AFDA staff and students will have a unique opportunity of a screening and meeting with cast and crew of new local feature film Skeem starring South Africa’s best ensemble cast and shot by AFDA alumni cine Tom Marais.
Johannesburg - 24 October, 17:15
Cape Town - 26 October, 13:00
All welcome – don’t miss it!!
Tim Greene is best known as the film maker who convinced 1000 people to each invest R1000.00 in his first feature film, Boy Called Twist. With the finance raised through ‘crowd-sourcing’ – which at the time had not been done before in South Africa - the film was released to critical acclaim and went on to screen at Cannes and festivals around the world.
With his second film SKEEM, Greene will be rubbing shoulders with the who’s who of international directors when the film has its World Premiere at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on 16th October 2011.
A classic caper movie that follows a mile-a-minute chase after a cardboard box full of cash, SKEEM has been selected to compete in the Showcase section, alongside films by such acclaimed directors as Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Werner Hertzog and Terry Gilliam.
“It is a great honour to be included,” says producer Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat, “To be considered good enough to be in competition with these films is a dream come true. I cannot describe how proud I am to see Tim Greene’s name in the roster with these directors.”
With one of the finest ever assembled casts in a South African feature film SKEEM boasts household names like Grant Swanby, Kenneth Nkosi, Rapulana Seiphemo, Casey B Dolan, Terence Bridgett, Zikhona Sodlaka, David Isaacs and Kurt Schoonraad.
As Goodman-Bhyat points out, “If you look at the cast lists of the films we are competing against, they’re all A-list Hollywood celebs! It just makes me feel so proud of our local talent.”
SKEEM has been snapped up by United International Pictures for release in South African cinemas from 28th October 2011.
View the trailer here: http://www.vimeo.com/27481110
Forgotten Faces - AFDA film was the only South African film selected to be screened at the 2011 International Student Film Festival Hollywood. The festival received entries from 14 countries around the world this year, 85 films were accepted into the 2011 competition. Films from the United Kingdom, Turkey, South Africa, Poland, Israel, India, Germany, France, Egypt, Czech Republic, Canada, Australia and the USA formed part of the section.
Forgotten Faces tells a story of a boy, Siphiso, coming to terms with his everyday life, his emotions and inner conflicts in his unfavourable situation of living a life on the streets after his mother abandoned him. He is entangled in a world of addiction, abuse and neglect, and struggles to move forward as he is haunted by his past. Sade, Siphiso’s mother, has had to make a living from a young age by being a prostitute. She has to live with the guilt of abandoning her child on a daily basis.
The 9th annual ISFFH will take place November 5 – 6, 2011 at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood.
Crew:
Director: Quaanitah Allie
Writer: Fabian Vettiger
Producer: Raygaanah Kippie
Cinematography: Fabian Vettiger
Costume, Make-up & Styling: Mia Melin
Production Design: Mia Pepler
Sound: Farron Middleway
Editor: Jason Matthews
Cast:
Sade Dunywa, Dane Davids
To view the official film selections: www.isffhollywood.org.
This year, the committee retained 40 films among the 1323 received, which were from 32 schools spanning in 21 countries.
AFDA 2010 graduation film; Igolide has been selected for the program Afrique, droit de suite of the festival which takes place 2 – 11 December 2011.
Igoldie tells a story of friendship, courage and hope. When a strong childhood friendship between Solomon and Godfrey is broken by a freak accident in their youth, Solomon has to live with the guilt of being responsible for the accident. A year later, as gold miners, they find themselves in a rock fall and are forced to face their past.
Crew
Producers: Dithapelo Segodi & Ahmed Seedat
Writer/ Director: Zweli Radebe
Production Design: Lebogang Magogodi
Costume, Makeup & Styling: Catherine Blackman
Cinematography: Ofentse Mwase
Editor: Nape Joka
Sound Design: Koena Tsubane
Visual Effects: Theo Mosienyane
Music: Velaphi Ramphele
Cast
Jabu Hadebe, Thulasizwe Kubheka, Lerato Tlale
Visit the website for more information on the festival: www.rihl.org
Musical performance, promotion and production are part of the musical electives available to first year students enrolling at AFDA in 2012.
