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Residents can use giant television screens at the Ekasi TV sites to watch live local and international football, the World Cup teams, DStv programming, children's programmes and educational content.
- Who it is for:
- Residents of Orlando West (Soweto) and Mtubatuba (Richards Bay), as well as South Africans and international visitors to the country.
- How to act on it:
- Attend one of the Ekasi TV sites and watch the programming on the giant screens; the TVs are stated to operate from 2pm every day.
An online video-on-demand library offering digitally remastered African feature films, shorts and documentaries. Users can search by genre, director or language, pay for content, download it and watch it for 24 hours.
- Who it is for:
- Africans and viewers around the world
- How to act on it:
- Access the African Film Library online, search by genre, director or language, pay for and download the selected footage, and watch it within the 24-hour access period. A further payment is required to watch it on another device or after that period.
The article makes Gauteng parks, reserves, botanical gardens, bird sanctuaries and wildlife areas available as possible settings for African landscape or wildlife filming, including locations within about an hour of Johannesburg.
- Who it is for:
- Film productions needing African landscape or wildlife locations
- How to act on it:
- Review the listed reserves, parks, gardens and sanctuaries as possible filming locations; the article directs readers to cityparks for information on Joburg parks.
The online version of The Callsheet is available for film-industry users to access news, archives, video content, directories and related online features.
- Who it is for:
- South African and African film industry users
- How to act on it:
- Visit the website.
Creatives can upload their visual portfolios for free on the Creative Showcase sister website.
- Who it is for:
- Creatives
- How to act on it:
- Use the Creative Showcase sister website to upload a visual portfolio.
Film productions can use the parks, reserves, gardens and wildlife areas described in the article as locations for African landscape or wildlife filming in Gauteng.
- Who it is for:
- Film productions requiring African landscape or wildlife locations
Hunter Film Incentives evaluates audiovisual project proposals and facilitates available incentive applications from start to finish, including applications to the Industrial Development Corporation and National film and Video Foundation and liaison with SARS for the 24F tax incentive.
- Who it is for:
- Film and television producers, production companies and investors
- How to act on it:
- Provide a project proposal to HFI for evaluation. If the project qualifies, HFI facilitates the incentive application; for IDC or NFVF finance, HFI completes and submits applications for production companies, while for the 24F tax incentive it acts as liaison between the investor and SARS.
Hunter Film Incentives offers production management covering budgets, schedules, risk schedules and project close-out, with the aim of ensuring productions meet targets, stay on time and remain within budget.
- Who it is for:
- Film and television production companies and project teams
- How to act on it:
- Engage HFI to manage the production, including monitoring budgets and schedules, creating risk schedules and formally closing off the project.
The Gauteng Film Commission is making a catalogue of 2010 and soccer-themed film and television titles available on its website. It includes title information and international sales contacts for several broadcasters and the African Film Library, and is to be updated as new titles become available.
- Who it is for:
- Programmers, channel managers, viewers and international audiences interested in 2010 and African or South African soccer-themed titles
- How to act on it:
- Use the Gauteng Film Commission website to access the catalogue.
Media Film Service supports local films where and if possible.
- Who it is for:
- Local films
Media Film Service makes the latest filming equipment available for the local industry.
- Who it is for:
- The local film industry
Media Film Service makes a 50% discount available to film students.
- Who it is for:
- Film students
- Who can apply:
- The person must be a film student.