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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