South African Film Industry Is Facing A Crisis Due To Mismanagement And Nepotism: Here's What Can Be Done

Weeam Williams

The South African film industry is in a state of decline, with our only national film fund, the NFVF, continuing to be mismanaged and marred by nepotism. The ethos that governs the allocation of funds seems driven more by personal connections than by merit or artistic excellence.

As a founder of the African Film DAO, I have written multiple times on behalf of our South African community to both the executives at the NFVF and the Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture DSAC, yet our calls for dialogue and reform have gone unanswered.

Our last letter to the NFVF clearly outlined instances of corruption and requested recusals of certain NFVF staff and council members from projects where conflicts of interest are presented.

We have been met with deafening silence.