Filmit Festival Finalists – List of finalists and full mentorship programme

Filmit Festival Finalists. Paul Roos Gymnasium launched the second annual Filmit Festival in March 2022. The Filmit Festival is a film competition for high school learners from Southern Africa. Aspiring young filmmakers pitched their ideas for short films, documentaries, music videos and animation projects on the 5^th of April. Richard Truter (BANG ON Films), Zandré Coetzer and Scharl van der Merwe from Nagvlug Films, and Bradley Joshua (Gambit Films) selected the finalists.

Filmit Festival Shop Talk

Twenty short film, 8 music video, 6 documentary, and 2 “other” concepts (which includes animation) were selected to move on to the next round. Finalists include learners from schools in the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Northwest, Namibia and Zimbabwe (see the list below).  These finalists have free access to the Filmit Festival Shop Talk Sessions where industry specialists present informal talks about their respective fields of expertise, and learners have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in creative conversation with them.  The Shop Talk Sessions will be filmed and recorded and made available on the Filmit Festival YouTube Channel which will enable finalists from all South African provinces, Namibia and Zimbabwe to experience the Shop Talk Sessions should it not be possible to attend the sessions in person.

Submit questions in advance

All finalists have the opportunity to submit their questions in advance to ensure their questions are addressed during the Shop Talk Sessions. These Shop Talk Sessions are also open to high school learners who did not make it to the final round or who did not manage to submit a pitch in time. These young filmmakers can attend the session(s) of their choice at a cost of R100 per session. The Shop Talk Sessions will be presented over four consecutive Saturdays, will kick off on Saturday 28 May, and comes to conclusion on Saturday, the 18^th of June.  Thereafter finalists need to start completing their scripts, and start with production. The final films need to be submitted by the 16^th of September 2022.

The Filmit Festival is happy to continue its partnership with KykNet’s popular daily programme Suidooster, and cash prize sponsor, ClemenGold. The Filmit Festival is excited to announce a special additional partnership in the third semester. This new partnership will enable the Filmit Festival to reach more young creatives and provide greater exposure to our winners.

Making films

Finalists and other high school learners who dream of making films should book well in advance by contacting Luna Paige at media@paulroos.co.za. Bookings close on every Thursday at 5pm prior to each scheduled group of Shop Talk Sessions. For e.g. Bookings for 28 May close on Thursday, 26 May, at 5pm. Media queries: media@paulroos.co.za.

Shop Talk Sessions Programme 2022

Venue: Media Centre, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch

Saturday, 28 May

1. 09:00: Producing and Production Management

Lynne-Anne Vosloo, Moonlighting Films

• 10:30: Pitching your film

Uga Carlini, Towerkop Creations

• 12:00: Screenwriting

Hofmeyr Scholtz

• 13:30: Production Design

Christian Joubert (Production & set design), Marné van der Burgh (wardrobe) and Louiza Calore (makeup)

Saturday, 4 June

1. 09:00: Directing

Nina Swart

Saturday, 11 June

1. 09:00: The Camera and Film

Jorrie van der Walt, Empty Canvas Productions

• 10:30: Acting for the camera

Dean Smith & Esther von Waltsleben, Suidooster

• 12:00: Making a documentary

Izette Mostert (Purple Pear Films) & Uga Carlini (Towerkop Creations)

• 13:30: Editing

Leon Visser & Eva du Preez

Saturday, 18 June

1. 09:00: Animation

Nathani Lüneburg

• 10:30: Making a music video

Johannes Pieter Nel, Uga Carlini and Nathani Lüneburg

• 12:00: Making music for film

Braam du Toit & Kyle Shephard

• 13:30: Sound production & foley

Jade Hill, Sound & Motion Studios

Finalists of Filmit Festival 2022:

Category: Animation & Other

1. By Waaihoek, Garsfontein High School, Pretoria
2. The antithesis, Dainfern College, Johannesburg

Category: Music Videos

1. I wish I never, Jan van Riebeeck High School, Cape Town

2. Hold on, Groote Schuur High School, Cape Town
3. Together as one, Worcester Gymnasium, Worcester
4. Endless Sunset, Stellenberg High School, Bellville
5. I love me, Hermanus High School, Hermanus
6. Love at first sight, Kylemore High School, Kylemore
7. Milky Way, Reddam House, Durbanville
8. Colours to the Afterlife, Waterkloof High School, Pretoria

Category: Documentaries

1. Karen Kronicles, Potchefstroom Girls’ High, Potchefstroom
2. Action is the foundational key to success, Fairmont High School, Durbanville
3. Can you hear them, Hermanus High School, Hermanus
4. Awé: An insight into SA slang, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch
5. Seeing Hope, Worcester Gymnasium, Worcester
6. The Classroom, Paarl Boys’ High, Paarl

Category: Short Films

1. Ruling Red, Paarl Girls’ High, Paarl
2. 1 am, Stellenberg High School, Bellville
3. I am Cowboy, Paarl Boys’ High, Paarl
4. Writing on my wrist, Bloemhof Girls’ High, Stellenbosch
5. Peculiar Boy, Curro Durbanville, Durbanville
6. Descent, Dainfern College, Johannesburg
7. Farm market, Charlie Hofmeyr, Ceres
8. The Giallo Donut Case, Pearson High, Gqeberha
9. Hit and Mis, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch
10. The Husband Stitch, Potchefstroom Girls’ High, Potchefstroom
11. Mej Kalahari, Kalahari High School, Kuruman
12. The repetition we follow, Durban High School, Durban
13. The importance of how you wake up, Home schooler, Ceres
14. Bro-nemies, Watershed College, Marondera, Zimbabwe
15. Able, Windhoek High School, Windhoek, Namibia
16. Spring Cleaning, International High School of Cape Town, Cape Town
17. Burn, Jan van Riebeeck High, Cape Town
18. Stalker, Rondebosch Boys’ High, Cape Town
19. Stukkies, New Orleans Secondary School, Paarl
20. Liyolatha, Alexander Road High School, Gqeberha

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