Africa-based filmmaker development organization Realness Institute has unveiled its next wave of initiatives as part of MIP Africa and FAME (Film, Arts, Media and Entertainment) Week. As part of th…
As part of the event, which is now in its second year in Cape Town, South Africa, alumni of six Realness Institute programs will pitch their films and television series to the market in The Film Pitch and The Episodic Pitch forums. Alongside this, the current cohort of the Institute’s Southern Africa Locarno Industry Academy have programmed and co-organized the FAME Week Africa Short Film Festival.
After three years of running its episodic labs in partnership with Netflix, Series Mania, and Storyboard Collective, Realness Institute features the best of African series in development with renowned writers like Neo Sybia and Angela Wamai among those pitching at the The Episodic Pitch. Eight shows, six of which are from female creators, covering a range of genres from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa will be presented.
Mandefro added: “We are truly pleased that our presence at FAME Week Africa, with some 40 talent that have come through our industry development programs over the last three years, is a manifestation of the organization’s tangible contribution to the film sector’s ecosystem. It has been our objective to work towards nurturing all parts of the value chain – from development to producing features and episodic series, to programming, exhibition and distribution.
Logline: After her husband shoots himself in the head, Lorna Marwa fights to regain control of her life on the dusty expanses of Kenya’s volatile ranch land.Genre: Crime drama. Format: 8 x 60’
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