The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa: Creative Showcase

the filmmakers guide to south africa

creative showcase film & event publishing in collaboration with services seta

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“Automatic,” Wicked Pixels’ music video for Tokio Hotel, was watched by over a million people on YouTube in just four days

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creative showcase 2010 DISCOVER THE WORLD IN ONE COUNTRY

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Services Sector Educational Training Authority (Services SETA) is proud to be associated with this, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa: Creative Showcase, which presents a showcase to the local communications and entertainment markets who are our members, as well as to the international market.

Along with 37 other industries, Services SETA is responsible for the creative industries which support the marketing and communication cluster. The film industry is critically important within our sector in this regard.

Of importance is the idea that this publication is intended to showcase South African creative content and not simply the service work generally associated with an outsourced sector.

We are as interested in those concepts which combine origination, scripting, production, postproduction, marketing and distribution as a holistic product as we are in the specialised skills required for outsourcing for productions which originate and are produced beyond our borders.

This is not to say that we are not

comfortable supporting the notion of South Africa as a strong outsourced, specialised skills provider. However sustainability is about a composite industry and not just a specialised one.

Our government has identified South Africa as a creative hub and statutory bodies such as Services SETA are proudly associating ourselves with that strategic notion, hence our unbridled support for this type of showcase.

However, we encourage and challenge our local online and television broadcasters to understand that until such time as dedicated channels are provided for, with dedicated research and production budgets so that we have film and animation channels which are Proudly South African, we will never have a sufficient showcase for local talent.

Meanwhile we proudly continue to associate ourselves with The Filmmakers Guide as being the “it” which we regard as South Africa’s talent showcase.

Ivor Blumenthal CEO: Services SETA

contents overview africa’s creative capital

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long form legends

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short form specialists

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best crew in the world?

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services seta

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creative profiles creative profiles

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company profiles

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industry services

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quickdial alphabetical

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“If anyone out there stops having faith, stops believing that there’s a God, come to Africa.”

Grammy Award winner Jill Scott, star of No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

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Michael Meyersfeld won a Gold Profoto Award for this image.

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Africa’s creative capital

While Cape Town is preparing to host Design Indaba, the world’s top design conference, and bid to become the World Design Capital, Johannesburg is celebrating being ranked the 10th most creative city in the 2009 Cannes Report, which also named South Africa the 13th most awarded country in the world.

In the same report, Ogilvy Johannesburg were the

eighth highest ranked agency globally, followed by TBWA\ Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg in 14th place and Net#work BBDO Johannesburg at number 18. TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris was also named top agency from the EMEA region.

South Africa’s creativity is perhaps best evidenced by its peaceful transition to democracy, where leaders like Nobel Prize winners Nelson Mande-

la and Desmond Tutu have led the country through a dynamic process of re-imagining every area of life over the last 15 years since Apartheid.

For most of the world, Africa, the cradle of humankind, remains a mystery: full of unknown stories and exotic imagery, but romanticised and demonised in equal parts.

With June 2010 bringing the FIFA Soccer World Cup to

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“Aurora” (left) & “Asteridae” (above), Ogilvy print ads shot by Dean Powell for Greenpeace, won Silver at Cannes Lions in 2009

Africa for the first time, more lights will be shining in than ever before on what can no longer be labeled “the dark continent.”

Once an English outpost and still often more influenced by America than Africa, the Rainbow Nation is perfectly positioned to act as a translator between this remarkable continent and the rest of the world.

With its mix of first and third world, African and European, South African creatives make the familiar foreign and the foreign familiar. If another new wave of creativity is coming, smart money says it will be from here.

All the signs are there: 2009 saw South Africa win two Grand Prixs at Cannes Lions; the Soweto Gospel Choir win their third Grammy in

three years; and productions filmed in the country nominated for 19 Primetime Emmies, eleven Gemini Awards, five Golden Globes, and an International Emmy.

Similarly, 2010 started with six Oscar nominations.

The potential was epitomised by Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, one of the most praised films of 2009, which grossed more than $115 mil-

lion off a modest $30 million budget. With typical South African ingenuity, District 9 introducing the globe to a new genre: third world science fiction mockumentaries.

Creative Showcase is an invitation to partner with South Africa’s groundbreaking creatives rather than to just see this symbolic country as one of the world’s leading service destinations.

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Long form legends in the making

South Africans are excelling at every level of the global film industry, from scriptwriters to directors to cinematographers.

Anthony Peckham wrote two of the year’s most important films, Clint Eastwood’s Golden Globe triple-nominee Invictus, with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, one of the fifteen most popular films of 2009, starring Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law, Other South African screenwriters in Hollywood include Oscar-winner Ronald Harwood (The Pianist), Ann Peacock (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) and Shawn Slovo (Captain Corelli’s Mandollin).

They’re backed by a strong literary tradition that includes bestselling authors like Wilbur Smith and Bryce Courtenay

and award-winners like J.M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer, not to mention a new generation of crime writers like Roger Smith, whose debut novel, Mixed Blood, has already been optioned with Samuel L. Jackson attached.

