Guest

Khalid Shamis

Editor, Educator, Director, Producer

An editor and educator, director and producer with a film-making practice over 20 years. His practice is strongly dedicated to the pedagogy of independent filmmaking and story construction in Africa.

About

Khalid Shamis is an editor and educator, director and producer with a film-making practice over 20 years. His practice is strongly dedicated to the pedagogy of independent filmmaking and story construction in Africa, teaching and consulting in and outside film institutions and organised frameworks.

Khalid is a regular jury at film festivals and reads for film funds and workshops. He is on the executive board of the South African Guild of Editors, a doctoral fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape and is founder and director of Rough Cut Lab Africa, RCLA, a support programme for independent African films at the rough cut stage.

Sessions & Appearances

Sat 6 Jun
13:00 ·
Goethe-Institut, JHB

Cleaning the Cut: The Editing process as Reparative Practice

A panel discussion for filmmakers, storytellers, healers that explores how the edit space can become a place of healing, and the role of the editor when dealing with difficult material.

Sat 6 Jun
10:00 ·
Goethe-Institut, JHB

Beginnings and Openings

A panel discussion for film directors, editors and creative producers that delves into what to consider in those first few minutes of a film.