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Membership Application Form 2011/2012

Category Annual fee Description
Full Member R300* Individual Membership for bona fide documentary filmmakers or aspirant documentary filmmakers. Have one vote each as long as they are paid up members.
My Town Entrant Free Individuals who submit a film to the DFA My Town Competition are entitled to a free year's Full Membership to the DFA. Have one vote each for the year of their Membership. Applicants must have already submitted their films to qualify.
Affiliate Member R1000* Companies, individuals, societies or similar who work with the documentary filmmaking industry and wish to support the DFA’s objectives. Do not have voting rights, but enjoy a company logo on the DFA web site. We will contact you for your company logo and extra two e-mails so you may receive our mailers.

Membership cycles are annual and commence immediately after the mid-year AGM till after the following years AGM.

*New Members who join in ether category after the 1 January and before 30 June pay half price.

Membership Terms & Notes:

  • By being a DFA member you agree to abide by the DFA's constitution.
  • All members who renew (no matter what time of year they renew), as well as new members who pay after 01 July and before 31 December of a year will pay 100% of the annual membership fee and their membership will expire again at 01 July of the following year or just after the AGM which ever is the later.
  • New (first time) members who join and pay after 01 January of a year and before 01 July will pay 50% of the annual membership fee, but their membership will still expire by 01 July of that year, at which time they will need to renew again.
  • Membership renewal fees will be invoiced annually to all members (after the member first joins), by the incoming board.
  • Membership will fall due immediately to continue to qualify as a member of the organization.
  • If a member enjoyed a BURSARY or MY TOWN membership in a previous year, they will need to re-apply for a BURSARY for the following year via the same form or enter a film into "My Town" or pay for membership.
  • The DFA is VAT and TAX exempt due to its NPO status, but you may claim certain NPO contributions in your tax.


Category of your Membership:    
First Name Of Individual: Last Name Of Individual:
Company / Organisation Etc:
(Note: If you are applying as an affiliate member, this field will be used in the membership list of affiliates.)

Contacts:   Work Phone:
Cell: Home Phone:
Fax: E-mail:
Web Address: Skype:
Postal Address: Physical Address:
City: City:
Province: Province:
Code: Code:

List the information that you would like to be confidential:
Work Profile & Industry Achievements:
Send us a clear face picture of yourself:
This is used for the DFA Members Directory.
Send a picture of yourself to treasurer@docfilmsa.com. Please be sure to add your name with the picture so that we are able to identify who the picture belongs to.
  While this is voluntary, we kindly request you complete the following two questions as they give us a good overview of transformation and balance in our industry sector. DFA is committed to transformation of our sector, and regularly report on the combined statistics of our membership to various government departments and SASFED. This will never be used with you or your records personally, and we hope you understand the reasons for requesting this information.
Race: Gender:
Enter random code to validate form:
  I confirm that the above information is correct and understand that the information may be used by the DFA when printing their directory.
     
  Optionally the Form can be downloaded below:

Download .doc here
Download .PDF here

Please pay only on receiving an invoice from the DFA, invoices are generated monthly using an automated system.

DFA Banking Details:

ACCT NAME: Documentary Filmmakers’ Association
BANK: Standard Bank
BRANCH: Melville
ACCT: 401036057
BRANCH CODE: 6105

NB: When completing the payment details, please use your name and surname as the deposit reference when joining as an individual. Alternatively, use your company/organisation name only when joining as an Affiliate Member. Please remember to send you proof of payment to fax +27 86 696 4460 or e-mail treasurer@docfilmsa.com.

 

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