Christa Schamberger, Casting Director

THE WRONG MANS	Bumbling council workers Sam Pinkett and Phil Bourne try to extract themselves from the unlikely web of crime, conspiracy and corruption they got themselves into during the highly successful first series.	Jim Field Smith	BBC Two with Hulu.com [Gail McQuillan for Out Of Africa]
TREMORS 5	Burt Gummer returns as the leading expert on ASSBLASTERS and GRABOIDS and how to exterminate them. He finds himself in South Africa, where an environmentally irresponsible gold mining operation has awakened these dormant burrowing creatures - to the despair of local villagers and game farm owners.	Don Micheal Pau	Universal [Moonlighting Films]
THE BIG SHOE (Cancelled)	Nate Arbinger, a gifted shoe designer, is forced to break free from a family who want to cheapen his art for their own commercial gain. Overbearing mother Irene hires a psychotherapist and a ‘muse’ to lure Nate back to work.	Steven Shainberg	[Anton Ernst]
GRZIMEK	Based on the life story of Bernhard Grzimek, (1909 -1987) director of the Frankfurt zoo and passionate ground-breaking environmentalist. Grzimek and his son Michael undertook many expeditions into Africa, filming documentaries and through a number of nature-orientated television programmes, created a wider awareness of the need to protect the wilderness.	Roland Richter	Producers: Fabian Maubach, Oliver Lueer, UFA FICTION GmbH [Giselher Wenske & Andrea Pienaar for Two Oceans Productions]
July 2014
DOMINION	Based on characters from the 2010 feature Legion, Dominion follows the perilous journey of a rebellious young soldier who discovers he's the unlikely savior of humanity amidst battles between good and evil angels in what used to be Las Vegas	Rick Jacobson Et al	Michel Litvak, David Lancaster and Tom Lieber for Bold Films [Meryl Schutte, Cheryl Eatock for Film Afrika, Cape Town]
BLACK SAILS Season 2	The pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his men and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island."	Various	Platinum Dunes Film Afrika Worldwide
OUR GIRL	This five-part series will follow an eighteen-year-old girl from a poor area of London during her first deployment as an army medic in Afghanistan. Molly Dawes encounters life-changing experiences which affect the way she deals with her dysfunctional family when she returns home on leave. Former East Enders actress Lacey Turner stars as Molly Dawes.	Anthony Philipson	Ken Horn, BBC [Samantha Putter & Gail McQuillan for Out Of Africa]
May 2014

