5 Minutes with Tiny Mungwe

5 Minutes with Tiny Mungwe

1. Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I am a documentary producer for STEPS in Cape Town. STEPS is a non-profit production company working documentary, which also distributes documentary through the platform Afridocs.  2....
5 Minutes with Sylvia Vollenhoven

5 Minutes with Sylvia Vollenhoven

1. Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I am an author, journalist, filmmaker, playwright and Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg. I get bored very, very easily so I take on as many projects as possible. Then I do lots of deep...
5 MINUTES WITH PAT VAN HEERDEN…

5 MINUTES WITH PAT VAN HEERDEN…

I am Pat van Heerden, I was recently in Lisbon with colleagues from South Africa at a financing and pitching  for documentary funding workshop. Final pitching to commissioning editors in Portugal at Lisbon Docs Pitching Caught in traffic – a story about...
5 MINUTES WITH… WEAAM WILLIAMS

5 MINUTES WITH… WEAAM WILLIAMS

My name is Weaam Williams, I am a screenwriter and director. 1. Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I was once a performance poet and hip-hop MC aka  MC Desert Blossom. This is really before I became a filmmaker hence my directorial debut...
5 MINUTES WITH… TESSA BARLIN

5 MINUTES WITH… TESSA BARLIN

My name is Tessa Barlin and I am currently a freelance filmmaker, focusing on environmental documentaries. I mainly work as a camera operator but I have recently started directing my own films too. 1. Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I am a 24...
5 MINUTES WITH … NICOLE SCHAFER

5 MINUTES WITH … NICOLE SCHAFER

I’m Nicole Schafer. I’m a documentary filmmaker based in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. 1. Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I’ve just released my first feature documentary “Buddha in Africa”, that follows a Malawian teenager in a Chinese Buddhist...