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the industry2010

DISCOVER THE WORLD IN ONE COUNTRY

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contentsif clint can shoot in sa 8

jawdropping locations 18

nfvf film catalogue 30

services seta 34

a land of award-winning beauty 36

10 things to do in 2010 44

map of southern africa 46

diarise 47

company profilesservice providers 49

telephone directoryalphabetical 60

categorical 62

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THE Filmmakers Guide to South Africa is a window to the world of support serv-

ices, locations and filming in our country. As the National Film and Video Foun-

dation, our mandate is to develop our coun-try’s industry and to support products and programmes which contribute towards its growth. We invite you to page through this publication to explore how film-friendly our country is and how accessible and desir-able our facilities have become.

As a filmmaking destination, South Africa truly offers the world in one coun-try. In a day, you can wake up to the lion’s roar in the most northern region (Lim-popo/Mpumalanga); take a trip through a modern African City with first-world in-frastructure (Johannesburg); have lunch on the tropical Valley of a Thousand Hills (Durban); visit the 1800s (Eastern Cape and Stellenbosch); go skiing in the Drak-ensburg (Ukhahlamba/Lesotho border Mountains); have sundowners and a glass

of wine in pristine winelands (the Western Cape); and fall asleep in the silence of the desert (Karoo and Kgalagadi Deserts).

Along with glorious and ideal exteri-ors, South Africa offers common interi-ors, from 18th century detail to modern-day offices.

South Africa not only offers these well-managed locations, it is also a true partner in co-production, with easily ac-cessible financial instruments that sup-port film productions.

The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa is a tool that will give you the low-down on what to expect from the South African film industry, neatly divided into three vol-umes: The Industry, Service & Co-Produc-tion, and Creative Showcase.

Come work and play with us!

Eddie Mbalo Chief executive officer

National Film & Video Foundation

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Behind the scenes of a world-classpost-production company.

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As I write this, Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood has just wrapped

Invictus, starring Oscar winner Morgan Freeman as the iconic

South African president, Nelson Mandela, and Oscar winner

Matt Damon as the World Cup winning Springbok rugby

captain, Francois Pienaar. Written by South African Anthony

Peckham and executive produced by South African Gary Barber,

Invictus is the ultimate underdog true story of how our newly

elected president joined forces with the captain of our rugby

team to help unite the country. The shoot came in a week ahead

of schedule. Clint must have felt safe bringing his latest attempt at

Oscar glory to Southern Africa, as he follows a well-trod path

If Clint can shoot in South Africa...Jim Caviezel starred opposite Ian McKellen in The Prisoner, a reinterpretation of the cult British 1960s series

behind directors Mira Nair (Amelia), Ed Zwick (Blood Diamond),

Tarsem (The Fall), Roland Emmerich (10 000 BC), Neil Marshall

(Doomsday), Peter Travers (Endgame), Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), Philip Noyce (Catch a Fire), Andrew Niccol (Lord of War), Billie August (Goodbye Bafana), John Boornman (In My Country),

Robert Towne (Ask the Dust) and the dearly missed Anthony

Minghella (Number One Ladies Detective Agency).

The list of international talent who have worked here could

continue ad nauseam. With Cape Town Film Studios scheduled

to open a Hollywood-style studio on the tip of Africa in the first

quarter of 2010, the size of the projects coming to South Africa is

only going to increase.

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“Shooting 24: Redemption in South Africa was the

highlight of my six years on the show. It was nothing

short of exhilarating.” Jon Cassar, 24’s executive

producer and Emmy Award-winning director.

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local content is flourishingSouth Africa’s own film industry is also flourishing. Helen Kuun of local distributor Ster-Kinekor called 2008 “the best year we have had since Tsotsi won an Oscar.”

Mr. Bones 2 broke the South African box office record, raking in over R33 million in less than two months, while Jerusalema, Hansie and Vaatjie Sien Sy Gat all earned around R4 million at the box office, proving that South African films made for under R5 million can be sustained by local audiences.

At the other end of the market, South Africa is rapidly creating its own version of Nollywood, nicknamed Twalawood, after Chicco Twala, the producer who has been pioneering this straight-to-DVD, no budget, township distribu-tion model.

The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has now paid out R209 million on 44 projects in the last financial year as a sign of the local government’s continued support for the growing film sector.

commercials sector is sa’s strongestThe commercials sector has always been South Africa’s strongest. Ridley Scott & Associates, Smuggler, MJZ, Anonymous Content, Rattling Stick and Academy are just some of the major production companies who have worked here recently, following brands like BMW, Maserati, Peugeot, Nivea, Oreo, Coke and Hansa, not to mention directors like Danny Kleinman and Dante Ariola. Moonlighting just serviced their 1 000th commercial, so South Africa is as experienced as it is exotic these days.

South Africa is no longer just a service destination for commercials though: Keith Rose and Michael Middleton both collected Silvers at Cannes Lions in 2008, while recent months have seen commercials from Adrian de sa Garces, Erik van Wyk, Greg Gray, Shy the Sun, Slim, and Sunu all featured in leading international trade Shots.

animation & vfx is boomingThe South African product offering is constantly diversifying. For example, the country now has a booming animation, post-production and visual effects industry. The Lion of Judah, South Africa’s first CGI-animated feature film, is set for an American big screen released; Shy the Sun created Sea Orchestra, which won a a Silver Clio for animation for United Airlines; and Clockwork Zoo have been servicing 2D television series from France, Canada and the UK. South Africa has also supplied the visual effects on a number of international features, including Free Willy: South Africa, Scorpion King 2, Lost City Raiders, Starship Troopers 3, and Bitch Slap.

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“The crew is unfuckingbelievable out there. This is the kind of can-do attitude I miss in Hollywood.”

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are both up for Outstanding Achievement: Movies, Miniseries and

Specials, while No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (HBO) is competing

in the Outstanding New Program category.

