On a weekend when the Springboks triumphed in Paris, it appears solely becoming {that a} South African advertising firm obtain a number of awards at a world movie pageant in Portugal.
The worldwide jury chosen 82 finalists from the 262 movies submitted from 47 international locations, for the distinguished ART&TUR – Worldwide Tourism Movie Competition. 4 Southern Africa-based brief movies took dwelling awards, produced by South African firm, Love Africa Advertising, every movie telling distinctive conservation and tourism tales based mostly in Africa.
‘We’re extraordinarily proud to have been recognised on a world scale for these movies. An enormous thanks to our cinematographer, Sven Musica, and the remainder of our group for his or her dedication to the craft of storytelling. We’re very grateful to work with passionate people and organisations who’re making a big affect in Southern Africa in conservation and tourism. Thanks to them for selecting us to inform their necessary tales.’ Nicola Gerrard – Director, Love Africa Advertising.
The world-renowned ART&TUR – Worldwide Tourism Movie Competition held its sixteenth version this 12 months, which happened over 4 days in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. The winners had been introduced on the final day of the pageant on 27 October 2023. The pageant goals to have fun cinematography and the necessary function it performs in selling tourism worldwide.
‘Making CONTACT,’ the five-part mini-series produced with Hill’s Pet Diet took dwelling gold for the ‘Setting and Ecology’ class. This mini-series showcases South Africa’s K9 conservation heroes, telling the private tales of companionship, perseverance, and connection, whereas highlighting key organisations, protected areas and people on the bottom.
‘There’s Energy in our Mountains’, produced with Semonkong Lodge in Lesotho was awarded gold for ‘Finest Promotional Movie: Nature Tourism.’ The brief movie highlights Lesotho’s spectacular waterfalls, mountainscapes and distinctive experiences. Most well-known for working the World File Abseil alongside the Maletsunyane Falls, this manufacturing noticed Semonkong Lodge highlighting a distinct journey, introducing a tailor-made in a single day trek that includes native guides and packhorse groups for an immersive expertise of mountain life and Basotho tradition.
‘It’s a nice honour to have obtained this award. We’re actually grateful to Love Africa Advertising, who consider in us and who’ve enabled us to showcase to the world the unbelievable panorama and pure great thing about Lesotho, slightly unknown Kingdom within the Sky – landlocked by South Africa, full of lovely folks and adventures to be skilled – a secret of Africa.’ Armelle Halse, proprietor of Semonkong Lodge
Gold was awarded to ‘The Return of the King’ produced with Babanango Sport Reserve, for ‘Finest African Documentary Movie.’ This movie paperwork the reintroduction of two male lions to Babanango Sport Reserve, marking the primary time the reserve has had lions roaming its panorama in over 150 years.
Babanango Sport Reserve additionally took dwelling a silver award within the ‘Finest Nature Tourism Documentary’ class for the brief movie referred to as ‘That is Residence.’ The documentary follows the method of reintroducing the long-lasting black rhino into the reserve as a part of Babanango’s rewilding efforts.
Throughout the closing session, Turismo Centro de Portugal president Raul Almeida mentioned, “Festivals like ART&TUR encourage the tourism trade to hunt excellence in its movies, to advertise its territory, and its most necessary vacationer points of interest.’ ART&TUR varieties a part of the CIFFT – Worldwide Committee of Tourism Movie Festivals, a world tourism community that selects the world’s finest tourism movie yearly.