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Women Of the Sun (WoS) is a member based non-profit support and advocacy organisation for women filmmakers. The organisation is project driven and works to showcase and celebrate skills and achievements of African women filmmakers and create networking platforms where they can share their expertise. More...

 

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WoS Last Thursday Showcase (WLTS) is back! 

As off 29th Februay this fantastic platform showcasing talented established and up and coming women filmmaker resumes again thanks to the GFC. The WLTS will now take place at the Museum Africa in Newtown Presinct WoS style: Free secure parking, great films, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, refreshments, mingling and music. See you then!  

 

WoS Film Festival Partnered with the UNDP to Host the 1st UNiTE Film Festival 6th - 10th December

This was part of the 16days of activism UNiTE to End Violence Against Women and Children. The Main venue for the screenings and discussion Forums took place at the Market Theatre, but also consisted of outreach programme with indoor and outdoor screenings in Soweto, Yeoville, Alexandra and Pretoria. more...

  

The 1st WoS Film Festival (WoSFF) Outreach programme

Partnering with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC)  is now emabarking on a roadshow, taking some of it the last WoSFF films to South African Provinces, many of whom the film industry does not reach.  More on the Festival   

 

Coming Soon    


 

WoS and Mzansi Magic partnering to give 5 Women a chance to direct their first long-format Fiction Film! 

To qualify for this chance you need to have directed before (Short Film, Advert, Documentary, PSA), and have a final script to submit. watch this space for the official callout and deadline, in the meantime do polish those scripts.

This opportunity will be favourable to WoS members, therefore we highly recommend that you renew your membership or become a member!

 


 

 

 

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DID YOU KNOW

  • 60% of all movie theatre ticket sales are sold to women. This means women have the power to change the industry, thne why is it that women have limited opportunity to make films?

     


 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • hit ‘Bakgat’  The South African film, made R5.1m at the local box office in six weeks of release 

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