Unique features of the course:
1. Students will be provided with intellectual, aesthetic, conceptual, altitudinal and technical training in the following vocational fields: performing, promoting and producing
2. The musical performance course will provide students with a learning environment that facilitates active project collaboration and networking with aspiring film, tv, media and stage students. This will facilitate the development of their future entertainment network and working relationships
3. As part of the degree requirements, students receive theory and undertake research that directly informs their practical outcomes which includes:
3.1 Song writing, composition and arrangement, producing, recording, performing, promoting an artist, event, concert, touring, publishing an album, performing and promoting a tv music special.
3.2 The following musical staging options will be available in the 3 year course, cabaret, busking (formal and informal), concert, recital and music video.
COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL PROFILE
You need to live for music and be committed to either performing or producing entertainment for an audience. Independent self starters, collaborators and strong minded characters are ideally suited to this very challenging discipline. You also have to be musical, streetwise and creative.
AFDA 2009 graduation film The Tupperware Party, written and directed by Stacey Howell, was selected to be screened at the 11th International Festival for Cinema Schools – FIDEC.
The festival takes place in Belgium from 23 October 2011 at the Kihuy theatre and the cultural centre of Huy.
FIDEC strives to be the link between cinema students, industry professionals, media and the public, by promoting short films produced by Belgian and foreign students.
The Tupperware Party is set inCape Town, 1976, where it is possibly the most turbulent time in South Africa’s history. The Soweto uprisings have just occurred and anti-apartheid riots have spread all over the country.
Foreign countries are imposing sanctions and South Africa is being condemned from every corner of the globe. Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness movement is growing in support from white students and the National Party is coming under tremendous pressure to relinquish power. There is a tangible sense of panic and hysteria. Amidst all the turmoil, housewife Daphne Swanmore is concerned about one thing and one thing only – her Tupperware party.
Crew:
Writer/ director - Stacey Howell
Director of photography - Meredith Aylward
Production Designer - Janine loubser
Costume and make-up designer - Lauren de Reuck
For more info on the festival visit:
Website: www.fidec.be
Facebook www.facebook.com/Fidec.be
If you are from KZN and would like to know more about AFDA Johannesburg or Cape Town please contact Milena Gevers in Durban at milenag@afda.co.za or mobile # 079 833 1682.
An AFDA & Vega School collaboration won a bronze award in the 2011 Loerie STUDENT AWARDS: TV, CINEMA & INTERNET COMMERCIALS section.
‘The World Bullies You When You Can’t See’ - Ster-Kinekor and Spec-Savers have joined forces to get spectacles to underprivileged children. Their objective is to create opportunities for children who are unable to create them for themselves. Thus they have embarked on a ‘Vision Mission’, raising funds to buy glasses for children who cannot afford glasses alone. The objective of the advert is to make the public aware of ‘Vision Mission’ and encourage them to donate to the cause.
The editor of the advert; Tanille Retief explains that this particular brand is a helpful, hopeful one, and so reflects the adverts intention. A young school boy is bullied by his environment because he can’t see properly. Inanimate objects come alive and threaten the boy (pushing, pulling or tripping him) thus displaying to the audience the boys warped view of the world and the struggles that he faces as a result of impaired eyesight. The journey of simply walking home from school becomes difficult and sad to watch as he struggles through everyday obstacles (turning a corner, walking up stairs etc). Depth perception and focus would allow most people to avoid collisions and hurting themselves but lack of such things causes the boy to trip, fall and become exhausted by his journey, a pain that he would not have to endure could he afford glasses. The illusion of inanimate objects coming alive was created and achieved by painting real human beings to match the environment - against a wall, in a staircase or a stack of tires in order to camouflage them into the background, then only as the people moved from their environment was the illusion broken and the audience allowed seeing the people hidden in the background.
No visual effects were used to create this optical illusion; the people were painted on set (approximately 4-6 hours per person), the advert was shot over two days. Ultimately the advert presents a ‘call to action’. Showing the audience exactly how they can help this boy and many others, thus playing a vital role in giving so many underprivileged children the gift of sight.
The advert gives the audience unique insight into a life with impaired vision by allowing them to truly engage with a character and the brand and see that by adding the small amount of R2.50 through Sterkinekor and Spec-Savers, they can be involved in changing someone’s life.
The AFDA Undergraduate and Postgraduate application window will be closing at the end of December. Please ensure that you submit your complete application form and/or any necessary documentation well in advance.
For further information or advice on all application and registration processes, including student loans & accommodation, please do not hesitate to contact your preferred AFDA campus on:
JHB (011) 482 8345
or CT (021) 448 7600
OR
Email: Nikita – nikitar@afda.co.za (JHB)
or Lanna – lanna@afda.co.za (CT)
