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2012-05

65th Cannes International Film Festival opens

17 May 2012: The 65th Cannes International Film festival opened last night with the premiere of Wes Anderson’s coming-of-age love story ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. The festival is taking place in Cannes, France until 27th of May 2012.

Funding Application - International Bursary Application

South Africa to present its film projects at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival

11 May 2012: The National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF) in association with the Department of Arts & Culture (DAC) will as from 16th until 27th of May 2012 lead a South African delegation to the 65th Cannes International Film Festival. Cannes International Film Festival is an annual prestigious event that allows global filmmakers and key decision makers in film to gather with the core aim of conducting film business.

NFVF offer Training Opportunities for Aspirant Script Editors

10 May 2012: The National Film & Video Foundation is offering FREE part-time training opportunities to individuals who wish to train as script editors in the film and television arena. The successful candidates will go through an intensive Sediba "Spark" Screenwriter's Training Programme where they will be required to team up with a writer in developing concepts which are engaging & have wide audience appeal.

DFA delegation returns from Hot Docs

10 May 2012: The Documentary Filmmakers Association (DFA) delegation to Hot Docs 2012 has just returned from Toronto and delegates have headed home to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Durban. The 16-strong delegation was the biggest at Hot Docs, and stood out at the festival.

Application Form – Trainee Script Editor

The National Film & Video Foundation is offering FREE part-time training opportunities to individuals who wish to train as script editors in the film and television arena.

Sediba Course Outline

Sediba Spark Screenwriting Training Programme

Co-Production Report 2011

2011 review of the co-productions

SA/ Australia Treaty

The South Africa and Australia Co-operation Treaty

2012 SAFTAs Entry Guidelines

Entry guilines for the 2012 SAFTAs.

2012-04

NFVF logo with DAC

NFVF logo

Box Office Report T1 2011

Box office report firts term 2011

Box Office Report T2 2011

Box Office report second term 2011

Co-Production Report 2010

Review of the 10 years of co-productions

Update on the Development of the South African Film Criteria

18 April 2012: The NFVF has been in the process of developing the South African Film Criteria since 2010.

Co-production report 2011

The co-production report is annual review of a survey of all the co-production projects submitted for advance ruling as co-production projects.

10 Year Industry Review

10 year review of the South African film industry

Half Yearly Co-Production Report 2011

A half year review of co-productions.

Box Office Report T3

Final report of box office report 2010.

Box Office Report T1 2011

Review of Term of box office report

South Africa wins nine awards at the AMA Awards 2012, Lagos Nigeria

23 April 2012: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) congratulates all South African winners at the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The awards took place last night, Sunday 22nd of April in Nigeria, Lagos.

Presentation to the 6th SAFTAs Fiction awards

The National Film and Video Foundation was established 12 years ago with the ambitious ideals of creating facilities for ordinary South Africans to bear influence in the expression of their own images, thereby deepen democracy and create prosperity.

South African Documentary Filmmakers at the 2012 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival

17 April 2012: Two South African documentaries, Sands of the Skei Queen by Ryley Grunenwald and Buddha of Africa by Nicole Schafer are set to shine at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival scheduled to take place from the 26th of April to the 6th of May 2012. Founded in 1993, Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference, and market held annually in Toronto, Canada. Each year South Africa’s documentaries are showcased and represented by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), and individual producers.

2012-03

Supplier Database Registration

Winners of the 6th Annual SAFTAs Fiction Awards announced

11 March 2012: Winners of the Fiction categories of the 6th annual South African Film and Television Awards were announced at a prestigious ceremony held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Saturday the 10th of March 2012.

Winners of the 6th Annual SAFTAs fiction categories

Winners of the 6th Annual SAFTAs Non-fiction categories announced

09 March 2012: Winners of the Non-fiction categories of the 6th annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) were announced at a glittering ceremony held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Friday the 9th of March 2012.

Winners of the 6th Annual SAFTAs non fiction categories

Statement on ETV's withdrawal from the South African Film & Television Awards

05 March 2012: It is with great disappointment that the NFVF and SAFTAs committee learn of ETV’s withdrawal from the South African Film and Television Awards.

