These 20 filmmakers will get the opportunity to develop work for the Mzansi Magic (DStv 107) and Mindset Learn (DStv 319) channels on MultiChoice's DStv pay TV platform.
The DStv Film Skills Development Programme wants to train 26 South African filmmakers. The programme has chosen 20 people out of 160 applications mentored by top industry professionals to be able to have careers in the South African film and television industry. Training is done at the Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking in Auckland Park where they get specialised and experiential training in technical specialisation, lighting design, cinematography, production management, editing, sound and research.
''The programme has been enhanced this year," says Itumeleng Letebele, MultiChoice's corporte social investment manager, saying that the aspiring filmmakers actually gets to work on real projects for real clients to gain experience, giving them ''real life experience within the industry''.