Our documentary sector is also thriving. The Oscar-winning

Why Democracy?, the world’s largest ever factual media event,

was conceptualised and produced from Cape Town, while Rough Aunties, which won the World Cinema Grand Jury prize at Sundance,

In another breakthrough, South Africa is steadily cornering the

market on international television series, having serviced increas-

ingly high-profile shoots like The Prisoner, ER, The Philanthropist, Silent Witness, Crusoe, Top Gear, Fear Factor: India and The Devil’s Whore, among others. At The Television Critics Association Awards

taking place on 1 August 2009, three of the nominees were shot in

Southern Africa. 24: Redemption (Fox) and Generation Kill (HBO)

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was shot in Kwa-Zulu Natal, where it told the story of Bobby Bear,

an organisation fighting to bring child rapists to justice. Francois

Verster, who won the Emmy for the Most Outstanding Cultural and

Artistic Programming for A Lion’s Trail, is already picking up more

awards on his latest project, Sea Point Days. Of course, our film industry isn’t limited to South Africa

anymore. Gavin Hood directed the box office smash hit Wolverine;

Rampai Mohadi acted opposite Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Simon Hansen helped develop Silicon Imaging’s

SI2K, which Telfer Barnes pulled focus on to help Anthony Dod

Mantle win an Oscar for Best Cinematography on Slumdog Millionaire; and The Soweto Gospel Choir won a Grammy for Best

Motion Picture Song for Down to Earth, their Wall-E duet with

Peter Gabriel.

“Shooting Doomsday in Cape Town was an adventure in an amazing landscape. The crew was awesome. The locations were

spectacular. The weather was incredible.” Cult director Neil Marshall (The Descent)

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Most promisingly, the international success

stories are starting to return to their roots: visual

effects prodigy Neill Blomkamp shot District 9

in Johannesburg, with some help from Peter

Jackson; Steven Silver came back to film The Bang Bang Club, with Ryan Phillipe and Malin Akerman;

and Stefanie Sycholt returned from Germany to

direct Themba, one of many local soccer stories

to emerge ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

There’s no longer any need for young South

Africans to leave their country to fulfill their dreams.

After all, if Clint can trust South Africa and South

African cast and crew, so can anyone.

John Malkovich stars in Disgrace, which won the FIPRESCI international critics prize at

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“It’s hands down the most beautiful place I have ever seen.”Dennis Iliadis, director of Last House on the Left

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Celebrating 20 years in the film industryNo matter where, no matter how long the shoot, we provide your cast and crewwith food that is creative, exciting and absolutely delicious. But it is also food thatis healthy and wholesome, handcrafted by chefs who care, who know that a filmcrew needs fuel to function.

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life completely unrecognisable - devoid of

family, religion, possessions and the one

thing she thought she had left: being a

mother. She now has the freedom of com-

plete isolation and she methodically goes

about healing all of the wounds that have

burdened her for so long.

Set in Mitchell’s Plain in Cape Town,

Shirley’s story explores the ironic state of

poverty, where people kill each other yet

help each other survive. Riddled with the

socio-political and racial tensions that

plague these Cape Flats slums, Shirley Adams is the story of one woman’s

amazing strength and self sacrifice.

Key creative teamDirector: Oliver Hermanus

Screenwriters: Stavros Pamballis

& Oliver Hermanus

Producers: Jeremy Nathan &

Michelle Wheatley

Executive producer: Roland Emmerich

Co-producer: Kirstin Winkler

Sales informationDv8 Films

Jeremy Nathan

mobile: +27 83 454 8997

Michelle Wheatley

mobile: +27 82 336 6897

SHIRLEY ADAMSDramaStatus: Completed

Cast: Keenan Arrison, Denise Newman

Logline: The story of a woman who loses

her family to violence and poverty, but

gains her own sense of self worth.

Synopsis: Shirley Adams spends her days

caring for her disabled son, Donovan. He

was shot in the back of the neck on his

way home from school one afternoon over

a year ago, and since then, the Adams

family has lost all their worldly posses-

sions to medical bills. She has no source

of income: no job and no husband - he left

without a word.

Shirley’s life now consists of trying to

make ends meet by shoplifting and relying

on the charity of others. When a young

eager occupational therapist, Tamsin

Ranger, comes into their lives, Shirley

hopes that it might lift her son’s spirits

and finally put them on a path to some

form of stability.

But when Donovan’s emotions get

the best of him, Shirley is left to comfort

her son once more, struggling to find rea-

sons for him to keep on fighting.

Shirley receives a phone call one after-

noon informing her that her son’s case

is finally going to trial, but the glory is

short-lived when Shirley discovers that the

shooter is one of Donovan’s childhood

friends. The pain of this betrayal is more

than she can bear.

With the repossession of her home

seeming inevitable, and Donovan

becoming increasingly suicidal, Shirley

realises that the “justice” of the court will

not restore what has already been lost.

When Donovan drowns himself in

the bath one morning, Shirley finds her

THE SILVER FEZDocumentaryStatus: Completed

Logline: Boeta Kaatji and Boeta Waani

were blood brothers until the richest man

in the game bought Waani’s loyalty. After

that, it wasn’t about the music anymore,

even though the battle would be done

through song.

Synopsis: Once upon a time in a city at the

end of Africa, two men were possessed by

a dream that could come true for only one

of them.

Kaatji Davids was a house painter with

barely two cents to rub together. But he

did have an old banjo, some loyal friends

and the audacity to imagine he might be

the one to topple Hadji Bucks, undisputed

champion of Cape Malay music.

The prize was the Silver Fez, Holy

Grail of Cape Town’s Islamic subculture.

The campaign involved a cast of thou-

sands and a staggering array of skills, the

most sacred of which was the singing of

an ancient music that arrived in the Cape

on slave ships.

Kaatji laboured day and night, driven

by dreams of glory and, in the end, by

pain. You see Hadji Bucks had limit-

less resources and he used them to lure

Kaatji’s best friend into changing sides.

After that it wasn’t just about music, it

was about revenge.

Key creative team Director: Lloyd Ross

Screenwriter: Rian Malan

Producer: Lloyd Ross

Co-producer: Robbie Thorpe

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MY SECRET SKY (IZULU LAMI)DramaStatus: Completed

Cast: Sobahle Mkhabase, Sibonelo

Malinga, Tshepang Mohlomi

Logline: When they are orphaned, a

young girl and her little brother leave their

rural homestead for the city and meet up

with a gang of street kids. Hoping to fulfill

their mother’s dream, in the end they find

their own.

