

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TOP LEFT: A Place Called Home © T.O.M. Pictures TOP RIGHT: Nat Junior Singo in Hopeville © Curious PicturesBOTTOM LEFT: Stokvel © Penguin Films

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FROM THE BIG FIVE TO BIGGER DIVES

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LEFT: Into the Dragon’s Lair © NHU Africa ABOVE: Clive Ferreira won the Aquatic Wildlife category at the Nikon Africa Photographic Awards.

WILDLIFE

Adrian Bailey and Robyn Keene-Young’s Swamp of the Baboons (aka Swamp Troop) was nominated in the Outstanding Nature Programming category at the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

The one-hour TV documentary, about a troop of baboons in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, also received awards from both The Missoula International and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festivals.

The show is a co-production between the filmmakers’ company, Road Media, and National Geographic.

South Africa also had five nominations at The Wildscreen Film Festival’s Panda Awards. Deadly 60: South Africa, a BBC and CBBC co-production, was up for the UWE Children’s Choice Award; WildEarth’s Live Safari was up for the ARKive New Media Award; and Homebrew Films’ Shoreline was up for the Presenter-led Award, while Into the Dragon’s Lair was up for Films at 59 Sound Award and Animal Planet Inter-national People & Animals Award.

Directed by Craig and Damon Foster, Into the Dragon’s Lair tells the story of two underwater cinematographers who go look-ing for crocodiles underneath Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The documentary thriller also won Excellence in Underwater Cinema-tography at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival.

At the Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards, Bridgena Barnard won Behaviour: Mammals, while Ben Cranke was the runner-up in the Animals in Their Environments Category. Neil Aldridge, Adrian Bailey, and Morkel Erasmus were all highly commended.

South Africa admittedly has an un-fair advantage in terms of wildlife: at The World Travel Awards, Shamwari was named World’s Leading Safari and Game Reserve in a category where all the finalists were from Africa and seven of the nine from SA.

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FIRST DRAFTS OF HISTORY

ABOVE: Angel © Dale Yudelman RIGHT: Gangst*r © Candy Kennedy

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DOCUMENTARY

Saving Soweto, directed by Shareen An-derson of Fort Greene Filmworks and Lisa Henry of Left Hand Films, received a Bronze at The New York Festival’s Interna-tional Television and Film Awards.

Produced for Al Jazeera English (DSTV channel 406), the documentary series is an eight-part look at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, the largest in the world.

At The International Television and Film

Awards, Saving Soweto trumped thousands of entries from over 30 countries.

David Forbes’ The Cradock Four was another winner this year, being named Best South African Documentary at The Durban International Film Festival.

The feature-length movie tells the sto-ry of The Cradock Four: Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkonto, and Sicelo Mhlauli, activists who were kidnapped and then killed in 1985.

At The Encounters International Doc-umentary Festival, Clifford Bestall’s The

16th Man was awarded The 2010 Audi-ence Award for Best South African Film. The film is based on John Carlin’s book, Playing the Enemy, which also inspired Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, and tells the story of how the 1995 Rugby World Cup was used to unite a divided South Africa.

Sara Blecher’s Surfing Soweto won Best Local Film at Tri Continental Human Rights Film Festival. It’s the thrilling com-ing of age story of a group of Soweto teen-agers who risk their lives daily by surfing on top of moving trains.

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BLOWING UP ON THE

INTERWEBS

Below: (1) Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja

© Rob Malpage and Ninja (2) The Parlotones - The Stars Fall Down

© Lung Animation Right: Taxi Violence - The Turn

© Ryan Kruger

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2010 was the year that South African music went global. This was partly thanks to the global exposure from The FIFA World Cup, which also saw Shakira record Waka Waka, one of the biggest hits of the year, with Freshlyground.

But this world-wide breakout was also thanks to some awe-inspiring music videos for Die Antwoord. Zef Side, Sean Metelerkamp’s introductory short film for the white trash rappers, became an Internet meme, being seen by nearly six million people on YouTube alone. The video went on to win the YouTube Play global video art

competition, even being displayed at The Guggenheim and making Pitchfork’s list of the top music videos of 2010.

This was followed by Enter the Ninja, co-directed by Ninja and Rob Malpage, which has had nearly nine millions views on YouTube alone and was MySpace’s Music Video of the Year. As the MySpace judges admitted, “Nobody else used the music video as effectively in 2010 as Die Antwoord.”

