Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
With over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, having lead the Marketing and Communications team of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, the national agency tasked with creating an enabling environment for film, Azania has represented the interests of filmmakers both South African and African, as well as their film product globally. She currently runs a Content and Production company alongside Locations Africa, builds marketing and digital strategies for content promotion and is the co-founder of www.bozapix.com the stock footage and imagery website for African imagery. Azania facilitates local and international filmmakers to shoot across the continent. Her driving aim is to position Africa as a key destination for Content production and distribution of African content. Locations Africa is dream come true as a promotion and information platform to promote Africa’s ability and response to you shooting and producing in Africa
Logistics & Operations
Logistics & Operations
Sam September is a Unit and Logistics Manager, having worked across the continent on various sets and live productions. He serves as a critical part of the team as the head of logistics for our events and as advisory to producers wanting to shoot on location. His career spans 25 years in logistics.
Advisory Panel
Advisory Panel
Lethepu is a seasoned Business Leader. Her diverse career started at Unilever and involved multiple brand leadership roles, international assignments as well as a secondment to the International Marketing Council of South Africa to help create the brand positioning for the country. With some of her key strengths such as Business, Project and Team Leadership, she joined the FIFA 2010 World Cup Organizing Committee in 2007 as the Head of Marketing Operations. The role entailed impeccable delivery of the World Cup Operations & enthusing South Africans to rally behind the event whilst creating a legacy. Following this assignment, she established her own Marketing and Strategy consultancy and worked with a variety of Blue-Chip organisations, Government ministries and associated agencies. She made the famous “U-Turn” and returned to Unilever in 2014 as Personal Care Marketing Director before being appointed in 2017 as Vice President: Home Care Southern Africa and currently holds the position as Vice President, Home care Africa. Lethepu Holds a BSc Degree from Rhodes University and a Masters in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa.
Advisory Panel
Advisory Panel
Martin Cuff is a creative industries specialist with twenty five years experience developing and promoting creativity across all five continents. With projects from Peru to Georgia to Indonesia – as well as all across Africa – Martin works to support countries, cities and regions to build cutting-edge programmes that create jobs, boost tourism and unlock opportunities for citizens. Martin is the former Executive Director of the Association of Film Commissioners International and the Colorado Film Commission, and the former Chief Operations Officer of the Cape Film Commission, the Cape Town Film Office and the Southern African International Film and Television Market. He is currently Advisor on Creative Industries and Tourism to Prime Minister Brnabic of Serbia, Strategic Advisor to Serbia Creates, the national brand platform, and Content Director for Serbia at the Dubai 2020 World Expo.
Advisory Panel
Advisory Panel
A Sales & Marketing professional with over 20 years of experience in advertising sales within the film, tv & commercials industry. Currently she is working as new business and sales manager at the London based publishing house Boutique Editions. Integral in planning and implementing promotion strategies on publications – Location International Magazine and Lions Daily News, official publishing partner at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Formerly also consulted for the Cannes Lions Festival where she was responsible for client care. She has also consulted for the well-respected publication International Film Guide, responsible for new business partnerships, sponsorships with film commissions and film festivals worldwide. She has been a member of the jury and critic at film festivals in India.Lisa has co-founded Hero Productions Belgrade – a full production service company specialising in delivering a high-quality service in all aspects of productions. Working with feature films, TV series, commercials, music video, documentaries and photo shoots. Lisa also owns and runs Lisa Ray Represents whereby she is responsible for promoting clients from various industries and currently has 2 projects in the pipeline – a feature film and a docu-series (more to follow).
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