THE JOZI SUMMIT FILM FESTIVAL 2002

Between August 16 and September 4, an expansive film and audio-visual campaign, The Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002, will occur simultaneously with the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Gauteng. This is the first time ever, that key industry stakeholders, join forces in a local initiative of this nature. The significance of this collaboration is unprecedented.

The Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002 is intended to serve as model for future annual festivals. To be as inclusive as possible, it will be extended to township locations where media penetration is low.

This year's program comprises 682 screenings, 4 key Workshops and 10 Educational/training sessions. Screenings will take place at Ster Kinekor Sandton, NuMetro Village Walk, Ster Kinekor Southgate and Carlton, including NASREC Civil Society Conference Centre, Ubuntu Cultural Village and the Newtown Cultural Centre. A series of exhibitions will be set up at selected tertiary institutions, townships and Rural Multi Purpose Community Centres around Johannesburg (Jozi).

The festival line-up consists of over 100 feature films, documentaries, experimental films and shorts that will showcase thought provoking, entertaining and educative portrayals of matters relating to sustainable development. Film gurus will be in attendance at particular screenings to provide expert insight into and analysis of the films and to lead discussions.

The Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002 forms part of the parallel educational and cultural campaign planned for the World Summit and all screenings will be sponsored by the stakeholders of the festival.

The Festival will use film to ensure public participation and understanding of key summit issues. Secondly, The Jozi Summit Film Festival will communicate the current and existing national and international social development challenges and as well as their potential solutions.

Most importantly, the Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002 while providing a platform to exhibit the best films from the continent, the developing countries and the Diaspora, it intends to consolidate existing theatrical initiatives for African film currently in place (Nu Metro and Ster-Kinekor). In addition, it will convey an important message to all the stakeholders. The message that Africa, the developing nations and the Diaspora want socially and culturally relevant films. Top quality films that tell their stories; reflect their problems; address their needs and concerns, while entertainingly tussling with controversies around sustainable development issues.

The Jozi Summit Film Festival will be hosted by The Film Resource Unit (FRU) in ollaboration with the Johannesburg World Summit Company (JOWSCO), the Business Council for Sustainable Development SA (BCSD), Effect Media, ECOMOV, The Gauteng Film Office (GFO), ohannesburg Metropolitan Council (JMC), Johnnic Communications, The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), Nu Metro Filmed Entertainment, Southern African Communications for evelopment (SACOD), Ster Kinekor, The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and various other stakeholders from Government, corporate and civil societies across South Africa and internationally.

For more information contact:

Daphne Pooe-Jackson,
Media and Communications Officer
Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 011 340-9430
Fax: 011 340-9411

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