Festivals Dubai, 2008

Pan African Film Festival, Cannes, 2009

Tarifa Film Festival, Spain, 2009

AwardsDIKALO Best Feature Film prize -

Pan African Film Festival, Cannes, 2009Audience Award & Best Actress -

Tarifa Film Festival, SpainKey creative teamDirector: Madoda Ncayiyana

Screenwriters: Madoda Ncayiyana

& Julie Frederikse

Producer: Jeremy Nathan

Executive producers: Michelle Wheatley

& Moroba Nkawe

Sales informationDv8 Films

Jeremy Nathan

mobile: +27 83 454 8997

Michelle Wheatley

mobile: +27 82 336 6897

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTHDramaStatus: Completed

Logline: The film examines what

“truth” and “reconciliation” mean for

one ordinary man: Sipho, an ageing

black librarian in the township of New

Brighton. It shows his painful journey

towards confronting his own experi-

ences under apartheid: the killing of his

son, shot dead by police, and the rift

with his brother, an activist who went

into exile.

Key creative teamDirector & screenwriter: John Kani

Producers: Richard Green &

Olivier Delahaye

FestivalsFESPACO, 2009

Durban, 2008

AwardsSilver Stallion - FESPACO 2009

Sales informationMatteo Lovadina

Wide Management Enterprise S.A.R.L.

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feels more at home in this community,

she desperately misses her parents and

yearns for a reunion.

Sandra eventually hears of her

father’s death and becomes obsessed

with the idea of finding her mother.

Going back to the bureaucratic institu-

tions that determined her fate, Sandra

eventually tracks her mother down in a

nursing home outside Pretoria.

Sannie has had three strokes and

is very frail but the need for mutual

forgiveness is very strong. Sandra and

her mother have a moving reunion,

affirming that the bonds of family are

stronger than any racial division.

AwardsWinner - Audience Award

AFI, DallasWinner - Audience & Jury Favorite Awards

Pan African Film Festival, Los AngelesWinner - Audience Award

Santa BarbaraWinner - First Film Award

Time for PeaceBest Feature Film

Palm Beach International Film FestivalCircle Audience Award

Film Fest DC - Washington DC 2009

Key creative teamDirector: Anthony Fabian

Producers: Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel,

Anthony Fabian, Genevieve Hofmeyr,

& Margaret Matheson

Executive producers: Simon Fawce,

Robbie Little, Laurence Paltiel, Alasdair

MacCuish, Moses Silinda & Hellen

Kalenga

Sales informationThe Little Film Company

www.thelittlefilmcompany.com

SKINDramaStatus: Completed

Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill

& Alice Krige

Logline: Skin is a story of family,

forgiveness and the triumph of the

human spirit.

Synopsis: Sandra is sent to a boarding

school in the neighbouring town of Piet

Retief, where her (white) brother Leon is

also studying, but parents and teachers

complain that she doesn’t belong.

She is examined by state officials,

reclassified as ‘coloured’ and expelled

from the school. Sandra’s parents are

shocked, but Abraham fights through

the courts to have the classification

reversed. The story becomes an inter-

national scandal and media pressure

forces the law to change, so that Sandra

becomes officially ‘white’ again.

By the time she is 17, Sandra realises

she is never going to be accepted by the

white community. She falls in love with

Petrus - a black man, the local vegetable

seller - and begins an illicit love affair.

Abraham threatens to shoot Petrus and

disown Sandra. Sannie is torn between

her husband’s rage and her daughter’s

predicament. Sandra elopes with Petrus

to Swaziland. Abraham alerts the police,

has them arrested and put in prison.

Sandra is told by the local magistrate

to go home, but she refuses. She is preg-

nant and has made up her mind that her

life is with Petrus now. Her father and

brothers sever all ties with her, but her

mother holds out hope for reconciliation.

Now Sandra must live her life, for

the first time, as a black woman in South

Africa - with no running water, no sanita-

tion, and little income. She and Petrus

have two children, and although she

SUPERHEROShortStatus: Completed

Tagline You don’t need superpowers to be a hero.

Logline A white amnesiac finds himself stranded in

the middle of an arid landscape dressed as a

superhero. He’s assisted and spurred on by a

young black boy who wholeheartedly believes

that he is a superhero. But as the man’s

memory returns, he discovers that he’s been

anything but a hero.

Key creative teamDirector: Hanneke Schutte

Screenwriter: Hanneke Schutte

DOP: Willie Nel

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ON Wednesday 10 June 2008, members from the Services Seta met with the Cape Film Commission to commemorate an important initiative driven by the two industry powerhouses, together with Animation SA.

Described as one of the Western Cape film industry’s most ambitious projects to date, the first phase of what has become known as the Animation Industry Development Initiative (AIDI) kicked off at the False Bay College in Khayelitsha on 26 June 2009.

This marked the beginning of the animation training for at least 50 students, who were identified during the recruitment drive which the Cape Film Commission undertook during April and May 2009.

In April, The Cape Film Commission (CFC), the film industry in the Western Cape and the Services Seta launched AIDI within the Mitchell’s Plain and Khayelitsha communities, where the first phase of recruitment for animation-related training took place.

More than 1 000 prospective animators were reached through these workshops, as well as through presentations at schools and libraries.

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The CFC and Animation SA, with the support of the Services Seta, have committed themselves to create a strong animation and new media industry. To this end they have pledged their support to help facilitate the creation of 10 000 jobs within the animation industry by 2020.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e C F C ’ s Commissioner, Laurence Mitchell, “These workshops were aimed at giving potential candidates an introduction to the world of animation, career paths in animation, viewing of showreels and providing students with an opportunity to submit drawings for assessment.”

Laurence added that these workshops specifically targeted candidates from previously disadvantaged communities, who were able to demonstrate a command of the English language, were computer literate, had some form of art, drawing and design (visual literacy) skills, and had mathematical literacy and creative and storytelling abilities.

“I am delighted at the abundance of talent that is available on especially the Cape Flats, and I remain confident that even though this is an ambitious project, we will reach our intended targets,” Laurence said. “AIDI will not be an outreach programme but we will establish it on the Cape Flats, where we want to contribute to alleviating poverty and creating jobs,” he said.

The film commissioner added that the training will focus on drawing for animation, digital design and several soft courses aimed at both entrepreneurial and personal development.

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People have emotional reactions to South Africa. Anita Rod-

dick, the dearly missed founder of The Body Shop, was typical.

She wrote, “If I were 29 or 39 ... or even 49, I would pack up

everything and move here… The country is exquisite. I lost my

voice in Cape Town, which I think was because I was in a per-

manent state of gasping with wonderment.”

