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PRODUCTION Malta / South Africa

Scerri-Ferrante's company strengthens links with Film Afrika

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- The Producer's Creative Partnership (PCP) announces expansion of its European operations into South Africa

Maltese company The Producer’s Creative Partnership (PCP) has announced an extension of it activities to South Africa thanks to a new affiliation with Cape Town-based production outfit Film Afrika.

The PCP’s new office in Cape Town aims to increase the number co-productions between Europe and South Africa making use of existing co-production treaties that are already in place with Italy, Germany, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom.  South Africa offers ideal climate conditions and a large diversity of locations – able to portray many countries - as well as a strong infrastructure and professional crews.

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According to PCP’s founding producer Malcolm Scerri-Ferrante: “The attractiveness of South Africa as a cost-efficient destination will enable more European films with challenging budgets to be made when otherwise they would be difficult to realize. Such co-productions often help bring to the screen each producing country’s cultural identity and also giving a global perspective to a personal story.”

David Wicht, executive producer and owner of Film Afrika, said: “These are exciting times for South Africa as more and more producers are wanting to film here. We offer world-class skills across all department, English as 1st language, great cost-efficiency, a personalized and hands-on approach and a focus on creating unbeatable production values on screen.”

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