The following additional speakers have been confirmed:

Ingrid Gavshorn

Ingrid Gavshon, an award winning, independent executive producer and director established Angel Films in 1996. She has produced and directed international and local factual programmes. International broadcasters include: Discovery Channel (DCI) USA, YLE - Finland, SBS - Australia, Humanistische Omroep Stichting, The KRO, IKON Television – The Netherlands as well as E-TV and the SABC.

Many of the documentaries and current affairs programmes produced by Gavshon and has explored political and social issues, such as: Truth and Reconciliation (ENCOUNTER SERIES), The Death Penalty (FACING DEATH…FACING LIFE), Orphans (NIKIWE), HIV/Aids, Abortion, Taxi Violence, Crime, Land Rights, Refugees as well as art and culture film series such as NEW CONVERSATIONs.

Gavshon has acted as producer for a number of documentary and current affair programmes for the BBC, CBS Sixty Minutes, and other European and British companies.

Gavshon has served on a number of film juries including the IAWRT in India and the tri-Continents Film Festival in South Africa.

In November 2006 Gavshon curated an exhibition about the world-renowned palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias which showed in Johannesburg and Durban in 2008.

She is current Co-Chair of the Documentary Filmmakers Association.

Marc Schwinges

Marc graduated from the Cape Town Film and Television School in 1988, joining a global advertising agency in Johannesburg for five years in their TV department. In 1993 he co-founded Underdog Productions, a cross-media company, which for over 15 years has pioneered marketing communication in television, on the web and in interactive and print fields. He has produced award-winning work in multiple media, which has been seen and recognised all over the world. Over a hundred hours of Short Films, broadcast documentary, TV series, TV commercial, TV insert and corporate work has been produced under Marc’s watch. Much of his documentary work deals with important human rights issues including HIVA/Aids and gay rights.

Marc believes in a larger industry involvement and has always has a close association with many of the most active industry organisations in South Africa, often helping these organisations to reach greater heights. He is a former chair of the Independent Producers Organisation; and current, founding member of The Producers Alliance. He is currently Treasurer and executive board member for the Documentary Filmmakers’ Association. He also was elected by his peers to the executive board of the industry’s umbrella body, The South African Screen Federation, for which he now actively represents the larger industry and is involved in key industry-wide decisions. He heads communications for both organisations, including their on-line presences.

While mainly producing for a South African Market to date, Marc has market and distribution experience having attended MIPCOM in Cannes and every Sithengi Film Market to take place in South Africa. He has a network of global contacts he continues to maintain contact with. Marc hopes to produce feature projects and longer documentaries in the next years.

A shortage of broad-spectrum skills in the cross-media sector in South Africa led Underdog in 2000 to introduce its Puppy Project, which offers hands-on, real world, experiential mentorships. To date, many people – most from previously disadvantaged backgrounds – have benefited from the program.

As head of Underdog Productions, Marc has built up a broad portfolio of blue chip clients, including corporate, major global NGOs, governments and broadcasters. While only in his late 30's – he is recognised as a respected industry veteran. Marc has strong management abilities, having run Underdog in South Africa for so many years in an often-difficult economic climate. His technical, creative, production, communication and industry knowledge guide his work as he continues to learn in an industry that is constantly evolving.

Lauren Groenewald

Lauren Groenewald started her career in broadcast journalism in 1991 as a radio producer for Channel Africa. Her interest in news journalism has over the years shifted, with documentary film now being the primary focus of her work.

Lauren has Executive Produced, produced and directed many award winning documentary and arts related programs for the local South African broadcaster, the SABC as well as international and private clients. Lauren most recently along with business partner Miki Redelinghuys, Executive Produced and Directed HEAD WRAP a new genre of documentary meets Reality TV. A series conceptualized and created by Plexus Films to expand concepts of heritage and culture and to introduce new voices into the discussion of culture and creative visions.

As a partner in Plexus films Lauren has directed and overseen the production of numerous NGO videos, for organizations such as the Development Action Group, the International Federation of Animal Welfare and the Child Resource Centre. Lauren has also successfully directed and produced Audio Visual content for the staging of cultural and creative events, such as the Design Indaba and the Fair Lady Fashion Awards and has produced high quality corporate material for these clients.

She is current Co-Chair of the Documentary Filmmakers Association.

Dylan Valley

Dylan interned at E-TV News as an assistant in the technical department, December 2004, January 2005.

He co- directed Lost Prophets: Prophets of the City in 2006, official selection for 9th Encounters documentary Festival , Apollo Film Festival, Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, 18th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival in Milan.

Dylan tutored documentary production for UCT’s 2007 Winter Film School under Francois Verster

He was then Employed by Plexus Films as a Production assistant, Researcher and later as a Director on the third season of the documentary series Headwrap for SABC1, 2007/2008. Also employed as an occasional sound operator.

Dylan has also founded his own company: Be Phat Motel.

Dylan heads up the Youth Portfolio of the DFA developing an interest and involvement form Youth in the Documentary Industry and the origination.

Jacky Laurens

Jacky Lourens, who started Get the Picture in 1997, has 18 years of experience at the heart of the South African film and media industry. She started her career in the Communications Department of the SABC in the Western Cape – and so intimately understands the ins and outs of the broadcasting industry. Committed to fostering local filmmaking, Jacky currently serves on the Board of the Cape Film Commission. In the field of drama, Jacky has served as the series producer responsible for the development phase of the Commandments drama series. She has completed the Binger Film Lab’s training course as a Creative Producer, and worked with the Binger as Head of Programmes – overseeing the Screenwriting and Script Editing programmes.

In the documentary realm, Jacky was selected as the training manager for Project 10 – a documentary series focusing on Stories of Freedom. The endeavour was supported by the Binger Film Lab, the SABC and the National Film and Video Foundation. Jacky has also served as Executive Producer for the documentary series Unauthorised and Till Death do us Part, working in conjunction with various production companies and creative teams. What is more, Jacky has facilitated a number of international film crews shooting documentaries and magazine programmes in Cape Town.

As far as events organisation is concerned, in 2001 Jacky organised INPUT, the very first international public television conference hosted on the African continent. In 2008, INPUT returned to our shores, and Jacky served as consultant to the new team. Jacky was Festival Manager at the 2004 South African Film Market, Sithengi, where she was at the helm for strategic management of operations and events, including the sourcing and programming of films for the Cape Town World Cinema Festival.