{"id":17224,"date":"2023-09-12T13:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/?p=17224"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:11:58","slug":"francois-verster-simon-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/en\/2023\/09\/12\/francois-verster-simon-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran\u00e7ois Verster &#8211; Simon Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17224\" class=\"elementor elementor-17224 elementor-17192\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec9864a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"ec9864a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8bf106\" data-id=\"e8bf106\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f223020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"f223020\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f74ee49\" data-id=\"f74ee49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f0039a elementor-widget elementor-widget-coppola_core_section_title\" data-id=\"8f0039a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"coppola_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--left \">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\tFRAN\u00c7OIS VERSTER\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f45164e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"f45164e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0994d97\" data-id=\"0994d97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24cb30f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24cb30f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/francois_verster_pic.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-17202\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/francois_verster_pic.png 768w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/francois_verster_pic-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/francois_verster_pic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/francois_verster_pic-650x650.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1645de3\" data-id=\"1645de3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d95682b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d95682b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.\u202f His films are acclaimed for their intimacy, social insight and formal innovation, and have all won local and international awards, showing at major global festivals and galleries such as IDFA, Toronto IFF, Hot Docs, Visions du Reel, AFI, MOMA New York, the Jeu de Paume Paris and the Sydney FF.\u202fHe produced, filmed and edited Shameela Seedat\u2019s films WHISPERING TRUTH TO POWER (2018) which won the Special Jury prize at Hot Docs, the prestigious 2019 African Studies Association Film Award, a Bronze Stallion at FESPACO and many other awards, as well as her follow up film AFRICAN MOOT (2022) which recently premiered at Hot Docs and we premiere in Spain in AFRIKALDIA.\u202fHe co-directed SCENES FROM A DRY CITY (2018), which won the World Press Photo Digital Online Video as well as multiple other awards, as well as GIRL, TAKEN (2022), currently on Paramount Plus.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Verster has taught documentary classes at Columbia University New York, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand and elsewhere, and has published on documentary in various journals and anthologies.\u202fHe currently convenes a think tank on creative documentary at the University of the Western Cape. He has appeared on various festival juries and has had ten festival retrospectives or special focus series on his work, most recently at Indiana University, Bloomington (USA).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-665c6ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"665c6ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fc6daa\" data-id=\"0fc6daa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed933fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed933fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">FILMOGRAPHY<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">1998 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pavement Aristocrats;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> documentary<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">1999 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Story of \u201cMbub<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">e\u201d; documentary<\/span><b> <\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">1999 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Man Who Would Kill Kitchener; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary<\/span><b> <\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2000 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Granite War; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2000 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Guilty; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tv movie <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2002 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Lion\u2019s Trail;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> documentary<\/span><b> <\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2002 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">When the War is Over; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2005 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Mothers\u2019 House; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2008 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sea Point Days; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2014 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Dream of Sharazad; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary<\/span><b> <\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2018 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Whispering Truth to Power; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary (producer) <\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2018 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Scenes from a Dry City; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary short <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(Director\/Producer)<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2022 <\/span><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">African Moot; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary (producer) <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2022<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Girl, Taken;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> documentary<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-821fda1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-coppola_core_button\" data-id=\"821fda1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"coppola_core_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-button qodef-layout--textual  qodef-skin--default qodef-html--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/scenes-from-a-dry-city\/\" target=\"_self\"  >\n\t<span class=\"qodef-m-text\">GO TO MOVIE &quot;Scenes from a Dry City&quot;<svg class=\"qodef-svg--button-arrow\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12.0148\" height=\"12.0143\"\n     viewBox=\"0 0 12.0148 12.0143\"><g><line x1=\"0.7071\" y1=\"11.3071\" x2=\"10.6066\" y2=\"1.4077\"\/><polyline points=\"1.015 1 11.015 1 11.015 11\"\/><\/g><g><line x1=\"0.7071\" y1=\"11.3071\" x2=\"10.6066\" y2=\"1.4077\"\/><polyline points=\"1.015 1 11.015 1 11.015 11\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba5d854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-coppola_core_section_title\" data-id=\"ba5d854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"coppola_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--left \">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\tSIMON WOOD \t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c907896 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"c907896\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5db626a\" data-id=\"5db626a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7894366 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"7894366\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a42b787\" data-id=\"a42b787\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf32d12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf32d12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Simon-Wood.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-17198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Simon-Wood.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Simon-Wood-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Simon-Wood-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Simon-Wood-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Simon-Wood-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f458de\" data-id=\"8f458de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4376c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc4376c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW70179387 BCX2\" style=\"direction: ltr;\"><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Simon Wood is an Emmy nominated filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa, whose films have screened at the world\u2019s largest film festivals and won numerous awards in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Wood\u2019s latest film, CONTAINER,\u202fpremiered at the 78th Venice IFF later screening at\u202fthe Tribeca Film Festival 2022. A collaboration with Indian artist Meghna Singh, it is the first VR film screened at Nobel Prize Giving Week in Sweden. Confronting slavery and capitalism through an ever-transforming shipping container, it makes the past present, the invisible visible, focusing on the hidden bodies that make consumer society possible.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674e727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"674e727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In 2020, Wood received the World Press Photo Online Video of Year award for SCENES FROM A DRY CITY. Produced by Academy Award Winner Laura Poitras and Charlotte Cooke at Field of Vision, it has screened at over fifty festivals and been recognized by juries across the globe, winning Wood his first\u202fEmmy nomination for Outstanding Short Documentary. In 2017 he made THE SILENT FORM, a collaboration with one of South Africa\u2019s most successful artists, sculptor Dylan Lewis. It won four awards, including Best Documentary Short and Best Cinematography, at the 2017 SAFTAS (South African Film and Television Awards). Like his earlier ORBIS (2015), it premiered in Toronto at Hot Docs and screened at festivals around the world. Wood\u2019s first film FORERUNNERS, an examination of four members of South Africa\u2019s new black middle class attempting balance the traditions childhood with western consumerism, was selected for IDFA in 2011, garnered awards in North America and Europe, and was screened on Al Jazeera\u2019s Witness. His documentary\u202fUNTAMED, currently in post-production, was selected for the Final Cut at the\u202fVenice International Film Festival and IFP\u2019s Spotlight on Documentaries for Independent Film Week in New York City.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">FILMOGRAPHY<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2011<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Forerunners;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> medium-length documentary<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2014<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Orbis;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> documentary short<\/span> <b><\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2016<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Silent Form;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> documentary short<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2018<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Scenes From a Dry City; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary short (Director)<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2021<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Container;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> VR short <\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">2022<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Girl-Taken;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> documentary <\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Post-production<\/span><\/b> <i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Untamed; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">documentary<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0150a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-coppola_core_button\" data-id=\"0150a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"coppola_core_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-button qodef-layout--textual  qodef-skin--default qodef-html--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afrikaldia.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/scenes-from-a-dry-city\/\" target=\"_self\"  >\n\t<span class=\"qodef-m-text\">GO TO MOVIE &quot;Scenes from a Dry City&quot;<svg class=\"qodef-svg--button-arrow\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12.0148\" height=\"12.0143\"\n     viewBox=\"0 0 12.0148 12.0143\"><g><line x1=\"0.7071\" y1=\"11.3071\" x2=\"10.6066\" y2=\"1.4077\"\/><polyline points=\"1.015 1 11.015 1 11.015 11\"\/><\/g><g><line x1=\"0.7071\" y1=\"11.3071\" x2=\"10.6066\" y2=\"1.4077\"\/><polyline points=\"1.015 1 11.015 1 11.015 11\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAN\u00c7OIS VERSTER BIO Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.\u202f His films are acclaimed for their intimacy, social insight and formal innovation, and have all won local and international awards, showing at major global festivals and galleries such as IDFA, Toronto IFF, Hot Docs, Visions du Reel, AFI, MOMA New York, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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