The Callsheet Africa Issue 2 - 2020
The second edition of the Callsheet for 2020 explores the myriad film and television service opportunities available to international producers looking to shoot their next production in South Africa. We also give you a brief roundup of the coronavirus and how it’s affected the industry, as well as an exclusive profile on Jackie Motsepe, COO of the KZN Film Commission.
The second edition of the Callsheet for 2020 explores the myriad film and television service opportunities available to international producers looking to shoot their next production in South Africa. We also give you a brief roundup of the coronavirus and how it’s affected the industry, as well as an exclusive profile on Jackie Motsepe, COO of the KZN Film Commission.
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WESGRO CONTINUES PROMOTING
CAPE TOWN AND THE WESTERN CAPE
Wesgro has and will continue to promote and support the film and media
industries in Cape Town and the Western Cape despite COVID-19 setbacks.
BERLINALE / EUROPEAN
FILM MARKET
In February, Monica Rorvik,
Head of Film and Media
Promotion at Wesgro attended
the 70 th edition of the Berlinale
International Film Festival with
its expansive European Film
Market where she spoke on the
inaugural Landmark platform
about the opportunities that the
Western Cape has to offer.
Over 50 South Africans took
part in meetings and attended
panels at the European Film
Market’s Africa Film Hub. Five
South Africans attended the
350-person cohort of Berlinale
Talents where MasterCard
fellowship awarded Western
Cape’s Sydelle Willow Smith
of Sunshine Cinema. Four of
the five South Africans that
attended were from the Western
Cape, including Nozuko Poni, a
distributor; Pierre De Villiers, a
cinematographer; and editors
Jacques De Villiers and Matthew
Swanepoel. Wesgro was
also part of the side meeting
programmes such as WEP Film’s
Junior Entertainment Talent
Supported (JETS) supported by
seven co-production countries
including three National Film
and Video Foundation (NFVF)
projects from South Africa.
As always, the cutting edge of
the future was present, including
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
filmmaking and wildly fantastic
Pan-African Virtual Reality (VR)
projects – with South African
Electric South projects as
well as a VR experience which
required a trip on an African
Space Makers bus to the Zeiss
Planetarium. www.berlinale.de
SXSW CANCELLATION
Unfortunately, due to the
rapid spread of COVID-19
(the Coronavirus), South by
South West (SXSW), among
many other global festivals and
events, has been cancelled.
Wesgro’s Film and Media
Officer, Lisa Mini along with
Chief Business Officer, Yaw
Peprah and Leisure Tourism
Content Creator and Curator,
Robert Peters, planned to attend
the event in Austin, Texas, but
remained home to reduce the
risk of contracting and spreading
the virus. For more information:
www.sxsw.com
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL
ANIMATION FESTIVAL
AND COMIC CON
The ninth Cape Town
International Animation Festival
(CTIAF) has been postponed
to 24-27 April 2021. The event
will take place at the Cape Town
Stadium and will be co-located
with Comic Con Cape Town.
Both events were scheduled
to take place in May this year,
but have been postponed
following the spread of the
COVID-19 virus, and the South
African Government’s ban on
public events over 100 people
as one of its responses to
manage the pandemic. “We are
obviously saddened not to be
able to bring you the incredible
programme we had lined up,
Head of Wesgro Film and Media Promotion unit, Monica Rorvik(left) and Canadian Producer,
Natasha Vassell(right) at the 70 th Annual Berlin International Film Festival
but we are committed to being
socially responsible and doing
whatever we can to prevent
the spread of the Coronavirus,”
says Festival Director Dianne
Makings. “The health and safety
of our delegates, sponsors, staff
and the population at large is and
will remain our highest priority.
The good news is that next year
CTIAF will be even bigger with
an epic four days of events!”
Delegates will have a choice
between refunding their ticket
or rolling it over to the new
dates in 2021. This process will
be managed hand-in-hand with
ticketing partner Howler. Visit
www.ctiaf.com for updates
a great place to create
COVID-19 CONTENT CENTRE
The Department of Economic
Development and Tourism ,
together with Wesgro, the City of
Cape Town and industry partners,
have activated the official virtual
COVID-19 Content Centre which
consists of sector specialists and
communications experts, set up
to develop reliable content to
assist industry, and manage
daily queries and business
concerns. These FAQ’s, including
film can be found on
www.supportbusiness.com.
If you have any questions
or queries, please send
them through to
supportbusiness@wesgro.co.za.
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