Evil Boy, the third video, was the weirdest and most talked about yet, exploring Xhosa initiation and male

circumcision, complete with giant penis sculptures, nipple-less breasts, and albino rat hair accessories. Unsurprisingly, YouTube banned it, generating even more publicity for directors Ninja and Rob Malpage.

Duvan Durand’s Cooler as Ekke music video for Jack Parow and Craig Wessels’ Automatic for Tokio Hotel both cracked the 1.5 million mark on YouTube, while Francis Gavin and Jolyon Ellis won both the MK Award and the SAMA Award for Best Music Video 2010 for The Parlotones Push Me to the Floor.

MUSIC VIDEOS

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THE YEAR OF 3D

2010 was the year of 3D globally and South Africa was no exception.

Luma produced South Africa’s first 3D advert, DSTV Balloons, which was followed by two Shy the Sun adverts for M-Net, Firefly and Ladybug.

All three of these ads were for Ogil-vy, with other ad agencies now starting to join the party.

2011 sees South African animation make its long form debut on the big screen in stereoscopic 3D.

First up is Lion of Judah, Derryck Broom’s retelling of the Easter story from the perspective of the animals.

TOP LEFT: Hippo Chloe the friendly firefly © Masters & Savant

BOTTOM LEFT: Khumba © Triggerfish RIGHT: Zambezia © Triggerfish

ANIMATION & VFX

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Jock of the Bushveld, directed by Duncan MacNeillie, is based on Percy Fitzpatrick’s much-loved 1907 novel about a plucky dog.

Zambezia, directed by Wayne Thorn-ley, is the story of a young falcon in the amazing bird city of Zambezia.

Khumba, Triggerfish’s follow-up to Zambezia, will also be produced in stereoscopic 3D for a 2012 release.

The country’s animation achieve-ments are not restricted to 3D.

Cape Town-based animation com-pany Clockwork Zoo scored a large coup for South Africa in 2010 by com-

pleting work on the animated series Florrie’s Dragons for Disney.

The company also finished work on Caillou for Canada’s Cookie Jar En-tertainment. Caillou is currently being aired on SABC2.

Sunrise Productions has won over 10 international awards for its Jungle Beat children’s series, which has been broadcast in more than 100 countries. Sunrise is pioneering animation mer-chandising in South Africa after intro-ducing a new character, Bokkie, who’s also the Springbok Rugby team mascot.

Another success story is Papercut

Studios, one of the largest 2D anima-tion studios in Johannesburg, who have just completed 13 episodes of French television series, Green Squad, pro-duced by Gaumont – Alphanim.

The South African animation indus-try is developing so quickly we’re bring-ing in global experts to help us keep up.

Recent visitors include Aardman Animations co-founder Dave Sproxton; former Pixar technical director Jessica Abroms; Howl’s Moving Castle casting director Ned Lott; and Kevin Geiger, who helped design Disney’s produc-tion pipeline.

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BEST IN CATEGORY

PHOTOGRAPHY

At The AOP Photographers Awards, Michael Meyersfeld won the Best in Cate-gory Award for Non-Commissioned Body Single, as well as one of just six Golds. Michael also won Image of the Year at The Sony Profoto Awards.

At The World Press Photo Contest, David Chancellor came third in the People in the News: Stories category.

At The Sony World Photographic Awards, Brent Stirton was a finalist in the Professional Photojournalist and Documentary: Current Affairs categories, while Robyn Thompson and Lyndsay Nel were among 12 finalists for its Student Focus Award.

At The One Show, Chris Jordan won two Silvers and a Bronze for his Endan-gered Wildlife Trust campaign, while Andrew Verster Cohen won a Merit Award for his Mars is no fun campaign for National Geographic Kids Magazine.

At Cannes Lions, Guy Neveling won Silver for his VW Crafter campaign, while his National Sea Rescue Institute cam-paign was featured in the D&AD Design and Art Direction annual.

Guy was also included in the 2010/2011 edition of Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide, along with Bryan Traylor and Michael Meyersfeld.

At The Loerie Awards, Michael Lewis and Nick van Renen won a Craft Gold for Where Diets Go to Die for The Patisserie for McCann Erickson.

