The competition is in its third year and is held in conjunction with General Post, an agency that supplies clients with staff for digital media and post-production projects.
General Post's MD, Kirsty Galliard, said the competition has been growing each year. "You will never be rich as a filmmaker in this country, but if you're passionate about the industry and you enter and win such a competition, you're definitely made."
Interested people can apply on the agency's website (www.generalpost.co.za) and attend a workshop on 26 May 2012, before they are expected to submit proposals for judging by 22 June. No film or broadcast experience is needed.
Once all the entries have been received, the panel will whittle them down to about 15. Budding filmmakers will be expected to pitch their script ideas on 2 July 2012. Following that, the judges will again cut down the list to three finalists, to be announced on 7 July 2012. The finalists will then be expected to produce their films, with the mentoring of the production companies.
The competition will culminate in a gala event on 11 October, at which the finalists' films will be screened and a winner announced. The winner will receive a paid one-year internship at one of the partnering production companies.
Source: The Times via I-Net Bridge
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