Similarly, District 9’s Neill Blomkamp is hardly the only South African feature director to watch. Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Rendition) directed 2009’s twelfth largest film, XMen Origins: Wolverine, while other South African helmers of note include Wayne Kramer (Crossing Over); Roger Michell (Morning Glory); Sunu Gonera (Pride); Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles); Steven Silver (Bang Bang Club); Darrell Roodt (Yesterday); Ralph Ziman (Jerusalema); Mark DornfordMay (uCarmen eKhayelitsha)

and emerging talent like Jann Turner (White Wedding).

Thabang Moleya directed Sokhulu & Partners, which was nominated for Best Drama Series at last year’s International Emmies, while Jon Blair and Francois Verster are just two of the country’s multi-award-winning documentary directors.

Behind the camera, South African Dion Beebe won an Oscar for Best Cinematography on Memoirs of a Geisha in 2006; and Telfer Barnes pulled focus to help Anthony Dod Mantle win last year’s Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire. Double Oscar nominee Stephen Goldblatt shot last year’s acclaimed Julie and Julia, while Giulio Biccari lensed Spooks and No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.

Expect more South African talent to break out in 2010.

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Conduit directed “The Powerhouse” and “The Maestro” for adidas as part of 180 Amsterdam’s “The Ultimate Search” series of short films, which follow Zidane’s quest for the world’s best soccer players

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“We see the arts as a key economic activity, in addition to providing entertainment and promoting cultural diversity and national identity.”

South African president Jacob Zuma

South Africa’s short form specialists

South Africa won two Grand Prixs at Cannes Lions in 2009.

In the Radio Lions category, Net#work BBDO Johannesburg won a Grand Prix for their Virgin Atlantic Airline campaign, while TBWA/Hunt Lascaris bagged another Grand Prix in the Outdoor Lions category for their billboard made out of Zimbabwean dollars for The Zimbabwean Newspaper.

South Africa’s been adding at least a Grand Prix a year to its awards cabinet recently. In 2008, DDB South Africa collected a Print Grand Prix for Energizer’s Never let their toys die campaign; in 2007, Net#work BBDO won the Outdoor Grand Prix for a solar-powered Nedbank billboard offering power to the people, which generated

electricity for a nearby school; and in 2006, FCB Johannesburg took home a Print Grand Prix for their Lego Imagine ad, which showed a tiny Lego periscope emerging from a Lego sea. That makes five Grand Prixs in the last four years.

The country will be hoping that 2010 becomes the year of the country’s second film Grand Prix. In 2001, South African service company Cape Direct were co-credited with Partizan for Traktor’s Fox Sports campaign, but the Grand Prix has so far eluded local directors: with seven Golds, Velocity’s Keith Rose has come the closest.

2009 saw the ad industry scoop a number of other accolades. For example, at the Clios, Shy the Sun won a Silver for

their first ever commercial, Sea Orchestra, an animated spot for United. Animation is a key area to watch in South Africa. At the London International Advertising Awards, BlackGinger won a Silver Animation Award for their work on Precious Biscuits for Ogilvy, a Bakers Biscuit spot co-directed by Shy the Sun and Cab Films’ Bruce Paynter. This was the highest award given in the category.

2009 ended well, with three spots from Bryan Little in Boards in December. Similarly, January 2010 started with new work by Amy Allais, Anton Visser, Bruno Bossi, Bryan Little, Craig Wessels, Jason Fialkov, Jonathan Cohen, Keith Rose, Kim Geldenhuys, Nicholas Hester, Slim and Terence Neale in Shots.

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Queen of Hearts - “Tea Time with Bakers Biscuits” © BlackGinger

Owl & Pussy Cat - “The Owl and the Pussy Cat went to Sea” © BlackGinger

Humpty Dumpty & Peter Pumpkin Eater - “Had a Great Fall” © BlackGinger

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“Jock of the Bushveld” is one of three South African stereoscopic 3D films currently in production

The best crew in the world?

It’s in the less high profile positions that South Africa’s nonunionised, English-speaking crew are really extraordinary, building world-beating CVs without having to leave South Africa.

In 2009, five local crew were nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards. Set decorator Emelia Weavind was co-nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries for her work transforming Southern Africa into Iraq on Generation Kill.

Christa Schamberger (10 000 BC) was also co-nominated for Outstanding Casting on the acclaimed miniseries for her work finding authentic Iraqis on the tip of Africa.

Colin McFarlane, who also earned a Gemini nomination for his work on Diamonds, was

nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie for his work on 24: Redemption, despite having to overcome freak weather conditions that included gale force winds and bucketing rain.

Similarly, Waterfront Post’s Barry Donnelly was awarded a Golden Reel by The Motion Picture Sound Editors for ADR mixing on Generation Kill: Get Some.

Costume designer Jo Katsaras (Racing Stripes) and costume supervisor Zureta Schulz (Man to Man) were nominated for Outstanding Costumes for a Series for their work on No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.

In July 2009, Katsaras exhibited the costumes at The Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles, USA,

after an invitation from Mary Rose, president of The Costume Designer’s Guild.

For commercials, Rob Malpage won a Silver for Cinematography at the London International Advertising Awards for his work on BMW - Free Diver with Didier Noirot, while CFX was nominated for a British Television Advertising Craft Award for the models they made for Grow, Johnny Green’s Royal Mail commercial.

As Invictus producer Lori McCreary says, “The crew here are amazing. They have incredible skills and abilities in their own department and a unique understanding of most other departments, as most have been trained in multiple areas, which is rare to find in the US.”

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Keith Rose - Allan Gray “Legend” for King James

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“There’s a feeling of things being possible in South Africa at the moment.

It’s an immensely exciting time.”

Alice Krige, star of Skin

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A N I M AT I O N T R A I N I N G & D E V E L O P M E N T I N I T I AT I V E

Services Sector Education and Training Authority

A.I.D.I.

The Parlotones © Lung

On 10 June 2009, members from Services SETA met with the Cape Film Commission and Animation SA to commemorate an important initiative driven by the three industry powerhouses.

Described as one of the Western Cape film industry’s most ambitious projects to date, the first phase of the Animation Industry Development Initiative (AIDI) kicked off at the False Bay College in Khayelitsha on 26 June 2009.

Since the launch of the program, 30 learners have been successful in their training.

Judy Robison of ConvergSA explains, “We have already trained 50 new interns in drawing for animation and 50 in digital design. These 50 have undergone business skills training.

From the 50 students chosen, 30 have gone through the program. We have effectively created 30 new entry level job opportunities in a period of six to eight weeks.”

Recruitment is underway for the second year of the course and False Bay College has become the official base of the project.

Five of the learners have been placed at Clockwork Zoo, SA’s biggest 2D animation company. The interns are already hard at work on season five of Caillou, co-produced with Canada’s Cookie Jar Entertainment.

Big Red © Disko

Goal Diggerz © Juju

Gigia © Character Matters

“The Services SETA has pledged its support to help facilitate substantial job creation within the animation industry by 2020.”

SERVICES SETA PROVINCIAL OFFICES CUSTOMER CARE customercare@ serviceseta.org.za www.serviceseta.org.za

HEAD OFFICE Tel: +27 11 276 9600 Fax: +27 11 276 9623 15 Sherborne Road, Parktown, Johannesburg

BLOEMFONTEIN Tel: +27 51 430 6223 Fax: +27 51 430 8771 49 President Steyn Street, Westdene, Bloemfontein

CAPE TOWN Tel: +27 21 425 0417 Fax: +27 21 425 1575 11th floor, Picbel Parkade, Cape Town

DURBAN Tel: +27 31 207 1761 Fax: +27 31 207 1766 73 Ramsay Avenue, Morningside, Durban

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Developing the South African film industry

PRISCILLA DAVID

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Jungle Beat © Sunrise

Priscilla David is now the chamber manager for Film, Animation and the Creative Industries, as well as Events and Conference Management.

Her teaching diploma and BA degree aside, Priscilla has been involved in education for over twelve years and has been actively involved in the Animation Industry Development Initiative.

She says, “We’ve already come a long way in the film industry.” She’s awarded 100 bursaries for a one year animation qualification in partnership with the Cape Film Commission and False Bay College, but she has loftier hopes for the project. She is liaising with the Gauteng Film Commission and the Durban Film Office to take the project to a national level.

Priscilla is also in discussion with Toonboom for a school feeder program to see learners from grade 10-12 develop their animation and scriptwriting skills.

She aims to consolidate existing relationships with Skillset. One result of these talks is German master classes taking place in November. She says, “This is to help the industry grow to a level of global competency and will involve experts from Europe conducting master classes as well as skills transfer.”

For more information, please visit the website: www.serviceseta.org.za.

Priscilla David

A BOUT S ERVICES S ETA

Services Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) have been established to ensure that the skills needs for every sector of the South African economy are identified and that training is available to provide for these skills needs. Services SETA aims to provide comprehensive information regarding the Authority, its structure and its functions. The information is presented in an easily accessible manner, covering both general areas as well as information specific areas, to employers, training providers and learners.

