Question NW3874 to the Minister of Arts and Culture
14 December 2018 - NW3874
Mokoena, Mr L to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture
What (a) number of (i) local films and (ii) film producers have received funding from (aa) his department and (bb) each of the entities reporting to him in each of the past five years and (b)(i) was the name of each company and (ii) total amount did each company receive in each case?
Reply:
My department supported (i) twelve (12) local films and (ii) eleven (11) film producers in the past five years. The entity reporting to my department, namely, the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) supported 408 local films and 65 film producers.
In respect of each case: (a) (i)(ii); (aa) (bb), (b)(i)(ii), relevant details are outlined and included as Annexure A and B, below.
(a) Number Local Film |
(bb) YEAR |
(I) NAME OF FILM |
(ii) PRODUCER |
(ii) AMOUNT |
2014 |
None |
None |
None |
|
1 |
2015 |
Dinizulu |
Ms Khubu Zulu: Sakhuri Media |
R 500 000 |
2 |
2016 |
Mangoyi Mother of Black resistance |
Mr Nqaba Ngoyi: Fort Films |
R1 147 290 |
3 |
2016 |
Khalushi |
Mr Mandla Dube: Montage online |
R3 000 000 |
4 |
2017 |
Cinema from within: Who are we really |
Mr Teddy Mattera |
R 500 000 |
5 |
2017 |
Table Manners |
Ms Nkuli Sibeko & Mr Leli Maki: Jack & Jill Productions |
R 500 000 |
6 |
2017 |
Winnie |
Mr Steven Markovits: Big World Cinema |
R 800 000 |
7 |
2017 |
The Whale Caller |
Mr Zola Maseko: Black Roots Productions |
R 600 000 |
8 |
2017 |
Noem My Skolie |
Ms Motshidi & Mr David Maxbrown: Maxi D Productions |
R 300 000 |
9 |
2017 |
Visual Artists Living Legends: Documentary |
Mr Monna Mokoena: Momo Gallery Foundation |
R 800 000 |
10 |
2017 |
Mandela Man of Peace: Documentary |
Ms Xoliswa Sithole: Nayanaya Productions |
R 800 000 |
11 |
2017 |
Inkonyana yohlanga |
Imiliza Productions |
R 800 000 |
12 |
2018 |
Mandela Man of Peace: Documentary |
Ms Xoliswa Sithole: Nayanaya Productions |
R1 500 000 |
TOTAL |
12 x Local Films |
11 x Producers |
R11 247.290 |
Annexure A. Local Films and Producers as well as amount supported by my Department in the past five years:
ANNEXURE B. Films supported by the Department’s entity, National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF)
Approved Projects 2014- 2015
Cycle 1
Documentary Development
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Ocean Driven |
Chris Bertish |
CMB Agencies |
R100 000.00 |
Feature Length Development
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Break it Down |
Lorreal Ferris |
N/A |
R140 000.00 |
Collide |
Mpho Kgosana |
Virya Management |
R200 000.00 |
Strange Love |
Zuko Yafele |
Durban Motion Pictures |
R200 000.00 |
The Wasteland |
Mark Engels |
Blast Films |
R200 000.00 |
Production Documentaries
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
A True Patriot? |
Kevin Harris |
Rainbow Independent Film & TV Productions |
R100 000.00 |
iAfrikaner |
Joanna Higgs |
Go Trolley Films |
R191 760.00 |
Wild Dog and Mrs Heart |
Riaan Hendricks |
A Season of Film |
R200 000.00 |
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Echo Beach |
Jyoti Mistry |
Blackboard Trust |
R600 000.00 |
Krotoa |
Roberta Durrant |
Penguin Films |
R1 200 000.00 |
The Umbrella Man |
Linda Bogle |
WE 3 Films |
R1 200 000.00 |
Production Short Films
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Into the Ring |
Francois Le Pere |
Allegoria |
R198 440.00 |
The Man with the Dragging Leg |
Janette De Villiers |
Groundglass |
R200 000.00 |
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell |
Cornel Rayners |
Saint Moonriver Productions |
R200 000.00 |
Female filmmaker project |
Carolyn Carew |
Female Filmmaker projects |
R176 800 |
Approved Projects 2014 –2015
Cycle 2
Documentary Development
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Double Lives of Children of Revolutionaries |
Khalo Matabane |
BFM Features (PTY)LTD |
R120 000.00 |
Skate |
Joe-Anne Mirosevic |
Alpha-Beta Project Management |
R91 200.00 |
Smoke and Thunder |
Malcom Macnaughton |
Malcom Macnaughton |
R100 000.00 |
The Sound Of Masks |
Kofi Zwana |
N/A |
R100 000.00 |
Wizard of Zim |
Samora Sekhukhune |
Away From Keyboard |
R120 000.00 |
Feature Length Development
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
An anthology Film |
Feizel Mamdoo |
N/A |
R189 000.00 |
Harmony |
Tim Argall |
bugbox |
R250 000.00 |
Knock on |
John Volmink |
Diprente |
R120 000.00 |
Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs |
Rehad Desai |
Uhuru Productions |
R350 000.00 |
Hard Livings |
Jason Staggie |
Accidental Films and TV |
R350 000.00 |
When Buddah comes to Africa |
Nicole Schafer |
Thinking strings Media |
R100 000.00 |
The Fix |
Saskia Schiel |
Stage5 Films |
R199 100.00 |
The Legend of the Karoo |
Raffaella Delle Dome |
N/A |
R150 000.00 |
The Tree |
Adraan Louw Venter |
Urucu Media |
R200 000.00 |
Short Film Development
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Nyanga sky |
Rafeeqah Galant |
Echoledge |
R110 000.00 |
Production Archive
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
The boy, The Blade , The man |
Mayenzeke Baza |
Mandela Bay Pictures |
R200 000.00 |
Production Documentaries
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Production Features
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
Love The One You Love |
Jenna Bass |
Fox Fire Films |
R790 000.00 |
Production Short Films
Project Name |
Applicant’s Name |
Production Company |
Amount Allocated |
The Discovery of Fire |
Warren Ferreira |
Tin Toy Productions |
R200 000.00 |
The National Film and Video Foundation