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WoS EventsThe Women of the Sun Film Festival A showcase of talent from African women filmmakers, showing an exciting range of documentary, fiction and short films. Sixteen visiting filmmakers. Watch the movies, meet the directors. This festival is not to be missed. 3rd - 9th September at the Bioscope Cinema, Fox Street, JHB. SOUL BOY by Hawa Essuman is the Opening Night Film
Breaking News!! Women of the Sun Film Fest Goes National.
Building Audiences : Shortly after the September leg of the festival, the programme package will travel to Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Eastern Cape, Free State, Western Cape and Northern Cape. This is an opportunity to collaborate with existing film festivals and cultural platforms in each province. This means that we can reach the widest possible audience across the country. Developing New Talent: Women of the Sun will launch a development scheme alongside the travelling festival, whereby 12 aspirant filmmakers in each province will be selected to produce a short film over a period of 10 days. Each group will be mentored by a team of professional filmmakers. The scheme is an adaptation of the 48-hour Film Project, an international initiative that saw over 3,000 films being made around the world in 2009. The trainees will be mainly women and must be able to demonstrate some aptitude and experience in their chosen field of one of the following: writing, directing, producing, camera, sound and editing. Watch this space for further details.
WoS Last Thursday Showcase has found a new home!! Our montly showcases will resume on 28th of Septermber at the new venue The Biosccope at Arts on Main. Thank you for the overwhelming response in coming up with suggestions. The bioscpe was selected by popular demand. We will keep you posted. previous screenings... WoS in the News
The inaugural Durban FilmMart co-production and finance market, ended on a high note as Jenna Cato-Bass was awarded the Hubert Balls Fund Award in the ‘Special Projects’ category. She was judjed at the most promising African project out of the 12 projects selected from all over the continent to participate and some 80 projects, both in the feature film and documentary genres submitted. more about Jenna... WoS talks with SA Arts and Culture Minister at Meeting with Film Sector WoS's Eve Rantseli was amongst those who met with the Minister of Arts and Culture (DAC), Honourable Ms. Lulu Xingwana, on 12 October 2009, in an open industry meeting,ion industry's concerns over SABC's financial crisis, and the general sate of the industry and how DAC can facilitate a way forward... Feature Focus Cinema in Kenya – Rather than featured films with fictional content, Kenya has mostly produced documentary films often relating the conditions of the people and poverty in the main cities of Kenya. Since 2000 feature films on DV technology production have increased in the country. They include Dangerous Affair, Project Daddy and Money & the Cross by Njeri Karago, Babu's Babies by Christine Bala, Naliaka is going by Albert Wandago, The price of a Daughter and Behind closed doors by Jane Murago-Munene, and From a Whisper by Wanuri Kahiu. more
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