City of Cape Town: To the Filmmaker Big and Small

TO THE FILMMAKER BIG AND SMALL

The entire world is being tested by an unprecedented disaster unlike anything we’ve ever seen in our lifetime.

South Africa has never had to deal, over the last 20 years, with any disaster of this magnitude.

The coronavirus has forced us to put down our cameras and close our sets for the protection of human lives.

Many of our brilliant scripts, concepts and finished projects had to be shelved because the entire world has ground to a halt.

The virus has placed a challenge in front us. However, challenges like these provide us with an opportunity to look forward and be innovative in how we approach our work in the future.

The Cape Town film industry has already showed its resilience during the trying times by banding together to find solutions to the challenges in front of us.

You have successfully lobbied authorities to allow you to return to work while also taking careful consideration for the safety and health of all of those on set.

As your partner in the Film Cape Town initiative, the City of Cape Town has put together Standard Operating Procedures to guide how we continue our work while the threat of the virus still remains.

It is our collective responsibility, as we all go back to work, to safeguard ours and the health of all those on film sets and other production workplaces.

The City’s Film Office will be there to monitor your film sets, production spaces and be there to work with you in implementing the health and safety measures.

We may not be fully operational, but now is the time to showcase the beauty of Cape Town, the capabilities of our people and our can-do attitude in spite of this challenge.

There will come a time when all these will be on full display for the entire world to see. For now, while the threat of COVID-19 remains, we have to work together as a collective and adhere to the safety protocols.

To the world, you may not be able to travel to Cape Town, but we have a more than capable film industry working on innovative ways to continue collaborating with you on world-class productions from our beautiful city.

We are eagerly awaiting welcoming you all back to our city.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Film Cape Town Tel: 021 400 5596 or 021 400 5007 Email: info@filmcapetown.com or Film.CapeTown@capetown.gov.za Website: filmcapetown.com

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