Archive 2013
UNFRIEND	A dark take inspired by the generally unthinking way in which users of social media feed every aspect of their lives into the internet. The occult and the internet intertwine in this otherwise classic story of the mysterious, misunderstood social outcast.	Simon Verhoeven & Philip Koch	Wiedemann & Berg SA Co-Producer : Two Oceans Productions
LADY GREY	Set in and around a Catholic Mission Station near the town of Lady Grey in contemporary kwa-Zulu Natal, the story follows the lives of various people connected in some way to the Mission. Zulu, white and mixed race, they live in a kind of idealised New South African context, but each has been affected by a violent incident during the growing pains of the new country.	Alain Choquart	[Theresa Ryan van-Graan for Moonlighting Films SA]
SAF3	Series created by Tai Collins & Gregory J. Bonann. (Baywatch) An elite multi-agency task force, SAF 3, consists of the cream-of-the-crop from Malibu Lifeguard, Firefighter and Coast Guard agencies. Each episode will feature rescues involving these specialists led by their reluctant leader, Lifeguard John Eriksson. (Dolf Lundgren)	Phil Scarpaci Gary Capo Gregory J. Bonann	Gregory J. Bonann, USA Michael Murphey, Kalahari Pictures RSA
BLUESTONE 42 Series 2	Second season of a popular BBC comedy series about a Bomb Disposal Squad in Afghanistan.	Iain MacDonald	BBC Comedy [Out of Africa]
December 2013
SOLO FLIGHT	The African portion of a Feature / Documentary about Elly Beinhorn, an adventurous German solo aviatrix and pioneer of civil aviation.	Christine Hartmann	[Giselher Wenske & Bertha Spieker for Two Oceans Productions]
NORTHMEN: A Viking Saga	Action filled journey across the bleak and inhospitable,Scottish Highlands. A small group of Vikings have escaped a usurper king and set sail looking for bounty which will buy them their freedom.	Claudio Faeh	[Gizelher Wenske for Two Oceans Productions]
November 2013
ECHO BEACH	Thriller set in South Africa. A young couple slides into an unplanned serial-killing spree. Two Policemen with a lot to prove must overcome their own prejudice to unravel the truth.	Jyoti Mistry	Florian Schattauer for Shadowy Meadows
BLACK SAILS	An action-packed period pirate drama series from the makers of Spartacus	Various	Michael Bay for Starz Entertainment [Nina Heyns for Film Afrika]
THE SALVATION	A classic period Western - one wronged man against corruption and terror - but there's a contemporary sting in the tail! Filming in the Magalies mountains near Johannesburg	Kristian Levring	Sisse Graum Jørgensen & Michael Auret, for Zentropa (Denmark) and Spier Films (SA)
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM	An epic story of a large group of oppressed Prussian artisans and their families who cross the Atlantic enticed by the promise of owning land in Texas. They do not realise that the small group of accompanying aristocracy and military intend to establish a similar aristocratic and oppressive ruling system in America.	Rainer Matsutani	Two Oceans Co-production with Weidemann & Berg for SAT1 Germany
June 2013
HOE DUUR WAS DE SUIKER	Set on the sugar plantations of Dutch Colony, Surinam, around 1747 our story follows the lives of the Dutch Colonists and their slaves. It is a time of social turmoil and the slaves are increasingly rebellious about their lot. Runaways join up with a band of “Marrons” in the jungle and there are several bloody encounters. It's a rolling, epic tale of love, lust, passion and betrayal in a time of great social upheaval.	Jean van der Velde	Richard Claus for Spier Films, SA
April 2013


THROUGH AFRICA IN A BRIDAL DRESS	The discovery of a legendary sacred diamond "The Nebula of Namanga" leads to a rambunctious chase across an African country involving a motley collection of bad guys, an innocent Missionary, vulnerable orphans - and a jilted German bride who bumps into her first love now drifting around the African bush trying to do good.	Sebastian Vigg	Action Concept Film und Stuntproducktion GmbH [Meryl Schutte for Film Afrika]
THEMBA	The Eastern Cape countryside – a picture-postcard area of South Africa - hides a reality that is far from idyllic. The land and it’s people are scarred by Aids and poverty, education is minimal, work and food are practically non-existant. We follow young Themba and his family as they struggle to come to terms with enduring hardships, alleviated by his skill as a soccer player.	Stephanie Sycholt	German co-production with DO Productions as THEMBA PICTURES (PTY) LTD Brigid Olen / Carole Prentice
BUSH STATION	Anne is a doctor working at a small Bush clinic in Africa. When her estranged husband, Martin, comes to see her there, he gets a lot more involved than he hoped to be, both at the clinic in his personal life.	Axel Bart	German Co-production [Theuns de Wet for Film Afrika]

	Christa Schamberger-Young
+27 11 440 3477	Independent Casting Director
Cape Town & Johannesburg	(The Casting Connection cc)	South Africa