Crafts also went to Clive Stewart for his Resident Evil 5 campaign for Y&R Dubai and Michael Meyersfeld for his Big Mother Truckers campaign for Isuzu and McCann Erickson.

Robert Watermeyer was included in ReGeneration 2: Tomorrow’s Photogra-phers Today exhibition in Paris, France, while Greg Lumley and DuWayne Denton were including in JuneBug’s list of the top wedding photographs of 2010.

South Africa is becoming used to these sorts of accolades, with the likes of Jodi Bieber, David Goldblatt, Mikhael Subotzky, Pieter Hugo, Guy Tillim, and David Prior regularly featuring.

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TOP LEFT: The Patisserie - Where Diets Go To Die © Michael Lewis and Nick van Renen for McCann Erickson. Photography and retouching: www.michaelandnick.comTOP RIGHT: Biblioteq - Man Brains © Bruno Bossi for FoxP2LEFT: Jelly’s Cameras Dragon © Clive Stewart for EuroRSCG BELOW: (1) The National Sea Rescue Institute Always on Duty © Guy Neveling for JWT London (2) Cottonele Puppy © Guy Neveling

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JANUARY New Year’s Day, 1 Jan

Kevin Geiger Conference, 17-21 Jan, CPT

FEBRUARY Discop Accra, 9-11 Feb, Ghana

SA Film & TV Awards, 19 Feb, JHBDesign Indaba Conference, 23-25 Feb, CPT

Design Indaba Expo, 25-27 Feb, CPT

MARCH FESPACO, 2-8 Mar, Burkina Faso

Cape Winelands Film Fest, 16-21 Mar, CPTHuman Rights Day, 21 Mar

Wild Talk Africa, 28-31 Mar, Spier, Cape Town

APRIL Good Friday, 22 Apr

Family Day, 25 AprFreedom Day, 27 Apr

MAY Workers Day, 1 May

Public Holiday, 2 MayMulti Platform TV, 30 May-4 June, JHB

JUNE Youth Day, 16 June

National Arts Fest, 30 June-9 July, E.Cape

JULY MediaTech, 20-22 July, JHB

Durban Int. Film Fest, 21-31 July, DBNDurban Film Mart, 22-25 July, DBN

AUGUSTEncounters, TBC

Women’s Day, 9 Aug

SEPTEMBER People to People Conference, 12-14 Sep, JHB

Tri Continental Film Festival,14-23 Sep, JHBTri Continental Film Festival, 21-30 Sep, CPT

Heritage Day, 24 Sep

OCTOBER The Loerie Awards, 1-2 Oct, CPT

Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 13-29 Oct, CPT

Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 20 Oct-6 Nov, JHB

Horrorfest, 26 Oct - 4 Nov, CPTPhoto and Film Expo, TBC, JHB

NOVEMBER VuKA! Awards, TBC, JHB

DECEMBER Kwa Mashu African Film Festival, TBC, KZN

Day of Reconciliation, 16 DecChristmas Day, 25 Dec

DIARISEYEAR 2011

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At The AOP Photographers Awards, Michael Meyersfeld won the Best in Category Award for Non-Commissioned Body Single, as well as one of just six Golds for this photograph. Michael also won Image of the Year at The Sony Profoto Awards.

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INDEX OF CREATIVES

7 FILMS 29

CLINT CORDENVELVET 30

CONDOR 31

EGG 32

HUMANOID 33

JAHMIL QUBEKAVELVET 34

JOE ALBLAS 35

MARCELLE MOUTON VELVET 36

MARK ENGELS 37

PICTURE TREE 38

SHY THE SUN 40

WEDNESDAY 7 FILMS 41

SHY THE SUN 39

CONTACT DETAILStel: +27 21 447 4527fax: +27 21 447 4523www.7films.co.za

311 Old Castle Brewery, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

PRODUCERJason Plumbly mobile: +27 83 987 2264email: [email protected]

Yeah, we can’t cook. Not even the circus wants us. We make movies, silly!

