Oom Land nominated
tjil chats to Tim Huebschle about Oom Land's nomination for a Discovery Channel award.
The search for the winner of the Discovery Channel's Don't Stop Wondering award category at the seventh annual Jozi Film Festival has reached fever-pitch, with the nomination of Namibia's very own Oom Land.
A jury panel has filtered through all the amazing entries received from across Africa and have chosen the final top 10 films for 2018.
Amongst the nominees is none other than local filmmaker Tim Huebschle's Namibian short film.
“It was not my intention to enter the competition this year, but two weeks before the deadline Discovery Channel invited me as one of the previous year's top 10 finalists to submit,” said the producer.
About 50 years ago the Volkswinkel - the People's shop - opened for business in Rehoboth. The man behind the success story is Oom Land.
Huebschle says produced the film last year and it had been launched on social media widely to celebrate the 50 years of the Volkswinkel. The filmmaker says he enjoyed shooting in Rehoboth as Oom Land is a very humble man and that in itself is pure gold.
“Something he strongly believes in is that, 'you don't know what tomorrow brings, you just keep going'. Spending time with someone who doesn't rest on their laurels inspires me immensely. He's a great guy and very down to earth. I suggested to Discovery Channel that I could submit Oom Land if their terms and conditions would allow the submission of an already widely distributed short documentary. As you can tell, the film made the cut.”
Huebschle says the Don't Stop Wondering competition provides filmmakers from the continent with an opportunity to showcase their work in a concise format. The maximum allowed duration is five minutes and so the responsibility is on you as storyteller to make every second count. He further said it's a pity that this time around seven category finalists are South African productions and only three are from other African countries.
“I do hope that more local filmmakers will submit in next year's competition. There's clearly an interest in Namibian stories and to have your short film shown on Discovery Channel is in itself rewarding enough.”
Discovery is one of the many exciting channels available on MultiChoice Namibia's DStv line-up. The awards show is set to take place next month.
Don't miss the opportunity to vote for your favourite upcoming African filmmakers and celebrate everything amazing the continent has to offer. Visit the Discovery Channel website at www.discoverychannelafrica.com. Voting closes today at 19:00.
June Shimuoshili
A jury panel has filtered through all the amazing entries received from across Africa and have chosen the final top 10 films for 2018.
Amongst the nominees is none other than local filmmaker Tim Huebschle's Namibian short film.
“It was not my intention to enter the competition this year, but two weeks before the deadline Discovery Channel invited me as one of the previous year's top 10 finalists to submit,” said the producer.
About 50 years ago the Volkswinkel - the People's shop - opened for business in Rehoboth. The man behind the success story is Oom Land.
Huebschle says produced the film last year and it had been launched on social media widely to celebrate the 50 years of the Volkswinkel. The filmmaker says he enjoyed shooting in Rehoboth as Oom Land is a very humble man and that in itself is pure gold.
“Something he strongly believes in is that, 'you don't know what tomorrow brings, you just keep going'. Spending time with someone who doesn't rest on their laurels inspires me immensely. He's a great guy and very down to earth. I suggested to Discovery Channel that I could submit Oom Land if their terms and conditions would allow the submission of an already widely distributed short documentary. As you can tell, the film made the cut.”
Huebschle says the Don't Stop Wondering competition provides filmmakers from the continent with an opportunity to showcase their work in a concise format. The maximum allowed duration is five minutes and so the responsibility is on you as storyteller to make every second count. He further said it's a pity that this time around seven category finalists are South African productions and only three are from other African countries.
“I do hope that more local filmmakers will submit in next year's competition. There's clearly an interest in Namibian stories and to have your short film shown on Discovery Channel is in itself rewarding enough.”
Discovery is one of the many exciting channels available on MultiChoice Namibia's DStv line-up. The awards show is set to take place next month.
Don't miss the opportunity to vote for your favourite upcoming African filmmakers and celebrate everything amazing the continent has to offer. Visit the Discovery Channel website at www.discoverychannelafrica.com. Voting closes today at 19:00.
June Shimuoshili
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