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Escape from Africa – African Indy Films Unleashed on the World

Post author By Anwuli
Post date September 3, 2014
68 Comments on Escape from Africa – African Indy Films Unleashed on the World

Africa in film is on the rise. There is an explosion of filmmakers and storytellers emerging from the continent with a global vision that reflects the realities of contemporary life – rapid urbanization, internet-enabled mobile phones and satellite TV in middle-class African homes. These filmmakers have burning and powerful stories they wish to tell and share with the world and these stories are as compelling and diverse as the continent, its inhabitants and its history. Therefore audiences, eager for distinct content, are turning to Africa. Pix

Tags Africa, African Film, African filmmakers, African films, Anwuli, Ghana, Guest Post, iLunafriq, independent film, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda

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Indie Film in South Africa Part 2

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 25, 2012
114 Comments on Indie Film in South Africa Part 2

By Jon Plowman

How do you turn your passion for film into a profit? How does one take all that experience built up on non-paying indie projects, and turn it into a career? I’m glad you asked. Welcome to the second part of a two-part article on indie filmmaking.

It seems to me that a lot of filmmakers are chronically losing sight of a very simple fact: there has been a total revolution in the film industry in the last few years.

Tags American Film Market, development, financing, Guest Post, Jon Plowman, Micro budget, Networking, SAIF, social media, South Africa, South African Indie Films

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Indie Film in South Africa Part 1

Post author By Ted Hope
Post date July 24, 2012
60 Comments on Indie Film in South Africa Part 1

By Jon Plowman

Ted asked me for this article last year. I agreed, because there are a couple of important points I’d like to put out there to encourage filmmakers in the same kind of position as I find myself. But before I could actually get around to writing the damn thing, I found myself retrenched. That’s “laid off” to most of you. I lost my job. Yeah, you know the one I mean, the one that actually pays the bills while I work on movies. My boss gave me a sob story about how he couldn’t afford to keep me on because the business was struggling. He has a wife and two small kids, and his business was their sole income. I couldn’t blame him. We feel the global recession here just as keenly as the US or Europe. So there I was, out on the street with R150 in my pocket. To put that in perspective, R1 = US$0.15, give or take.

Welcome to life as an indie film maker on the southern tip of Africa.

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