2012-02

NFVF Sparkler shortlisted for Kevin Spacey Jameson's First Short Film Competition

22 February 2012: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) congratulates Ross Van Leeve for being shortlisted in Kevin Spacey Jameson’s First Short Film Competition. Ross is an NFVF bursary recipient and has completed the Sediba Spark training programme. A film director and scriptwriter, he stands the once in a lifetime chance to have his script turned into a short film, starring the one and only Kevin Spacey.

6th Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) Best Soapie voting line open

22 February 2012: The South African Film and Television Awards announce the opening of the Best Soapie Category voting line as of Wednesday 22 February 2012. The Best Soapie Voting line will close on Friday the 9th of March 2012 at 12h00.

6th annual South African Film & Television Awards nominees announced

16 February 2012: The nominees for the 6th annual South African Film & Television Awards were announced on Thursday 16th of February 2012 at a glittering event held at The Venue in Melrose Arch, North of Johannesburg. Isidingo's Jack Devnarain & Thuli Thabethe served as MC's for the night, while joint Chairpersons Jackie Motsepe & Feizel Mamdoo announced the nominees.

6th annual South African Film & Television Awards nominees announced

6th Annual SAFTAs nominees list

65th Cannes International Film Festival–Call for project submissions to the NFVF

30 January 2012: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) will embark on a trip to the 65th Cannes International Film Festival being held from the 16th to the 27th of May 2012. The festival, which is internationally recognised as the premier film festival and marketing event, brings together filmmakers and key decision makers from across the globe to conduct the business of film.

2011-12

NFVF Slate Fund 2012

15 December 2011: The National Film and Video Foundation is happy to announce that at its meeting on the 7th of December 2011 the council of the NFVF approved the awarding of slate funds to three deserving production companies, each with unique propositions which attracted the highest scores from the evaluation panel convened to assess them.

2011-11

6th SAFTAS call for entry

03 August 2011: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) organizers of the popular industry awards, South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) calls for local productions to submit their entries for 2012.

The 6th annual SAFTAs Judging process begins

13 October 2011: The judging process for the 6th annual South African Film and Television Awards began on a positive note with the pre-judging session held at the NFVF offices on the 12th of October 2011.

SA New Zealand Co-production Treaty

South Africa/New Zealand Co-production Treaty

The NFVF welcomes statement of commitment towards the film industry by Minister Paul Mashatile

The National Film and Video Foundation welcomes the unequivocal statement of commitment to supporting the development and growth of the film industry by the new Minister of Arts and Culture Mr. Paul Mashatile.

Bojanala community benefits from the inaugural film festival

07 November 2011: Last week the people of Bojanala district showed their eagerness to pursue careers in filmmaking and that they are passionate about the film industry. This was evident during the Bojanala Film Week that took place between the 26th and 29th of October 2011 at the Bafokeng Plaza in Rustenburg.

2011-10

The inaugural Bojanala Film Week declared open with Retribution as the opening film

27 October 2011: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is proud to announce that Mukunda Michael Dewil’s riveting thriller Retribution was the opening film of the Bojanala Film Week.

SA signs co-production agreement with New Zealand

27 October 2011: South Africa and New Zealand governments have signed a co-production agreement which will benefit the creative industries in both countries.

The NFVF takes film to the people of Bojanala, Rustenburg

24 October 2011: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), will be participating in the upcoming Bojanala Film Week the brainchild of the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality.

The 2nd Trimester Box Office Report

13 October 2011: The National Film and Video Foundation have published its 2nd Trimester Box Office report for the review period from 29th of April until 31st of August 2011.

The 6th annual SAFTAs Judging process begins

13 October 2011: The judging process for the 6th annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) began on a positive note with the pre judging session held at the NFVF offices on the 12th of October 2011.

The 6th annual SAFTAs Judging process begins

2011-01

5th SAFTAS nominees list

The 5th South African Film and Television nominees list.

2010-12

SA Film Assessment Criteria

The National Film and Video Foundation invites interested parties to submit written comments on the proposed Definition of a South African Film. The objective of the Definition of a South African Film is to set criteria for the assessment of whether a film is South African.