Hopeville wins two SAFTA awards and receives nine nominations at
Hopeville wins two SAFTA awards and receives nine nominations at
The Hopeville feature film, which was released nationally in South Africa in September 2010, has been making in-roads at the international film festivals and awards events.
Hopeville is a film produced by Heartlines, which is a beneficiary of the Convergence Partners Foundation.
The Hopeville feature film won two SAFTA Awards for Best Production Design (Karel Flint) and Best Lead Actor (Themba Ndaba). Other nominations included Best Cinematography, Best Editor, Best Hair/Make-up and Best Music composition.
In addition, Hopeville has received nine nominations for the AMAA, (African Movie Academy Awards) including:
The 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards, now in its 7th year, will take place from March 21 to 27 in Yenagoa, Nigeria.
Hopeville was first developed by HEARTLINES, Curious Pictures and SABC Education as a six part mini-series which was broadcast on SABC. The mini series went on to win a Rose’Dor in Switzerland and a coveted nomination at the International Emmy’s in New York City.
Hopeville will also be screening at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, FESPACO in Burkina Faso, Afrika Film Festival in Belgium and Tiburon Film Festival in California.
HEARTLINES CEO, Dr Garth Japhet, said that he was thrilled that the film, which has a compelling message of ordinary citizens taking action for the good of the community, was reaching audiences worldwide. “With this film, and the previous series of eight award-winning values-based films, HEARTLINES is making a significant contribution to building the social fabric, not only of South Africa, but internationally as well.”