Emanating from the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a nationwide 21-day lockdown in order to minimise the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission will begin to operate remotely from 27 March – 16 April 2020. Our employees have been equipped to operate from their respective homes and will continue to deliver services to you. During the lockdown period the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission will have a very limited presence at the offices and will therefore temporarily halt the delivery of any new applications to our offices. The revised closing dates are as follows:
Simon ‘Mabhunu’ Sabela Entries – 16h00, 15th May 2020
Film Fund applications – 16h00, 29 May 2020
Our top priority is the health and well-being of our stakeholders, families, staff and community and that we all work together in halting the spread of the virus.
We wish all of you continued health and strength during this challenging time.
Our operations will continue as normal though remotely and we will be able to respond to any enquiries that you may have.
Film Fund
All filmmakers who have applied to the film fund in the last cycle will still receive the outcome of their application, any meetings in this regard will be done telephonically by the team and filmmakers are kindly requested to make themselves available for the telephonic meetings with the film commission.
Training programmes
Our training programmes for the cycle have come to an end, with the exception of the graduate training programme. This programme will continue and our graduates are kindly requested to co-operate with the team on the arrangements that have been put in place for the lock down period. There will be a delay with the implementation of our training programmes for the next cycle, we will resume after the lock down period.
Simon ‘Mabhunu’ Sabela Awards
The date for the nominee announcement will be amended in line with the new closing date, any changes with regards to the awards ceremony will be announced timeously. KZN Film Commission • 115 Musgrave Road,10th Floor Musgrave Towers, Berea, Durban 4001 Tel: 031 325 0200 • www.kwazulunatalfilm.co.za
N. Malange (Chairperson) • M. Mzimela (Deputy Chairperson) • N. Mthembu • L. Berning • Mr S. Madlala • CL. Coetzee
Our official platform for communication is our website: www.kwazulunatalfilm.co.za
We will also send our notices out on any one of the following social media platforms.
Facebook: @kwazulunatalfilmcommission Twitter: @Kwazulufilm Instagram: @kwazulunatalfilm
Various departments are still operational and can be reached via email below:
Department Email Contact General Info@ kwazulunatalfilm.co.za 031 325 0200 Funding KZNFilmFund@ kwazulunatalfilm.co.za 083 758 9474 Simon Sabela Awards SimonSabela@ kwazulunatalfilm.co.za 082 899 8819 Marketing [email protected] 082 373 5120 Supply Chain SCM@ kwazulunatalfilm.co.za 082 474 7665 Human Capital Development HCD@ kwazulunatalfilm.co.za 072 272 6975 Finance Accounts@ kwazulunatalfilm.co.za 072 088 2176 Locations & Facilities [email protected] 072 445 8638
Our telephone number will remain as 031 325 0200
KZN Film Commission • 115 Musgrave Road,10th Floor Musgrave Towers, Berea, Durban 4001 Tel: 031 325 0200 • www.kwazulunatalfilm.co.za
N. Malange (Chairperson) • M. Mzimela (Deputy Chairperson) • N. Mthembu • L. Berning • Mr S. Madlala • CL. Coetzee