Africa filmmaking agency, Realness Institute has chosen 15 participants for its second Creative Producer Indaba, a lab for advancing entrepreneurial, leadership and creative skills among producers seeking to work on the continent.
The scheme is presented in collaboration with European training body EAVE, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s industry platform IFFR Pro, and Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops.
The 2022 lab will hold online from November 14-17 as part of the Atlas Workshops; then in-person at IFFR between January and February 2023.
Its programme includes workshops, case studies, discussions and one-on-one meetings with mentorship focused on project development.
Participants include South African producer Marion Isaacs, who is working on Milisuthando Bongela’s documentary Milisuthando, a film about what it means to be human in the context of race.
In 2018, the project won the IDFA prize for most promising documentary at the Durban Film Mart and pitched at Hot Docs Forum that took place in Canada earlier this year.
Nigerian filmmaker Femi Odugbemi, entrepreneur Dayo Ogunyemi, IFFR director Vanja Kaludjercic and former Israel Film Fund chief Katriel Schory are part of the experts meeting the producers.
The scheme gets support from the International Emerging Film Talent Association, Brazilian film support body Projeto Paradiso, and Switzerland-based philanthropic organization, The Storyboard Collective.
It is the latest edition of the Creative Producer Indaba scheme, which was launched in 2020.
Mehret Mandefro, Director of development and partnership at the Realness Institute said: “These producers represent a diverse range of voices and interests with solid or growing networks from Africa and beyond.
“Following our highly successful CPI last year we have seen how these intense programmes can provide opportunities for filmmakers to move forward with their ideas and projects.”
Kristina Trapp, CEO at EAVE said: “We can no longer work in isolation, or in silos, the world has changed and collaboration is key.
“The CPI creates a solid and safe space for producers to find solution-driven strategies through sharing skills, ideas and networks.”
Thibaut Bracq, Head of Atlas Workshops at Marrakech said: “It is our vision to work side by side with a new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers, and to create a space for exchange between international professionals and regional talents.”
Creative Producer Indaba 2022 participants are listed below:
Marion Isaacs (South African)
Matheus Mello (Brazllian-Mozambican)
Bramwel Iro (Kenyan)
Sawsan Yusuf (Egyptian)
Zoe Ramushu (Zimbabwean-South African)
Caroline Kganyago-Ralefeta (South African)
Lucia Meyer-Marais (South African)
Tracey-Lee Rainers (South African)
Mia Bittar (Sudanese)
Pedro Soule (Cape Verdean)
Bartholomeu Luiz (Brazillian)
Ellen Havenith (Dutch)
Flavia Zanon (Swiss)
Kesmat El Sayed (Egytian-German)
Temilola Adebayo (Nigerian-Canadian)
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