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Documentary: Cutting “If A Tree Falls”, an interview with Marshall Curry & Matthew Hamachek.

If A Tree Falls has been nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary Film at this year’s Academy Awards .

Having won Best Editing for a Documentary Film at Sundance Film Festival 2011, JW chatted to Marshall Curry & Matthew Hamachek on the cutting of this acclaimed Film.

Documentary: Cutting “Mama Goema”, an interview with Sara Gouveia.

“Mama Goema” screened at the Encounters International Film Festival 2011 and the winner of the Best Feature Length Documentary at the Tri Continental Film Festival 2011.

Sara Gouveia gave JW insight into cutting this film.

Documentary: Cutting SAFTA award winning “Jammer As Ek So Bitter Is”, An interview with Director & Editor

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“ Jammer As Ek So Bitter Is”  won two SAFTA awards for Best Director: Documentary Film as well as Best Documentary Film.

Director, Rina Jooste and editor, C.A. van Aswegengave JW insight into cutting this award winning film.

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Documentary: Cutting “Odd Number”, An interview with Liani van Straaten

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Liani van Straaten, editor of  Odd Number, gave JW some insight into editing this documentary film.

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Documentary: Cutting “Unhinged – Surviving Joburg”, An interview with Stephen Abbott

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Stephen Abbott, editor of  Unhinged – Surviving Joburg, gave Cutaway some insight into editing this documentary film.

Documentary: Cutting “My Beautiful Game”, An interview with SAFTA nominee, Nikki Comninos

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My Beautiful Game is a 13 part documentary series that explores African football within its broader historical, cultural and anthropological narratives. The show covers stories across the entire African continent. There is a kaleidoscope of geography, politics, and national characteristics as one traverses the continent from Cairo to Lagos to Cape Town.

The specific, SAFTA nominated episode, Fish Out of Water, is an exploration of the challenges facing African footballers lured over to Europe by lucrative contracts. It looks at the issues of acclimatizing to a foreign environment, the loneliness and the alienation.

Directed by Marc Rowlston and produced by Jason Hoff.

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