EAST LONDON Tel: +27 43 743 5410 Fax: +27 43 722 9587 15 St Matthew Road, Southern Wood, East London

NELSPRUIT Tel: +27 13 752 2207 Fax: +27 13 752 6434 37 Brown Street, 4th Street, Mid City Building, Nelspruit

NORTHERN CAPE/ KIMBERLY Tel: +27 53 833 7447 Fax: +27 53 833 7452 33 Long Street, Albertynshof, Kimberly

POLOKWANE Tel: +27 15 296 4858 Fax: +27 15 296 4729 5 Neethling Street, Hampton Court, Bendor Avenue

PORT ELIZABETH Tel: +27 41 582 2033 Fax: +27 41 582 2040 Ground Floor, Kalinga Linga House, 3 Edward Street, Central Port Elizabeth

VISITING

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APRIL

AUGUST

KKNK, 1-8 April, Oudtshoorn, W. Cape

Oppikoppi Music Festival, 6-8 Aug, Limpopo

Good Friday, 2 April

Women's Day, 9 Aug

Sony Alpha Profoto Awards, 4 April, JHB

Encounters. 12-29 Aug, CPT

Easter Monday/Family Day, 5 April

SEPTEMBER

AMA Awards, 10 April, Nigeria

Tri Continental Film Festival, 9 Sept-11 Oct

New Year's Day, 1 Jan

Freedom Day, 27 April

Heritage Day, 24 Sept

J&B Met Horse Race, 30 Jan, CPT

MAY

JANUARY FEBRUARY

Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, TBC

Workers Day, 1 May

OCTOBER

SA Film & TV Awards, 20 Feb, JHB

Comrades Marathon, 30 May, KZN

The Loerie Awards, 1-3 Oct, CPT

Discop Africa, 24-26 Feb, Senegal

JUNE

Photo and Film Expo, 15-17 Oct, JHB

Design Indaba Conference, 24-26 Feb, CPT

FIFA Soccer World Cup, 11 June-11 July

NOVEMBER

Design Indaba Expo, 26-28 Feb, CPT

Youth Day, 16 June

Horrorfest, TBC, W. Cape

National Arts Fest, 20 June-5 July, E.Cape

Vuka Awards, TBC, JHB

Imbongi Awards, 6 Mar, CPT

JULY

DECEMBER

Cape Winelands Film Fest, 17-27 Mar, CPT

Durban July Horserace, 3 July, KZN

Kwa Mashu African Film Festival, TBC, KZN

Human Rights Day, 21 Mar

Durban Int. Film Fest, 22 July-1 Aug

Day of Reconciliation, 16 Dec

Public Holiday, 22 Mar

Durban Film Mart, 22 July-1 Aug

Christmas Day, 25 Dec

MARCH

Fokofpolisiekar © Liam Lynch • Shine JHB

© Lize Louw • Profoto Awards

© Dean Elliott • Profoto Awards

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profile

akin omotoso director / writer / actor / experimental filmmaker commercials / documentary / long form / basketball player

www.sweetspotcontent.tv contact: linda Notelovitz +27 82 569 9901 linda@sweetspotcontent.tv loli Bishop +27 82 880 2603 loli@sweetspotcontent.tv tel:

+27 11 447 1963

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profile

joe alblas stills photographer

mobile: +27 83 338 7800 email: joe@africanphoto.co.za www.africanphoto.co.za

“America: The Story of Us.” Images courtesy of The History Channel. 2010.

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“Creating environments in which the audience can live and breathe”

mark engels, sasc director & cinematographer

Mark has directed and photographed more than 100 television commercials, music promo clips and live music concerts for television broadcast and DVD sales. He has worked in Canada as a member of IATSI # 669 and is a member of the South African Society of Cinematographers.

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director:

Mark says, “My attention to constructing the visual pace of any film project is what defines my style as a director. With performance-based films, my desire is to develop a ‘back story’ and offer ‘aspiration’ to screen characters, which I believe makes for a more plausible and entertaining film that both the actors and audiences will revere.”

cinematographer:

Mark explains, “My approach to exposure is to use and subdue Africa’s vivid sunlight and magnificent sky, maximising the vibrant earth colours to cinematic effect. I enjoy creating contrast in my lighting and allow the shadows to be deep and meaningful, with textured and true skin tones, which gives an overall depth to my screen images.”

awards:

Mark Engels

Mark has received the SASC Visible Spectrum award in gold, silver and bronze for cinematography, a SAMA award and a Silver Stone award for directing.

mobile: + 27 83 375 0959 email: mark@arkangel.co.za www.arkangel.co.za Exodus - Sony Music NYC

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michael meyersfeld

Commercials director: Specialising in studio work where the essential components are mood, lighting, and attention to detail. tel: +27 11 444 6333 email: meyersfeld@icon.co.za www.meyersfeld.com

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miles goodall director / dop / photographer / artist commercials / documentary / long form

www.sweetspotcontent.tv contact: linda Notelovitz +27 82 569 9901 linda@sweetspotcontent.tv loli Bishop +27 82 880 2603 loli@sweetspotcontent.tv tel:

+27 11 447 1963

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mq director / communicator / tennis player commercials / music videos / tv / long form

www.sweetspotcontent.tv contact: Linda Notelovitz +27 82 569 9901 linda@sweetspotcontent.tv Loli Bishop +27 82 880 2603 loli@sweetspotcontent.tv tel:

+27 11 447 1963

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nomakhomazi dyosopu director/style inventor/camera op-in-training commercials/documentary/long form

www.sweetspotcontent.tv contact: Linda Notelovitz +27 82 569 9901 linda@sweetspotcontent.tv Loli Bishop +27 82 880 2603 loli@sweetspotcontent.tv tel:

+27 11 447 1963

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Deryck Verse stills photographer

An experienced stills photographer based in Cape Town, Deryck Verse works internationally and specialises in peopleorientated lifestyle advertising. His natural eye adds to the creativity of any brief, which he executes on time, within budget, and to the client’s satisfaction. mobile: +27 83 693 1283 email: deryck@deryckvs.com www.deryckvs.com

Emelia Weavind production designer

After studying Sculpture in Cape Town in 1985, I headed to Joburg to join the SABC to build sets. Typically, I ended up staying in a commune in Yeoville, where a housemate did props in the film industry, so I conned my way into the art department, and here I still am. mobile: +27 82 883 1555 email: emelia@tiscali.co.za

Jan Verboom stills photographer

Jan Verboom offers an excellent understanding of a client’s brief with his minimalist and animated style.

His gift for lighting and composition adds enormous value to the execution of images, whether of people, cars, animals or still life. mobile: +27 82 652 2278 email: jverboom@iafrica.com www.janverboom.com

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Jeremy Goodall commercials director

Jeremy has created some of the bestknown commercials to come out of South Africa. With a strong eye for detail and capturing beautiful imagery, Jeremy is all about action - from in-camera improvisation to slick live action stunts and effective post production. mobile: +27 82 371 1960 email: liza@feelgoodfilms.tv www.feelgoodfilms.tv

Jo Katsaras costume designer

Jo Katsaras is one of South Africa’s leading costume designers and the only one represented internationally by Marsh Best and Associates. In 2009, she was nominated for an Emmy and a Costume Designer’s Guild Award for her costumes on the TV series, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. mobile: +27 82 553 4021 email: jok@wardrobemistress.co.za www.jokatsaras.com

Stanislav Solntsev stills photographer

Stanislav was born in Russia. After studying arts, architecture and medicine, he switched to photography at Moscow Academy of Advertising Photography.

He has lived in Russia, Zimbabwe, Canada, Austria and Croatia but now works as photographer in Cape Town. mobile: +27 83 244 3897 email: stas.solntsev@gmail.com www.stanislavsolntsev.com

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PRofIlE

UNCONVENTIONAL It may be called a convention centre, but there’s nothing conventional about it.

Ask any one of our clients who have filmed here and they will say that the Cape Town International Convention Centre is indeed designed to cater to your every need.

From conferences hosting thousands of delegates and consumer exhibitions or trade shows, to executive business meetings and intimate social functions, the CTICC has played host to them all, memorably.

So, the next time you need a unique space in which to make a lasting impression, why settle for the conventional?

For more information call +27 21 410 5000.

1 Lower Long Street, Convention Square, Cape Town Contact: Ryan Ruiters, email: ryan@cticc.co.za

Cape Town International Convention Centre If you can imagine it, we can host it.

I Up to 10 000m² of sub-divisible, column-free exhibition space I A grand ballroom that seats 1 500 I 2 large auditoria I 33 meeting and function rooms I A roof-top terrace I 3 exquisite restaurants I 1 500 secure parking bays I

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Apple Ipod

Bajaj

directors: • Lourens Van Rensburg • Paulo Henriques • Wednesday • Kofi Zwana

contact: old castle Breweries Beach road, Woodstock, cape Town KFC

p.o. Box 5443 Tyger Valley, 7536 cape Town Chantel Kriel producer mobile: +27 82 594 6180 tel: +27 21 447 4527 email: chantel@7films.co.za www.7films.co.za

Solo

Crash Car Burn

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Bakers - “Polly put the kettle on”

contact: BlackGinger is a multi international award-winning, talent-driven animation and visual effects studio based in cape Town, South Africa, servicing commercial, TV series and feature film clients locally and internationally.

We use the latest technology and software, combined with specialised talent, to create work of the highest standard. our software tools include flame, flint, Nuke, Houdini, XSi, Maya, Massive and proprietary tools. We have a high-speed international network and servers based in london, New York and Hong Kong for global approvals and deliveries.

Most importantly we are passionate about the work we produce.

60 New church Street cape Town, South Africa, 8001 tel: +27 21 488 1188 fax: +27 21 488 1190 email: info@blackginger.tv www.blackginger.tv Hilton Treves VfX supervisor email: hilton@blackginger.tv Marco Raposo de Barbosa VfX supervisor email: marco@blackginger.tv Marc Bloch executive producer email: marc@blackginger.tv

“Free Willy 4”

Allan Gray - “James Dean Lives Again”

Tracy-Lee Portnoi Head of production email: tracy@blackginger.tv

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directors: • • • • • •

Erik Van Wyk Dean Blumberg Marc Sidelsky Ariane Besson Andre Liebenberg Jeana Theron

Fringe @ Bouffant • Jono Hall • Chloe Coetzee • John Trengove

At Bouffant our work and our commitment speaks for itself and we endeavour to make every job an exceptional experience. Bouffant’s approach to filmmaking is constantly evolving.