More recently, Emmy-winner Loni Price, who was here to

direct Master Harold… and the Boys, starring Freddie High-

more and Ving Rhames, gushed, “I find myself being incred-

ibly moved being here in this most beautiful country that I’ve

ever been in.”

Jesse L. Martin, an actor in The Philanthropist and Law & Order, explains, “Culturally and socially it’s a phenomenal

place. It’s incredible to be in a country where things have

changed so quickly over the last 15 to 20 years that you can

actually feel it on the street. For me, being a black person, to

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Even the most jaded travel journalists

have been known to slip into misty-

eyed poetry when trying to find the

words to describe the country at the tip

of Africa.

When Frommers listed Cape Town

as one of the twelve top destinations

in the world, they called it one of the

most beautiful cities on earth, adding,

“The massive sandstone bulk of Table

Mountain, often draped in a flowing ta-

blecloth of clouds, forms an imposing

backdrop, while minutes away, pristine

sandy beaches line the cliff-hugging

coast where the Indian and Atlantic

Oceans meet.”

It sometimes feels like there aren’t

enough adjectives to exaggerate the

beauty or the diversity of South Africa.

Readers of the UK’s Daily and Sun

Telegraph voted Cape Town as their Fa-

vourite World City, with South Africa

cracking the top four in the list of the

Best Destinations on Earth.

Readers of Travel & Leisure voted

Cape Town the second best city in the

world in 2009, with an average rating

of 87.69%. National Geographic Trav-eler named Cape Town one of 50 Places

of a Lifetime.

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iExplore.com, one of America’s

most popular online travel guides,

ranked South Africa second in its list of

the Top Ten World Travel Destinations.

Readers of The New York Times named South Africa one of the Top

Twenty Places to Go in 2009.

The UK’s Times newspaper, in col-

laboration with bestselling guidebook

publisher DK Eyewitness Travel, includ-

ed Cape Town in their top ten cities to

visit in 2009.

At the 2008 World Luxury Hotel

Awards, South Africa won six catego-

ries and had 21 finalists. The Arabella

Western Cape Hotel and Spa was

named Best Luxury Coastal Hotel in the

World; The Palazzo Monetcasino was

named Best Luxury Casino Resort; Pe-

zula Resort Hotel and Spa was named

Best Luxury Boutique Hotel; Chitwa

Chitwa Game Lodge was named Best

Luxury Lodge; Sabi Sabi Private Game

Lodge was named Best Luxury Game

Lodge; and De Hoek Country House

was named Best Luxury Country House

in the World. South Africa was home to

the winner and all the finalists in both

the Luxury Game Lodge and Luxury

Country House categories.

“The African location heightens things. The perfect, sparkly sand dunes and big skies add an epic quality.”

Flashbacks of a Fool actor Daniel Craig, better known as Bond, James Bond

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At the International Luxury Awards held in Lugano, Switzerland,

Cape Town was awarded top honours in the Best Entertainment

Category, just after the launch of Sol Kerzner’s six-star One & Only

Hotel at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town in April

2009. On receiving the award, Mariette du Toit of Cape Town Tour-

ism marvelled, “It seems as if the world is having a love-affair with

Cape Town.”

At the 2008 World Travel Awards, Pride of Africa: Rovos Rail

was voted the World’s Leading Luxury Train; Shamwari Game Re-

serve was voted the World’s Leading Conservation Company and

the World’s Leading Safari and Game Reserve; and The Saxon

Boutique Hotel and Spa was voted the World’s Leading Boutique

Hotel. In the Africa category of the 2009 awards, South Africa took

home 34 of the 40 awards.

Readers of Travel and Leisure voted Singita Sabi Sands and

Singita Kruger National Park the Best Hotel in the World for the

third time in 2008, a new record. Readers of Conde Naste Traveller agreed. In 2009, Bushmans Kloof in the Cedarberg Mountains in

the Western Cape topped the rankings, with a 98.67% score.

South Africa’s not just for royal families though; it’s value for

money too. In fact, in the UK our country featured in The Her-ald’s list of the Top 10 Value-for-Money Holiday Destinations. The

Country Brand Index Report also named South Africa ninth in its

Value-for-Money brand category, not to mention sixth in its Au-

thenticity category.

The readers and editors of The New York Times even agreed

that South Africa is the definitive destination for “affordable luxu-

ry,” saying our country is fast “becoming one of the best bets for

American travellers looking for high-end experiences at relatively

low-end prices.” Winchester Mansions, a beachfront boutique ho-

tel in Cape Town, came 26th in the Top 100 Best Value listing of

Budget Travel Magazine and TripAdvisor.

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“Cape Town is amazing. I could live there. In fact, I plan to move there one day.”

Michael Kenneth Williams, star of The Philanthropist and The Wire

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Coming to South Africa is possibly even the ethical choice. The 2008 Ethical Traveller

Report named South Africa as one of the developing world’s Ten Best Ethical Travel

Destinations, based on our commitment to environmental protection, social welfare

and human rights.

Phinda Private Game Reserve, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve and Bushmans Kloof Wil-

derness Reserve were all included on the latest National Geographic Adventure list

of the 50 top eco-lodges. Tswalu, the largest private reserve in South Africa, won the

Condé Nast Traveler World Savers Award in 2007.The Ethisphere Institute even voted

Cape Town one of the ten cities in the world most likely to become global sustain-

ability centres.

Certainly, coming to South Africa helps create jobs and uplift a country still grap-

pling with mass unemployment and widespread poverty. Government has targeted

tourism as a key part of its economic growth plan, with 10 million visitors expected

in 2010.

As Richard Branson attests, South Africa is the ideal place to mix business and

pleasure. Doing Business 2008, a joint publication of the World Bank and the Interna-

tional Finance Corporation, ranked South Africa 35th out of 178 countries for ease of

doing business – ahead of Spain, Brazil and India. South Africa is also the 35th best

place in the world to do e-business, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s

2007 E-Readiness Report. South Africa ranks fourth in the world for auditing and

reporting standards, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitive-

ness Report 2008-2009.

Dutch director Jean van der Velde filmed The Silent Army in South Africa. Co-produced by One Step Beyond, the story of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo sold 350 000 tickets in the Benelux and screened in competition at Cannes this year.

