Question NW3874 to the Minister of Arts and Culture

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14 December 2018 - NW3874

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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

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