Local Fixer Services

Here is how this works in practice. We give skilled local fixers who act as your production's guide, problem-solver and trusted contact on the ground in South Africa. Our fixers carry working relationships with the rental houses, crew, transport operators, lodging providers and community contacts a shoot depends on, and they know how to move fast when plans change. They liaise with city film offices and the regional film commissions in Cape Town, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal to keep permitting on track, advise on the DTIC rebates and B-BBEE considerations, and broker access to private locations and communities with the right introductions.

Here is the short of it. Whether your shoot stays at Cape Town Film Studios, ranges across the Western Cape and Winelands, reaches into Johannesburg and Soweto, or heads to the Kruger bushveld, the Karoo or the Wild Coast, our fixers handle the practical detail, expect the friction points and keep a difficult day moving. They are also your line to emergency support, from medical routing to security planning.

Here is the breakdown. A good fixer is above all valuable in South Africa because of the country's scale and range. South Africa is the Rainbow Nation, with twelve official languages including Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans and English, and a fixer bridges those communities with cultural ease and respect. English is an official language and the working language of the film industry. This eases communication. But local knowledge still matters when handling distances, regional customs and the practicalities of remote shooting.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The country gives virtually each landscape, from Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula to Big Five bushveld, the Drakensberg and the semi-desert Karoo, and it doubles convincingly for locations worldwide. It has three capital cities and a federal structure of provinces, each with its own film commission. With a large, mature services industry and the favourable rand exchange rate, a well-connected fixer turns South Africa's tangle into a genuine production advantage.