NFVF announces the approved production company for animation and documentary slates.

NFVF announces the approved production company for animation and documentary slates.

Animation Slate

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) released a call for Animation Slate to the value of R7.5m over a period of 3 years. The slate is targeted at Tier 2 Production Companies with an aim of cultivating sustainability and viability.

Tier 2 production companies are defined in the NFVF Funding Policy as Filmmakers with limited experience in the film industry, but who have developed and produced 1or 2 feature length films, television fiction and/or, 2 or 3 documentary short films seeking to venture into feature film or documentary development and production .

The awarded production company is:

Digital Characters:

Shimane Applegreen

Sthembiso Mphehle

Kearatwa Sedidi

Over the period of 3 years Digital Characters must deliver polished pitch material for one television series and one feature film.

Year 1:

Television series:

- Pitch bibles for a minimum of 3 concepts including a complete literary and visual bible and sell sheet.

Feature film:

- Pitch bibles for a minimum of 2 concepts including a script, synopsis and concept art.

Year 2:

Television series:

- Literary and visual bible and sell sheet and a 2-minute teaser/pilot for green lit concept.

Feature film:

- Final script, character and set design for green lit concept and a 20 minute animatic.

Year 3:

Television series:

- 7 or 15-minute pilot, final revised pitch bible, sell sheet, literary and visual bible.

For Feature film:

- Final pitch bible with final script, character and a set design, 80 or 90 minute animatic.

Budget:

The slate is valued at R7.5 million over 3 years allocated as follows:

R3 000 000.00 - for development of a minimum of 3 television concepts and 2 feature film concepts with a 25% cap for overheads.

R4 500 000.00 - for pilot production of 1 television concept and 1 feature film concept.

Documentary slate:

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) released a call for proposals for a Documentary Slate to the value of R4.5m over a period of 3 years. The slate is targeted at Tier 2 Production Companies with an aim of cultivating sustainability and viability.

The awarded production company for documentary is Tshedza Media:

Millicent Mulaudzi

Over the period of 3 years Tshedza Media must develop a minimum of 9 projects of which 3 must be produced into a feature length documentary.

Year 1: Develop a minimum of six scripted documentaries

Year 2: Develop a minimum of three documentaries and produce two feature length documentaries

Year 3: Produce one feature length documentary

Budget:

The slate is valued at R4.5 million over 3 years allocated as follows:

R1 500 000.00 - for development of a minimum of 9 projects with a 25% cap for overheads.

R3 000 000.00 - for production of 3 feature length documentaries at R1 000 000.00 each.

For more information contact: production@nfvf.co.za

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