South Peninsula Inter-School Film Festival and Competition

The South Peninsula Inter-school Film Festival & Competition launches for the first time in June 2018 with a call for screenplay entries from high schools and learners in Cape Town’s far south.

IMG_7030*Grade 10 and Grade 11 learners are invited to write a short film script (screenplay) that fits within the parameters of the Film Festival & Competition. The deadline for script entries has been EXTENDED TO Friday 27 July 2018, when learners will pitch their film ideas to a selection panel, in the hopes of their screenplay being selected and made into a film at their school.

The festival is a collaboration between SAY Media Education and Forward Fund Academy, and is modelled on the successful Nab’Ubomi Inter-School Short Film Competition from the Eastern Cape.

Successful young writers whose screenplays are selected will select a crew of learners at their respective schools, who will then receive training and be mentored through the process of film production. Once completed, the short films will be screened at the participating schools and compete for various awards.

The Festival strategy is designed to lower the barriers to entry for young people who dream of making films. The support offered through the process means it is a ‘level playing field’ for all schools to participate. To enter all a learner needs is an idea, a script, and support from their school. If their script is chosen, they will receive all the help they need to produce a broadcast quality short film.

The Film Festival Introduction & Screenwriting Guide outlines the competition rules and gives insight into writing a screenplay for the competition. The Entry & Consent Form must be included with every script submission. Here is a Introductory Letter for Schools that will explain the project to the Principal and Key Teachers who would support the project.

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CALLING FOR SCREENPLAYS – FROM SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH!

The South Peninsula Inter-school Film Festival is launching in the Valley with a call for screenplay entries from high schools and learners in Cape Town’s deep south. The deadline for script entries is Friday 27 July 2018, when learners will pitch their film ideas to a selection panel, in the hopes of their screenplay being selected and made into a film at their school.

IMG_9555Grade 10 and Grade 11 learners are invited to write a short film script (screenplay) that fits within the parameters of the Film Festival, and submit it to the selection panel at a pitching session on Friday 27 July at the new Forward Fund Academy in Solaris Park, on the corner of Kommetjie Road & Lekkerwater Rd in Sunnydale, Fish Hoek.

The festival is a collaboration between SAY Media Education and Forward Fund Academy, and is modelled on the  successful Nab’Ubomi Inter-School Short Film Competition from the Eastern Cape.

Successful young writers whose screenplays are selected will select a crew of learners at their respective schools, who will then receive training and be mentored through the process of film production. Once completed, the short films will be screened at the participating schools and compete for various awards.

The Festival strategy is designed to lower the barriers to entry for young people who dream of making films. The support offered through the process means it is a ‘level playing field’ for all schools to participate. To enter all a learner needs is an idea, a script, and support from their school. If their script is chosen, they will receive all the help they need to produce a broadcast quality short film.

Founders of the programme Bryony and Mark Roughton have produced over one hundred short films with high schools in the Eastern Cape through similar inter-school film festival programmes supported by SABC, the NFVF and ECDoE. These films can be viewed on the SAYmeTV youtube channel as examples of what will be accomplished.

The Film Festival Intro & Screenwriting Guide outlines the competition rules and gives insight into writing a screenplay for the competition. The Entry & Consent Form must be included with every script submission. Here is a Letter for Schools to introduce Principals and Key Teachers to the project.

For more information email bryony@sayme.tv or whatsapp 084 627 9669.

 

Wrapping up Nab’Ubomi 2013

We are racing toward the close of 2013. What a rough and tumble year this has been! Despite the disappointment of the ECDoE promising a film training camp and then postponing and then stalling indefinitely we still DID it: We made the films! And so 2013 adds another 12 short films to the Nab’Ubomi film library!

We are busy with the final phases of post production on the films right now… Subtitles and Credits are in… and as I type this Mark is busy grading the picture… It’s so exciting to be working with Black Magic Cinema Camera this year and the beautiful picture we are playing with in post production! Hoping you’ll all notice something a little extra special in the picture quality this year!

A team of interns at RAPP (Radio Active Productions) are doing sound clean up and ‘final mix’ and creating the musical score – or positioning the music created by the students for their films. It looks like we’re all set for the judging of the films at the end of november.

We’re not holding out for an Awards Event from the DoE and instead will be announcing the nominees and winners in the last week of term. If everything stays on track, schools will be sent DVDs and award certificates before the close of term.

We will also be sending of the 2013 films to a Film Festival & Youth Media Education Summit called MICE in Valencia, Spain in February 2014.

To make sure everything runs smoothly next year we are starting early, locking down the schedule and taking the training strategy back into our control. With the EasternCape project we’re bring everything forward to allow for the launch of the Western Cape competition, where each phase of the programme will run slightly later.

We are ready now to announce the theme and dates for 2014…. so check the next post for this all important information COMING SOON!