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“Johannesburg is Milton Keynes with thunderstorms. You go out. You have a lovely ostrich. You drink some delicious wine and you

walk back to your hotel, all warm and comfy. It’s the least frightening place on earth.”

Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear

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10 things to do in 20101. Watch the final of the FIFA Soccer World Cup, which will be played at the calabash-shaped Soccer City in Johannesburg on 11 July 2010. When it’s lit up at night, the stadium will resemble a traditional African cooking pot.

2. Look down on the entire KwaZulu-Natal coastline from the 100m arch above the pitch of Durban Stadium, which was custom-built for the 2010 World Cup.

3. Wine and dine at Le Quartier Francais in Franschoek, voted the best restaurant in the Middle East and Africa in the annual S. Pellegrino list of the World’s 100 Best Restaurants. La Colombe in Constantia, Jardine’s and Aubergine in Cape Town, and Rust en Vrede in Stellenbosch all cracked a nod in the listing.

4. Take a ferry from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront out to Robben Island, where Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 of his 27 years in jail. Originally connected to the Cape main-land, this World Heritage Site’s chequered history includes spells as a leper colony, a mental hospital, and a training and defence base in World War 2.

5. Bungee 216 metres off the world’s highest commercial jump at Bloukrans Bridge on the border of the Eastern and Western Cape.

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6. Follow in Matt Damon’s bike marks by taking part in the world’s largest individually-timed cycle race, The Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. The first event outside Europe to be included in the International Cycle Union’s Golden Bike Series, the Cycle Tour’s gruelling but gorgeous 109km route attracts around 35 000 cyclists in March every year.

7. Walk down Vilakazi Street in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, the only street in the world that has been home to two Nobel Peace Prize winners. Archbishop Desmond Tutu still lives on the street, while Nelson Mandela’s former home is now the Mandela Family Museum.

8. Sort for the treasures hidden in endless amounts of junk at Milnerton Market, an art directors’ dream with a panoramic view of Table Mountain and the highest characters-per-centimetre anywhere in Cape Town.

9. Visit Graham Beck Wines’ Franschoek Cellar Door facility to discover why Michelle Obama chose Graham Beck Brut NV to toast Barack Obama’s inau-guration speech.

10. Take the rotating cable car up Table Mountain, which is one of the finalists to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature. If you’re fit, you can take one of the hundreds of walks to the top.

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JANUARYNew Year's Day, 1 Jan

J&B Met Horse Race, 30 Jan, CPT

FEBRUARYSouth African Film and TV Awards, 6 Feb, TBC

Midmar Mile, TBC, KZN

Design Indaba Expo, 26-28 Feb, CPT

Design Indaba Conference, CPT

MARCHCape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, 14 March, CPT

Human Rights Day, 21 March

Public holiday, 22 March

Cape Winelands Film Festival, TBC

APRILKKNK, 1-8 April, Oudtshoorn, W. Cape

Good Friday, 2 April

Two Oceans Marathon, 3 April, CPT

CPT Int. Jazz Festival, 3-4 April, CPT

Easter Monday/Family Day, 5 April

Freedom Day, 27 April

MAYWorkers Day, 1 May

Comrades Marathon, 30 May, KZN

JUNEFIFA Soccer World Cup, 11 June-11 July

Youth Day, 16 June

National Arts Fest, 20 June-5 July, E.Cape

JULYDurban July Horserace, 3 July, KZN

The Photo and Film Expo, TBC

Encounters Documentary Festival, TBC

Durban Int. Film Fest, 22 July-1 August

Durban Film Mart, TBC

AUGUSTWomen's Day, 9 August

Oppikoppi Music Festival, TBC, Limpopo

SEPTEMBERHeritage Day, 24 September

The Loerie Awards, TBC, Cape Town

Tri Continental Film Festival, TBC

Out in Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, TBC

OCTOBERRocking the Daisies, TBC, Darling, W.Cape

NOVEMBERHorrorfest, TBC, W. Cape

DECEMBERNedbank Golf Challenge, TBC, Sun City

Day of Reconciliation, 16 December

Christmas Day, 25 December

diarise

Crusoe © Moonlighting

Chicken Licken © Egg

Besa © Egg

Axa © Egg

© Magic Mountain / Maik Scharfscheer

Pelephone © Moonlighting

© Magic Mountain / Juergen Hinterleithner

© Charlie Sperring

© Hannah Mentz

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Roodebloem Studios, one of Cape Town’s most diverse rental studios, has just grown bigger and now offers over 700 square meters of shooting space, four main studios and four smaller studios, three cycloramas, two daylight studios, blackout facilities, drive in access, three phase power, a gantry, two fully equipped kitchens for food shoots, beautiful wooden floors and lots more. Jan Verboom has added a unique touch: a rooftop deck with a pool which boasts 360° views. The studios are supported with an array of Profoto flash equipment and digital gear, ranging from Phase One, Hasselblad and Canon to Apple Mac laptops and computers. Their friendly service guarantees that all your shooting needs will be met with a breeze.

Waterfront Studios is the most technologically advanced home to the biggest creative post production team in South Africa. The group offers a one-stop-shop including Cape Town’s only Film Lab; Bones, the most advanced digital dailies solution and telecine services; plus edit and audio suites, a boutique VFX and 2D & 3D animation studio and development through production full service new media division

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Bickers Action, the international specialist in vehicle stunt engineering and camera vehicle track-ing, now has an office in Cape Town. Bickers Action is proud to offer one of the largest ranges of

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Cape Portfolios offers over 100 luxury rental villas and apartments in and

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A one-stop shop for technical co-ordination services

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contact: Antoinette de Lisletelephone: +27 21 785 2786

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Our company, established in 2002, offers a variety of wireless and remote

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• Stage and Lighting

The Coca-Cola dome is the premier multi-purpose indoor entertainment venue, with more than 11 000 square meters of uninter-rupted space and a variety of features and structures. An ideal location for your next

film or photo shoot.

physical address: Erf 1149–2, Olieboom Road Phillipi, 7750

postal address: Starfilm Rentals (PTY) LTD, Post Net Suite # 31, Private Bag

X26, Tokai, 7966

telephone: 0861 STARFILM (78 27 34) or +27 21 703 0822

fax: +27 21 703 2554 or 086 611 6666

Mobile – Artist trailers, Makeup, Production

Runway Film Resource Centre is the skills and enterprise development arm

of the Cape Film Commission, set up to provide a range of resources for young

filmmakers. These include industry meet-ings, training courses, workshops, online

resources and the necessary links into the industry.

physical address: Runway Film Resource Centre,1 Port Road Waterfront, 8002

telephone: +27 21 421 6434fax: +27 21 421 6435

email: runway1@capefilmcommission.co.za

contact: Grant Medcalf or Taryn Mooretelephone: +27 11 794 5800

fax: +27 11 794 5808email: grant.medcalf@coca-coladome.co.za

or taryn@coca-coladome.co.za web: www.coca-coladome.co.za

location mobile accomodation music instrument rental

post production remote camera support equipment resource centre

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At Jetset VIP Protocol, we offer VIP protection, body guarding, chauffeuring, events safety and security management.

