Cape Town World Cinema Festival

Director

Francois Verster

François Verster has a wide background in writing, music, academia and film. After completing a MA degree at the University of Cape Town he worked in the film industry in New York and Britain.

Verster’s documentary director/producer debut, Pavement Aristocrats: The Bergies of Cape Town, was broadcast on SABC3, Canal Plus and the prestigious YLE-TV2 (Finland) and received worldwide acclaim.

His subsequent celebrated films, The Story of “Mbube”, The Man who would Kill Kitchener, The Granite War, Guilty and When the War is Over have all won prestigious local and international awards and screened at festivals around the world. In 1998, Francois formed the Cape Town-based Undercurrent Film & Television. 

Associated Films
Filmography

The Mother's House

Directors In Competition

The Department of Communications The Government of the Western Cape City of Cape Town National Film & Video Foundation Department of Arts & Culture SABC
 
Film Festival Rotterdam
Berlinale
Goteborg Film Festival
Department of Trade & Industry
Cape Film Commission
Cape Town Western Cape
Good Hope FM
Video Lab
Goethe Institut
IDC Industrial Development Corporation
Italian Embassy
Jameson
Knowledge Focus
Nu Metro
Royal Knight
SABC Africa
Ster Kinekor
Tempest Sixt
TNT
Unesco
Design Indaba 09
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