The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) Cycle 3 Funding Approvals.
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture, is pleased to announce the following funding approvals for funding cycle 3. This cycle is the last funding cycle for the 2017/18 financial year, a year dedicated to advancing the NFVF's transformation objectives as well as funding projects that have potential to make a significant impact on the South African film industry. Transformation, creating opportunities for women and the youth remain the core focus of the NFVF.
MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Die Ellen Pakkies Storie
Schalk Burger
Die Ellen Pakkies Storie (Pty) Ltd
R 250 000.00
District Six Rising from the Dust
Weaam Williams
Tribal Alchemy Productions
R180 000.00
Farewell Ella Bella
Tsholo Mashile
Free Woman Pictures (Pty) Ltd
R250 000.00
Khera
Molatelo Mainetje
Bolobathaba Media
R 250 000.00
Nommer 37
Benjamin Overmeyer
37 Films (Pty) Ltd
R 180 000.00
The Number
Carolyn Carew
Reefo Way Trade and Invest
R 250 000.00
The Mayfair
Sara Blecher
Path to Paradise (Pty) Ltd
R 250 000.00
Troupes of War - Diturupa
Themba Vilakazi
Mvura Ya Afrika Productions
R 250 000.00
Tshovhiligana 10
Khathutshelo Mamphodo
Bvumo Productions CC
R 248 500.00
Festival hosting
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Company
Approved Amount
Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers Congress
Noel Kok
Nature Environment and Wildlife Conservation Trust
R1 200 000.00
SA Varsity Film Festival
Lehlogonolo Sello
Afro Polite Productions
R250 000.00
Joburg Film Festival
Tim Mangwedi
Enable Media
R1 500 000.00
The One Africa Monthly Film Screening and Workshops (PE)
Nomakhomazi Dewavrin
One Blood Sound
R400 000.00
NON-FICTION PROJECTS
Development Documentaries
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Agents of Influence
Neil Brandt
Fireworx Media
R150 000.00
Jumping the Line
Thami Nakasa
Native of Nowhere Film Productions
R150 000.00
Development - Short Documentaries
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Banned: Joe Bullet
Nonofo Bogacwi
Trail by Media
R 100 000.00
Beyond the Clich
Peter Maleta
Home Grown Solutions
R 99 600.00
Black Women and Sex
Godisamang Khunou
Mogale Pictures
R 100 000.00
Blend
Ashleigh da Silva
AG Picture
R 99 700.00
Identity
Namhla Duma
NSS Media
R 100 000.00
Mambo Kazi
Mary-Ann Mandishona
Matriarch Films
R 100 000.00
Most Potent Weapon: Selby Semela
Thabo Afitlhile
Innvexx Consulting
R 100 000.00
Starving Artist
Ntuthuko Mkhabela
Durban Media House
R 100 000.00
Sustained Discourse: Re Gana go Buswa!
Tharollo Seatlholo
Ditike Business Enterprise
R 100 000.00
The Dump is Mine
Tshililo Muzila
Masanani Productions
R 100 000.00
World of Trophies
Victoria Wigzell
News From Home
R 95 600.00
Umajola-The Immortal Snake
Thandiswa Twecu
N/A
R 100 000.00
Uncovering the Lost City
Sandra Roberts
Frayintermedia
R 100 000.00
Production Documentaries
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Umkhusane
Martha Qumba
Matambara Films
R350 000.00
Production Short Documentaries
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
A thousand words to kill by
Ikaye Masisi
Pontsho Visuals
R150 000.00
Diamond in the Rough
Reshoketjwe Joyce Nkgapele
Black Queens Media
R 150 000.00
Song of Ascents
Jessie Zinn
Red Coat Films
R 150 000.00
Post-Production Short Documentaries
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Rainmakers: Beyond the Music
Fidel Tshivhasa
TIFF Film and Multimedia Design
R 150 000.00
FICTION PROJECTS
Development Animation
Project Name
Applicants Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Late Night Bark
Adam Behr
Adam Behr (Pty)
R 250 000.00
Development Feature Length
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Che Guevara in the Congo
Khalo Matabane
Certelle NPC
R200 000.00
The Immaculate Room
Mukunda Dewil
Incognito Films
R 200 000.00
Taxiing
Alan Shelley
Benchfilms
R200 000.00
The Blessed Girl
Michael Lee
Indigo Montoya CS
R200 000.00
The Silverton Siege
Walter Ayres
The Silverton Siege (Pty) Ltd
R200 000.00
The Weekend
Akona Matyila
Mulatto Films
R 185 000.00
Tselane and Dimo
Teboho Mahlatsi
The Bomb Shelter
R 200 000.00
Development Short Film
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
A Sudden Twist
Andrew Manzini
R100 000.00
Half a Cup
Shannan Taylor
Muse and Doodle (Pty) Ltd
R100 000.00
Love On Fire
Unique Shabangu
Chaotic films production
R100 000.00
My Bizarre And Wondrous Life So Far
Carmichelle Yates III
N/A
R100 000.00
Na Trane After Tears
Mikale Barry
In Motion Media & Arts Projects
R45 500.00
PALEHO-thella he!
