By Maria Esteves – April 21, 2012
The Eleventh Annual 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Festival (TFF2012) South Africa Industry Reception was held at TFF Filmmaker Industry Lounge, New York, Friday, April 20, 6:00 pm. The event hosted by the South African Consulate General in New York, the Film Commissions of Cape Town & Gauteng, and Durban Film Office in collaboration with Tribeca Film Festival announced the South African film mission to New York and U.S. filmmakers. Twenty filmmakers from South Africa are participants at this year’s festival. Diplomats, festival filmmakers, and industry professionals such as Council General George Monyemangene, South African Consulate General; producer Robert Stahl, REPLICAS; director Josh Koury, JOURNEY TO PLANET X; and many others attended this highly successful networking event over exquisite h’orderves and cocktails.
African and African American films at 2012 Tribeca Film Festival are as follows:
BOOKER’S PLACE: A MISSIPPI STORY, directed by Rayond De Felitta
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN, directed by Malik Bendjelloul
STONES IN THE SUN, directed by P. Benoit
TOWN OF RUNNERS, directed by Jerry Rothwell
WAR WITCH, directed by Kim Nguyen
WAVUMBA, directed by Jeroen van Velzen
Shorts
ASAD, directed by Bryan Buckley
ALEKESAM, directed by Jason Bergh
ALL THAT WAY FOR LOVE, directed by Henry Mason
CAFÉ REGULAR CAIRO, directed by Ritesh Batra
TFF2012 South Africa Industry Reception, Council General George Monyemangene, South African Consulate General, and executive producer Claudia Noble, Noble Pictures.
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