The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has announced the launch of the ThuThuka Co-Development Fund, valued at R1.4m per year, in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund.
In total, four projects will be supported each year. These projects will consist of two films from South Africa and the Netherlands respectively.
The Thuthuka Co-Development Fund will finance fiction and non-fiction feature films, which will include documentaries and animation. South Africa and the Netherlands will each contribute over R700,000 to the fund annually.
Makhosazana Khanyile, CEO of the NFVF, said, “The word ‘Thuthuka’ means ‘to develop’, and as an agency mandated to create equitable growth for the film industry, partnerships like this are another way in which we remain committed to ensuring we bring life to meaningful collaborations.”
More information about the fund can be found will be available at www.nfvf.co.za once the application process has been finalized.
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