Feature Film Production

Here is how this works in practice. Our team delivers full-service production support for feature films, setting up every logistical element from pre-production through wrap. We assemble crews from South Africa's deep, mature talent pool — directors of photography, gaffers, grips, art departments and expert heads with global feature credits — and scale from compact independent units to major studio crews exceeding 150 people. Our line producers manage stage and backlot booking at Cape Town Film Studios, location scouting and permits through the regional film commissions in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, and the daily operations that keep principal photography on schedule.

Here is the short of it. We source camera, lighting and grip packages locally, set up co-production and treaty compliance, and prepare the DTIC production rebates records that maximises qualifying-expenditure rebates, including the uplift for post-prod completed in the country. We connect productions with South African post houses working to global standards, supporting features through theatrical, broadcast and streaming delivery.

Here is the breakdown. South Africa is one of the world's top destinations for servicing global features. Cape Town anchors the industry, with Cape Town Film Studios — a major full-service tricky — and a crew base that has delivered films from 'Blood Diamond' and Clint Eastwood's 'Invictus' to 'Safe House' and 'The Woman King'. The DTIC has long administered a production rebates, historically rebating around 25 percent of qualifying South African expenditure for foreign productions, with an uplift for in-country post.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. A favourable rand exchange rate makes South Africa highly cost-competitive, English is the working language of the industry, and location range is extraordinary: Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula, the Cape Winelands, the Kruger bushveld, the Drakensberg, the Karoo and the Garden Route, plus UNESCO sites at Robben Island and the Cradle of Humankind. South African cinema also has global standing — Gavin Hood's 'Tsotsi' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Neill Blomkamp's 'District 9' earned an Oscar nomination — reflecting the depth of local filmmaking craft.