Carla Harris
CARLA HARRIS BIO Carla is the Media Partnerships Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa at TikTok and is focused on working with Media and Entertainment organizations to support their growth on TikTok. Carla and her team across Africa, support partners in reaching new audiences and building communities for their brands on TikTok organically and through partnership projects. […]
Victor Senna
VICTOR SENNA BIO Nilamber is a cultural worker transituated between Berlin and Kochi. He/him is the instigator of United Screens – a project that enquires into the challenges and opportunities between South to South cinema and video art circulation. COMPANY KwaZulu Natal Film Commission SESSION/S New Voices: New Voices in Programming SA in Focus: State […]
Andile Sinqoto
ANDILE SINQOTO BIO Andile Sinqoto is a Film and TV director and DOP as well as producer situated in Cape Town. Andile is the director and founder of Andy Dasoul Multimedia, a film and tv production company with offices in Cape Town , London (London) and Washington DC (USA).Like most of the industry professionals, Andile […]
Jessica Hagen
JESSICA HAGEN BIO Jessica Hagan currently sits as Program Lead, Arts & Culture for Africa No Filter and works on grantmaking, capacity building and programming across Africa within the Arts & Culture space. Her involves ensuring the organisation is supporting and propelling groundbreaking narrative changemakers on the continent. Jessica moved to Accra, Ghana from London […]
Nobantu Phumla Mfeka
NOBANTU PHUMLA MFEKA BIO Ms Nobantu Phumla Mfeka is an Entertainment Lawyer who has been engaged in the creative industries for approximately 15 years having begun her journey as a contributing script writer in South Africa as well as in the USA. She is a versatile Entertainment Lawyer with expertise in the various aspects of […]
Maishe Mosala
MAISHE MOSALA BIO Maishe is a seasoned film and television production professional with a post graduate degree in film producing. Her career spans over 13 years in various management and creative functions of film and tv production as an independent and within broadcast corporations. Her current role is as a Production and Development Analyst at […]
Shantelle Rochester
SHANTELLE ROCHESTER BIO After creating a 4 story media centre in London Bridge Shantelle moved on and opened her first two companies at age twenty-two, which made high-end commercials and film and a training academy for under-represented young people. With over 15 years in the industry Shantelle has gained extensive experience with budgets, business and […]
Russel Hlongwane
RUSSEL HLONGWANE BIO Russel Hlongwane is a cultural producer based in Durban. His work is located at the intersection of Heritage/ Modernity and Culture/ Tradition as it applies to black life. His practice includes cultural research, new media, creative producing, design, curatorship and the creative economy. He is part of a number of long-term collectives, […]
Cati Weinek
CATI WEINEK BIO Cati Weinek loves producing beautifully crafted, award-winning feature films. Some of her films include The Letter Reader (2019), The Tokoloshe (2018) Mrs Right Guy (2016), Vryslag (2015) and the cult classic Gog’ Helen (2012). Her career highlights include co-creating the ground-breaking Sediba script programme under the wing of South Africa’s National Film […]
Malcolm Nhleko
MALCOLM NHLEKO BIO Malcolm Nhleko was born in 1977, in Northern KwaZulu Natal in a small village called Ubombo. He relocated to Durban in 1989. In 1990, he landed a major role in a movie called The Gift and co starred with Helen Mirren. Malcolm was a member of The Peace Train, which toured the […]
