Member Projects

26th Sep 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

Eastern Cape Filmmakers – Documentary Producers Edition

Sivuyisiwe Giba Is a board member of DocFilmSA based in East London and aims to promote and support documentary filmmakers within the province by promoting DFA as an Association so that they can join to gain access to funding information, festival information, support and workshops that...

11th Jun 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

STEPS Premieres feature films of Generation Africa

STEPS presents the first two feature films in their latest collection, Generation Africa, to African audiences at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival in June and at the Durban International Film Festival in July. STEPS is a Cape Town-based media company that works with...

24th May 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

Detainees in Japanese immigration centre speak out in secretly recorded documentary

DFA member Daniel Ndevu is the Impact Campaign Producer for this exciting film which will have its world premiere from Tuesday, 1 June to Sunday, 6 June, online with German film festival, Nippon Connection. There is a free, online and worldwide preview screening followed by a Q&A...

28th Apr 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

The Colonel’s Stray Dogs

The DFA warmly congratulates Khalid Shamis whose tour de force The Colonel’s Stray Dogs will premiere at Hot Docs this week on the 29 April 2021. Synopsis For over 40 years Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and Colonel Gadaffi’s enemy number one...

22nd Apr 2021 In Member Projects By DFAEditor

5 Minutes with… Gabriella Blumberg & Jordy Sank

Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? Hi, our names are Gabriella Blumberg (26) and Jordy Sank (28). We are both South African filmmakers committed to creating impactful documentaries and narrative video content that enlightens the world. Jordy set up...

25th Mar 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

5 Minutes with… Neo Kgola

Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? My name is Kastarine Kgola but I prefer being called Neo, I'm a 22 year old from Orange Farm, passionate about the power of authentic storytelling. I always want to do something that...

10th Mar 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

5 minutes with… Zwelibanzi Tshabalala

Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I am Zwelibanzi Tshabalala from Orange Farm Township, I’m a filmmaker and a self-taught portrait photographer. What are you currently up to? Are there any exciting projects ongoing? I’m working on a documentary Ga Khunwana...

27th Feb 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

5 Minutes with… Octavia Sonyane

Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? My name is Octavia Sonyane, I'm 24 years old, I am a social justice activist filmmaker currently working at the William Kentridge Studio as a junior video editor and as a freelance assistant...

11th Feb 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

5 minutes with… Berry Hahn

Tell us about yourself - who are you and what do you do? My name is Bérénice Hahn, but everyone calls me Berry. Originally from Antananarivo, Madagascar, I work in Cape Town at Social Transformation and Empowerment Projects, known as STEPS, a non-profit media company producing...

30th Jan 2021 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

5 Minutes with… Charlene Houston

Tell us about yourself – who are you and what do you do? I am a spirit having a physical experience on Earth. I’m here as a person of mixed ancestry, drawing on cultures from near and far. I delight in sometimes being one thing or...