Archive 2015
PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION Co.
OF KINGS AND PROPHETS	Of Kings and Prophets is an ABC Television epic biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of the battle-weary King Saul, the resentful prophet Samuel and the resourceful young shepherd David -- all on a collision course with destiny that will change the world..	Various	ABC Studios, BoomGen Studios [Advantage Entertainment]
April 2016
THE CROWN	TV series telling the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world, Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street, and the intrigues, romances and machinations behind the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. African segment only to be shot in Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal	Stephen Daldry (Philip Martin) (Julian Jarrold)	Andrew Eaton, Andy Harries for Left Bank Pictures & Sony Pictures TV for Netflix [Genevieve Hofmeyr, Moonlighting Films]
November 2015
NOEM MY SKOLLIE	The true story of John Fredericks' rise above the gang culture of the Cape Flats to become a poet, storyteller and film maker. Screenplay by John Fredericks.	Daryne Joshua	David Max-Brown, Moshidi Motshegwa of Maxi-D Productions for M-Net
THE SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE	Based on the 1961 siege of 150 UN Irish troops led by Quinlan in the Congo after pro-western leader Moise Tshombe took control of the Katanga region and killed the Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. In a show of extraordinary bravery, Quinlan and his battallion held out against a force of 3,000 local troops led by French and Belgian Mercenaries working for the mining companies.	Richie Smyth	Parallel Films and Out Of Africa Pictures official Irish / South African Co-Production
QUEEN OF KATWE	The story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the slums of Katwe, Uganda who, with the help of her coach, Robert Katende, becomes a chess prodigy. Phiona is the youngest person ever to win the African chess championship.	Mira Nair	ESPN Films Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Productions [Moonlighting Films]
July 2015
BLACK SAILS Season 3	The Pirates of New Providence Island face new threats from the expanding British Empire...	Various	Platinum Dunes Film Afrika Worldwide
DOMINION Series 2	Dominion is set in the year 25 A.E. In this transformed post-apocalyptic future, an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel.	Various	Universal Cable Prods. and Bond Films Film Afrika Worldwide
June 2015
WALLANDER Series 4 Eps 1	The police procedural drama series adapted from Swedish novelist Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander novels and starring Sir Kenneth Branagh. "The White Lioness" episode is set in South Africa and will be shot in and near Cape Town.	Jonathan van Tulleken	Left Bank Pictures & BBC, UK Yellow Bird, Sweden [Out of Africa]
January 2015

Archive 2014
PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION Co.
SUPERDAD	Family comedy. Mark and Greta, a career - minded couple, live in the bustling city of Berlin. They are in the prime of their lives with exciting new career opportunities on the horizon and no children to hold them back. Just when it seems things cannot get any better, Mark receives a phone call...	Jan Markus Linhof	Two Oceans Productions (Cape Town) & Film77 (Germany)
ROSA	A fun family comedy set against the beautiful backdrop of Cape Town. Rosa has left her home in Germany to attend the wedding of her oldest friend, Mark, as his wedding planner and witness.	Michael Karen	Co-Production: Two Oceans Productions, Cape Town & Wiedemann & Berg Television GMbH Germany
BLUESTONE42 Season 3	The hilarious bomb disposal team is back - again! More gallows humour interspersed with the reality of a nasty war...	David Sant (UK)	Michelle Farr for BBC Comedy [Out of Africa, Cape Town]
THE LAST FACE	Two doctors fall in love while doing humanitarian relief in an African war zone. The lovers have different philosophical outlooks and are forced to deal with the difficult decisions they have to make - for themselves and for their patients.	Sean Penn	[Genevieve Hoffmeyr for Moonlighting]
November 2014			[Name]=[South African Facilitating Company]

Archive 2012
PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION Co.
FINAL FLIGHT	Based on Richard Feynman's book What do you care what other people think? It tells of the political intrigue surrounding the Challenger 3 disaster.	James Hawes	Laurie Borg [Theresa Ryan Van Graan for Moonlighting Films]
BLUESTONE FOUR-TWO	A comedy about a Bomb Disposal Squad in Afghanistan. It is a show about soldiers really enjoying being soldiers.	Iain B. MacDonald	Michelle Farr, BBC Comedy [Gail McQuillan for Out of Africa Pictures]
ZULU	A girl's badly beaten body is found in the famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Ali and his team of detectives unravel a case which involves drug gangs on the notorious Cape Flats and malevolent ex-apartheid scientists.	Jerome Salle	Frederic Doniguian and Richard Grandpierre [Lobstertree CT]
December 2012

