AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) has

‘produced some of the top film-makers and actors in South Africa today and has made a significant contribution to developing a sustainable local entertainment industry’.

But, back to the young ‘seeds’… We were really impressed with the television and film productions that were honoured, but have decided to share with you the cream of the crop! The winning third year film production was Happy Earth Co! Sit back, relax, and enjoy their 12-minute masterpiece!

Credit where credit is due:
Happy Earth Co won Best Third Year Film Award and the Critics Award, as well as:
Best Screenplay: Hylton Jandrell
Best director: Hylton Jandrell
Best Sound Designer: Joseph Vink
Best Cinematographer: Jake Levy
Best Producer: Henrik Waage Tjore

Speaking from our 9 years of experience in the industry – we offer this advice:

‘Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds’. Gordon B. Hinckley

Take a look at some of the other productions here… You can thank us later for introducing these future entertainment industry leaders to you!

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The duo had a tough act to top following their previous video Fatty Boom Boom, but have they taken it too far? In less than 24 hours the video has received over 500,000 hits and created quite the buzz. We expect any product of this South African crew to be outrageous but this latest instalment has led some to wonder at what point does ‘creative genius’ become ‘attention-starved extremists?’ Both are entertaining if not unsettling, but ultimately it’s a blurred-jagged line. Comment below and let us know what you think!

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Relevant links:

64 Cannes International Film Festival reviews

What’s Your Story? – Porselynnkas

UNKLE feat. Nick Cave – ‘Money and Run’

Dripped – a tribute to Jackson Pollock

“Balkanology – Greek Mythology”

Win with Religion Clothing South Africa

Southern Comfort South Africa – “Creative Exchange”

What’s Your Story? – Aryan Kaganof from one small seed on Vimeo.

An explorer of all things creative, Aryan Kaganof (Born Ian Kerkhof) possesses a rare tenacity for raw experimentation. Working in a highly varied range of media (text, fine art, music and film), Aryan is a visual being with a macabre insight into the human psyche. A definitive leader in the digital revolution in cinema, he was the first filmmaker across the globe to produce a digital feature film on video up to 35 mm with his release of naar de klote / wasted in 1996. Three years later, he took this process to Japan to produce the first-ever Japanese digital feature, entitled Shabondama Elegy aka Tokyo Elegy. Aryan is also famed for making the world’s first mobile feature film sms sugar man in 2007.

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Recently he has produced the highly controversial The Uprising in Hangberg; a documentary that presents substantial evidence that metro police used unprovoked force when arriving in Hangberg on 21 September 2010 to tear down informal houses built on a fire break. At times suspended naked, blood smeared and silhouetted by hostile global images, Aryan Kaganof’s work reminds us of the fragility of humankind. A subjective voyeur, he’s prolific. And he’s watching YOU.

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Footage courtesy: ‘THE DEAD MAN2: return of the deadman’ distributed by CJC
‘SMS Sugarman’

Distributed by SMS music

Footage courtesy:‘Tokyo Elegy’ distributed by uplink
‘uprising of hangberg’

Music: ‘delirium cordia’- fantomas
‘sick zip everywhere’- melt banana

Boom+27 is a bi-weekly online news portal showcasing a recap of all the latest events going on in and around Cape Town, Johannesburg and other South African cities. Featuring festivals, parties, award ceremonies, live gigs, exhibitions and more, one small seed will be there to keep you up-to-date on all things relevant in the world of pop culture. This punchy, entertaining video clip captures the phenomenally good, the unforeseen and the hilariously bad going on in SA, providing the discerning audience an on-the-ball overview of what’s been happening.

For our first episode of Boom+27 we take a look at RAMfest 2011, the 5th annual MK Music Awards, Gazelle’s latest music video launch and the Flamjangled Tea Party. Aside from the beats and the bass, here at home one small seed has not only launched a new mag, but a new site and more, so keep watching to get the lowdown on all the action.

An interview conducted a while back. Enjoy…

Sarah Claire: So Spoek, tell me a bit about yourself.

