{"id":44047,"date":"2025-04-10T13:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/?p=44047"},"modified":"2025-04-11T06:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:03:44","slug":"nature-environment-and-wildlife-filmmakers-congress-a-resounding-success-in-durban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/builder\/nature-environment-and-wildlife-filmmakers-congress-a-resounding-success-in-durban\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature, Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers Congress: a resounding success in Durban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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8th annual Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Congress held in Durban from 2-4 April last week hailed as a giant success.<\/span><\/p>\n

NEWF said that the congress  presents a platform for African storytellers, conservationists, and media professionals to engage and collaborate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pragna Parsotam-Kok  an Executive Director at NEWF and National Geographic Explorer said that NEWF Congress 2025 exceeded our expectations, the level of engagement, sharing of knowledge from our global community and spirit of ubuntu made this year a success. \u201cIt was with great excitement that we brought back the NEWF Live Pitch, where African filmmakers pitched live to receive a development and production grant  – this year five (5) filmmakers from across Africa and one (1) special mention were announced at the closing night awards, celebrating the Next Chapter and Takalani Mulaudzi grant recipients.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Parsotam-Kok added that the event\u2019s opening ceremony, and a blessing by renowned South African storyteller Gcina Mhlope, set the stage for an inspiring gathering of thought leaders, conservationists, and filmmakers\u2014all committed to ensuring Africa\u2019s nature and wildlife stories are told by Africans, from an African perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parsotam-Kok said that congress is our signature, annual event and it\u2019s the culmination of year-round efforts driven by NEWF, to make high level wildlife filmmaking and conservation storytelling more accessible to African talent. \u201cThrough our Africa Refocused program, in partnership with the National Geographic Society, our work is giving rise to a growing collective of passionate individuals, each dedicated to empowering themselves to make an impact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Noel Kok, Executive Director at NEWF and National Geographic Explorer said that  they\u2019re excited with the level of engagement, collaboration and the depth of the connections forged in this year’s event, and we’re so proud to see our community grow to over 300 Fellows across 32 countries in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kok said that NEWF\u2019s Congress is more than just an event; it\u2019s a gathering of purpose-driven creators shaping a new narrative for African natural history storytelling. \u201cThe 2025 edition emphasises equitable access to skills and industry opportunities, empowering African visual storytellers to lead in telling Africa\u2019s stories.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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8th annual Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Congress held in Durban from 2-4 April last week hailed as a giant success.NEWF said that the congress\u00a0 presents a platform for African storytellers, conservationists, and media professionals to engage and collaborate.Pragna Parsotam-Kok\u00a0 an Executive Director at NEWF and National Geographic Explorer said that NEWF Congress 2025 exceeded our expectations, the level of engagement, sharing of knowledge from our global community and spirit of ubuntu made this year a success. \u201cIt was with great excitement that we brought back the NEWF Live Pitch, where African filmmakers pitched live to receive a development and production grant\u00a0 – this year five (5) filmmakers from across Africa and one (1) special mention were announced at the closing night awards, celebrating the Next Chapter and Takalani Mulaudzi grant recipients.\u201dParsotam-Kok added that the event\u2019s opening ceremony, and a blessing by renowned South African storyteller Gcina Mhlope, set the stage for an inspiring gathering of thought leaders, conservationists, and filmmakers\u2014all committed to ensuring Africa\u2019s nature and wildlife stories are told by Africans, from an African perspective.Parsotam-Kok said that congress is our signature, annual event and it\u2019s the culmination of year-round efforts driven by NEWF, to make high level wildlife filmmaking and conservation storytelling more accessible to African talent. \u201cThrough our Africa Refocused program, in partnership with the National Geographic Society, our work is giving rise to a growing collective of passionate individuals, each dedicated to empowering themselves to make an impact.\u201dNoel Kok, Executive Director at NEWF and National Geographic Explorer said that\u00a0 they\u2019re excited with the level of engagement, collaboration and the depth of the connections forged in this year’s event, and we’re so proud to see our community grow to over 300 Fellows across 32 countries in Africa.Kok said that NEWF\u2019s Congress is more than just an event; it\u2019s a gathering of purpose-driven creators shaping a new narrative for African natural history storytelling. \u201cThe 2025 edition emphasises equitable access to skills and industry opportunities, empowering African visual storytellers to lead in telling Africa\u2019s stories.\u201dBUSINESS REPORT<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-builder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44050,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44047\/revisions\/44050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}