NFVF announces the approved production company for animation and documentary slates.
Animation Slate
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) released a call for Animation Slate to the value of R7.5m over a period of 3 years. The slate is targeted at Tier 2 Production Companies with an aim of cultivating sustainability and viability.
Tier 2 production companies are defined in the NFVF Funding Policy as “Filmmakers with limited experience in the film industry, but who have developed and produced 1or 2 feature length films, television fiction and/or, 2 or 3 documentary short films seeking to venture into feature film or documentary development and production”.
The awarded production company is:
Digital Characters:
Over the period of 3 years Digital Characters must deliver polished pitch material for one television series and one feature film.
Year 1:
Television series:
- Pitch bibles for a minimum of 3 concepts including a complete literary and visual bible and sell sheet.
Feature film:
- Pitch bibles for a minimum of 2 concepts including a script, synopsis and concept art.
Year 2:
Television series:
- Literary and visual bible and sell sheet and a 2-minute teaser/pilot for green lit concept.
Feature film:
- Final script, character and set design for green lit concept and a 20 minute animatic.
Year 3:
Television series:
- 7 or 15-minute pilot, final revised pitch bible, sell sheet, literary and visual bible.
For Feature film:
- Final pitch bible with final script, character and a set design, 80 or 90 minute animatic.
Budget:
The slate is valued at R7.5 million over 3 years allocated as follows:
Documentary slate:
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) released a call for proposals for a Documentary Slate to the value of R4.5m over a period of 3 years. The slate is targeted at Tier 2 Production Companies with an aim of cultivating sustainability and viability.
The awarded production company for documentary is Tshedza Media:
Over the period of 3 years Tshedza Media must develop a minimum of 9 projects of which 3 must be produced into a feature length documentary.
Budget:
The slate is valued at R4.5 million over 3 years allocated as follows:
For more information contact: production@nfvf.co.za
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