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NAMIBIAN CINEMA… (In the Entertainment
industry. History of Namibian Cinema)
Bruce
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Namibian Cinema
The Namib Desert and its dramatic sweeping landscapes
provided the ideal scenery for the fourth installment of George Miller's
dystopian tale -- as it has done for numerous other big-budget foreign films to
be shot on Namibian soil.
Yet it's been far less fertile ground for home-grown
film-makers who can lay claim to producing just one movie -- 2015's township
drama, "Katutura" -- in Namibia's 25 years as a sovereign state.
The history of Namibian cinema started in 1919, when two
colonial Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) applied for a license to build a
native cinema in the Windhoek location in order to educate the ‘primitive
natives’. The proposal was turned down because the administrator at that time
felt that the natives were not yet ready (Gordon 1947),” he says in a
historical overview on the local industry. Motion picture came to Namibia for
the first time in the early 1920s when expeditions arrived. Most films made at
that time in Namibia were “ethnographic films” about the San population.
“During the apartheid era the South African colonial regime was actively
involved in regulating the content of films, videos, television, theatre plays
and publications. The same law was also implemented in Namibia, seeing that the
then South African apartheid regime considered Namibia as part of South Africa.
Since independence, a significant number of international features, television
series and documentaries were produced in Namibia making use of the special
landscapes, the constant good weather conditions and the good infrastructure,
as well as the stable political situation,” he writes. In his opinion it seems
that the local industry has failed to benefit from these increased activities,
and transfer of skills.
Namibian Film Commission
The Namibia Film Commission (NFC) is a statutory body that
was established by Act 6 of Parliament in 2000 to support, encourage and
promote film productions as well as the development of the film industry in
Namibia. Friendly and competent personnel is dedicated to manage any kind of
inquiries and helps to put ideas into action. The NFC acts as a liaison between
foreign and local production companies assisting in obtaining permits from government
agencies such as work permits, permits for filming in National Parks or in
obtaining security services. With regard to production service providers, who
will supply local crews and technical services, location scouts, aviation
services, catering, transport, accommodation or telecommunication, the
Commission will provide the visiting producer with a list of experienced and
reputable companies.
The NFC will assist filmmakers to obtain the following
permits: (Forms available for download at the bottom of this page) Obligatory:
Application form "Namibia Filming Permit Application Form Filming"
Any commercial filming or photography in Namibia needs to direct a request to
the NFC three weeks before arrival by completing an application form and fax it
to the Commission. An administrative fee of N$ 500 is payable to the NFC.
Application form for temporary work permit from the Ministry of Home Affairs
and Immigration. All foreign crews working in Namibia must have a valid
temporary work permit to work on a film set in Namibia, even if it is for only
one day.
Namibian Film Commission
Production Companies
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Sources,
References & Credits: Google, Wikipedia, Wikihow, Pinterest, IMDB, Linked
In, Indie Wire, Film Making Stuff, Hiive, Film Daily, New York Film Academy, The
Balance, The Numbers, Film Maker, TV Guide Magazine, Media Match, Quora, Creative
Skill Set, Investopedia, Variety, No Film School, Daily Variety, The Film
Agency, Best Sample Resume, How Stuff Works, Career Trend, Producer's Code of
Credits, Producers Guild of America, Film Connection, Entertainment Careers, Adhere
Creative, In Deed, Glass Door, Pay Scale, Merriam-Webster, Job Monkey, Studio
Binder, The Collective, Production Hub, The Producer's Business Handbook by
John J. Lee Jr., The Culture Trip, Film Museum, CNN, Namibian Film Commission,
Magic Touch Films, Namib Film, New Era, Thunderbolt Design & Post
Production, Endemic Productions,
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