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APPROVED PROJECTS - CYCLE 2 - FY 2017/18

19/12/2017

APPROVED PROJECTS CYCLE 2 FY 2017/18

MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Inxeba (The Wound)

Cait Pansegrouw

Urucu Media (Pty) Ltd

R250 000.00

Meerkat Maantuig

Hanneke Schutte

Meerkat Maantuig (Pty) Ltd

R250 000.00

Standing on their Shoulders

Xoliswa Sithole

Nayanaya Pictures Pty Ltd

R250 000.00

Festival Hosting

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Company

Approved Amount

Behind the Blazer Film Festival

Vusi Thwala

Behind the Blazer NPO

(132 362)

R250 000.00

The Free Peoples Festival - KZN, Eastern Cape and Western Cape

Nisha Naidoo

The Creative Advantage

R284 470.00

NON-FICTION PROJECTS

Development Documentaries

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

A Land for All

Isa-Lee Jacobson

Flying Films

R128 625.00

Biko Lives!: The Most Potent Weapon

Keith Kenneth

Capturevate Productions

R150 000.00

Breathes of the Blues

Berenice Linderoth

African Aces

R150 000.00

Global Bass

Christopher Sinclair Kets

Black Major (Pty) Ltd

R141 140.00

State of Emergency

Luhanyo Calata

Arusha Films

R150 000.00

The Football Age

Lucia Nameko

Xolani Nameko Productions

R124 260.00

Development - Short Documentaries

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Full Moon Rises Over Autumn Shores

Julia Ramsay

Lionfish Productions

R100 000.00

Documentary - Ubuzwe Bethu

Mandlakayise Khawula

M222 Film and Communications

R100 000.00

The Tooth Fairy

Moshiane Nchabeleng

Phashe Kgaakge (Pty) Ltd

R100 000.00

Wolves dont sleep

Ernest Mmetoane

Thekgo Phemelo Trading

R100 000.00

Production - Archive

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Winnie

Steven Markovitz

Big World Cinema

R250 000.00

Production Documentaries

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Everything Must Fall

Rehad Desai

Uhuru Productions

R300 000.00

Bra Wam

Abel Semege

SenaKihm Entertainment

R238 171.00

Crossing Solo

Chris Mason

Mason Brothers Films

R350 000.00

Production Short Documentaries

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Waves Of Courage

Pule Molebatsi

Rurban Concepts

R200 000.00

Post-Production Documentaries

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Afrikan Jazz Fantazia

Thokozani Mngomezulu

Afrikan Jazz Fantazia

R120 000.00

SanDance

Edwin Angless

Mushroom Films cc

R120 000.00

FICTION PROJECTS

Development Animation

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Allocated

Junk Pliers

Isaac Mogojane

Diprente Productions

R250 000.00

Development Feature Length

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Hotel Nowhere

Roberta Durrant

Penguin Films

R200 000.00

The Shaper

Bruce Macdonald

The Fabulous Boomtown Boys

R200 000.00

Low Tide

Rorisang Motuba

Rorisang Motuba

R200 000.00

Till Money Do Us Part

Clive Madiya

PCM Films

R200 000.00

White War Black Hero

Gersh Kgamedi

Petroglyphs

R200 000.00

Development Short Film

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Life on Earth

Chuanne Blofield

Whitman Independent

R100 000.00

Get Away

Darren Parker

The Ergo Company

R150 000.00

Honourable Chair

Kelly-Eve Koopman

Backyard Pitch

R95 000.00

Last Rounds

Zack Mthombeni

The Third Law

R100 000.00

Love in the Hell

David Boyes

David Boyes

R100 000.00

Stairway to Heaven

Puleng Modupe

The Eye Northern Cape

R150 000.00

Talking Reeds

Pearl Mthembu

Pearl Mthembu

R150 000.00

Tuesday in the B Flat

Khanyo Mjamba

Gaba Media

R90 000.00

Development TV Format

Project Name

Applicants Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Mama K's Super 4

Anthony Silverston

Triggerfish Animation

R200 000.00

Pulane's Adventures

Nompi Vilakazi

Buthano Pictures

R200 000.00

Production Feature Length

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Toorbos

Andre Scholtz

Toorbos Die Rolpent

R1 200 000.00

Bhai's Caf

Razia Rawoot

Razia Bawa Productions

R1 300 000.00

Wild is the Wind

Fabian Medea

MYD88 Films

R1 300 000.00

Production - Short Film

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

How to Hook a Fisherman

Collin Mfayela

Melanin Films

R200 000.00

Letters of Hope

Vusi Sindane

Trial By Media Films

R200 000.00

Lone Wolf

Raoul Dyssell

Roll the Dice Pictures

R200 000.00

Prey

Zamo Mkhwanazi

Kude Media

R200 000.00

Production Web Series

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Corner Freedom Street

Mlingane Dube

Artistry Media

R200 000.00

The Single Diaries of a Jozi Girl

Tshego Monaisa

MonaLisa Productions

R200 000.00

SPECIAL PROJECTS

100 Years of Mandela:

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Mandela - A true Pan Africanist

Firdoze Bulbulia

Moments Entertainment

R1 500 000.00

Celebration of South African Heritage and Culture:

Project Name

Applicant's Name

Production Company

Approved Amount

Esiqelini Siyabuswa

Danile Mohlamme

Masibonisanenisonke Tradings and Projects 27

R750 000.00

Our Culture, Our Music

Fanney Tsimong

Doti Productions

R750 000.00

TRAINING

Local Bursaries

Applicant's Name

Institution

Approved Amount

Amahle Mtengenya

WITS University

R66 550.00

Blessing Shimmy Msimango

University of Johannesburg

R40 000.00

Buntu Petse

WITS University

R54 043.00

Busisiwe Lubisi

Tshwane University of Technology

R48 940.00

Celiwe Malinga

University of Johannesburg

R50 000.00

Cheryl Hlatshwayo

WITS University

R67 782.00

Christen Torres

University of Cape Town

R55 470.00

Gilbert Katjedi

Tshwane University of Technolog
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