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EditorEstablished 1995 filmfestivals.com serves and documents relentless the festivals community, offering 92.000 articles of news, free blog profiles and functions to enable festival matchmaking with filmmakers. THE NEWSLETTER REACHES 199 000 FILM PROFESSIONALS EACH WEEK (december 2020) .Share your news with us at press@filmfestivals.com to be featured. SUBSCRIBE to the e-newsletter. MEET YOUR EDITOR Bruno Chatelin - Check some of his interviews. Board Member of many filmfestivals and regular partner of a few key film events such as Cannes Market, AFM, Venice Production Bridge, Tallinn Industry and Festival...Check our recent partners. The news in French I English This content and related intellectual property cannot be reproduced without prior consent. ![]() 8TH Edition of Ugu Film Festival returns bigger and better with a virtual integrated programme of workshops and film screenings
Dubbed the Ugu Film Festival Virtual Integrated Programme, due to the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions, the online programme will feature an array of local and international film screenings as well workshops manned by a litany of speakers, thought-leaders and stakeholders from across the filmmaking landscape. The workshops, talks and discussions hosted in partnership with The Ray Nkonyeni Municipality, and Ugu South Coast Tourism will be hosted via Microsoft Team’s webinar as well as through the film festival’s official Facebook page on October 23, while the virtual film screenings of local and international films will happen live on Facebook as well as virtually on Microsoft Team’s from October 22 - October 25. For four days, the virtual event will culminate in at least nine online interactive workshops while showcasing over 30 film screenings in what looks like the film industry’s biggest online event. The opening night of the virtual screening will kick things off with the screening of Toxic, a film set in the midst of a fast-approaching insomniac pandemic. The film is directed by award-winning screenwriter and director, Ariel Martinez Herrera. Toxic which was filmed in 2017 is a foreshadow of the current state of affairs and a fitting opener as the world battles the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The film captures the lives of Laura (39) and Augusto (42) who leave the city in their motorhome, in an attempt to avoid chaos. As they travel the road, the world becomes a stranger and dangerous place, finally Laura reveals something that changes their entire purpose. The path grows silently uninhabited, is tougher by the second, and eventually separates reality from waking dreams. As the only event of its kind in the South Coast region, UGUFF is a crucial local film development and empowerment platform aimed at giving emerging up and coming filmmakers an opportunity to learn as well as gain expert insight and exposure on and about the nature of the filming industry, while also being a vehicle to showcase their craft to potential investors, film enthusiasts and the media. Talks earmarked for virtual event include but are not limited to script-writing, film regulation, policy and law industry, film financing, film production and distribution, as well as the art of film development and film funding. According to the Founding CEO of UGUFF, Senzo Zindela, the 2020 virtual line-up of films and workshops are meant to empower and equip emerging filmmakers with skills as well as intimate knowledge about the industry’s multi-faceted value chain. “We, at UGUFF, strive to entertain our fans, most of them, young up-and-coming filmmakers and creatives in the space with great content in the form of film screenings and workshops. Our mission is to create and sustain a friendly working environment that acknowledges and celebrates professionalism and responsible decision-making processes. “As we attempt to adopt to the new normal, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have employed our best technological knowledge to ensure that we unleash our utmost best innovative creativity. Our hardworking team is ready to host our speakers and guests from all over the world,” says Senzo Zindela. To register attendance, send an email to ugufilmfestival@gmail.com or follow Ugu Film Festival Facebook Page. For a detailed festival programme visit: www.ugufilm.org
ABOUT UGUFF Founded by Senzo Zindela, Ugu Film Festival is the fastest growing film festival in South Africa and is held every year on the KZN South Coast region. It was founded and initiated as one of the Zindela Pictures Pty Ltd’s social responsibility programmes in 2013. In its first year, the festival screened two films, four films in its second year. These were accompanied by three workshops (script writing, acting & editing) which were conducted by local industry experts and around 400 audience in 2014. It also had an international workshop (action & stunt coordinating) held by Hollywood veteran/Hall of Fame, Steve Lambert known for Indiana Jones, Robocop, Rambo etc. ABOUT UGU SOUTH COAST TOURISM Ugu South Coast Tourism (USCT) is the official destination management organisation (DMO) of the Ugu District in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. The Ugu District comprises 4 municipalities, namely Umdoni, Umzumbe, Umuziwabantu and Ray Nkonyeni.USCT’s mandate is twofold in that it looks after the marketing and promotion of the KZN South Coast destination, as well as the development of the tourism industry in the region. As such, UGUFF has become pivotal partner to USCT and the event has become a significant contributor to the development of the local economy and tourism sector as the South Coast, known as KwaZulu-Natal’s paradise, is a firm favorite among tourists and with the emergence of the local film industry, is well on its way to becoming a sought-after film destination as international crews continue to take a keen interest in the district.
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10.10.2020 | Editor's blog Cat. : FESTIVALS
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