26 October 2011
PLEXUS FILMS IN COMPETITION AT IDFA
KING NAKI has been selected for the prestigious IDFA Film festival in Amsterdam and will be screening in the IDFA COMPETITION FOR FIRST APPEARANCE.
The selection of documentaries for the 24th edition of IDFA (16-27 November 2011) has been announced and can be seen online from now. http://www.idfa.nl.
The program contains 319 titles (selected from 3600 submissions), 88 of which are documentaries that will have their world premiere at the festival.
KING NAKI premiered to great acclaim at the ENOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Cape Town in June 2011.
After completing its run at the Durban International Film Festival KING NAKI can now be seen at the TRI-CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL in Johannesburg and CAPE TOWN.
Set in rural South Africa, KING NAKI is the story of an unconventional horse race and a humble man risking his livelihood to win it.
Producer Lauren Groenewald and Director Annalet Steenkamp recently pitched I AFRIKANER at the Durban Film Mart and won a PUMA Creative Britdoc Mobility Award. Check it out on http://puma.britdoc.org/films/
WELLBODI BIZNESS is a FOUR CORNERS MEDIA & PLEXUS FILMS co-production that premiered at Encounters International Film Festival.
MAMA GOEMA - The Cape Town beat in Five Movements -A film by Angela Ramirez, Calum McNaughton and Sara Gouveia. Runner up of the Audience Award at Encounters 2011. http://www.profoundlysouthafrican.co.za/mama-goema
Projects in Production for 2011.
IN SEARCH OF THE CROWN - A film by Tamsyn Reynolds
I AFRIKANER - A film by Annalet Steenkamp - a PLEXUS FILMS/PLEXUS FILMS CO PRODUCTION
INCARCERATED KNOWLEGDE - A film by Dylan Valley.
13 September 2011
PLEXUS DOCUMENTARIES
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THE HEADWRAP JOURNEY
"An arts and culture show with a twist, Headwrap is based on a fresh, well thought-out concept. In an attempt to fuse artistic genres and bridge the looming chasm in South Africans’ cultural landscape, the programme brings together two artists who are disparate in more than just style and character.Headwrap is doing more than merely showcasing local talent; it’s exploiting an artistic platform to indirectly tackle SA’s social schisms — gulfs that transcend gender, race and class. " THE WEEKENDER - BUSINESS DAY
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DOCUMENTARY FOCUS 2011
Plexus Films is also currently in production with IN SEARCH OF THE CROWN, I AFRIKANER, INCARCERATED KNOWLEDGE and the SPACESHIP THAT DREAMT OF BEING A STADIUM.
DON’T MISS THE TRI-CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL TO SEE KING NAKI AND MAMA GOEMA.
The much anticipated TRI CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL is coming to select Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau theatres this September!
The Tri Continental Film Festival (TCFF) is South Africa’s only dedicated human rights film event and consists of films that promote democratisation, deepens understanding, and affords those marginalised a substantive voice, proving to be more vital than ever in our rapidly changing world.
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CLIMATE FRIENDLY ROOIBOS
An educational and motivational film commissioned by the Enviromental Monitoring Group reflecting topical issues relating to the sustainable use of drylands, and specifically climate change, adaptation, wild rooibos ecotypes and sustainable livelihoods.
Director Lauren Groenewald: DOP Tim Wege
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MAFIKENG WORKSHOP
Plexus Films, the DFA and Cascoland present a 3 day intensive documentary workshop in Mafikeng. |
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PLEXUS IN AMSTERDAM, SHENZHEN CHINA AND AT THE EMMY AWARDS
Tim Wege's film KING NAKI has been selected for the prestigious IDFA Film festival in Amsterdam and will be screening in the IDFA COMPETITION FOR FIRST APPEARANCE.
Director Miki Redelinghuys has been commissioned to make a short artistic documentary film for 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture about Gaborone in Botswana. The exhibition curated by the Guggenheim presents AND THEN IT BECAME A CITY, a multi-platform exhibition project that analyses, and documents six planned cities under the age of sixty from around the world.
Producer Lauren Groenewald has been asked by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, to participate as a juror for the 2011 International Emmy® Awards competition in the Arts Programming Category.
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