awards: • Gunn Report 100 Most Awarded Commercials list worldwide • Gold Loerie 2009 Campaign TV Category for BP contact: Johannesburg: 38 Wessels Road, Rivonia, 2128, South Africa tel: +27 11 234 8820 fax: +27 11 234 8821 www.bouffant.tv

Erik Van Wyk - Honda “Let it Shine”

Barry Munchick Managing director mobile: +27 82 552 6582 Lorraine Smit Executive producer email: lorraine@bouffant.tv mobile: +27 82 602 1094 Melina McDonald Executive producer email: melina@bouffant.tv mobile:+27 83 326 2126 Jeana Theron - MWEB “Brand”

Dean Blumberg - Ford “Meteor”

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Clockwork Zoo is the largest animation studio in Africa with over 65 dedicated 2D staff and an output of 24 minutes of animation every week. Our studio is currently producing season five of the international legend, Caillou, with Canada’s Cookie Jar Entertainment, and Florrie’s Dragons for The Disney Channel.

Cookie Jar Entertainment “Caillou”

“Electric Juju”

contact: Sean Rogers mobile:+27 83 577 6600 tel:+27 21 481 7700 fax:+27 21 481 7800 email: sean@clockworkzoo.com www.clockworkzoo.com The Disney Channel “Florrie’s Dragons”

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Picture Tree is a boutique style production company with five directors who believe in always finding the big idea in a script, an unflappable production team, a well-oiled accounts department, a savvy research department and an executive producer who understands that local can become global. We are quoted in Shots and Boards magazines, we regularly hang up new awards, and yet we are still essentially a small, tight-knit team who put together hassle-free, ego-free shoots that, quite simply, work. For the client. For the agency. For the product.

Oscar Strauss - Alzheimers

directors • Oscar Strauss: Oscar’s strength lies in classic storytelling with a strong art director’s eye. He is also superb with children.

• Gersh Kgamedi: A lifestyle director who beautifully captures the texture and nuances of Africa.

• Mukunda: A visual director with a cosmetic feel to his work, who also loves playing with visual effects.

• Ian Difford: Passionate about food and liquids, Ian brings beautiful lighting and an aesthetic sensibility to tabletop work.

• Alan Irvin: Alan’s work is about the look. He is a visual director who loves creating beautiful pictures with real performances.

Mukunda- Rehidrat

Alan Irvin - FNB

contact: 2 Athole Avenue Craighall, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa Gary King Executive producer tel: +27 11 787 7446 fax: +27 11 787 8367 email: info@picturetree.co.za www.picturetree.co.za

Gersh Kgamedi - Khula Finance

Ian Difford - KFC

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ProFile

Debroglio

Fanta

Shield

Sunlight

Edgars

Mango

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Fanta

contact: Bridget Scarr (MD) mobile: +27 82 344 8037 email: bridget@pollen.tv Graeme Carr (CD) mobile: +27 84 226 6369 email: graeme@pollen.tv tel: +27 11 361 3101 fax: +27 11 361 3200 email: info@pollen.tv www.pollen.tv

Pollen is an ever-evolving creative entity, an adaptable, cost-effective, plug and play model for creative clients, agencies and production companies.

We specialise in developing meaningful brand positioning and communication materials, offering our clients high-end creative solutions through design, motion graphics, VFX, animation, broadcast branding, production, post production, directing and new media.

COMpANY

directors: • • • • • • • • • • •

Miles Goodall Nomakhomazi Dyosopu Akin Omotoso MQ Chris Saunders Aine Carey Danny Boyle Matt Helfgott Frank Vroegop Jack Wung Jeffery Darling - available through Sweet Spot Content in areas outside of his representation.

contact: South Africa based in Johannesburg and Cape Town tel: +27 11 447 1963 fax: +27 11 447 1989 www.sweetspotcontent.tv Linda Notelovitz CEO/ Executive producer tel: +27 82 569 9901 email: linda@sweetspotcontent.tv Loli Bishop Executive producer/ Head of sales tel: +27 82 880 2603 email: loli@sweetspotcontent.tv

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Synapse Digital is an innovative black-owned multimedia company with a passion for learning. We blend video, animation, gaming and social media into engaging content that entertains and educates.

contact: Russel Brand mobile: +27 82 774 7093 tel/fax: +27 21 702 4975 email: russel@synapsedigital.co.za www.synapsedigital.co.za

cOMpANY

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Triggerfish brings together South Africa’s finest animation artists, sharing a passion to tell stories with heart. We create beautiful and locally-inspired visuals by combining creativity, skill and technology. Our home-grown stories are character-driven and destined for the widest international release.

contact: Andiswa Tom tel: +27 21 713 4008 fax: +27 21 413 2872 email: animate@triggerfish.co.za www.triggerfish.co.za

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Keith Rose - Allan Gray “Legend”

directors:

IT’S ABOUT THE WORK

• • • • • • • • •

Keith Rose Greg Gray Adrian De Sa Garces Anton Visser Petar Spiljevic Gordon Clark Fly on the Wall Jerome Pikwane Steve Tanchel

awards:

Greg Gray - VW GTI “Dream”

• Gunn Report Top Production Companies Worldwide and Top 50 Ads Worldwide • Seven Gold Cannes lions • Six Silver Cannes Lions • Seven Bronze Cannes Lions • Cannes Palme D’or listing two years in a row • Boards Top 20 Production Companies two years running • Clios TV Hall of fame - Keith Rose • Keith Rose - Shots 100 Advertising People of All Time • Virgin “Love Story” Shots 100 Ads of All Time contact: Barry Munchick, Nicola Valentine, Peter Carr tel: +27 11 807 0100 fax: +27 11 807 1208 email: info@velocityfilms.com www.velocityfilms.com

Keith Rose - OLF “The Kiss”

coMpANY

Animatronics

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AVID editing & SCRATCH colour grading

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Rob Carlisle tel: +27 21 555 2384 email: info@thevisionengine.com www.thevisionengine.com

The Callsheet’s new website features a new video of groundbreaking South African-related content every day, from commercials and music videos to feature film trailers and short films.

If you need inspiration, you’ll find it in our video library.

www.thecallsheet.co.za tel: 021 674 0646 | fax: 021 674 6691 | email: sasha@filmeventpublishing.co.za

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illustrators

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Dig deeper into: • current tax and media law • hr management • marketing and pr best practises • leadership vs management • financial indicators • safe financial practices etc.

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Monthly meetings. Contact Kathy to join.

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tel: +27 11 390 8660 www.comfortguaranteed.co.za Airports across South Africa

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heleen@charactermatters.com cal@priest.co.za sean@clockworkzoo.com info@condorcape.com info@condorcape.com info@condorcape.com info@condorcape.com info@conduit.co.za www.creativeshowcase.co.za ryan@cticc.co.za dean@s24.co.za deryck@deryckvs.com deborah@interactiveafrica.com emelia@tiscali.co.za info@gautengfilm.org.za ggenis@global.co.za www.gerhardtcoetzee.com info@useimagine.com jabulanipatrick@gmail.com jverboom@iafrica.com liza@feelgoodfilms.tv jok@wardrobemistress.co.za vanessa@birdonawire.co.za info@juju.co.za info@juju.co.za info@juju.co.za kathyenglishb@gmail.com kathyenglishb@gmail.com kay@kayos.co.za www.kevinmackintoshphotography.com www.laurenk.co.za leigh@touchvision.co.za katie@shinegroup.com lize.louw@mweb.co.za mark@arkangel.co.za mark@arkangel.co.za www.meyersfeld.com www.meyersfeld.com linda@sweetspotcontent.tv linda@sweetspotcontent.tv linda@sweetspotcontent.tv www.ogilvy.com info@photofilmexpo.com gary@picturetree.co.za gary@picturetree.co.za info@pollen.tv info@pollen.tv info@pollen.tv info@pollen.tv cal@priest.co.za sales@project3.co.za sales@rosco-europe.com customercare@servicesseta.org.za customercare@servicesseta.org.za stef@setsnonstop.co.za stef@setsnonstop.co.za stas@stanislavsolntsev.com stas@stanislavsolntsev.com phil@sunrise.co.za phil@sunrise.co.za linda@sweetspotcontent.tv loli@sweetspotcontent.tv russel@synapsedigital.co.za makkie@thecallsheet.co.za www.thecallsheet.co.za info@theloerieawards.co.za info@thevisionengine.com animate@triggerfish.co.za info@velocityfilm.com

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cape royale luxury Hotel and residence Blackginger character Matters animation Studio clockwork Zoo condor Juju triggerfish Pollen Sunrise Productions learn² the loerie awards kathy english Brower consulting kayos Mark engels Stanislav Solntsev akin omotoso Jeremy goodall Michael Meyersfeld Miles goodall Mq Nomakhomazi dyosopu ogilvy Johannesburg condor Project 3 kathy english Brower consulting cticc conduit Productions Jo katsaras Pollen Pollen Mark engels 7 Films Bouffant Picture tree Sweet Spot content Services Seta design indaba cape Film commission gauteng Film commission the callsheet the callsheet choirBoy Bidair Premier lounge rosco Juju Synapse digital creative Showcase african Photo Productions angie Martins dean elliot deryck Verse Gerda Genis • Fotofactory gerhardt coetzee Jabulani dhlamini Johan Wilke kevin Mackintosch lauren kriedemann Photography liam lynch lize louw Michael Meyersfeld Stanislav Solntsev Bird on a Wire Photo and Film expo Blackginger Priest the Vision engine condor Bouffant Picture tree Sunrise Productions 7 Films Velocity emelia Weavind imagine Sets Non Stop Sets Non Stop Sweet Spot content Services Seta Jan Verboom condor Blackginger Juju Pollen

+27 21 430 0500

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hilton@blackginger.tv heleen@charactermatters.com sean@clockworkzoo.com info@condorcape.com info@juju.co.za animate@triggerfish.co.za info@pollen.tv phil@sunrise.co.za leigh@touchvision.co.za info@theloerieawards.co.za kathyenglishb@gmail.com kay@kayos.co.za mark@arkangel.co.za stas@stanislavsolntsev.com linda@sweetspotcontent.tv liza@feelgoodfilms.tv www.meyersfeld.com linda@sweetspotcontent.tv linda@sweetspotcontent.tv linda@sweetspotcontent.tv www.ogilvy.com info@condorcape.com sales@project3.co.za kathyenglishb@gmail.com ryan@cticc.co.za info@conduit.co.za jok@wardrobemistress.co.za info@pollen.tv info@pollen.tv mark@arkangel.co.za chantel@7films.co.za lorraine@bouffant.tv gary@picturetree.co.za linda@sweetspotcontent.tv customercare@servicesseta.org.za deborah@interactiveafrica.com info@capefilmcommission.co.za info@gautengfilm.org.za makkie@thecallsheet.co.za www.thecallsheet.co.za cal@priest.co.za rosalynb@bidair.co.za sales@rosco-europe.com info@juju.co.za russel@synapsedigital.co.za www.creativeshowcase.co.za www.africanphoto.co.za www.eightysixphotography.com dean@s24.co.za deryck@deryckvs.com ggenis@global.co.za

www.gerhardtcoetzee.com jabulanipatrick@gmail.com vanessa@birdonawire.co.za www.kevinmackintoshphotography.com www.laurenk.co.za katie@shinegroup.com lize.louw@mweb.co.za www.meyersfeld.com stas@stanislavsolntsev.com vanessa@birdonawire.co.za info@photofilmexpo.com hilton@blackginger.tv cal@priest.co.za info@thevisionengine.com info@condorcape.com lorraine@bouffant.tv gary@picturetree.co.za phil@sunrise.co.za chantel@7films.co.za info@velocityfilm.com emelia@tiscali.co.za info@useimagine.com stef@setsnonstop.co.za stef@setsnonstop.co.za linda@sweetspotcontent.tv customercare@servicesseta.org.za jverboom@iafrica.com info@condorcape.com hilton@blackginger.tv info@juju.co.za info@pollen.tv

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the filmmakers guide to south africa Founded by Kathy English-Brower in 2001, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa has expanded into three separate yet aligned volumes. The Industry is a film book with a tourism edge, providing an overview of the various industry sectors and South Africa as a whole; Service and Co-Production showcases what South Africa offers international clients as a destination, highlighting our facilitation companies and co-production possibilities; while Creative Showcase is focused on South Africa’s visual talent, from directors and cinematographers to photographers and visual effects artists, among others.

publisher Lance Gibbons CreATiVe DireCTOr Kathy English Brower eDiTOr Kevin Kriedemann AssisTANT eDiTOr Sally Fink sAles mANAger Taryn Fowler DesigN Jess Novotná heAD OF prODuCTiON Gaye Higgs prODuCTiON AssisTANT Sasha Hendrikz Web mANAger Siyamukelwa Ngcobo COVer phOTOgrAph Angie Martins phOTOgrAphiC CONTribuTiONs Thank you to all the photographers, production companies and advertisers who contributed. Images have been credited as requested. publisheD by Film & Event Publishing

three separate yet aligned volumes Celebrating the continued rise of the South African film industry, The Industry is a film book with a tourist edge, which provides an overview of all the different film sectors.

Service & Co-production showcases what South Africa offers international clients as a destination and project partner, highlighting our facilitation companies, financing options and coproduction possibilities.

speCiAl ThANKs This publication was made possible with the support of Services SETA. COpyrighT © The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa. The copyright, including the right of reproduction in any form, of all material in The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa is expressly reserved in terms of section 12 (7) of The South African Copyright Act. isbN 978-0-9802715-8-4 priNTiNg CTP greeNiNg The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa is printed by CTP Printers, which has engaged Global Carbon Exchange as its partner in establishing its carbon footprint. In addition, CTP has received the Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification. This publication is printed on wood-free paper, which is sourced from sustainably managed forests, and uses vegetable oil-based, environmentally-friendly inks conforming to the highest European standards.

DisClAimer While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this guide, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa and/or its employees may not be held liable or responsible for any act or omission committed by any person, including a juristic person, referred to in this publication. It and they furthermore accept(s) no responsibility for any liability arising out of any reliance that a reader of this publication places on the contents of this publication. The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa cannot be held responsible for exact colour replications on logos and images.

For advertising queries about the range of The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa publications and websites, please contact: Taryn Fowler +27 21 674 0646 taryn@filmmakersguide.co.za For more information, please visit www.filmmakersguide.co.za or www.creativeshowcase.co.za

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.

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For more information, please visit www.thecallsheet.co.za or www.theevent.co.za.