DocFilmSA

Youth dem, get your film entry in! Deadline has been extended! Bit.ly/dfangamaanda

This week's webinar How Streamers Are Changing the Industry Thursday, 12 March 6PM–8PM ZOOM Join leading academics & filmmakers for a critical discussion on how streaming platforms are reshaping the SA film industry. R50 for non-members Tickets: bit.ly/DFAWEBINAR

5/5 Her advice for emerging documentary filmmakers: 🎥 Start before you're ready 🤝 Build your community 🎬 Protect the story, not your ego “Your first film won't be perfect, but it will teach you everything you need for the next one.”

4/5 She also founded Earth Agency, a non-profit bridging film, art, and conservation. Their upcoming projects focus on stories about: 🐧 African Penguins 🌿 Fynbos ecosystems 🐘 Elephants 🐢 Turtles 🌊 Dugongs The goal: films reaching 7–10 million viewers.

🎬 #FilmmakerFriday Meet Ana-Filipa Domingues – Cape Town-based documentary filmmaker, photographer, and co-founder of Fly on the Wall Films. For over 20 years she has produced award-winning documentaries exploring music, culture, and identity. 👇

The film follows two Special Olympics athletes chasing gold at the 2023 World Games in Berlin. See you there! 🥳

🍿🎥 JOZI docLOVE Screening! Join us for Catching the Wind + Q&A with director Thomas Holder & team. 🗓 28 March 2026 | 16h00 📍 The Bioscope, 44 Stanley, Milpark 🎟 bit.ly/docLOVE

This week’s webinar: Working as a filmmaker in the NGO space 🎬 📅 Thursday, 5 March ⏰ 18h00–20h00 ZOOM On the panel: NGO visionaries, filmmakers & CA unpack partnerships, funding, ethics, budgets & tax breaks. Free for members. R50 non-members. Book: bit.ly/DFAWEBINAR

The DFA Nga Maanda Awe Film Festival is looking for bold, urgent, beautifully crafted documentaries of all lengths from youth African filmmakers. 🎥 Enter here: bit.ly/DFAngamaanda 🗓 Closing date: 13 March 2026 Presented in partnership with AfriDocs and DFA.

She is currently developing a feature documentary, Lady Marion, examining political violence and Operation Marion in late-apartheid South Africa. She is also developing Jabba X, a biographical feature film on the late Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP), with support from NFVF and GFC.

With over 26 years of experience across radio, television, print, and digital media, she has worked with platforms including Talk Radio 702, YFM, SAfm, SABC Content Hub, and Mzansi Magic

For this week's #FilmmakerFriday meet Khanyisile Magubane. A South African filmmaker, entrepreneur, and academic whose work explores the intersection of media, politics, and social history.

ATTENTION:Youth Documentary Filmmakers & Companies. The IDC Youth Fund is open: let's apply with documentaries! Join our practical webinar on how to position your doc for funding. Open to under 35s + companies with 26% youth ownership. 26 Feb | 6PM | Zoom bit.ly/DFAWEBINAR

Advice for emerging creatives 💡
Start with what moves you. Protect your voice. Trends shift, authenticity endures.

Her biggest lesson from documentary work: boundaries matter, rest is part of the process and resilience grows quietly through persistence.

🎬 #DFA #FilmmakerFriday
Meet documentary filmmaker, creative producer and development executive Mariza Matshaya — a storyteller working at the intersection of arts, heritage and social justice.