This includes corporate protection, dog patrols, security response, access control

and reliable 24hr response vehicles.

Call us night or day.

contact: Ebrahim Safter orMiegyadien Safter

telephone: +27 21 461 6116 (Ebrahim): +27 83 418 0072

(Miegydien): +27 83 310 6441fax: +27 86 516 6018

email: jetsetvip@telkomsa.net

Film set & event security•

VIP chauffeuring•

Luxury car rentals•

Executive bodyguards

contact: Edwardtelephone: +27 21 425 2170

fax: +27 21 425 2163 email: info@proevents-sa.co.za

web: www.proevents-sa.co.za

The Runway is a venue and creative space. 635 square meters have been set up for designers, artists, film producers, corporates and event companies to

become creative in. This includes a large backstage area for make-up preparation,

wardrobe styling, installed sound, lighting and 20 meters of removable

staging / runway.

contact: Liam Du Preez Patersontelephone: +27 21 461 6569

fax: +27 86 662 8692email: liam@therunway.co.za

web: www.therunway.co.za

AubErgInE rEstAurAnt

Continental cuisine with Asian influences, based on only the freshest South African

produce. Specialities such as game, seafood and vegetarian dishes are high-lights of textures and flavours to excite

and surprise even the most jaded palate.

The team of Sommeliers will match our cuisine with wine from our cellar,

which is both broad in variety and deep in vintage to complete a sophisticated

dining experience.

telephone: +27 21 465 4909email: info@aubergine.co.za

At Vertex Scaffolding we are proud of the high standards we set ourselves. This

is evident in our no nonsense approach to working safely and efficiently, using only the best products. Our qualified and experienced riggers are equipped to build our aluminium scaffolding in almost any place that it is required. If

you need to get up there, let us provide a safe and easy access and work platform

for your staff to work from.

Keep it safe. Keep it practical.

contact: Vertex Scaffoldingtelephone: Gauteng : 0861 837 839

Western Cape : 021 551 5665Kwa-Zulu Natal:031 569 1189

web: www.vertexsa.co.za

contact: Craig Ferguson or Jesse Leigh Elford telephone: +27 21 593 8625

mobile: (Craig): +27 83 415 3891 (Jesse): +27 82 225 3662

email: craig@redlightstudios.co.za jesse@redlightstudios.co.za

web: www.redlightstudios.co.za

Red Light Studios offers a Red One camera package and two shooting

studios. Our Red package comes fully supported to ensure smooth workflow through the production and post-pro-

duction processes.

Studio A offers a three-wall infinity cycle, lighting gantry and comfortable mezza-nine viewing area. Studio B is a clean

blackout space.

restaurant scaffolding security

security studio rental venue & creative space

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Agency Casting +27 21 556 0168 / 5851 info@thatagency.co.za 56That! Agency Extras +27 21 556 0168 / 5851 info@thatagency.co.za 56The Coca-Cola Dome Venue hire +27 11 794 5800 grant.medcalf@coca-coladome.co.za 58The Callsheet Newspaper Trade publication +27 11 6740646 makkie@thecallsheet.co.za 54The Film Lab Film laboratory +27 11 719 4600 tony@filmlab.co.za 57The Hyde Accommodation +27 21 434 0205 info@hydeapartments.co.za 54The Runway Venue hire +27 21 461 6569 Liam@therunway.co.za 59The Sunshine Company Photographic equipment +27 21 461 0595 bruce@sunshinecompany.co.za 16The Sunshine Company Studio rental +27 21 461 0595 bruce@sunshinecompany.co.za 16Vertex Scaffolding Aluminium scaffolding 0861 837 839 jennifer@vertexsa.co.za 59Vertex Scaffolding Tubular steel scaffolding 0861 837 839 jennifer@vertexsa.co.za 59Vineyard Hotel and Spa Accommodation +27 21 657 4500 hotel@vineyard.co.za 56Waterfront Post Post production +27 21 409 2000 info@waterfrontstudios.co.za 52Waterfront Studios Studio facilities +27 21 409 2000 info@waterfrontstudios.co.za 52

