FILMMART : NEWS
Please note that the Cape Town Film Mart will now take place
7 - 9 March 2014 with the Cape Town & Winelands International
Film Festival.
REGISTRATION FOR FILM MART
The Cape Town Film Mart (4 – 6 November 2013 ) welcomes professionals from the film industry and media to attend The Cape Town Film Mart as accredited delegates.
Admittance to the Masterclasses is by accreditation and payment of a fee. Accreditation will grant you access to the Masterclasses, Networking Events and Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival’s screenings
(tickets subject to availability for the duration of the CTFM 4 – 6 November 2013).
FILM FESTIVAL & FILM MART Registration Fee
Cost: R1000.00 (ZAR)
Closing date: 02/11/2013
• 1 x ticket for the opening and closing event and networking events.
• Tea & Coffee Breaks
• Lunch
• Entrance into the Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival screenings
• Access to Masterclasses and other programmes.
CTFM registration
Cost: R 600.00 (ZAR)
Closing date: 4/11/2013
• Tea & Coffee Breaks
• Lunch
• 1 x ticket for the opening and closing event and networking events.
• Entrance into the Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival screenings - subject to ticket availability.
• Access to Masterclasses and other programmes.
DAILY CTFM Registration
Cost: R200.00 (ZAR)
Closing date: 6/11/2013
• One day's access into the allocated sessions inclusive of lunch.
• Daily registration will not include tickets to the screening or access into the opening and closing events.
ABOUT THE FILM MART
Cape Town & Winelands International Film
Festival, (CTWIFF) a festival celebrating the best in African and international film, has re-branded itself and increased its offering to
the industry.
Now in its 6th Year CTWIFF celebrates its expanded role in the film and industry with the launch of the inaugural Cape Town Filmmart (CTFM).
Our Vision:The Cape Town FilmMart is the place where South Africa and its Co-production treaty countries meet in order to acceleratefilm co-production on the continent.
Our Mission:To create a platform for South Africans, its eight co-production treaty country's producers, and the film world to meet and foster projects that become the economic drivers behind the development of new film and media, including feature film, documentary features as well as TV and TV series and TV formats. Projects with transmedia[i]and new game elements are included.
Producer / director teams are welcome to apply. Projects must have a producer and director attached.
South African projects may apply, advantaged projects are those who are looking for co-production partners or finance from one or more of the South African eight coproduction treaty countries which are: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and United Kingdom. Eligible South African treaty countries’ projects that are looking for partners in South Africa will also be considered. The Cape Town Film Mart will also look at other African production countries’ projects but they must have a South African, or a South African treaty country producer formally attached to be considered.
Qualifying projects who accept the place in the CTFM will acknowledge their participation with a CTFM logo in their completed film’s credit reel. Subject to conditions, one economy flight to Cape Town per project and accommodation for the time of the mart will be offered.
Minimum requirements (subject to change):
- The submitting production company must be from South Africa or from one of its eight treaty countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.
- The film and media projects entered by producers includes, feature film, documentary features as well as TV and TV series and TV formats. One project per Production Company will be allowed.
- Script (finished 1st draft or pilot script must be available at the time of the CTFM) – 10 pages of script and the general outline must be submitted during the application process
- Finance plan – to include projected and actual treaty country partnership support
- One page motivation – Why this project needs a for South African partnership (if submitting production company is from one of the eight treaty countries)
- One page motivation – How this project could use a treaty countries partnership (if submitting production company is South African)
- A director must be attached to project – director biography (short – 200 words, long 600 words)
- Production company(s) history (short – 200 words, long 600 words)
- Show reel of director or (preferred) if available sample scene from project
- Contact details of submitting producer and main contact for the project
- Contact details of the director
Advantages:
Projects with finance attached.
Projects with transmedia and new game elements.
[i]transmedia: Storytelling across multiple forms of media, with each element making distinctive contributions to a user's understanding of the story universe, including where user actions affect the experience of content across multiple platforms
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