Story | Strategy | Studio. Johannesburg based filmmaker, global citizen. Durban Filmmart Board. Emmy Juror. Occupies friction zone between art & business.
South Africa, Brazil, Namibia
Joined June 2009
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The @durbanfilmmart 2026 was calm, focused and inspirational! Work got done, films got financed, ideas were shared and new friends were made from Africa and around the Globe!
South Africa’s Cash Rebate Bounces Back, African Verticals Lift Off and AI at a Crossroads: 10 Takeaways From the Durban FilmMart variety.com/2026/film/global…
Tonight, March 17th, at 9 PM, we are proud to present our series "FREE AT LAST: Unresolved Stories of Apartheid" on SABC1. Co-directed by Xoliswa Sithole, we look into the dark heart of Apartheid and what it means for our future! A Storyscope, BeetzBrothers co-pro with ZDF/Arte.
So great to be part of this innovative programme and knowledge share with inspired and motivated emerging talent!
Thank you to all the industry professionals who generously shared their experience and expertise with our DFM ACCESS participants over the past few weeks! It was inspiring to have you in the room
#DFM2024 #ILoveSAFilm #Filmmaking #AfricanFilm
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Thanks guys its certainly been an honour and a privilege to represent @DocFilmmakersSA at the @durbanfilmmart a responsibility I take seriously! This years in person market is going to be super great as we bring financiers into SA from around the world!
Thank you to @WhenSparksFly who represents the DFA as the co-chair on the @durbanfilmmart Ihstitute Board & congratulations to new Board members Dr. Tegan Bristow, Fazel Dolley, Mpumi Mazibuko, Pearl Munonde, Neiloe Whitehead, led by co-chairs Neil Brandt and Maganthrie Pillay.
Say no more, yes it is! lnkd.in/e9G8Qap7
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In distracted anxious world, this is the best thing you will watch all day and somehow makes it all ok!!!
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Was super fun to chat with the enigmatic Yalezo Njuguna and his inspired podcast crew at Afriquan Film about the evolution of a viable film financing ecosystem in South Africa. Catch our conversation on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and…lnkd.in/deEnbpng lnkd.in/dPSdMk2u
Summer rain in Johannesburg with lightning cyberpunk 2099 blade runner 2049 neon - made with NightCafe Creator creator.nightcafe.studio/cre… #aiart #nightcafe #digitalart #vqganclip via @NightcafeStudio
While the streamers’ appetite for documentary content has created a new golden age for nonfiction filmmaking, it’s come with transformations that many find worrying: Doc subjects are being paid, timelines are getting scrunched, and…lnkd.in/dbkwbR6G lnkd.in/dXbVxXwf
...despite young people liking film, they consume the same amount of local film (57%) as they do international films (53%) and those who had watched more than eight films had watched slightly more international films (13%) than African ones.
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So great to have our film The Devil's Lair available to global audiences on Amazon Prime Video. Directed by the talented Riaan Hendricks, this extraordinarily brave and intimate film shows what happens when you pick up a camera ins…lnkd.in/d8tJJiCi lnkd.in/dmBdrhG2
With love from Africa to the world! The @durbanfilmmart is excited to introduce our International Advisory Committee, making up some of the best minds in the African and global content business. See you all in Durban good people!
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Thank you International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (International Emmy Awards) it's been a privilege to again be invited to serve as a judge for the 50th Emmy Awards 2022.
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Revolution. Evolution. Changing the narrative!
It's been truly inspiring to serve on the board of the Durban Film Mart Institute and work with our dedicated team to bring this years hybrid market together.
See you in Durban peeps!
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Our #storyscope team honoured to have worked with Mam'Khanyi and profile her extraordinary impact on at risk girls. She deserves all the recognition she can get and her @GlblCtznaward is only the beginning!
Meet Khanyisile Motsa, AKA Mam’Khanyi, the founder of @A_HomeofHope & winner of the #GCPrize Citizen Award S/E Africa. 🙌
This organisation serves to restore human dignity to exploited girls in a safe environment while offering rehabilitative services. glblctzn.me/CitizenAwardSEAf…
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What the %&*% is going on with the #SenzoMeyiwatrial which went nuclear today with the arrest in court of the defence advocate #Teffo Anybody's guess as to what's up, but definitely not a good look for the entire process and puts justice for Meyiwa's family further out of reach!
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....offering instead a story of the killing of Meyiwa as a damning indictment of attitudes to justice and misogyny in modern SA.
#SenzoMeyiwa #SenzoMeyiwaDocuseries #JusticeForSenzoMeyiwa @netflix @NetflixSA
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The trial of the 5 accused for the murder of #SenzoMeyiwa starts today in the HighCourt. Was it a robbery or a hit. To get you up to speed #SenzoMurderofaSoccerStar is streaming on @netflix right now. #justiceforMeyiwa @NetflixSA
Insightful review of #SenzoMeyiwa and the broken system that has allowed the crime to go unsolved for so long…
#Senzo | #Netflix #truecrime docuseries is an incisive look at an ecosystem so desensitised by everyday violence that how a crime is investigated is often determined by the public reactions to it.
@ReelReptile writes | #SenzoMeyiwa
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