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VELOCITY AND BOUFFANT TAKE A BRONZE EACH AT CANNES

Velocity Films and sister company, Bouffant, each walked away with a Bronze Lion at last week’s Cannes Film Awards.

Velocity was awarded for the much-loved Allan Gray “Legend” commercial directed by Keith Rose which was created by King James Cape Town. Bouffant received metal for Black River F.C.’s hilarious “So Backwards” spot for 1st for Women Insurance which was directed by Dean Blumberg.

Comments Velocity founding partner and executive producer, Barry Munchick, “We are really delighted two have walked away with two awards this year, particularly when there were only three awards given for South African work in total.”

VELOCITY AND BOUFFANT SHORTLISTED FOR 12 CANNES FILM AWARDS

Velocity Films and sister-company Bouffant have been shortlisted for no fewer than 12 Film Awards at this year’s Cannes Film Lions.
Three Velocity directors are in the running for metal:
· Keith Rose – Allan Gray “Legend”
· Anton Visser – Stimorol “New Guy”
· Greg Gray – Tetrapak “Roy Sullivan”

Bouffant had a whopping nine spots make the cut at the shortlist stage. Included amongst those were:

Erik van Wyk –
Medal Paints “Cat”
Medal Paints “Knickers”
BP 2010 World Cup “Café Owners vs. Mamas”
BP 2010 World Cup “Car Guards vs. Boytjies.”

Dean Blumberg – 1st for Women Insurance “So Backward”

Fringe director Chloe Coetsee had four of her Apartheid Museum commercials shortlisted for an award.

Comments by Velocity Films founding partner and executive producer, Barry Munchick, “We are obviously thrilled to have so many Film finalists, especially for our young directors at Bouffant and Fringe. The fact that we have so many directors shortlisted is testimony to the level of excellence amongst our directors and we are extremely proud to have them produce work under the Velocity and Bouffant names.”

The final awards will be handed out this Saturday night at the Cannes Film Lions Ceremony.

VELOCITY APPOINTS HANA MATTAR

Velocity Films has appointed Asian producer, Hana Mattar to market the company and its directors in Asia.

Born and raised in Singapore, Mattar has 14 years of experience in advertising and TV production in Asia during which time she has, amongst other things, produced television commercials, documentaries, promos and magazine programs.

Mattar will be based in Singapore and will travel to Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam and other Asian territories to further Velocity’s business interests with the agencies and their co-production partners in these countries.

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Highlights

• Keith Rose - Allan Gray - Legend
• Greg Gray - Tetra Pak - Lightning
• Greg Gray - BMW - Free Diver
• Anton Visser - Stimorol - New Guy
• Adrian De Sa Garces - Lexus - A Moment More
• Adrian De Sa Garces - Vodacom - We've Been Having It
• Keith Rose - Allan Gray - Beautiful
• Greg Gray - MTN - The Clap
• Gunn Report - 2009

Contact Us

Johannesburg
38 Wessel Road, Rivonia, South Africa
Telephone: +27 11 807 0100
Facsimile: +27 11 807 1208

Cape Town
30 Keerom Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 424 4971
Facsimile: +27 21 424 6244

For International Affiliates
Please contact Barry Munchick barry@velocityfilms.com or Nicola Valentine nicola@velocityfilms.com

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Key People

Barry Munchick – Proprietor
barry@velocityfilms.com
+27 (0)82 552 6582

Peter Carr – Executive Producer
peter@velocityfilms.com
+27 (0)83 377 6566

Nicola Valentine – Executive Producer
nicola@velocityfilms.com
+27 (0)83 400 0404

Carmen Amos – Production Services
carmen@velocityfilms.com

Ange Ramsay – PR and Marketing
ange@velocityfilms.com

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