SAASP

Invitation to Meeting

Administrator — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:01:06 +0000

Dear Colleague The Commercial Producers Association and the South African Association of Stills Producers have asked me to host a meeting with locations professionals in Cape Town. The purpose of this meeting would be to discuss problems you have encountered this past season in order for me to bring these problems up with the relevant [...]

SAASP appoints new Management

Administrator — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:27:04 +0000

Posted in Uncategorized

The South African Association of Stills Producers (SAASP) has appointed Rudi Riek as the new head of the organization. Rudi is a locations expert who has over 17 years experience in the region’s film and television industry, particularly as one of Cape Town’s most successful and respected Unit Location Managers. With clear insight [...]

CFC LOCATIONS MEETING TALKING POINTS

martin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:00:05 +0000

Posted in Locations

As you are all aware the CFC has called for interested parties to attend an open meeting to voice concerns regarding locations. If you do decide to attend this session, herewith a few talking points. These are largely drawn from the 18 Point Location Manifesto of December 2007, none of which have been resolved with [...]

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Petition to the Premier & Mayor

martin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:33:41 +0000

Posted in Community,Industry,Locations

We, the Film Industry of the Western Cape and the broader business community allied thereto and which supplies the industry, generating enormous revenue for the Province, support the call by the CPA and SAASP to the Mayor of Cape Town and the Premier of the Western Cape to urgently address bureaucratic barriers to the industry’s [...]

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City Road Closures

martin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:03:54 +0000

Posted in Uncategorized

The following protest marches that have been permitted in the Cape Town CBD. 1) Thursday 25 August 2011 – IMATU – permission has granted for a protest march from: Keizersgracht to the Civic Centre via Keizersgracht St – Tennant St – Oswald Pirow St – left onto the road leading to the station deck, where [...]

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Meeting the City

martin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:13:25 +0000

Posted in Community

On Wednesday, SAASP and the CPA are meeting Councillor Grant Pascoe, who has taken over the film sector portfolio from Felicity Purchase. Please click the link for our Stills & TVC Economic Overview regarding the economic impacts of stills and tv commercials on the Cape Town economy.

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RELOCATION OF THE CAPE TOWN FILM PERMIT OFFICE

martin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:46:57 +0000

Posted in CTFPO

The City of Cape Town`s Economic and Human Development Department, INCLUDING THE FILM PERMIT OFFICE, has relocated to: 14th Floor, Main Tower, Standard Bank Building, 2 Heerengracht, corner Hertzog Boulevard, Foreshore as from 30 May 2011. NEW FILM PERMIT OFFICE CONTACT NUMBERS The new office number for the CTFPO are as follows: Film Permit Office: [...]

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Online Film Location Booking System

martin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:48:26 +0000

Posted in CTFPO,Locations

The City of Cape Town Online Film Location Booking System will be re-activated on 4 July 2011. All the previous bugs have been fixed, further enhancements made and, in accordance with requests from industry that the re-activation occurs during the off-season, the system the online system will be operational as from 4 July 2011. The [...]

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Key Dates from the CTFPO

martin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:23:44 +0000

Posted in CTFPO

Could this possibly be the start of a new era of accountability and communication from the CTFPO. Credit where credit’s due – this is more useful information, further in advance, than we’ve ever had the pleasure of before. Let’s hope they sustain it. CTFPO ALERTS: LIFECYCLE WEEK, CAPE ARGUS CYCLE TOUR, CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ [...]

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SAASP and CPA resign from Cape Film Commission

martin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:29:49 +0000

Posted in Cape Film Commission

STATEMENT TO THE INDUSTRY FROM CPA & SAASP March 1st 2011 Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform you of the decision taken last week by the CPA and SAASP to resign our membership and board participation of the Cape Film Commission with immediate effect and also of the mass resignation of our members from [...]

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