STRIKE BACK III	Created by Chris Ryan (The One That Got Away) An action drama set in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Somalia. Section 20 begins to move Westward across Africa, but they are not the only ones looking for the nuclear bomb triggers....	Bill Eagles, Paul Wilmshurst, Michael Bassett	Producer: Trevor Hopkins for Left Bank Pictures, UK [Out of Africa Entertainment, CT]
BEAVER FALLS II	Season 2 - the Brits are back at Beaver Falls summer camp and rearing for another summer of mischief much to Bobby's annoyance. He’s determined to make sure they have the summer from hell.	Lawrence Till (UK) Benjamin Caron (UK)	Andrea Dewsberry for Company Pictures & Instinctive Films [Gail McQuillan for Out of Africa Pictures]
BOETIE & THE BEAST	South Africa's highest grossing film personality, Leon Schuster, mixes corrupt politicians, the reality TV craze, a national obsession with racism, big game poaching and schoolboy humour to come up with a script littered with social comment - when you can stop yourself laughing in spite of yourself!	Gray Hofmeyr	Helena Spring - Keynote Productions
September 2012

Archive 2011
PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCER
THE GIRL	The story of how model Tippi Hedren became a Hollywood star and one of "Hitchcock's blondes". We follow Tippi's turbulent journey through the making of The Birds and Marnie, having to cope with Hitchcock's desperate and lusty infatuation.	Julian Jarrold (UK)	Amanda Jenks (UK) [Moonlighting Films] Location : Cape Town
THE FLIGHT OF THE STORKS	Dark Thiller. After the unexpected death of his ornithologist mentor, Jonathan Anselme decides to continue with the trip they had planned for him – to follow the storks on their migratory path to Africa. As he sets off on his epic journey, it seems that death follows him along the way. What other secrets do the storks carry?	Jan Kounen	EuropaCorp Television [Moonlighting Films]
KIDNAP & RANSOM II	Hostage negotiator Dominic King's life becomes traumatic and complicated when the local Kashmir police interfere in his efforts to secure the release of the Metha family, since they do not believe in negotiating with 'terrorists'.	David Drury	Producer: Trevor Hopkins for Projector Pictures / SKY1 [Out of Africa Entertainment, CT]
AMBASSADOR II - White Gold	The Ambassador and his daughter become involved with illegal ivory poachers, corrupt politicians and poverty stricken farmers. He is instrumental in catching the poachers, exposing the corruption and improving the lot of the local farmers	Sigi Rothemund	U 5 Film Produktion, Germany [Two Oceans Productions]
LION GIRL	When Jo falls seriously ill on his farm in Africa, his estranged family return to Africa to persuade him to come back to Germany with them, but old relationships and family tragedies bedevil the trip. Lena must first find a way to rediscover her childhood gift for communicating with the lions before she can address the traumatic events of her childhood.	Stefanie Sycholt	Brigid Olen - DO Productions & German Co-production
October 2011

THE FALLEN (LEGACY)	A wealthy KwaZula Natal sugar dynasty deals with the tensions arising from adapting to the New South Africa and skeletons in the family closet.	Peter Goldsmid	Margaret Goldsmid - Southern Exposure
VEHICLE 19	The thriller follows Paul Walker (Fast and Furious, Takers) as an innocent bystander who becomes entangled in a world of deadly Police corruption when he picks up the wrong rental car. His unexpected and unwilling passenger is a committed young prosecutor, played by Naima McLean.	Mukunda Michael de Wil	The Picturetree, Johannesburg
THE BORROWERS	TV Special, BBC TV Feature Film, Based on the well known collection of children's stories, The Borrowers, with Stephen Fry in the lead as Prof. Mildeye.	Tom Harper (UK)	Radford Neville, (UK) [Moonlighting Films]
STRIKE BACK II	Created by Chris Ryan (The One That Got Away) An action drama set in Cape Town. Section 20, a British elite Intel unit, are still on the trail of terror suspect, Latif and it seems that the stakes are rising.	Alex Holms et al	Producer: Trevor Hopkins for Left Bank Pictures, UK [Out of Africa Entertainment, CT]
September 2011

