Registration is open for the second edition
of the Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress (NEWF) which will
take place at the Durban Botanic Gardens from July 16 to 18, 2018.
“The Nature, Environment and Wildlife
Filmmakers Congress is designed for passionate filmmakers around the world to
forge new relationships, build on those already formed, innovate and move
towards further development in natural history and conservation content
creation, using Africa as the key landmark,” explains Noel Kok, Founder and
Programme Director of NEWF.
“Together we inspire African filmmakers to
bring life to their stories, the celebrations, binding connections and plight
of our nature, environment and wildlife and ultimately distribute these stories
to film festivals and broadcasters world over,” he said.
For three days, NEWF creates a path to
conservation through film by providing a platform for delegates to engage,
network and contribute to the industry. NEWF 2018 offers topics to inspire
story and spark lively and robust debate, informative panel sessions, case
studies and interactive demonstrations. An array of keynote speakers, industry
leaders and special guests have been invited, whose details will be announced
in due course.
NEWF is positioning itself as Africa’s
premiere destination for the convergence of nature, environment, wildlife and
adventure conservation filmmakers, scientists, conservationists and broadcast
media.
“Currently, the South African Film and
Television industry has a number of festivals, markets and awards which develop
and support content-creators, but none holistically cover the specialist and
yet diverse value chain of the nature, environment and wildlife content or
specifically respond to the growth and transformation challenges within this
segment of the industry. In order to respond to these challenges the Nature,
Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress and its associated programmes
was born,” explained Kok.
One of its key areas of focus is the NEWF
Development Fund - a programme designed to fund the production of documentary
shorts to kick-start the next generation of nature, environment, wildlife and
adventure filmmakers and will host the N.E.W Pitch Competition during the
congress. NEWF is also designing a mobile pop up cinema programme, which will
run throughout the year, targeted at local community film focus groups creating
an awareness of the natural world, its challenges and unlocking African perspectives.
Registration is now open for this year’s
Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers Congress. Visit www.newf.co.za
for more information. Delegate passes can be booked and paid for later. Register
now via the NEWF Online Portal.
For more information, email registration@newf.co.za
or contact Pragna on 064 294 0669.
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