Steven Markovitz

Steven Markovitz has been producing fiction and documentaries for over 20 years. He has established an extensive network in production and distribution across Africa having produced in over 20 countries in Africa. His fiction work has screened at Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto, Venice and Sundance, and received an Oscar nomination. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences. He recently produced Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu which premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, 2018. He also produced High Fantasy by Jenna Bass ( Toronto 2017, Berlinale, 2018). He produced aKasha by hajooj kuka which premiered at Venice Critics Week, and Toronto International Film Festival, 2018. He executive produced Stories of Our Lives (Toronto 2014, Berlinale Panorama 2015) and produced the Sudanese documentary Beats of the Antonov which won the Peoples Choice Documentary Award at Toronto14. Other titles include Winnie by Pascale Lamche which won Best Director in World Contemporary Documentary Section at Sundance, 2017 , Love the One You Love (Winner of Best South African Film and Director, Durban 2014), Viva Riva! (Berlinale, Toronto), Congo in Four Acts ( Berlinale, Hotdocs, IDFA) Proteus (Berlinale, Toronto) and Project 10 (Berlinale, Sundance, Hotdocs). Silas ( TIFF and IDFA, 2017). Steven also established the African Screen Network which has 32 screening partners in 25 African countries. He is the co-founder of Electric South, a non profit, which supports African artists and filmmakers in AR/VR and commissions and distributes the work. He is the co-founder of Encounters, South African International Documentary Festival now in its 21st year - Africa's first documentary festival. He has sat on selection panels and juries including Silverdocs, Cinemart, IDFA Bertha Fund and Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), . He is a founding board member of the Independent Producers' Organisation of South Africa and is on the Advisory Board of the Global Health FIlm Initiative.