Archive 2010
PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION Co.
WINNIE		Darrel James Roodt
THE SISTERS	Adaptation of James Joyce's "Women In Love"
BLUE CRUSH
VERDACHT
DIE MINENSUCHERIN
ZAMBEZIA	Animated Feature film, written by Andrew Cook, Anthony Silverstone Raffaella Delle Donne	Wayne Thornley	Triggerfish Productions Cape Town
SNIPER-RELOADED	"SNIPER: RELOADED" is the fourth installment of the ‘Sniper’ franchise, following further adventures of a fictional US Marine specialist, played by Chad Collins, with Billy Zane, Annabel Wright, Richard Sammel.	Claudio Faeh	Producer: Peter Nelson for Screen Gems, Sony Pictures [Nina Heyns: Film Afrika]
A MILLION COLOURS	This home-grown feature film is based on the lives of Muntu Ndebele and Norman Knox, the child-stars of the 1975 South African feature film e'Lollipop (aka Forever Young, Forever Free) .Lead Cast : Wandile Molebatsi, Jason Hartman, Stelio Savante	Peter Bishai	Andre Pieterse, Cloverleaf Films
KIDNAP & RANSOM	The film examines the growth industry of international hostage taking. K&R promises to be more than just another well-made BBC crime mini series - the moral dilemma faced by negotiators is very real and quite topical.	Andy Wilson	Producer: Trevor Hopkins for Projector Pictures / BBC [Out of Africa Entertainment, CT]
AFRICA UNITED	A heartwarming story about a group of kids trying to get from Rwanda to South Africa for the Soccer world cup. Three friends set off to take part in trials to be in the opening ceremony – only to get on the wrong bus and start the journey of a life time. Locations: Rwanda, Kenia, Zambia, Uganda, Johannesburg	Debs Gardner	Footprint Films (UK) in association with Pathe International, Link Media, BBC, National Geographic and Out of Africa Films. [Out of Africa Entertainment, Jhb.]
PROTECT THE NATION	Sizwe (8), tries to find the good in the people around him. He witnesses Xenophobic attacks and gets drawn into them, but a strange twist of fate forces him to face his actions and do some soul searching.	Candice Reisser	Niama Filmproduktion, Stuttgart [Enigma Films, Cape Town]
STRIKE BACK	An SAS sortie into Iraq goes badly wrong when the commanding officer believes he has caused the death of his comrades. Given a chance to redeem himself, our flawed hero returns to Iraq on a rescue mission.	Daniel Percival Ed Hall	Andrew Benton [Out of Africa, Jhb.]
THE SINKING OF THE LACONIA	In 1942 a Cunard liner requisitioned for war service was torpedoed and sunk by a U-Boat in the south Atlantic while carrying nearly three thousand people, including some 1800 Italian prisoners of war. The U-Boat launched a major attempt to rescue survivors sending a distress call in plain English. The British could do nothing, and the Americans sent a Liberator Bomber from a secret base on Ascension Island to attack the rescuing submarines.	Uwe Janson	Teamworx (Germany) & Talkback Thames (Uk) [Two Oceans Productions]
THEMBA	The Eastern Cape countryside – a picture-postcard area of South Africa - hides a reality that is far from idyllic. The land and it’s people are scarred by Aids and poverty, education is minimal, work and food are practically non-existant. We follow young Themba and his family as they struggle to come to terms with enduring hardships, alleviated by his skill as a soccer player.	Stephanie Sycholt	German co-production with DO Productions as THEMBA PICTURES (PTY) LTD Brigid Olen / Carole Prentice
May 2010