Ms Lebo Leisa
Thope Produxions
R100 000.00
Son in Law
Rankgo Andries Lankey Manong
N/A
R100 000.00
Tab
Zamo Mkhwanazi
Kude Media
R100 000.00
The Calling
Cynthia Mohoto
N/A
R100 000.00
The Orphan Club
Jane Folodi
N/A
R100 000.00
Production Feature Length
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Indemnity
Benjamin Overmeyer
Indemnity Feature (Pty) Ltd
R1 000 000.00
Uncovered
Zuko Nodada
The final chapter
R1 100 000.00
Production - Short Film
Project Name
Applicant's Name
Production Company
Approved Amount
Happy To Serve You
David Franciscus
Protagonist Films
R200 000.00
The story of a baked brownie
Hisham Samie
Benchfilms
R198 800.00
Two Hues
Weaam Williams
Tribal Alchemy
R200 000.00
3AM
Johannes Mzwandile Spirit
BunduzBoi Pictures PTY Ltd
R150 000.00
A Mother, A Father & Their Son
Mlungiseleli Godola
Most recent headlines
04/08/2024
Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, is excited to announce Santiago Solanas as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)....
03/06/2024
Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, a...
16/05/2024
PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: Director Yance Ford introduces the Power premiere at Library Center Theatre. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Shutterstock for Sundance F...
16/05/2024
May is Mental Health Awareness month, a time to recognize those living with ment...
16/05/2024
ABC and SBS bring digital radio (DAB ) services to the Gold Coast
15 May, 2024
Media releases
ABC and SBS today announced that audiences on the Gold Coast ...
16/05/2024
eds3_5_jq(document).ready(function($) { $(#eds_sliderM519).chameleonSlider_2_1({...
16/05/2024
Share this article
width=32 height=32 data-lazy-src=https://apogeedigital.com/app/themes/juniper-theme/src/img/icons/facebook-purple.svg />
width=32 height=...
16/05/2024
In a major example of how large streaming services are successfully battling for lucrative sports rights, Netflix has announced that it has secured global right...
16/05/2024
LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK More than three months after announcing plans to launch a major new sports streaming service, ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery,...
16/05/2024
In a survey conducted late last year, marketing companies said their main focus for increasing advertising would be CTV/streaming. Generative AI, which was not ...
16/05/2024
Three public radio and one public television outlet are the latest recipients of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to upgrade their emergency...
16/05/2024
John Mailhot, senior vice president, product management at Imagine Communications, gives an insight into how HDR is impacting live production today, as well as ...
16/05/2024
Sony Pictures Post Production Services Completes Expansion of its Sound Faciliti...
16/05/2024
TV Tech recently sat down with Telestream CEO Rhonda Bassett-Spiers and CTO Simon Clark to discuss how the M&E industry is adapting the cloud, IP and AI to enha...
16/05/2024
1185 Talent will include directors, editors, colourists, VFX artists and photographers
By Jenny Priestley
Published: May 16, 2024
1185 Talent will include...
16/05/2024
The administrators said they are focused on trading the business as a going concern while they assess options, including exploring the possibility of a sale
By...
16/05/2024
Selipsky will leave the company on 3rd June, and will be succeeded by Matt Garman, a senior vice president who has overseen sales and marketing at AWS
By Jenny...
16/05/2024
Sony Pictures Post Production Services has announced that the final phase of a multi-year effort to expand and modernize its motion picture and television sound...
16/05/2024
President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two televised debates, the first of which will be hosted by CNN on June 17....
16/05/2024
BURBANK, Calif. and NEW YORK Disney+, IMAX Corporation, and DTS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, have announced that Queen Rock Montreal is now streaming ...
