The much-anticipated ninth Edition of Ugu Film Festival – 4 days of continuous movie screenings and workshops
The much-anticipated ninth Ugu Film Festival will happen from the twenty third to twenty sixth September 2021.
Following on a strict digital occasion that happened final 12 months, the organisers have confirmed that this 12 months’s installment will tackle a hybrid format to accommodate on-line participation in addition to a restricted variety of individuals at a venue in Port Shepstone.
Hosted by Zindela Pictures and supported by the National Film and Video Foundation (The NFVF), Saigon Cowboys Pictures, GS Bookings and Aroma Pictures, the Ugu Film Festival will characteristic movie screenings, talks and industry-driven workshops. “We stay grateful for the assist from each the competition audiences and our accomplice stakeholders that continually make sure that yearly we host a competition that not solely entertains its audiences by means of the screening of movies, however uplifts and educates them.
This 12 months we determined to make use of the hybrid mannequin, as we consider that job creation ought to all the time be part of the movie worth chain. With us being at a venue, we purpose to offer our youth the chance to expertise and be bodily concerned within the internet hosting of the competition,” says Senzo Zindela, CEO at Zindela Pictures.
The competition will provide an entertaining and fascinating menu; opening with the screening of South African movie, _The Hell City_. Directed by Tebogo Mmela and starring legendary Patrick Shai, The Hell City boasts a vibrant ensemble of widespread and new actors. The movie facilities across the gang and mafia life within the metropolis of gold, it's a brutal battle with heartbreak, betrayal and violent demise. This is the story of evil that lurks at the hours of darkness underground of Johannesburg but is defeated by the braveness of two of its victims.
Other movies that can seize the audiences embrace; _Anger Origin_ directed by Raphael Chilis Mhlongo, _Minenhle_ directed by Happiness Mpase, _Imfundo Nesintu_ by Sanele Mthembu, _Amaqhinga_ directed by Nozipho Hlongwane, _UKhumbuzile _directed by Sanele Ndlovu, _A Matter of Perspective_ directed by Gerda Leopold (Austria), _Illusion _directed by Sylvain Boayaga (Cameron), _Nyara_ directed by Ram Ally Okay, Cece Mlay (Tanzania), _After The Night With Valerie_ directed by Alex Garnett (United States), _Oliver Black_ directed by Tawfik Baba (Morocco), _Everything is false_ by Jean-Marie Villeneuve (France), Shanin directed by Salar Tehrani and lots of extra.
The competition has additionally earmarked talks that embrace however should not restricted to script-writing, movie regulation, coverage and regulation {industry}, movie financing, movie manufacturing and distribution, in addition to the artwork of movie growth and movie funding. These will likely be supplied by {industry} professionals together with the NFVF representatives, internationally acclaimed administrators and producers, in addition to representatives from the native Ray Nkonyeni Municipality. “Skills development is at the forefront of our objectives; therefore, our audiences will once again benefit immensely from the workshops that we host with the aim of imparting knowledge,” says Mr. Zindela.
The closing movie for this 12 months’s version is _Besekgreti_, a neighborhood movie directed by Siyabonga Zulu. The movie is about two brothers who obtain inherited companies after the demise of their father. Unbeknownst to them, the daddy had soiled secret dealings that are about to unravel.
Full of motion and drama, the movie will go away the audiences with each tears and humour.
_To register and make sure attendance_, ship an e mail to registrations@uguff.org and rsvp.uguff@uguff.org. Follow Ugu Film Festival Facebook Page. For an in depth competition programme go to:
www.uguff.org [1].
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ABOUT UGUFF
Founded by Senzo Zindela, Ugu Film Festival is the quickest rising movie competition in South Africa and is held yearly on the KZN South Coast area. It was based and initiated as one of many Zindela Pictures Pty Ltd’s social duty programmes in 2013. In its first 12 months, the competition screened two movies, 4 movies in its second 12 months. These had been accompanied by three workshops (script writing, appearing & modifying) which had been performed by native {industry} specialists and round 400 viewers in 2014. It additionally had a global workshop (motion & stunt
coordinating) held by Hollywood veteran/Hall of Fame, Steve Lambert recognized for _Indiana Jones_, _Robocop_, _Rambo_ and so forth.
The third 12 months noticed the competition receiving 60 worldwide movies, screening 23 altogether together with native movies. The occasion additionally featured 5 worldwide friends who got here on their very own bills with an viewers of greater than 1000 viewers members. The 2020 competition was graced by the late Menzi Ngubane, and worldwide stars together with Simon Kook and Peter Pham from Vietnam.
MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR - Mr. Senzo Zindela
Adaption and adjusting to the brand new regular and 4IR at our doorstep is inevitable! COVID 19 pandemic has affected us all in come what may, however at UGUFF we're taking it as a wake-up name to unleash our utmost finest creativity. Using our technological data, our crew is able to host our friends from all around the world. After touring the world, finding out entrepreneurship & enterprise administration at Chicago State University, USA, I made it my life mission to ascertain initiatives/companies which can be capacitating native communities whereas having a world breakthrough affect. There are a number of components which motivated me to embark on this selfless mission, a few of them are the detrimental info & perceptions written in most overseas books about us the place they state that Africans are
followers programmed to be staff, Africans should not strategic thinkers, Africans don’t have sturdy instinct to invent or pioneer any mission, Africans ONLY begins small companies with no worldwide attraction, Africans are scared to put money into massive concepts past their comprehension if certainly one of them makes an attempt to begin an enormous enterprise with worldwide attraction, he turns into a goal and pulled down by his personal individuals in each nook utilizing each doable means! The most terrifying lesson in one of many overseas books was the prediction that African will stay in the identical place for the following 100 years as a result of improvements & pioneer spirit are killed and held again by the strongest enemy embraced as a norm throughout the board, that greatest enemy is kick-backs or bribery & corruption!
It is for these causes that Ugu Film Festival was established because the worldwide information-sharing platform to equip native creatives with breakthrough knowledge enabling them to function globally with none limitations. We are desiring to encourage upcoming youth and captains of industries who will refuse to be related to the above talked about detrimental views! We consider {that a} optimistic atmosphere, wholesome working circumstances respecting human rights, the moral and highest diploma of professionalism with integrity is attainable and inside our attain, if we decide to prioritize benefit in our every day operations! UGUFF is the dwelling proof that Africans, particularly beforehand deprived people, CAN do issues the correct approach and survive with out entertaining unethical conduct and kick-backs of their every day operations. We, at UGUFF, attempt to entertain our followers with nice movies & workshops, maintain a pleasant working atmosphere, praising professionalism, and inspiring accountable decision-making processes.
We hope that our approaches and techniques towards all odds/ obstacles all through the years are inspiring upcoming youth and the neighborhood at giant to encourage effectivity to all these beneath their care. Our 2021 bodily and digital line up of movies and workshops are supposed to empower and equip followers with breakthrough info which can assist them develop from energy to energy. Make certain that your pocket book and pen is all the time able to take notes and particulars of latest contacts, take pleasure in our hospitality.
