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LISFF High School Edition

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Nelson Mandela’s Bay’s unique film festival, Lavuth’ iBhayi Short Film Festival (LISFF), has returned for its third edition and this time around, not only are Mzansi’s high school creatives taking centre stage, but the festival has gone online!

LISFF differs from other festivals because it doesn’t only provide an exhibition platform, but also generates original content produced by emerging filmmakers.

So, if you’re a student currently attending any high school in South Africa and you have a story to share with the world, start working on your masterpiece today!

The third edition of the festival will be the first to be held online, which, according to Festival Director, Denise Roodt, is a necessary measure during the Covid-19 pandemic and an exciting opportunity to reach a wider audience.

“After selling out entire cinemas at last year’s two Lavuth’ iBhayi Festivals, it is a bitter-sweet pill to swallow to move the festival online. But we feel that hosting an online festival will not only be safer for all the participants involved but also a great opportunity to reach an even wider audience than the previous two festivals combined. We are also doubly excited to be focusing this edition on high school students because the future success of South Africa’s film industry lies in their hands,” Roodt said.

The films themselves are not the only elements of the festival to be moving online. Additional content to assist high school filmmakers to make award-winning entries for this year’s edition is being released across all of the festival’s digital platforms.

According to Roodt, “A seven-part series of training videos, called Film School, is being released online and screened on television. Film School shows high school students how they can use

resources available to them during lockdown to produce their entries. The series showcases some of the best films from last year’s festivals to ignite the creativity of high school students and includes lessons delivered by lecturers from the festival’s training partner, The Media Workshop.”

Film School broadcast’s on Mpuma Kapa (Formerly BayTV) on Fridays at 16:00, starting on Friday, the 7th of August 2020.

LISFF High School Edition is accepting submissions in three categories: Fact, Fiction and Performance. For more information on the categories, visit www.lavuthibhayi.com.

LISFF High School Edition will culminate in a three-day online screening and talk-shop (24-27 September), and film submission entries close at 11:59 PM, 20th September 2020.

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