The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) will lead the South Africa delegation to the Cannes International Film Festival scheduled to take place from 11 – 21 May in Cannes, France. The festival is the most prestigious event for the global film industry where the world’s filmmakers and key decision makers from across the globe assemble to conduct the business of film.
The NFVF's main objectives are to promote South Africa as a premiere filmmaking destination, to position the country as a co-production partner of choice, to strengthen relations and to provide support to local filmmakers attending Cannes. This year the NFVF will sponsor nine South African filmmakers to conduct film business in Cannes.
While in Cannes, the NFVF hosted a Line-Up event on the 14th of May 2011, where South African projects were presented to international sales agents, financiers, distributors, co-production partners, buyers, and festival programmers. The Line-Up projects include: Feature films :Makeba, Otelo Burning, Whiplash, Spoon, Retribution, Whale, Khabzela, Supermama, Saving Sunnyshore, De Jong and the Rustlers, Crossroads, Four Corners, Stockholm, Zululand, Tin of Paint, The Consequence, Zambezia, Zizi & Boondogle, Roepman, Documentaries :Surfing Soweto, Rebirth, Dear Mandela and Short Films: Dirty Laundry, Umkhungo.
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