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Accommodation Aquila Game Reserve 0861 RESERVE (0861 73 73 78 3) res@aquilasafari.com 3Accommodation Asara Wine Estate & Hotel +27 21 888 8000 h.frehse@asara.co.za 54Accommodation Cape Royale +27 21 430 0500 reservations@caperoyale.co.za 49Accommodation Colona Castle +27 21 788 8235 colona@link.co.za 14Accommodation iKhaya Lodge & Conference Centre +27 21 461 8880 info@ikhayalodge.co.za 54Accommodation Inverdoorn Game Reserve +27 21 434 4639 info@inverdoorn.com 17Accommodation Kaapkloofmanor +49 173 645 3779 / info@kaapkloofmanor.com 26-27Accommodation Kaapkloofmanor +27 76 911 4563 info@kaapkloofmanor.com 26-27Accommodation Knysna Elephant Park +27 44 532 7732 info@knysnaelephantpark.co.za 15Accommodation Mountain Marina +27 21 421 3079 ian@mountainmarina.com 51Accommodation Romney Park +27 21 439 4555 info@romneypark.co.za 54Accommodation Southern Sun Waterfront +27 21 409 4001 JanineLo@southernsun.com 2Accommodation Straightway Head Country Lodge +27 21 886 6159 info@5-seasons.de 54Accommodation Taj Hotel +27 21 426 4759 michael.pownall@tajhotels.com 42Accommodation The Hyde +27 21 447 1902 info@hydeapartments.co.za 54Accommodation Vineyard Hotel and Spa +27 21 657 4500 hotel@vineyard.co.za 56Aluminium scaffolding Vertex Scaffolding 0861 83 7839 jennifer@vertexsa.co.za 59Animation Condor +27 21 413 4800 info@condorcape.com 49Association Durban Film Office +27 31 311 4243 filmdurban@durban.gov.za 24-25Association IDC 0860 69 3888 www.idc.co.za 7Bird sanctuary Birds of Eden +27 44 534 8906 lara@monkeyland.co.za 29Bodyguarding Pro-events +27 21 425 2170 info@proevents-sa.co.za 59Camera equipment rentals Cam-A-Lot +27 11 787 6234 info@camalot.co.za 57Camera hire Digitalfilm +27 11 463 7584 sam@digitalfilm.co.za 56Camera rental Red Light Studios +27 21 593 8625 jesse@redlightstudios.co.za 59Car rentals Pro-events +27 21 425 2170 info@proevents-sa.co.za 59Casting That! Agency +27 21 556 0168 / 5851 info@thatagency.co.za 56Casting directors Casting Cape Town +27 21 424 4004 jeanne@castingcapetown.com 56Casting directors Casting Directors +27 11 880 5893 casting@icon.co.za 57Catering Lynne Matthysen Catering +27 82 800 4309 lynmatt@mweb.co.za 28Catering Mango Catering +27 82 425 8864 patrick@mangocatering.co.za 57Cellular rentals Cellucity +27 21 401 1300 chris@cellucity.co.za 36Computer graphics Condor +27 21 413 4800 info@condorcape.com 49Consumables Setsmart +27 21 418 8437 (all hours) info@setsmart.co.za 57Courier service Pioneer Freight +27 21 386 5946 ryan@pioneerfreight.co.za 48Courier service Pioneer Freight +27 11 975 0032 andrew@pioneerfreight.co.za 48Courier service Pioneer Freight +27 31 465 5930 renalda@pioneerfreight.co.za 48Courier service Pioneer Freight 0861 PIONEER(0861 746 6337) ryan@pioneerfreight.co.za 48Courier service South African Courier Systems +27 21 386 5654 operations@sacscapetown.com 44-45Courier service South African Courier Systems +27 31 303 6474 operations@sacsdurban.com 44-45Courier service South African Courier Systems +27 11 397 8348 operations@sacsjohannesburg.com 44-45Courier service South African Courier Systems +27 41 581 0455 operations@sacsplz.com 44-45Development foundation National Film and Video Foundation +27 11 483 0880 info@nfvf.co.za 30-32Digital equipment rental Roodebloem Studios +27 21 447 6326 info@roodebloemstudios.co.za 52Education Service SETA 0861 101 148 customercare@servicesseta.org.za 34-35Equipment rental Camera Facilities +27 11 886 9016 facility@global.co.za 56Equipment rental Kinetic +27 21 421 3224 info@go-kinetic.com 13Equipment rental Panalux +27 21 529 4200 info@panalux.biz 8Equipment rental Panalux +27 11 314 5700 info@panalux.biz 8Equipment rental Panavision South Africa +27 11 314 1748 toyah.fitzpatrick@panavision.za.com 1Equipment rental Photo Hire +27 21 462 6933 info@photohire.co.za 37Equipment rental Remote Camera Systems +27 21 785 2786 info@remotecamerasystems.co.za 58Equipment rental Southern Lighting +27 11 887 9351 info@southernlighting.co.za 41Extras That! Agency +27 21 556 0168 / 5851 info@thatagency.co.za 56Fabrications Elemental Effects +27 21 551 3137 andrew@elementalfx.co.za 50Fashion photographer Tess Feuilhade +33 6 50 04 15 71 tess@tessfeuilhade.com 4Film commission Cape Film Commission +27 21 483 9070 info@capetownfilmcommission.co.za 22-23Film commission Durban Film Office +27 31 311 4243 filmdurban@durban.gov.za 24-25Film commission Gauteng Film Commission SA +27 11 833 0409 info@gautengfilm.org.za 6Film laboratory The Film Lab +27 11 719 4600 tony@filmlab.co.za 57Fuji Motion Picture Negative Film Filmstock SA +27 21 448 1779 office@filmstock-sa.co.za 10Game reserve Inverdoorn Game Reserve +27 21 434 4639 info@inverdoorn.com 17Government department DTI 0861 843 384 / +27 12 394 9500 www.thedti.gov.za 66Insurance Garrun Group +27 11 694 5000 craig@garrun-group.co.za 57Location Knysna Elephant Park +27 44 532 7732 info@knysnaelephantpark.co.za 15Location Lindbergh Lodge +27 11 884 8923 lindbergh@global.co.za 12Location agent Amazing Spaces +27 21 447 1902 info@amazingspaces.co.za 18-21Luxury villas Cape Portfolios +27 21 438 3416 info@capeportfolios.com 54Meeting rooms Taj Hotel +21 21 423 3000 sales.capetown@tajhotels.com 42