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MARCELLE MOUTON VELVET 36

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CONTACT DETAILSJannine Nolan tel: +27 11 486 4753mobile: +27 83 443 1248email: [email protected]

CLINT CORDEN COMMERCIALS DIRECTOR, ILLUSTRATOR, ANIMATOR

CONTACT DETAILSBevil Schwartz tel: +27 21 413 4800fax: +27 21 413 4801email: [email protected]

Lost Boys: The Thirst © 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment

CGI submarine for Spur © Draftfcb Cape Town & Wishbones

Nokia Healthcare © Wieden + Kennedy Delhi

Hansa Business Mogul © Lowe Bull CT & Plank Productions

Arno Carstens Dreamer © Directed by 187 forSony Music Entertainment

Experiment - VUKA! 2009 winner Best Animation © Adrian Bergoff

Bitch Slap © 2009 Bombshell Pictures & IM Global

Slow motion ladybug in the rain -Fully CGI animated scene

Condor VFX off ers a boutique service and unique creative experience, backed by a major post-production group with global delivery systems and leading technology. We have invested in award-winning creative talent with great insight and understanding to eff ectively deliver cutting edge creative work for commercials, features and broadcasting, both locally and internationally.

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Picking up South Africa’s fi rst Grand LIA in London and a Cannes Gold Lion in 2010, Egg Films continues to cement its position as a creative force in South Africa. NY Gold, Clio Gold, and six Grand Prixs and 34 Gold Loeries at The Loerie Awards since 2 000 have all contributed to Egg’s regular inclusion in The Gunn Report’s ‘Most Awarded Production Companies of the World’ feature.

Our philosophy: to continue to produce work that is innovative and that avoids the predictable.

CONTACT DETAILSCape Towntel: +27 21 426 0728fax: +27 21 426 0729email: info@eggfi lms.tv

168 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Johannesburg tel: +27 11 482 9174fax: +27 11 482 9189

2nd fl oor Anchor Building, The Media Mill, 7 Quince Street, Milpark, South Africa

www.eggfi lms.tv

CONTACTSColin Howard Exec producer / MDemail: colin@eggfi lms.tv

Kerry Hosford Exec producer Cape Townemail: kerry@eggfi lms.tv

Nicci Cox Exec producer Jo’burgemail: nicci@eggfi lms.tv

DIRECTORS• Bruno Bossi• Jason Fialkov• Kevin Fitzgerald• Kim Geldenhuys• Slim• Verushka Vogt• Humanoid - Greg Rom• Humanoid - Terence Neale

Directors represented (SA Only)• Brent Harris• Laurence Hamburger• Sunu

Jason Fialkov - DentyneSlim - Virgin Money

Bruno Bossi - Heineken Laurence Hamburger - Vodacom

Kevin Fitzgerald - Tracker

Kim Geldenhuys - Old Mutual

DIRECTORS Greg RomTerence Neale

CONTACTSColin HowardExecutive producer email: [email protected]

Julia SchnurrProducertel: +27 83 505 9606email: [email protected]

CONTACT DETAILStel: +27 11 482 9174fax: +27 11 482 9189www.humanoid.co.za

2nd floor Anchor Building, The Media Mill, 7 Quince Street, Milpark, Johannesburg, South Africa

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“Expression is the key to my reality. It is through expression that one comes closer to the source of all creation.” Jahmil Qubeka

A Small Town Called Descent is the stylish debut feature from talented South African director Jahmil XT Qubeka. Featuring powerful performances from the all-star cast of Vusi Kunene, Paul Buckby, Fana Mokoena and Isidingo’s Hlubi Mboya, A Small Town Called Descent showcases a strong and unapologetic voice and an honest but resonant portrait of South African life.

The film has featured in various festivals around the world and is being distributed by Anant Singh’s Videovision.

DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - Durban: South African Premiere

PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - Busan, Korea: Asian Premiere

TRI-CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - Johannesburg, Cape Town, South Africa

AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - Port Harcourt, Nigeria, African Premiere

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - Dubai, UAE, Arabian Premiere

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden, European Premier

ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Africa Focus


JAHMIL QUBEKAFILM DIRECTOR, COMMERCIALS DIRECTOR

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CONTACT DETAILSmobile: +27 83 338 7800email: [email protected]

STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER

JOE ALBLAS

The Lost Future. Image courtesy of Tandem Communications GmbH, 2010..