16/05/2024
NEW YORK During its upfronts presentation, Warner Bros. Discovery announced a suite of new advanced ad products available on Max, that include shoppable ads, ad...
16/05/2024
iZotope announces RX 11 audio software, introducing new machine learning for tac...
16/05/2024
Check Out the Cine Gear Expo June 7 9, 2024 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank...
16/05/2024
Nouvel Photo & Film Captures Cinematic Wedding Films with Blackmagic Cinema Came...
16/05/2024
Replacing Surfaces Like a Pro with Mocha AE Planar Tracking
Levi Borland May 15, 2024
0 Comments
Welcome to our comprehensive tutorial on planar track...
16/05/2024
The world of baseball at Capitol Broadcasting is about to expand like fireworks on a Friday night. The Holly Springs Salamanders will open their season at home...
16/05/2024
Blockgraph said that its identity and data collaboration platform has been adopted by tvbeat, a provider of campaign planning technology for media companies....
16/05/2024
16 May 2024
VEON 1Q24 Trading Update: Accelerating USD Growth, Strong Operational Execution Amsterdam, 16 May 2024 07:00AM CEST -
VEON Q1 2024 Highlights
Q1...
16/05/2024
May 16th, 2024 Press Materials Available Here
TRIBECA X ANNOUNCES 2024 SPEAKER...
16/05/2024
SVG Sit-Down: Beam Dynamics CEO Kaszycki on Maximizing Physical-Asset Usage, Tra...
16/05/2024
SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Aggreko's Don Gray on Advocating for Sustainabili...
16/05/2024
At PGA Championship, CBS Sports Bolsters Aerial, Bunker Camera Lineup; Takes Vie...
16/05/2024
Rohde & Schwarz shows the future of terrestrial broadcasting at CABSAT 2024 Real innovations in services and sustainability
Meet us at CABSAT 2024 in Dubai...
16/05/2024
Back to All News
Hierarchy' Teaser Unveils Jooshin High School's Elite...
16/05/2024
Back to All News
Steamy Doctor Climax' Trailer Teases the Questions That S...
16/05/2024
Posted on 16 May 2024
We're huge advocates of positively improving our mental wellbeing so going green for Mental Health Awareness Week was an obvious ward...
16/05/2024
Venu Sports Introduced as Name for Forthcoming Sports Streaming Service Details of ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery Joint Venture Take Shape with Brand an...
16/05/2024
Irma Stern's 1930 portrait Cape Girl with Fruit headlines SA art auctionAn Irma Stern painting from 1930 leads Strauss & Co's diverse catalogue of moder...
16/05/2024
Prison Journalism: The role my mother played in my lifeWesley Leong was incarcerated at the age of 15 in 1996 at Pollsmoor Prison. He is currently part of Resto...
16/05/2024
Actress Sibongokuhle Cele joins Muvhango'Model and former Durban Gen' actress Sibongokuhle Cele has secured a role in SABC2's soapie Muvhango'...
16/05/2024
Tonight on Skeem Saam: Carol sees Ntswaki getting up to no good with TobyDon't miss Thursday, 16 May's riveting episode of South African soapie Skeem Sa...
16/05/2024
Whether looking for new adventures, epic storylines or games to play with a friend, GeForce NOW members are covered.
Start off with the much-anticipated sequel...
16/05/2024
Skeem Saam: Wednesday's episode, 15 May 2024 [video]Missed an episode of Skeem Saam? No problem! Watch the latest episode of your favourite South African so...
16/05/2024
Monet painting fetches R640 million at New York auctionA Monet has sold for nearly R640 million at auction, Sotheby's said, marking a solid start to New Yor...
16/05/2024
RT is supporting Cruinni na n g with a nationwide campaign on television, radio, online and digital. For a full listing of all activities and information on h...
15/05/2024
12th March 2024 - Award-winning broadcaster UKTV has today announced it has inve...
15/05/2024
By Bailey Pennick
One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...
15/05/2024
Med sin rliga royaltyrapport Loud & Clear kar Spotify transparensen i musikindustrin, s att artister, l tskrivare, fans och hela musikbranschen f r en st rre...
15/05/2024
Nos ltimos 10 a 15 anos, a mudan a para o streaming de udio transformou comple...
15/05/2024
Over the last 10-15 years, the move toward streaming audio has completely transf...
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) Cycle 3 Funding Approvals.