2009 - 2010
THE MATING GAME (Airs from February 2010)	13 part TV Drama series. Set in contemporary Johannesburg, a friendship between three women from vastly different backgrounds is strengthened by a search for love. It’s social realism writ large with a twist of humour. Written by Anita Khanna	Alex Yazbek Amanda Lane Neal Sundstrom	Anita Khanna & Walter Ayers Uhuru Productions for SABC 2
INVICTUS	The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's Springbok rugby team to help unite their country. Starring: Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon Adapted by Anthony Peckham from John Carlin's book "Playing The Enemy"	Clint Eastwood	Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures [Genevieve Hofmeyr for Moonlighting Film Makers]


MRS MANDELA	The life and hard times of Winnie Mandela, ex wife of Nelson Mandela, starring Sophie Okonedo as Winnie and David Harewood as Nelson Mandela	Michael Samuels, from his own script	Diverse Productions UK for BBC Drama [Out Of Africa Picture Company]
SUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND	South African actress Eloise Cupoido, who has already acted in English, Afrikaans, and French , adds another German role to her repertoire!	Sybille Tafel	Ruben Engel NEW APPROACH TRADING 40 c.c
MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS	Screenplay by Nicky Rebelo, adapted from the play by Athol Fugard Cast: Frankie Highmore (Hally), Ving Rhames (Sam), Patrick Mofokeng (Willy)	Lonny Price	Malcolm Kohll UK. [Spier Films]
SONG FOR THREE WOMEN	A truly family affair! Revel Fox directs his real life wife and daughter, Roberta Fox and Sannie Fox with singer Busi Mhlongo in a drama charting the reconstruction of a family destroyed by addiction.	Revel Fox	Shadowy Meadows: Florian Schatthauer Jyoti Mistry-Schatthauer
December 2009

THE WORLD UNSEEN	From the novel by by Shamim Sarif. The world of a ttraditional young Indian mother is turned upside down.when she meets the rebellious Amina who confounds the Indian community by driving a taxi and setting up a cafe with a black man.	SHAMIM SARIF	DO Productions Co-Production TBA
MORE THAN JUST A GAME	A “doccie-drama” (flash-back / reconstruction) telling the story of the formation of a highly organized soccer league on Robben Island during the early 1960’s. FIFA rules were adhered to and the seriousness with which they approached the game underpinned the social impact that it had on prison life.	JUNAID AHMED	Video Vision (Helena Spring / Anant Singh)
THE DEAL	Meg Ryan & William H. Macy in a romantic comedy /somewhat cynical spoof on international film production, set partly in South Africa. Screenplay by William H. Macy & Steven Schachter.	Steven Schachter	DogPond/Sydnyk Works & Muse Entertainment. [Moonlighting Film Makers]
DOOMSDAY	Post-Apocalyptic thriller set in a virus-ravaged Scotland in the year 2038. Script by Neil Marshall	Neil Marshall	Benedict Carver / Peter McAleese (Rogue Pictures, UK) [Moonlighting Film Makers, Cape Town]
LES DEUX MONDES	Leading French comedic actor, BENOIT POELVOORDE plays the role of Remy, a suburban husband who runs into one set back after another in his career as an art restorer. He escapes from his troubles into a whacky world of his own, but eventually learns to take control of his life.	Daniel Cohen	Two Worlds Productions / Mnp Entreprise / Gaumont [Co – Producer: David Wicht, FILM AFRIKA]
LULLABY	A deeply caring mother leaves an easy life in America to rescue her drug-addicted son from Nigerian Drug Lords in Johannesburg's tough cosmopolitan Hillbrow area. Script by Norman Milborrow.	Darrel James Roodt	Gold Studios, Anton Ernst / Kerry Gregg
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL	A film adaptation of the Romeo Dallaire autobiography Shake Hands with the Devil. The book details the personal journey of Dallaire through the 1994 Rwandan genocide and how Dallaire's request for more aid went ignored by the United Nations. Shot on location in Rwanda	Roger Spottiswoode	Dalliere Productions / Halifax Film Company, Canada