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Mentorship & training F.I.L.M +27 21 461 7950 seton@filmsa.co.za 50Mobile accommodation Star Film Rentals 0861 78 2734 martin@starfilmrentals.co.za 58Model agency Outlaws Model Agency +27 21 439 3999 info@outlawsmodels.com 51Negative film Filmstock SA +27 21 448 1779 office@filmstock-sa.co.za 10Photographer Brett Rubin +27 21 448 5809 vanessa@birdonawire.co.za 44-45Photographer Charlie Sperring +27 83 404 4131 www.charliesperring.co.za 36-37, 47Photographer Graham Abbot +27 21 426 1887 www.graham-abbot.com 46Photographer Hannah Mentz +27 79 489 3118 www.hannahmentz.com 47Photographer Ignus Gerber +27 11 783 0474 www.igpcc.co.za coverPhotographer Jac de Villiers +27 21 448 5809 vanessa@birdonawire.co.za 23, 64Photographer Johan Wilke Photography +27 21 448 9090 shotz@willworks.co.za 12-13Photographer Justin Patrick +27 21 448 5809 vanessa@birdonawire.co.za 40-43Photographer Lauren Kriedemann Photography +27 83 406 0133 www.laurenk.co.za 22Photographer Michael Meyersfeld +27 11 444 6333 meyersfeld@icon.co.za 11Photographic equipment The Sunshine Company +27 21 461 0595 bruce@sunshinecompany.co.za 16Photographic equipment rental Roodebloem Studios +27 21 4476326 info@roodebloemstudios.co.za 52Photography African Photo Productions +27 83 338 7800 www.africanphoto.co.za 46Photography Bird on a Wire +27 21 448 5809 vanessa@birdonawire.co.za 45Photography Fifth Avenue Photography +27 21 434 4667 info@5th-avenue-photo.de 15Photography HPH Image Library 0861 710 327 info@hphimagelibrary.com 14-15Photography artist Martin Osner Fine Art Photography +27 83 450 1677 www.martinosner.com 4-5Post production Libra Vision +27 21 465 0311 production@libravision.co.za 9Post production Riot Post Production +27 11 463 9266 kate@riotpost.co.za 58Post production Waterfront Post +27 21 409 2000 info@waterfrontstudios.co.za 52Post production film Condor +27 21 413 4800 info@condorcape.com 49Primate sanctuary Monkeyland +27 44 534 8906 lara@monkeyland.co.za 29Production facilities Digitalfilm +27 11 463 7584 sam@digitalfilm.co.za 56Production services Do Productions (Pty) Ltd +27 21 409 2233 do@doproductions.com 14Production services N-gage Digital +27 21 409 2000 info@ngage-digital.co.za 51Production services Red Light Studios +27 21 593 8625 jesse@redlightstudios.co.za 59Promotional foundation National Film and Video Foundation +27 11 483 0880 info@nfvf.co.za 30-32Props Sets non Stop +27 11 882 8822 stef@setsnonstop.co.za 4-5Prosthetics Elemental Effects +27 21 551 3137 andrew@elementalfx.co.za 39, 57Rental studios Photo Hire +27 21 462 6933 info@photohire.co.za 50Restaurant Aubergine Restaurant +27 21 465 4909 info@aubergine.co.za 37Restaurant Taj Hotel +27 21 423 3000 sales.capetown@tajhotels.com 59Rigging Pyranha Stunts +27 21 557 0993 info@pyranhastunts.co.za 42Security Jetset VIP Protocol +22 21 461 6116 jetsetvip@telkomsa.net 40Security Pro-events +27 21 425 2170 info@proevents-sa.co.za 59Set design and construction Sets non Stop +27 11 882 8822 stef@setsnonstop.co.za 39, 57Set design and construction Stage Gear +27 21 531 1549 gear.sa@mweb.co.za 58Skills & enterprise development Runway Film Resource Centre +27 21 421 6434 runway1@capefilmcommission.co.za 58Skills training Service SETA 0861 101 148 customercare@servicesseta.org.za 34-35Spa Taj Hotel +27 21 423 3000 sales.capetown@tajhotels.com 42Special effects Elemental Effects +27 21 551 3137 andrew@elementalfx.co.za 50Studio facilities Atlas Studios +27 11 482 7111 rachel@atlasstudios.co.za 49Studio facilities Island Studios +27 21 529 4200 info@islandstudios.net 38Studio facilities Waterfront Studios +27 21 409 2000 info@waterfrontstudios.co.za 52Studio rental Red Light Studios +27 21 593 8625 jesse@redlightstudios.co.za 59Studio rental Roodebloem Studios +27 21 4476326 info@roodebloemstudios.co.za 52Studio rental The Sunshine Company +27 21 461 0595 bruce@sunshinecompany.co.za 16Stunt company Bickers Action +27 21 864 2872 action@bickers.co.za 53Stunt company Global Stunts +27 11 432 5117 lovett_a@mweb.co.za 50Stunt company Pyranha Stunts +27 21 557 0993 info@pyranhastunts.co.za 40Tracking vehicles Bickers Action +27 21 864 2872 action@bickers.co.za 53Trade publication The Callsheet Newspaper +27 11 6740646 makkie@thecallsheet.co.za 54Tubular steel scaffolding Vertex Scaffolding 0861 83 7839 jennifer@vertexsa.co.za 59Vehicle hire Tempest Car Hire +27 11 552 3710/11/61 film@tempestcarhire.co.za 11, 56Vehicle hire Tempest Car Hire +27 84 234 1132 film@tempestcarhire.co.za 11, 56Vehicle hire Cape Town Kempston Hire +27 21 511 8501 carolync@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle hire Durban Kempston Hire +27 31 700 9090 dikimber@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle hire East London Kempston Hire +27 43 707 1700 shannonn@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle hire George Kempston Hire +27 44 801 9900 johannm@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle hire Johannesburg Kempston Hire +27 11 974 1023 suer@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle hire Port Elizabeth Kempston Hire +27 41 453 2444 jaciv@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle hire Richards Bay Kempston Hire +27 35 751 1490 diane@kempston.co.za 43Vehicle stunts Bickers Action +27 21 864 2872 gustav.marais@imaginet.co.za 53Venue hire The Coca-Cola Dome +27 11 794 5800 grant.medcalf@coca-coladome.co.za 58Venue hire The Runway +27 21 461 6569 Liam@therunway.co.za 59Video conferencing Condor +27 21 413 4800 info@condorcape.com 49

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ire / Alcoholics Anonymous shoot for Y&R

“We had to find one base where we could re-create all the countries of the world. We chose South Africa….”Gareth Neame, executive

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the filmmakers guide to south africa

Founded by Kathy English-Brower in 2001, The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa has expanded into three separate and aligned volumes. The Industry is a film book

with a tourism edge, providing an overview of the various industry sectors and South Africa as a whole; Service and Co-Production showcases what South Africa

offers international clients as a destination, highlighting our facilitation companies and co-production possibilities; while Creative Showcase is focused on South

Africa’s visual talent, from directors and cinematographers to photographers and visual effects artists, among others.

three separate and aligned volumes

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photogrAphiC CoNtributioNs Thank you to all the photographers, production companies and advertisers who contributed. images have been credited as requested.

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For more information, please visit www.filmmakersguide.co.za or www.creativeshowcase.co.za

Service & Co-production showcases what South Africa offers international clients as a destination and project partner, highlighting our facilitation companies, financing options and coproduction possibilities.

celebrating the continued rise of the SouthAfrican film industry, The Industry is a film book with a tourist edge, which provides an overview of all the different film sectors.

Creative Showcase aims to become the premier visual directory of South Africa’s finest animators, directors, DoPs, food stylists, photographers, visual effects artists and other creatives involved in the filmmaking process.