MARCELLE MOUTONCOMMERCIALS DIRECTOR

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PROFILE | 37

SASC

CONTACT DETAILSmobile: +27 83 3750 959 email: [email protected]

www.imdb.com/name/nm0257303/resume

DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER

38 | PROFILE

Picture Tree is a Johannesburg-based production company which produces and directs local and international commercials. Executive producer Gary King and his team of five in-house directors believe in finding creative solu-tions and ideas in every script and portraying that in their work.

DIRECTORS PROFILESOscar Strauss A story-teller with a strong art director’s eye and an affinity for children’s performances.Gersh Kgamedi A life-style director who beautifully captures Africa’s textures and nuances.Mukunda A visual director with a cosmetic feel, who loves performance directing. He has also just completed his first feature film.Ian Difford A table-top director who is passionate about food and liquids and who brings beautiful lighting and aesthetic sensi-bility to all of his work.Alan Irvin A visual director with a strong art director’s eye. He loves shooting real people, real performances in beautiful locations.

CONTACT DETAILSGary King Executive producer tel: +27 11 787 7446fax: +27 11 787 8367email: [email protected]

2 Athole Avenue, Craighall, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa

PROFILE | 39

As animation and art directors respectively, Jannes and Ree expand on briefs supplied by agencies, develop concepts into tangible worlds and create vibrant characters whom exist in rich colorful worlds. Linsey and Stanley then go on to develop these ideas, bringing them to fruition through illustration and 3D animation. The company is spearheaded by producer Nina.

CONTACT DETAILStel: +27 21 468 6030mobile: +27 82 546 2038email: [email protected]

SHY THE SUNDIRECTIONPRODUCTIONCONCEPT DEVELOPMENTDESIGNILLUSTRATIONNARRATIVE CONTENT

40 | PROFILE

Founded in 2007, Shy The Sun has since created award-winning commercials for both local and international clients. Their passion drives their non-conventional and expansive concepts, which in turn triggers the exploration of groundbreaking techniques. The team specialises in developing a script into a rich concept and then facilitates the production to its final stage.

CONTACT DETAILSCape Towntel: +27 21 468 6030mobile: +27 82 546 2038email: [email protected]

Mediahive Unit 4B1 Glynnville TerraceGardens, Cape Town 8001

Mineseeker Pool

Director

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BRUCE MACdirector

mobile: +27 83 309 0392

email: bruce@boomtownfi lms.co.za

www.boomtownfi lms.co.za

If you’re after magical performances

from children, look no further than

Bruce Mac: he has the unique ability

to capture performances that endear

viewers across the globe. Bruce is

currently in pre- production on a feature

fi lm, The Perfect Wave, which he is

directing. He’s represented in SA by

The Fabulous Boomtown Boys.

www.catapult.tv

GLEN BOSMAN tel: +27 83 272 7777

email: [email protected]

JOHN VREY tel: +27 82 880 2608


• We deliver quality without fuss

• If we take it on, we take it all the way

• If you give it to us, we give it everything.

tel: +27 11 827 2182

email: liza@feelgoodfi lms.tv

www.feelgoodfi lms.tv

Experience counts for a lot and that’s

exactly what Jeremy Goodall of feelgood-

fi lms has. Listing top agencies and brands

as customers, Jeremy has been around the

block and is still top of the log!

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GORDON MIDGLEY director

First For Women Concierge

FRANS MARAISbehind-the-scenes

tel: +27 21 761 9373

mobile: +27 82 447 2289


www.dreamcatcherproductions.co.za

If you are looking for a funky, interesting

‘making of,’ Frans has 20 years experience,

while his attention to detail is matched by

his joie de vivre and easy charm, letting

him meld into the rhythm of any shoot.

JANNES HENDRIKZdirector


www.shythesun.tv

Live-action and animation director at Shy

The Sun. Jannes’ attention to detail and

ability to visualise the final picture from the

get-go are the key ingredients contributing

to their top quality pieces. His remarkable

understanding for performance and

composition inspires everyone he works

with to leave no stone unturned and settle

for nothing less than the best.

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KOFI ZWANA director

Crash Car Burn Long Live Tonight

LOURENS VAN RENSBURG director

Cell C Trevor Noah – Launch

NERINE PIENAARcostume designer

mobile: +27 82 413 8346


www.wardrobestudio.net

Nerine has a natural flair for style and a

fashion design background, as well as

10 years of local and international

experience in the film, advertising and

entertainment industry. She set up a

wardrobe hiring company, The Wardrobe

Studio, in Johannesburg and received the

2010 SAFTA for Best Feature Film

Costume Design.

