Right Eye for short films
28 February 2006 The Right Eye Film Festival, a search for South Africa's top short film, takes place in Cape Town from 17 - 23 March.
The winning film running at less than 11 minutes will be acquired by Ster-Kinekor for big screen and DVD release with an appropriate feature film.
Right Eye will offer audiences the opportunity to enjoy South African filmmaking's emerging talent on the big screen.
'Highly entertaining'
"The Right Eye Film Festival will be highly entertaining showing well-constructed story-lines, character development, exceptional production design, animation and special effects," says Lilian Baksalevowicz, founder of Filmmaker South Africa, the online community for the South African film industry.
The festival will also honour filmmakers by selecting the best films in each of the categories: best film, best director and best animation.
"The Right Eye Film Festival, which runs concurrently to the Cape Town Festival, aims to promote upcoming talent and of established directors to provide a platform for breaking into the mainstream film industry."
Filmmakers
The festival will showcase the works of both established directors, as well as the work of new directors and film students.
Many of the films on show have been featured, and won awards, at international festivals, such as Brett Melvill-Smith's Modder Koffie and Matthew Brown's Clowns.
Featured filmmakers include Suno Gonera, Aryan Kaganof, Thabang Moleya and Diana Keam showcasing SFX, animation, performance, storytelling, cinematography and production design.
Prolific experimental director Kaganof claims to have produced the world first Feature length movie shot entirely on cellphone. SMS Sugar Man was shot on eight cellphones for less than R1 million rand.
South African character
"With the film festival we aim to promote this emerging art form into the public eye with short films ranging from 5 to 30 minutes compiled into segments of 90 minutes to create a cinematic experience at each screening," said Baksalevowicz.
"Selected films are well constructed with unique South African character, the animations are of surreal beauty that can be strong contenders in the international market."
Source: filmmaker.co.za