JOZI-H	Gritty TV drama series set in a busy Johannesburg hospital	Anne Wheeler Kelly Makin George Mihalka Alfons Adetuyi Thabang Moleya Dumisani Phakathi Revel Fox Neal Sundstrom	Co-Production - Morula Pictures [RSA] Inner City Films [Canada]
PRIMEVAL	Horror story set in Rwanda, central Africa	Michael Katleman	Wyatt Film Productions [USA] [Film Hiring Services - RSA]
ER in Africa	Popular US TV series. Episodes dealing with the crisis in Sudan
COUP!	Based on the abortive attempt by British mercenary Simon Mann, with the alleged help of Mark Thatcher, to carry out a Coup 'd etat in Equatorial Guinea	Simon Cellan Jones	Jo Wright for BBC Film [The Out of Africa Picture Company]
KRAKATOA	Historical Drama inspired by the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa. Filmed around Durban in Kwazulu Natal province and in Madagascar.	Sam Miller	Alan Eyres - for BBC Science [Richard Green - Struck By Lightning Films - Durban]
UNCLE MAX	British comedy series. English comedian David Schneider leads a local cast in a series of absurd comic romps.	Julkian Kemp [uk].	Andy Rowley [uk]. Littlebird Company Ltd. [uk/RSA]
MAMA JACK	Leon Schuster's latest hit comedy, released during November and doing very well - as usual!	Gray Hofmeyr	Anant Singh / Video Vision
FAITH'S CORNER	Darrel James Roodt's ("Yesterday") latest "little gem" , following the life of a woman who supports her sons by begging at traffic lights. An adventurous little film made in the style of silent movies and using Caption Cards instead of dialogue.	Darrel James Roodt	Helena Spring / Anant Singh for Video Vision
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III	Initial Casting in Ghana and South Africa, but Cruise's other commitments led to the Production being rescheduled and moved to Europe	JJ Abrams	Cruise-Wagner Productions [us] Paramount Pictures [us]
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH	Based on William Golding's novels, this three-part Mini-series portrays life aboard a ship on a journey to Australia in 1812.	David Attwood	Tightrope Productions [uk] BBC [uk] [Out Of Africa Pictures RSA]
LORD OF WAR	Nicholas Cage stars as an arms dealer being chased by an Interpol agent in this damning look at international complicity in the arms trade which inflicts war on small nations for personal gain.	Andrew Niccol	Ascendant Pictures [us] Entertainment Manufacturing Company [us] Saturn Films [us] VIP 3 Medienfonds [de] [Reeleyes RSA]
THE INTERPRETER	Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where an interpreter overhears an assassination plot	Sidney Pollac	Interpreter Productions LLC [us] Working Title Films [gb] Misher Films [us] Warner Bros. [Moonlighting RSA]
WHISKEY ECHO	Four part series set in a foreign aid clinic in Southern Sudan.	Harry Hook	Littlebird Company Ltd. [uk] Barna Alper Productions [can]
THE FALL	An injured stuntman deals with his anger at the prospect of paraplegia by telling a story of dark fantasy to Alexandria, a little girl in the same hospital. He weaves the girl into the story, which reflects his downward spiral toward suicide, until Alexandria demands a say in the story because she is in it.	Tarsem Singh	Tarsem Singh [Made In Africa RSA]
WAH - WAH	Richard E. Grant draws heavily on his childhood in Swaziland for this bittersweet look at Colonial society	Richard E. Grant	[Reeleyes RSA]
CHARLIE JADE	This science fiction TV series, set in Cape Town half-an-hour into the future, raises questions about how we manage our planet and our society	Various	Jadejons Inc. Canada [Imaginarium RSA]
MAN TO MAN	Joseph Feinnes and Kirstin Scott-Thomas as nineteenth century anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape	Régis Wargnier	Vertigo Productions Pty. Ltd. [au]
EASTERN BRIDE	A globe trotting IT hot-shot and his cynical TV journalist girlfriend's lives are changed by their encounters with persecuted Christians from the Middle-east to China	Iain Morris	Kharis Productions Glasgow [Du Marc]
RED DUST	Oscar winner Hillary Swank plays an exiled South African lawyer who returns to participate in a Truth and Reconciliation Commission Amnesty hearing.	Tom Hooper	BBC [uk] Videovision [rsa]
DUMA aka "Untitled Carol Ballard Project"	A farm boy undertakes a journey to return his pet cheetah to the wild	Carol Ballard	Gaylord Films [us] John Wells Productions [us] Pandora Pictures [Filmafrika]
RACING STRIPES	A Zebra dreams of winning the Kentucky Derby, aided and abetted by various farmyard animals	Frederick Du Chau	Alcon Entertainment [us]
SOMETIMES IN APRIL	South African actress PAMELA NOMVETE stars with IDRIS ALBA and DEBRA WINGER in this HBO Movie exploring the human impact of genocide in Rwanda. Shot on location in Rwanda	Raoul Peck	CINEFACTO [fr] HBO Films [us]
FORGIVENESS	Independent SA Feature. Arnold Vosloo seeks absolution from his victim's family after receiving amnesty from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission	Ian Gabriel	Giant Films / DV8 [rsa]
January 2008

