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Did You know?   There have only ever been three other women nominated for the Oscar in this category: Lina Wertmüller with Seven Beauties in 1977 Jane Campion for The Piano in 1994, and Sofia Coppola in 2004 with Lost in Translation.    60% of all movie theatre ticket sales are sold to rather bought by women this means women have the power to change the industry also why then is   In a haundred year history of filmmaking in South Africa, Olnly two women of colour have directed Feature Films. Maganthrie Pillay '24 Souht' 2004 and Rayda Jacobs 'Confessions of a Gambler' 2008

Women Filmmakers in the News

 

·             The First Woman to win Oscar for Best Director

 

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athryn Bigelow’s two-fisted win at the Academy Awards for best director and best film
 for “The Hurt Locker” didn’t just punch through the American movie industry’s seemingly shatterproof glass ceiling; it has also helped dismantle stereotypes about what types of films women can and should direct.

Kathryn Bigelow doesn’t make stereotypically feminine films. Women cannot be pigeonholed into a particular genre like ‘chick-flick’, and she epitomizes this. Who would watch Point Break and think this was made by a woman?

2009/10 has been a particularly brilliant year for women directors. We’ve seen Andrea Arnold smash the screen with her recent hit Fish Tank; Lone Scherfig brought us An Education; and Jane Campion returned to directing after taking some time off to be a Mum with Bright Star.

 

·        WoS congratulates all the women that are winners and those who contributed to the productions that won the 2010 SAFTA wards!

The 2010 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs), themed “National Identity”, were held at the State Theatre in Pretoria on Saturday night, 20 February 2010. The objective of the SAFTAs is to celebrate excellence with regard to talent and creativity in the South African film and television industry

These include:

Lifetime Achievement Award 

went to Katinka Heyns for her work as a Director and Producer.

In 1974 Katinka Heyns founded her production company, Sonneblom Films. In 1988 she directed Fiela se Kind. She directed Paljas, South Africa's first official entry to the Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. 

More about Katinka Heyns… get her films

 

See all SAFTA winners

 

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