Film & Cinematography Quotes Africa

 
"As a symbol of the everything that is right, and precious about nature the film is also a dire warning that if we get this wrong and destroy this jewel, we lose much more than just one more landscape, we lose a part of ourselves."
Dereck and Beverly Joubert have been selected by the prestigious Sundance Film Festival

"We are engaged with local film and audiovisual actors in Africa. Canal+ International is a partner of African talent, and we are doing everything we can to offer them as many opportunities as possible."
Grace Loubassou from Canal+ International on launching Canal+ University in Africa

"Streaming is definitely creating more opportunity to get the work out there. South African stories and films will reach a global audience and this is great. More international deals are being made."
Filmmaker Karen van Schalkwyk on how the SA film industry has changed

"But whatever you select, the script had better be good. Words are the sales engine."
Tiffany Markman shares her tips and tricks for perfecting an explainer video

"As a passionate storyteller, I for a long time had felt a gap as there was not much narrative work up for grabs at the quality that would really get me excited. When I had my first meeting about Country Queen, I knew that gap would be filled."
Director Vincent Mbaya on working on the new Kenyan television production

"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent."
Marlon Brando

"Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist."
Agnes Varda

"It's when you're true to yourself that resonates with other people."
Keegan-Michael Key

"I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect."
Spike Lee

"Africans are radiant, curious beings. That is what we have always been. We need to have a different perception of who we are and who we always have been and how we go out into the world and see the people of colour in our neighbourhoods, as people of joy and radiance."
Wanuri Kahiu on the importance of films portraying more than one version of Africa

"I like the idea that things can exist in different formats - in a gallery, a fashion ad, in books."
Juergen Teller

"I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough."
Nastassja Kinski

"Language is much closer to film than painting is."
Sergei Eisenstein

"Your reaction when you lose control in a situation is to try and hang on tighter."
Jeff Nichols

"I was called the greatest director in Europe, but I was just a hard worker."
Fritz Lang

"I'm always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy."
Thandie Newton

"That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of."
Sam Raimi

"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
Samuel Goldwyn

"For me, the brand of the camera is not the most important thing. I think you can take good pictures with the camera on your phone."
Anja Niedringhaus

"Reviewers are the worst laughers in the world."
Chris O'Dowd

"I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg."
Neill Blomkamp

"I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook."
Noah Baumbach

"Be yourself. The world worships the original."
Ingrid Bergman

"There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith."
James Cameron

"Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it."
Wim Wenders

"Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me."
Hannah Simone

"You learn a lot more from those bumps than from when things are going great."
Wes Craven

"It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve."
Patty Jenkins

"A picture is a poem without words."
Horace

"The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about."
David Attenborough

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