46 | 1/3 PROFILE

SIMON WRIGHTsurf cinematographer

mobile: +27 83 2785165

tel/fax: +27 21 780 1929

email: kayafi [email protected]

REE TREWEEKart direction & production design


www.shythesun.tv

Art director and production designer

at Shy The Sun. Ree has headed the

creative imagery for a number of award-

winning commercials. Her wholehearted

and illustrative designs inspire the iconic

and memorable imagery of Shy The

Sun’s work. Give her one word and she’ll

come up with a whole world of visuals

instantaneously.

STANLEY SEGAL & LINSEY LEVENDALLcontent design & concept development


www.shythesun.tv

The artistic team that pushes forward the

content and concept developed in the Shy

The Sun studio. Stanley specialises in 3D

animation, while Linsey works mainly

in concept design and illustration. Their

work brings the worlds of Shy The Sun

to life.

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Supplying freelance post-production crew to the film and television industry

tel: 0860 111 553production: +27 76 225 9173


Block C Stonewedge Office Park, 1 Wedgelink Road, Bryanston

post-production crew

• Wardrobe hire to the film, TV and entertainment industry• Wardrobe call facility

• Vito panel van rental, with built-in railsSpecialises in

• Period clothing• Uniforms

• Traditional African clothing• Classic and contemporary clothing

tel: +27 82 413 8346www.wardrobestudio.net

8 Bordeaux Drive, Bordeaux South, Randburg, Johannesburg

wardrobe hire

Whatever airline you fly and whatever class of ticket you hold, The Premier

Lounge is your airport oasis of comfort, relaxation and pleasure.

Premier Lounges offer:• light meals, snacks and drinks• magazines and newspapers

• internet connectivity• television• showers

Anyone who purchases a lounge pass can experience VIP travel.

tel: +27 11 390 8660www.comfortguaranteed.co.za

Airports across South Africa

hospitality

Once a month in Cape Town and once

a quarter in Johannesburg,

Film & Event Publishing brings the film

industry together at an exclusive venue for

an evening of laughter and networking.

This is a great opportunity to launch your

new product or service, so contact us for

sponsorship opportunities. w

ILM VENT&

industry events

Gaye Higgstel: +27 21 674 0646fax: +27 21 674 6691


Update and refresh your management

techniques through professional resource

lectures and general discussion sessions

with other industry professionals.

Dig deeper into: • current tax and media law

• hr management

• marketing and pr best practices

• leadership vs. management

• financial indicators

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and much more

Monthly meetings. Contact Kathy to join.

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Kathy English Browermobile: +27 82 453 6055

fax: 086 677 2434email: [email protected]

Film & Event Publishing is an award-

winning publishing hub for the African

film and events industries. In addition to

The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa, we

produce The Callsheet and The Event, the

most widely read trade publications for the

film and events industries in South Africa.

We’re available to produce show guides,

dailies, and any other custom publishing

you need, as well as designing adverts,

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custom publishing

Gaye Higgstel: +27 21 674 0646fax: +27 21 674 6691


ILM VENT&

The Callsheet’s website is now completely interactive.

At no cost, you can now load your own: • press releases, with embedded videos and images• jobs & opportunities• industry events

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Production Company Directors Shy the Sun +27 21 468 6030/1 www.shythesun.tv 40

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Production Company Curious Picturers +27 11 726 2828 www.curious.co.za 43

Film & Television

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Film & Television

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Film & Television

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Production House - Advertising Velocity Films +27 21 424 4971 www.velocityfilms.com web

Security Orion Set Security +27 21 697 4624/5407 [email protected] web

SPFX - snow Snow Productions +27 83 269 0172 www.snowproductions.co.za web

Studio Facilities Cape Town Film Studios +27 21 843 2400 www.capetownfilmstudios.co.za web

Surf Cinematographer Simon Wright +27 83 278 5165 [email protected] 46

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Celebrating the continued rise of the South African film industry, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa provides an overview of the various industry sectors and the country as a whole. The 2010 edition looked back on ten years of continued growth for both the industry and the publication.

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