The National Film and Video Foundation will host its 4th annual Student Open Day on Saturday 06 June 2009 at Nu Metro, Hyde Park from 11:00 until 15:30. The aim of the Student Open Day is to familiarise students with the industry, affording them the opportunity to be informed and motivated by industry professionals. Says Pretty Mthiyane, NFVF Training Coordinator:
"Education and training are instrumental to the viability, growth and sustainability of the industry. Driven by these reasons, our objective is to stimulate training and development by making it more accessible for previously disadvantaged individuals and those with financial difficulties to enter the film & television industry."
More on the event can be found
here.
Now a couple of things strike me about this invaluable kind of indaba:
- When is the bus from Durban leaving for the event on June 6th?
- When can we expect the same kind of event to be facilitated in KZN?
In KZN, we are out of the main stream of South African film and tv production, and we have to fight to get ourselves involved - it's not going to be meekly offered. It's time to get mobilised, people......... will someone please come up with a plan to get a group of students to Joburg next weekend?
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