PROJECT	DESCRIPTION	DIRECTOR	PRODUCTION Co.
ANGEL	Two-Part mini-series set in an oil-rich African country, shooting in Johannesburg & Kwa Zulu-Natal	David Attwood	Susie Liggat for Tiger Aspect (UK) for BBC [Meryl Schutte for Film Afrika]
HOND SE DINGES, HOND SE DAG (Every Dog has his Day) Release 20 March 2009	Veteran South African Producer Johan Heyns makes his Directorial debut with a robust, raunchy, rollicking adventure with acutely observed characterisation. Set largely in a small South African town.	Johan Heyns	Johan Heyns Fevertree Productions
WHITE LIGHT (Released Dec 2008, achieved Golden Film status in Holland)	Deals with the Child Soldier issue. Filming in Uganda and in Port St. Johns, on the east coast of South Africa.	Jean van de Velde	Richard Claus (Holland)
Mr. BONES GOES TO DURBAN (Released Dec 2008 - First weekend out-grossed James Bond)	Further adventures of Leon Schuster's alter-ego in his own - very popular - brand of comedy... Location: Johannesburg & Durban	Gray Hofmeyr	Helena Spring for Videovision Entertainment (RSA)
SCHWEITZER	Fictionalised account of a period in Albert Schweitzer's life when he endured an American-led campaign to discredit him due to his involvement with Einstein's objection to developing the atomic bomb.		Giselher Venzke, Two Oceans Productions, Cape Town
CILLA - QUEEN of AFRICA	From across the world, Coronation Street's "mother from hell" bullies her way into ten Million UK households again.		(Coronation Street Christmas Special for DVD release)
CRUSOE	Thirteen episode TV series, based on the legendary novel by Daniel Defoe, this is the tale of Robinson Crusoe, a young man who is shipwrecked on a remote tropical island for 28 years. Sean Bean, Sam Neill, with Philip Winchester as Crusoe.	Duane Clark	Justin Bodle (Power, UK), Michael Prupas (Muse) for NBC [Genevieve Hofmeyr for Moonlighting Film Makers]
February 2009

January 2008