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A Conversation with Theresa Ryan – van Graan

Theresa Ryan – van Graan is a film producer. She heads up Penzance Films in conjunction with Oliver Hermanus and spent seven years as Head of Productions at Moonlighting Films. During this time, she was SA Production Executive on Season 4 of Homeland and actively involved in the servicing and pre-production of the films Invictus, Safe House, The Giver and Mad Max: Fury Road, amongst others. In addition to working with Oliver Hermanus on his previous film The Endless River, she is the co-producer of his latest film Moffie, which arrives in local cinemas on March 13th 2020.

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March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Culture, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Photography, Producer, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Television, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Advice, Conversation, Film, Filmmaker, Moffie, Moonlighting Films, Movie, Oliver Hermanus, Penzance Films, Producer, South Africa, Television, The Endless River, Theresa Ryan - van Graan, Women, Women in Film Leave a comment

A Conversation with Clementine Mosimane

For more than 25 years, Clementine Mosimane has been a well-known South African Television actress and is best known for her role in the SABC1 production Soul City, starring in the show from 1994 to 2003. Clementine starred in the M-Net soap opera The Wild as Mama Rose Tladi. She has also guest-starred in a number of Television series including Yizo Yizo, Rhythm City, Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond and Stash. Recently, Clementine has taken on the recurring role of Aunt Thembi in the soap opera series Zabalaza, and also starred in the eTV telenovela Gold Diggers. Now, Clementine has lent her extraordinary talent to starring as Poppie Nongena in Christiaan Olwagen’s screen adaptation of Elsa Joubert’s novel, The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena. With the film releasing nationwide on January 31st, Clementine has already been awarded the 2019 Silwerskerm award for Best Actress in a Feature Film for her performance in Poppie Nongena. Continue reading →

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Artist, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Television, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, WomxnTags: Actor, Actress, Advice, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Christiaan Olwagen, Clementine Mosimane, Conversation, Elsa Joubert, Film, Gold Diggers, KykNet, Mama Rose Tladi, Movie, Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond, Photography, Poppie Nongena, Rhythm City, Silwerskerm, Silwerskerm Fees, Soul City, South Africa, Stash, Television, The Wild, TV, Women, Yizo Yizo, Zabalaza 1 Comment

A Conversation with Nicola Hanekom

Nicola Hanekom has been a freelance actress, director and writer for the past twenty years. Her theatre work as writer/director includes a series of site-specific productions; Betésda, Lot, Babbel and Land van Skedels. As a writer and performer, Nicola created Trippie, and her self-penned one-woman show Hol/Running on Empty. These together with her latest play In glas have garnered twelve Kanna awards, eleven Fiësta awards, two ATKV writing awards and one Aartvark award. Nicola was also awarded the Eugène Marais Prize for her collection of plays Die pad byster. She has written and directed two short films, Trippie and Unspoken. Her short, Trippie won two Silwerskermfees awards. Cut-Out Girls is her first feature film and arrives in local cinemas on November 22nd.

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November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Author, Cape Town, Conversation, Director, Film, Filmmaker, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Playwright, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, SWIFT, Television, Theater, Theatre, Theatremaker, Uncategorized, Woman, Women, Womxn, writerTags: ACT, Actors, Actress, Advice, Babbel, Betésda, Cape Town, Conversation, Cut-Out Girls, Die pad byster, Director, Dwaalster, Film, Filmmaker, In glas, Land van Skedels, Lot, Movie, Nicola Hanekom, Performance, Photography, Television, Trippie, TV, Unspoken, Women, writer 1 Comment

A Conversation with Mariechen Vosloo

Mariechen Vosloo is a costume designer and actor. She received her BA Drama degree from Stellenbosch University in 2011. Mariechen has assisted designer Birrie Le Roux on various productions, some of which are West Side Story, Marat/Sade and The Inconvenience of Wings. Mariechen has also worked in the South African and international advertising and film industry. She was the costume supervisor on Christiaan Olwagen’s film Johnny is nie dood nie, and subsequently designed the costumes for Die Seemeeu and Kanarie, also directed by Olwagen. She was also costume designer for TV series Dwaalster and Die Spreeus. We sat down with her to chat about Die Seemeeu which arrives in select theatres on April 5th 2019. Continue reading →

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 by Sarafina Magazine Categories: Actor, Actress, Advice, Arts, Cape Town, Conversation, Costume Designer, Culture, Designer, Film, Interview, Now Playing, Performer, Photography, Production, Sarafina, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Theater, Theatre, Uncategorized, Woman, WomenTags: Actor, Actress, Afrikaans, Cape Town, Chekhov, Christiaan Olwagen, Conversation, Costume, Costume Designer, Die Seemeeu, Die Spreeus, Dwaalster, Film, Interview, Johnny is nie dood nie, Kanarie, Marche Media, Movie, Photography, Sarafina Magazine, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Television, The Seagull, TV Leave a comment

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