Star animation duo at Talia Productions scoop top prize
They could not contain themselves as they jumped on stage, smiling from ear to ear. Talia Sanhewe and Nandi Zulu of Talia Productions had just been announced the winners of the Turner Kids’ Animation pitching competition at Discop Africa. The two film and television producers had faced fierce competition for the prize from five other finalists. Their dream of producing their first animation film was becoming a reality as the Cape Town-based film and media studies graduates from the University of Cape Town pocketed the $2,000 prize. Discop Africa is the continent’s multiplatform marketplace for film and television. The Kids’ Animation pitching competition gave African producers and storytellers a chance to present their original productions to a panel of local and international experts, buyers and commissioning editors. "We are very excited about this because animation is expensive, compared to, say, producing a TV series of documentaries," says Sanhewe. "Besides the cash prize, whic...
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