DFMI Alumni Business Lab
Presented as part of DFMI’s year round programme
A 12-week digital programme of workshops on financial management, business skills, entertainment law and IP, and distribution strategies. The programme is aimed at nurturing and empowering filmmakers to develop sustainable careers. The programme is created to ensure filmmakers in early to mid-career have the necessary skills to effectively engage with a global market. The focus of the programme is to provide the necessary tools for the development of the producer’s business/company.
The programme is presented in English, with simultaneous translation in French and Portuguese
The augural DFMI Alumni Business Lab was presented in partnership with DW Akademie, supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Developments.
Current Participants
Amanda Lane
South Africa
Carlos Yuri Ceuninck
Cabo Verde
Caroline Doherty
South Africa
Four Mountain Productions
Deidre Jantjies
South Africa
Na Aap Productions
Deve Shema
Rwanda
Kiruri MFN
Florence Making
Tanzania
Gertzon Pveclidias Witbooi
Namibia
Gooday Film Production Cc
Jabulile Newman
South Africa
Jihene Ayari
Tunisia
Mimosas Media Production
Joan Njeri Maina
Kenya
Seitar Afrika
Khosie Dali
South Africa
Miss K Productions
Liese Kuhn
South Africa
Frikken Films
Liezel Vermeulen
South Africa
Luzuko Dilima
South Africa
New Brighton Entertainment (PTY) LTD
Margaret Wachera Njeri
Kenya
Marie Laurentine Bayala
Burkina Faso
Storybiz
Mark Wambui
Kenya
Re-Tuning Cinema In Africa (RECA)
Merieme Addou
Maroc
Irisprod
Mohamed Rashad Ibrahim
Egypt
Hassala Films
Moreetsi Gabang
Botswana
NIO Visuals
Nomawonga Khumalo
South Africa
Grapefruit Gardens
Nuotama Bodomo
Ghana
Mothertongue
Oge Obasi
Nigeria
Fiery Film Company
Orlando Miguel Mabasso Junior
Mozambique
Pedro Soulé
Cabo Verde
Kriolscope
Rasha Hosny
Egypt
Patchwork Productions
Sithabile Mkhize
South Africa
Maverick Resistance Productions
Tapiwa Chipfupa
Zimbabwe
Ambidextrous Pictures
Wezam Moimi
Republic Democratic of the Congo
Zero Attitude Flix
Xolelwa Nhlabatsi
South Africa
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