BUDGET PRESENTATION MARCH 2006

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BUDGET PRESENTATIONMARCH 2006
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BUDGET PROCESS

• Development of NFVF Strategy and value charter
• Development of Business Plan
• Development of NFVF Programme Plan
• Cost of programmes for 2006/07 is R55 million
• Current funding allocation is R26,08 million
• Receipt of the feature film fund of R 35 million
  over past 3 years lapsed

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PROGRAMMES

• Development of a macro economic framework and
  measures of aggregation and Key Performance
  Indicators for the film sector
• NFVF Research programme
• Market Intelligence
• Database
• Launch SIS and NFVF Research forum
• Cost R 2.5 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Demand stimulation and audience development
• Integrated marketing and promotional campaign
• National Film week
• National Film and TV Awards
• Market research intelligence
• Distribution support for local market
  penetration
• Targeted support for local market development
• Cost R 7 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Production of local genre and content
• Establishment of South African Film Portfolio
• Targeted support for development
• Increasing volumes of production of specific
  genre films that reflect
  and develop a SA identity
• Production of indigenous language product
• Support for co-production projects
• Cost R 19 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Global positioning of the South African film
  industry
• NFVF marketing strategy in support of South
  Africa as a filmmaking destination and
  showcasing SA product andtalent at international
  markets and festivals
• Opening of new markets for South Africa product
  locally and internationally
• Cost R 2.5 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Development of NFVF corporate identity and brand
  equity
• Development of NFVF corporate identity and brand
  plan
• NFVF marketing strategy in support of NFVF
  corporate brand
• Cost R 2 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Capital formation, infrastructure and facilities
  development
• Content Industry Development Strategy
• Pilot for Infrastructure development projects
• Cost R 1.5 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Human Capital Development, education training
• Development of a National Film Education and
  Training Strategy
• Development of professional practitioners
• Bursaries for full-time and part-time education
  and training for new entrants and professionals
• Create access and opportunities to previously
  disadvantaged individuals
• Incubator Development Programme
• Cost R 9.3 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Growing NFVF stature, structure and capacity
• Develop fund raising strategy and recoupment
  policy
• Develop administrative and operational support
  systems
• Increase personnel capacity
• Co-production management
• Cost R 8.7 million

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PROGRAMMES (cont)

• Sound leadership, governance and management
• Corporate Governance and management
• Statutory compliance
• Risk assessment and management strategy
• Intergovernmental stakeholder relations
• Feasibility study for the establishment of
  Trading Entity
• Cost R 2.6 million

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CHALLENGES

• Funding of projects
• - The NFVF is unable to fund as many projects as
  in previous years
• - The rand value attributable to projects will
  decline
• Staff Capacity
• - Key positions currently vacant
• - Current staff overburdened due to lack of
  resources
• NFVF ACT
• - Administration expenses exceeds maximum of 25
• - Inability to meet all of the mandates set out
  in Act (e.g co-ordination of film at a National
  scale, policy development, conduct industry
  research, management of co-production treaties)

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CHALLENGES (cont)

• Other Statutory Obligation
• Non compliance with PFMA due to lack of
  resources, e.g. Supply Chain Management, Risk
  management, Materiality Framework and Records
  management
• NFVF Programmes
• Inability to implement NFVF programmes
  effectively
• The incrementalist budget approach is clearly not
• sufficient to deal with the institutional
  requirements for
• service delivery

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IMPACT OF FEATURE FILM FUND

• Mar01 Mar02 Mar03 Mar04 Mar05 Mar06
• Production
• Documentary 15 14 11 40 28 6
• Features 1 3 5 13 7 2
• Shorts 5 8 7 7 2 0
• Animation 1 1 1 1 2 0
• RD
• Documentary 14 8 11 25 14 2
• Features 12 2 2 16 26 7
• Shorts 0 3 2 3 3 0
• Animation 0 1 1 1 2 0
• TV Series 13 1 1 5 0 0
• Training
• Bursaries 12 19 22 37 75 64
• Programs 15 5 6 8 7 3
• DM 5 4 8 8 9 8

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IMPACT OF FEATURE FILM FUND (cont)

• Increased funding to other genres especially
  documentaries
• Increased funding to training progammes
• Increased number of bursary students funded
• Support given to of more local film festivals
• Increased participation at international
  festivals

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FEATURE FILMS

• Tsotsi
• Drum
• Forgiveness
• Max Mona
• The Flyer
• The Story of an African Farm
• Twist
• U-Carmen eKhayelisha
• Wooden Camera
• Yesterday
• Zulu Love Letter
• 34 South
• God is African
• Promised Land
• Proteus

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DOCUMENTARIES

• South African Love Story
• Born into the Struggle
• Maxine's Journey
• Es'Kia Mphahlele
• Karoo Kitar Blues
• Crayfish Catchers
• The Legacy of Muhammad
• Spirits of The Uhadi
• Sabrina
• A South African Christmas
• Sophiatown

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TRAINING PROJECTS

• AVEA
• SCRAWL
• CVET
• SASWA
• WITS Feedback Project
• The Animation Workshop
• 64 Bursaries

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MARKETS FESTIVALS

• Local markets festivals supported
• Sithengi
• Apollo
• North West Film Festival
• Durban International Film Festival
• Soweto Arts Festival
• 3 Continents Film Festival
• Encounters Documentary Festival
• International markets and festivals attended
• Cannes
• Toronto
• Venice
• Berlin
• Rotterdam
• Fespako