Dear Friends

I'm the Acquisitions Co-ordinator of an independent, free-to-air television station based in the Western Cape, South Africa. Cape Town TV would like to propose a system that provides exposure to [both local and international] filmmakers. Please take a read and should any questions arise just pop me an email.

Best Regards
Lendyll Naicker

A PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT & STUDENT FILMMAKERS

Cape Town Television (CTV) is a non-profit organization established as a community television service to serve the greater Cape Town metropolitan region and has been broadcasting since September 2008. CTV is interested in all genres of filmmaking and encourages filmmakers to submit their films for broadcast.

Access to film festivals in Cape Town have generally been very limiting to the majority of people living here- owing to where cinemas are based and the cost of attending the screening. As such, Cape Town TV would like to propose a system that will take these important voices to the small screen.

We are encouraging filmmakers to use CTV as a medium through which independent work can be showcased ? whether it is shot on cell phones, consumer video cameras or more high-end cameras. We have a potential audience of 2.5 million people living in our footprint. We do not limit our acquisitions to local films but also actively seek national and international content

CTV is committed to providing local audiences with independent, alternative media that would promote freedom of expression and access to information. This would in turn empower people to tell their own stories. We are not in the position to pay licensing fees currently, but we do provide non-exclusive broadcast. A twenty second sting with contact details could be attached at the start and end of all content received, providing filmmakers with added exposure and a platform to market their work.

More information on the channel is available on our website http://www.capetowntv.org

Send your DVD/s (Marked CTV Film Fest) to:

Lendyll Naicker
Acquisitions Co-ordinator
P.O Box 13863
Mowbray
7705
Cape Town
South Africa
Email: [email protected]

Kind Regards

Lendyll Naicker
Cape Town TV Acquisitions Co-ordinator
Tel: +27 21 448 0448
Mobile: +27 73 585 0034
Email: [email protected]