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Ash Jenkins boards Dancing For Akeeda​
May 2020
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Film Editor, Ash Jenkins, has been hired by Marquee Films to produce a rough cut of feature doc, Dancing For Akeeda. Ash has cut numerous feature docs including Havana Marking's Afghan Star (winner of both the directing and audience awards at Sundance) and Nick Broomfield's Iraq war film The Battle For Haditha (winner of a Grierson for best drama doc).
"We're really excited to be working with Ash", says Director Dominic Ozanne. "As well as specialising in feature docs, Ash has a unique sensibility. He really gets the emotional core of the story."
Bertha Foundation awards grant to Dancing For Akeeda
April 2020
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The Bertha Foundation has awarded Dancing For Akeeda a grant from its Film Fund. The funding will be put towards post-production costs.
"We're delighted to be working with the Bertha Foundation", says Producer Brian Green. "For some time Bertha has been a seal of quality in the feature doc world, funding films like Virunga."​
Dancing For Akeeda completes filming
March 2020
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After six years of filming across three continents, Dancing For Akeeda has finally wrapped in Johannesburg. Director Dominic Ozanne and DOP and co-producer Brian Green shot the climatic closing scene as Faakhir Bestman starred in a gala evening performance of a ballet in the 1,000 seat Nelson Mandela Theatre. Both Faakhir's granny and his first teacher flew up from Cape Town to see Faakhir perform, making for an emotionally charged evening.