WoS Overview |
WoS is a member based non-profit support- and advocacy organisation for African women filmmakers. The organisation is based in South Africa but works actively with members in Angola, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in addition to the members in South Africa.
The organisation is project driven and works to create a
forum for African women filmmakers to share their visions and experiences
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WoS Events
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In celebration of Women's Day in South Africa!!
To celebrate this auspicious day, again WoS partnered with the City of Jo'burg to host an elaborate film programme during the Women's Arts Festival in Jo'burg. As usual this was a success!
This consisted of a mini film festival that showcased some of the most recent and best films of all genres from Africa,
Two master-classes with international guests Su and a beginners' workshop
-All were well attended and had very positive response.
The launch which kick-started the programme featured the film 'Land of Thirst' by first time director Megan Rickerds - it was fantastic!!
We thank every one for being a sport and throwing in a bit of period in their dress in-keeping with the era of the film.
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Members In The News
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Congratulations to Isabelle Rorke for
Winning yet another Entrepreneur Award!!!
Last month Isabelle Rorke's production co. Anamazing Workshop was
selected as a South African High-Impact Entrepreneur
through the Endeavor Program!!!
Members' Films take the Apollo Film Festival by storm
as they Win main Prizes at!!
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Members moving up the ladder
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Lodi Matsetela - Has added title "DIRECTOR" to her resume
As we know, no matter how long you've been in the industry, to get that first directing break is hard, that's if it happens at all.
So, Lodi took up the challenge and self-financed her short film BFF (Best friends forever) to enable her directing début.
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Members' Films showing in International Film Festivals
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- "Laxmi's Blessing" by Karin Slater
at the Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
- 50 Years of love Karin Slater and "Confessions of a gambler" by Rayda Jacobs
at Apollo film festival
- "Society" by Puo Pha Productions Lodi and Makgano
at Festival Brasil Mix From 12 November - 19 December 2008 in 4 cities in Brazil.
- "Confessions of a gambler" by Rayda Jacobs &
'Society' Feature edit by Puo Pha Productions Lodi
at Africa in the picture (AitP)
- " 'BFF' (Best Friend Forever) by Lodi Matsetela - at Out in Africa
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| Industry News |
HIGHLIGHTS
- WoS congratulates Carolyn Cerew as another award goes to 'When we were black'
- Sheilla Kubheka bolsters showreel her overwhelming presence as a strong, talented,
female director in South Africa made her the most prominent choice to direct the new Radox
TV spot for (BWA/Hunt/Lascaris, Durban.)
- Women Consolidate Their Supremacy in Eastern Africa's Filmmaking Sector
Eastern African women have taken their creativity a notch higher and consolidated
their supremacy in the film sector by taking all the three positions at an intensive
pan-African screenplay-development workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa (February 18-29, 2008).
by Ogova Ondego
- Project to Benefit Women Film-Makers in Uganda
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Hot Docs - Canadian international documentary film festival 17th - 21 April 08
- Cannes Film Festival
France 14-25 May2008
- Zuma Film Festiva
Nigeria - May 2008
- Real Life Pan African Documentary Film Festival,
Accra Ghana - 02 June 2008 - 08 June 2008
LINKS
- Articles
- Funding
- Festivals
DEADLINES
- Call For Entries - Africa In Motion (AiM)
The UK's biggest African film festival, which takes place annually in October at Edinburgh Filmhouse,
is officially inviting African filmmakers to submit short films for a new AiM competition.
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- Input 2008 is calling all Documentary Filmmakers
to participate in a unique training project aimed at giving international broadcast production opportunities
to new and emerging documentary filmmakers across the continent of Africa. The initiative will be launched at
INPUT 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa with a workshop.
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OTHER NEWS
- Sithengi - for now, for the future
The new Board of Directors of 'Sithengi' (the annual Southern African International Film and Television Market) -
hosted in the city of Cape Town since 1996 - announced that the future looks positive for the Market organisation
which ran into cash flow problems last year and halted the 2007 edition.
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