Hot Docs-Blue Ice group fund awards eight African documentary projects

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Hot Docs-Blue Ice group fund awards eight African documentary projects --

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:22

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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Blue Ice Group have announce that eight African film projects have been chosen to receive a total of $103 000 in development and production grants from the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund in its sixth round of disbursements. Selected from 114 submissions from 25 different African countries, four projects will receive development grants, and four projects will receive production grants.

Five of the grant recipients will also receive support to attend Hot Docs 2017, where they will take part in a creative filmmakers lab, attend Hot Docs screenings, conference sessions, the Hot Docs Forum and various networking events, and participate in a year-round peer-to-peer mentorship programme. They will also receive support to attend and participate in the Durban International Film Festival and Durban Film Market.

The list of recipients all projects to watch follows below,via press release:

Development Grants

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Director: Yakout Elhababi

Producer: Vincent Mellili, Hind Saih, Karoline Henkel

Production Company: ESAV Prod, Bellota Films, Woodwater Films

Country: Morocco, France, Germany

LOBOLA, A BRIDE S TRUE PRICE

Director: Sihle Hlophe

Producer: Sarah Basyouny

Production Company: Passion Seed Communications

Country: South Africa

TESTAMENT

Director: Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji

Producer: Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu

Production Company: AfroFilms International

Country: Kenya

THE MASTER S PLAN

Director: Yuri Ceuninck

Producer: Yuri Ceuninck

Production Company: Kori Kaxoru Films

Country: Cape Verde

Production Grants

SOFTIE

Director: Samwel Soko Osebe

Producer: Bramwel Iro

Production Company: Lightbox

Country: Kenya

AS I WANT

Director: Samaher Alqadi

Producer: Karim El Hakim

Production Company: Prophecy Films

Country: Egypt

LIFT LIKE A GIRL

Director: Mayye Zayed

Producer: Mayye Zayed, Moritz Helmes

Production Company: Rufy s Films, Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion

Country: Egypt, Germany

WHISPERING TRUTH TO POWER

Director: Shameela Seedat

Producer: Shameela Seedat, Francois Verster, Neil Brandt, Brechtje Smidt, Dan Jawitz

Production Company: Undercurrent Film & Television (UFT), Fireworx Media (FWM), Dutch Picture Industry (DPI)

Country: South Africa

Source: Shadow and Act

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