NFVF Marketing and Festivals Funding

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has released the call for applicants to submit for: 1)      Marketing and Distribution (Cycle 2) 2)      Festival Hosting (Cycle 3) Closing date for submissions:     ...

#docLOVE is back!

The DFA is thrilled to reintroduce our #docLOVE screenings programme after a lengthy absence and to be able to do it with the award-winning Kenyan feature SOFTIE! Country: Kenya | Runtime: 96 minutes |  Language: English and Kiswahili/Kikuyu (English subtitles)...

Thuthuka Fund Call for SA/ Dutch Co-pros

The National Film and Video Foundation and the Netherlands Film Fund have established a Co-development scheme called Thuthuka. This scheme aims to support projects that are potentially of high cinematographic quality and interest to cinema audiences in both countries...

Opportunity for Mentorship by Kevin Harris

The National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa has created an opportunity for a young black aspirant documentary film maker to be mentored for a period of 4 months in documentary development and production by independent South African documentary film maker...

Draft Cape Town Film Policy Requests Input from Filmmakers

The City of Cape Town’s Events and Film Department is calling on residents, stakeholders and interested parties to comment on the Draft Film Policy, 2021. The Draft Film Policy, 2021 will replace the City’s Film Policy and Protocol, 2004. The draft Film Policy seeks...

IDFA Adds 65 Titles to Lineup

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) added 65 titles to its lineup, unveiling the non-competitive program sections Best of Fests, Masters and Paradocs. The 34th edition of IDFA takes place from Nov. 17-28 in Amsterdam. Best of Fests honors...

Canada/ SA Copro Incentive

The Canada-South Africa Co-Development Incentive (“the Incentive”) is a collaboration between the Canada Media Fund (CMF or “Party”) and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF or “Party”) (the CMF and NFVF collectively the “Parties”) to fund the co-development...

Netflix Hardship Fund

The South African Screen Federation (SASFED), supported by the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO) and in collaboration with Netflix,has  announced a third round of applications for funding towards the COVID-19 Film and Television Relief Fund, providing relief to...