Cape Town film Carissa, a project by Durban FilmMart SA Jumpstart alumni has been selected as one of the seven work-in-progress films to be viewed at the 11th edition of Final Cut in Venice which runs from September 3-5, reports Durban FilmMart SA.
Carissa is written by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar and is produced by Deidre Jantjies (Na Aap Productions) and co-produced by Annemarie du Plessis,
The film is set in a quiet village and is “about a young woman who is pushed by her grandmother to apply for a job opportunity on a new golf estate being developed in the mountains. However, when she learns that the estate will be built over her estranged grandfather’s rooibos tea lands, she is confronted with a difficult choice: take the job or take over the land.”
Final Cut in Venice, provides support for the completion of films from Africa and five Middle Eastern countries: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,
Variety reports that working copies of the seven selected films will be presented to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies and film festival programmers. The first two days are for screenings and the final day is set aside for on one-on-one meetings between project producers and other professionals who form part of the festival’s industry division the Venice Production Bridge
Read more:
https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2023/final-cut-venice
Deidré Jantjies is ’n professionele flamenco danseres en ook ’n kultuuraktivis wat passievol is oor die stories van historiese vroue. Sy is die stigter van Na Aap Produksies wat tot nog toe onvertelde stories en die geskiedenis van Suider-Afrika na die silwerdoek bring. Na ’n lang betrokkenheid by verhoogoptredes, spits Jantjies nou haar al haar energie toe op die skryf van haar eie stories vir kort- en speelfilms.
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