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The South African Film Industry Podcast. Interviews with people from all fields in the South African film industry. Learn how they got there, how they see the South African industry and how we stand up on an international level . Celebrate this temperamental, but mostly magical industry with actress, voice artist, stunt woman and all-round nerd Toni Jean Erasmus. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @thesafipod Email with your thoughts and questions: thesafipod@gmail.com
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I have finally gotten my priorities in order and am back with some awesome content for all my listeners, lockdown has been a test. I know the industry is in a strange place but here is a ray of sunshine, props master Kerry von Lillienfeld. We chat about how he got started, his absolute love for fabricating awesome new gadgets for film and tv, the e…
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We’re adapting to the times and going remote. This week I sat down virtually with Grant Powell, stuntman, coordinator, fight choreographer, storyteller, student and teacher. We went on many a tangent but really dug into the attitude, perseverance and passion required to make it in this industry. Make sure to follow Grant on Instagram @powell321 to …
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Nadine Theron is a dancer, stunt woman, actress and small business owner her in Cape Town. She went from small town dreamer to successful freelancer in the film and entertainment industry. When there wasn’t work she made it, she dove head first into stunts, acting and production management and hasn’t looked back since. We talk about the joys of bei…
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This week I sat down with continuity and script supervisor Kim Robinson. She is a ray of sunshine that like me just loves the idea of cerebrating the South African Film Industry and all the phenomenal people in it. She has even created a book about just that called A World Behind The Camera. We chatted about her job, what it actually means to be a …
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Episode 19 - Happy New Year the floor is yours
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For my last interview of 2019 I bring you the beautiful and talented Jo Galloway. Trained in Musical Theatre at the Waterfront Theatre School here in Cape Town she traveled the world with some amazing shows before packing her bag and taking the plunge into the big pool of LA. That was 8 years ago and since then she has built her career as an actres…
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This episode is about business, investors and marketing your craft but without losing that love of the art and the passion for growth in our industry and our beautiful country. I sat down with Monica Rorvik the head of the Film and Media Department at Wesgro. They are in charge of promoting the Western Cape as a filming location and media creation …
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This week we chat with local actress Anlia van Rensburg. We go through her journey from Musical Theatre training to children theatre, to indy film and television to well known villain in the Afrikaans soap Getroud Met Rugby. We chat about her decision to leave the show and move full time to Cape Town to sink her teeth into the many international pr…
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This week we talk the gaming industry in South Africa. The film and game industries have much more in common than you may think, there is so much we can learn from each other and there are countless ways we can look to collaborating and creating together. I interviewed Nicholas Hall, founder of the Make Games SA forum and CEO of IESA, International…
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Matt Esof is a stunt performer and entrepreneur here in Cape Town. He was thrown in the deep end a short 5 years ago when asked to be a double for an actor on Resident Evil 6 die to his high level Taekwondo experience. After that he was hooked and started working to build himself a career in the film industry. He’s had some ups and downs, crazy mom…
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This week we sit down with actor/director Daniel Lasker. After moving to Cape Town from his home town of Bulawayo Zimbabwe two years ago he has gone from strength to strength as an actor, director, writer, casting assistant and so much more. We talk about getting into the film industry, the importance of surrounding yourself with like minded people…
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Part 2 of our interview is filled with crazy stories and a tonne of inspiration for young actors and filmmakers. We chat about Ryans directing style, get a look into the making of Fried Barry and he gives some great insight into the Festival system and how directors can use it to their advantage. All in all we realised we’re the same type of nerd a…
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Ryan Kruger decided eleven years ago to make South Africa his home base and hasn't looked back since. He is and actor and director most known for his unique directing style that has helped create some really memorable music videos for our local artists and has really taken control of his career by starting to direct his own experimental short films…
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Episode 10 - SA Horror Fest (Part 2)
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Sadly our Horror Fest special must come to an end but Part 2 of my interview with Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg is filled to brim with festival chat, horror cinema discussions and a few rabbit holes. We talk about violence in cinema, the unfair labels placed on lovers of alternative media, the life of an independent freelance creative, meeting yo…
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Episode 9 - SA Horror Fest (Part 1)
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October means Halloween and what better way to celebrate than by interviewing the founders of our very own South African Horror Fest Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg. We chat about where it all started and how the Horror Fest has grown into an internationally recognised film festival. We go on many a tangents about horror movies, music and our appre…
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This week we head behind the scenes with unit stills photographer Graham Bartholomew. We chat about what his job entails, researching cinematic styles, finding the right moments on set for the best shot and capturing the unique experience of filmmaking. It has really given me a new appreciation for what he does and will make you look at his beautif…
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Part 2 of our interview with stunt woman Lana Katz. We chat about her joining the board of SASA, the South African Stunt Association, what it has done for the stunt community in South Africa and what we are hoping for in the future of our industry. We touch on her adventurous turn as a reality TV start in The Longest Date where she to her own surpr…
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Settle in for Part 1 of my interview with South African stunt woman Lana Katz. We had such a great time I couldn't possibly cut it down to just one episode. This week we talk about how Lana got into the industry, her amazing leap out of a ten year career in advertising into her dream job of being a super hero in cinema. The universe threw some pers…
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Shana Mans is an up and coming South African actress to watch out for. We chat about her unique path into becoming a full time actress, the value of understanding what goes on behind the scenes in the pre production process of film making and some great insight into staying positive and always working on yourself as a person in order to portray ful…
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I know it looks long but it is totally worth it. Accent and dialect coach Richard Wright Firth (known for playing Muldoon in the series Black Sails) sat with me to talk about his work on set helping actors find their voices. We talk about the South African Film Industry, what makes South African performers unique and his hope for the future of acce…
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Brian Wentzel is an armorer at Hire Arms in Cape Town, a company dedicated to providing weapons to the film industry. We talk about his favourite part of the job, some of the intricacies of guns through the ages and why South Africa is an industry to be reckoned with. He shares some amazing stories of working all over the world and how someone woul…
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David Wayne Smith is an independent film maker as well as a storyboard artist and creative researcher at Egg Films in Cape Town. In this interview we talk about how he got into storyboarding and the advertising industry. The things he has learnt along the way and the connections he has made that have helped him pursue his own passion of making movi…
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Shaun Verth is a parkour and free running athlete and a talented South African stunt performer. In this interview we talk about his start in the film industry, his first opportunities as a stunt man and lead stunt double on some amazing productions and his recent international adventures. We have a great chat about staying humble, always learning a…
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Episode 0 - The SAFI Pod, Who? What? and Why?
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A short intro episode to share a little bit about who you are listening to and how this podcast came to be in the first place. Get in touch with us via email at thesafipod@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @thesafipod for updates on interviews and news about the pod . . Intro music by The Heatley Bros Royalty Free Music "Damn Girl" Art by Ben Gelden…
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