25 March 2020
Emanating from the President
Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a nationwide 21-day lockdown in order to
minimise the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission
will begin to operate remotely from 27 March – 16 April 2020. Our employees
have been equipped to operate from their respective homes and will continue to
deliver services to you. During the lockdown period the KwaZulu-Natal Film
Commission will have a very limited presence at the offices and will therefore
temporarily halt the delivery of any new applications to our offices. The
revised closing dates are as follows:
Simon ‘Mabhunu’ Sabela Entries –
16h00, 15th May 2020
Film Fund applications – 16h00,
29 May 2020
Our top priority is the health
and well-being of our stakeholders, families, staff and community and that we
all work together in halting the spread of the virus.
We wish all of you continued
health and strength during this challenging time.
Our operations will continue as
normal though remotely and we will be able to respond to any enquiries that you
may have.
Film Fund
All filmmakers who have applied
to the film fund in the last cycle will still receive the outcome of their
application, any meetings in this regard will be done telephonically by the
team and filmmakers are kindly requested to make themselves available for the
telephonic meetings with the film commission.
Training programmes
Our training programmes for the
cycle have come to an end, with the exception of the graduate training
programme. This programme will continue and our graduates are kindly requested
to co-operate with the team on the arrangements that have been put in place for
the lock down period. There will be a delay with the implementation of our
training programmes for the next cycle, we will resume after the lock down
period.
Simon ‘Mabhunu’ Sabela Awards
The date for the nominee
announcement will be amended in line with the new closing date, any changes
with regards to the awards ceremony will be announced timeously.
Our official platform for
communication is our website: www.kwazulunatalfilm.co.za
We will also send our notices out
on any one of the following social media platforms.
- Facebook: @kwazulunatalfilmcommission
- Twitter: @Kwazulufilm
- Instagram: @kwazulunatalfilm
Various departments are still
operational and can be reached via email below:
