JHB: Coal Stove Awards – Invest in SA Film
We’ve been supporting Coal Stove since we met the boys Scottness and Wandi back at the Loeries in 2005.. they were just finishing their film studies that year (they shared a blurry golden moment with us never to be forgotten 😉 ) … Anyway point is they’ve come a long way since that starry-eyed Margate weekend … their production company Coal Stove, together with their friends and firm collaborators (like our favourite inner city venue Private Practice) have put together the SECOND year of Coal Stove film screenings fondly known as ‘Off the Shelf’ events. Their bottom-up non-wavering efforts towards uplifting the SA film-making industry culminates in the COAL STOVE award ceremony taking place next Sunday, where guests are ingeniously asked to pay R100 entrance fee which will enable ‘ordinary people to participate in the empowerment of the South African movie business‘ … HOW? Because the winner of the Coal Stove Audience Choice Award on the night will receive all the monies collected to make their movie. Read all about it below. Get to the ceremony on Sunday. And support young SA film makers. NOW.Â
SUNDAY MARCH 8TH 2009
6:30 PM TILL LATE
CELEBRATING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE VERY BEST
WORK SCREENED AT OFF THE SHELF IN 2008.
Most Dramatic Moment, Most Awesome Animation, Outstanding Editing, Best Cinematography, Most Impressive Acting, Most Experimental Experimental, Best True Life, Coolest Special Effects, Flyest Title Sequence, Most Original Script , Funniest Moment and The Coal Stove Audience Choice Award.
FEATURING
DJS and LIVE PERFORMANCES
History will be made in downtown Jo’burg’s PRIVATE PRACTICE on March 8th. Why? Because the 2nd Annual Coal Stove Awards® will be held in celebration of the newest and freshest locally created films of 2008/9.
On the last Sunday of every month, Coal Stove Pictures, a Johannesburg film production company, screens movies by independent and student filmmakers at an event dubbed Off The Shelf™. To celebrate its second year of screenings, Off The Shelf™ will host the 2nd Annual Coal Stove Awards®. Awards will be given for the Most Dramatic Moment, Most Awesome Animation, Outstanding Editing, Best Cinematography, Most Impressive Acting, Most Experimental Experimental, Best True Life, Coolest Special Effects, Flyest Title Sequence, Most Original Script , Funniest Moment and the Coal Stove Audience Choice Award.
But that’s not all.
The 2nd Annual Coal Stove Awards® is also the launch of M.E.E Movies®. M.E.E. stands for Movie Economic Empowerment. M.E.E Movies® represent an opportunity for ordinary people to participate in the empowerment of the South African movie business.
This is how it works… On the 8th of March each attendant of the Coal Stove Awards® will be issued with an I.O.U card when they pay at the door(R100.00). All the money collected will go towards funding the film that will be made by the winner of the coveted Coal Stove Audience Choice Award. In other words every attendee is a film investor. Three months after the M.E.E Movie® is completed, I.O.U cards can be exchanged for your R100-00 and a copy of the DVD.
Why is this cool?
Firstly, it’s fun! The M.E.E. Movies® launch party is hosted in one of Johannesburg’s undiscovered hot spots. PRIVATE PRACTICE is in the heart of the city with one of the most breathtaking panoramic views of the Jozi skyline. In addition, a fully stocked and licensed bar with a hot line-up of DJ’s will see the tunes blasting till the early hours of the morning.
Secondly, it’s a challenge! It’s daring and gutsy for both the audience and the filmmakers as they are united in achieving a common goal. Of course you add a sense of devilish fun by announcing that the film will be directed by a person who doesn’t even know that they are directing it until the very last minute.
Thirdly, it’s only fair! It empowers the crowd that has loyally supported Off The Shelf™ for the last two years. For the first time innovative (and cool) South Africans with an eye for the movie business will get a chance to be involved directly in the creation of a local movie.
Lastly! Not only do you get to invest directly in a film, but you also get your name in the credits, regular updates via the film’s blog as well as that warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing you have contributed to the future of SA film.
How do you become an investor? Simply buy your I.O.U card at the door on Sunday March 8th at PRIVATE PRACTICE on the Top Floor of the Lister Medical Building, 195 Jeppe Street entrance on Bree. Ample underground parking is available.
