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DTI and ATFT host export market introduction and readiness workshop --
Wed, 06 May 2015 11:29
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and The Association for Transformation in Film and Television (ATFT) are hosting an export market introduction and readiness workshop in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in preparation for the Sheffield Documentary Festival.
The festival takes place from 5 to 10 June 2015 in the UK and as part of its mandate to up skill members in financing, distribution, sales and co-production, ATFT is hosting three workshops in three cities. The workshops are open to any interested parties who are looking to find out more about this market, but are mandatory for delegates attending this year s Sheffield Documentary Festival with the South African Indies/DTI delegation. Any delegate who is going to Sheffield Documentary Festival this year that does not attend the workshop will be disqualified from applying for any further markets.
The workshops will be split into two parts and the days programme will be as follows:
09h00-13h00: The morning session is an introduction to ATFT and how its delegations work, as well as an introduction to Sheffield Documentary Festival. This is for anyone who has never attended the festival before. The facilitator will look at pitching tips and how to pitch and package a project for the Meetmarket and the programmes around the festival. The DTI EMIA scheme, used to finance the delegations to attend these markets, will also be explained as well as the process of applying through ATFT or as individual companies through the Individual Exhibitor scheme to be part of the South African Indies delegation to this event.
13h00-14h00: Lunch
14h00-16h00: The afternoon session is for delegates only and will cover how to make the most of festival, attract investment to a project specific to the attendees projects and companies as well as how to go about selling them or financing them at the festival. Attendees can ask the facilitator for advice, pitch their project and get feedback on it.
The Sheffield Documentary Festival 2015 workshops will be facilitated by Andy Jones. Impact producer Andy Jones has produced films in Africa for networks including BBC, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera. His forthcoming feature documentary I Shot Bi Kidude will premiere at the Durban International Film Festival in July.
The workshops will take place on the following dates and in the following venues:
Durban
Date: 8 May 2015
Venue: Creative Centre for Arts, University of Kwazulu-Natal, King George V Ave, Durban
Contact: 031 260 1650
Cape Town
Date: 11 May 2015
Venue: Wesgro, 18th Floor SARB Building, 60 St Georges Mall
Please provide your ID number when you RSVP and also on the day of the workshop
No parking available - use PIC-BALE or other parking
Johannesburg
Date: 12 May 2015
Venue: The Big Fish School of Filmmaking, 7th Floor, 25 Owl Street, Auckland Park
Spaces are limited and entrance is conditional to pre-registration by sending an RSVP email to zukiswa@filmandtvtransformation.org
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