Spoek Mathambo: I’m an Ndebele prince, rapper, dancer, DJ, dreamer, illustrator and graphic artist. I live between Johannesburg and Malmö Sweden. I work as various art/music collectives… Namely: MSHINI WAM, SWEAT X, PLAYDOE and DJ as HIVIV. You can get my township-tech sothocore world bass mixes on the net. My favourite one is called ‘Devil House Mafias 2.’

What are you all about?

I am about absolutely nothing specific. More than being an identity based on content, I am interested in the world.

What inspires you?

Everything. The latest thing that has inspired me is Red, the homeless G-funk beat box and Gou Miyagi the Japanese skateboarder. I usually document everything that inspires me on my blog ZOMBO (http://2faced1.com/zombo). For a long time I made a specific point of making Africa my central inspiration…but I think I am trying to transcend petty nationalism and ‘isms.’

What’s the first album you ever bought?

The ‘Above The Rim’ original soundtrack featuring H-Town, Lady of Rage and Tupac.

Do you even bother buying albums?

Yes… It’s f%*king important to my life! I spent my entire teenage period developing my concept of ownership based on my records and CDs.

What’s your all-time favourite track?

Tough to say… changes ever day…today it’s Doneao – Be Mine.

Describe Sweat X in a sentence.

Markus and Spoek having fun.

What’s next… ?

More world tours, more boobs…onward and up.

Your partner-in-beats, Markus – what three things come to mind?

Literary genius, Musical genius, lying son of a bitch!

Favourite festival?

Valtifest in Amsterdam…Oslo live in Norway. Sibot and I played a great festival in Metz in France. Le Printemps de Bourges in France was great… It was amazing to watch The Brian Jonestown Massacre. They also had a huge SA contingent with BLK JKS, Gazelle, 340ml, Die Antwoord and PLAYDOE.

Is improvisation important to you?

A show with no improvisation is a schitt show for us. Routine is schitt.

Why do you dress so funny?

Your mother dresses funny.

What about bringing out a clothing label? What would you call it?

I am currently doing some collaboration designs with label called Doe out of Cape Town. I work on prints under the name Zombo and am working on some knitwear pieces at present.

If you could MC alongside someone – anyone – who would it be?

Iggy Pop, Sun Ra, Prince, Fela Kuti.

What’s the most insane thing you’ve ever done?

Eaten a box of cigarettes.

What’s next for Spoek?

“%^&%@$”And I will be breeding…little Spoeks.

So from myself and Spoek, “don’t be a f#*king dinosaur…use the Internet and talk to your counterparts all over the world.”

Check out the latest album review of Spoek Mathambo’s Mshini Wam in the latest issue of one small seed, issue 22 – the “Hi, my name is Joburg” edition – or right HERE on onesmallseed.com!

Project Aiko from one small seed on Vimeo.

With one small seed editor-in-chief Giuseppe Russo as art director, and photographer Stephen Greeff working his magic behind the lens, models were transformed into robotic femmes fatales in a plot of high drama and thrill. The one small seed TV crew filmed the process to show you how our fashion editorials come into being, so just click play to uncover the splendour.

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Photographer: Stephen greef

Designers/stylists: hendrik vermeulen
Jean-daniel meyer

Music:‘jupiter room’
‘digitalism in cairo’
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Produced: one small seed productions

Shot & edited: shaun blomkamp

Pieces of Joburg from one small seed on Vimeo.

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In an exclusive insider’s account for issue 22 of one small seed, The Joburg issue, Paul White tells the story of one such gang member of the Pollsmoor 28s. His name is Joburg. The one small seed tv crew went along on the day of the photo shoot and interviewed Joburg to get an upclose and personal on this captivating story.

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Grolsch Picture This Event from one small seed on Vimeo.

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Jam jar
‘track 7’

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Produced: one small seed productions

Shot and edited: shaun blomkamp

Puma Fashion Shoot from one small seed on Vimeo.

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Photographer: igor polzenhagen
Models: martin pieterse, tyrese bani, laura scott, naomi king

Music: ‘anything new’
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