Bianca Isaac, born and raised in Durban, South Africa, is talented and award-winning Producer/Director/Writer. She currently runs her own Film Production Company Figjam Entertainment; working on features, co-productions, fixing and a range of service work for the local and international market. Her filmography includes: The Honeymoon, 3 Days To Go, Kings of Mulberry, Inexba –…
Mandisa Zitha who is currently Festival Director of the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, completed her BA (Film and Media Studies majoring in Documentary, UCT) in 2005; and assumed the reins of festival working there between 2007- 2012 until the pressures of a growing family dictated more regular hours. After a 5-year stint at…
Mayenzeke Baza is the Head Of Distribution & Financing at AAA Entertainment a film and television sales, distribution and financing company with offices in, Hangzhou, and Lagos. Mayenzeke was selected as one of Mzansi’s 100 by The Young Independents as an Innovator as well as being nominated and selected as one of the Top 40…
Ramadan Suleman, director, writer and producer, born in 1955 in Kings Rest Bluff, near Durban, South Africa studied at the School for Research in African Theatre and was one of the founding members of the Dhlomo Theatre, a first black theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying in Paris, then at the London International Film…
Weaam Williams is a screen-writer, director, poet and actress who has found her voice as a woman and activist using cinema. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with poetry, music and film. Her directorial debut, Hip-Hop Revolution, had its international Premiere at Silverdocs in 2007 and won the Best Edited Film Award at NYC…
With over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, and having lead the Marketing and Communications team of the National Film and Video Foundation, Azania has represented the interests of filmmakers in South Africa and Africa, as well as promoting their film product globally. Azania currently operates as a Content and Broadcast Events Producer…
Maganthrie Pillay comes from Chatsworth, Durban. A descendant of indentured labourers, her mother was a dressmaker and her father worked in a factory. Maganthrie has worked across, theatre television, features, film festivals and film training and has directed over 40 documentaries independently for SA Broadcasters, UN Agencies and Universities and was a Senior Researcher and…