[ ISAGO NTLE FILMS ]
Isago Ntle Films is a Gaborone based production company, formed by students while at AWIL. The combined experience and academic background of the BA Motion Picture Medium and BA Live Performance graduates covers international award-winning short films.
The crew has a collective ethos, with the team collaborating on producing and editing each production as well as supporting a wide group of associated filmmakers in external collaborations.
2018
Our work as a team began with the production of Gobe: the gift for the Johannesburg 48HR Film Project, sponsored by AWIL Botswana with equipment. There, we won two awards against 53 entrants, for Best Video Editing and Best Newcomer. We further earned nominations for Best Audience Favorite and Best Student Cinematography.
As 48HR entrants we were invited to participate in the 48HR Film Project's 4Points competition. That resulted in the birth of the horror flick Masaitseweng.
Soon after that, at the Durban 48HR Film Project we entered our third production Maikotlhao and received funding from the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC) to attend the award ceremony. In Durban we received a nomination for Best Writing.
2019
Our first short film, Gobe: the gift was an official selection at the inaugural Duned in International Film Festival in, Florida, United States of America. It was then nominated to participate at the Lift-off Global Network's First Time Filmmaker's session, and was an official selection at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival. At the festival, which was sponsored by the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC), Gobe: the gift was automatically entered into the festival competition and won Achievement in Narrative Short.
Our recently completed short film Bu Dwilo: the story of Tobetsa was produced for the Gaborone 48HR Film Project. It won eight awards, including the coveted Best Film award, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, Best Editing and Best Acting. Bu Dwilo: the story of Tobetsa will represent Botswana at the 2020 Filmapalooza in Rotterdam, Netherlands. By virtue of being the city’ s best, Isago Ntle have been invited to participate in the 48HR World Film Challenge, where they will be competing against all city winners from across the world.
THE TEAM: Tricia Sello, Masego Mohwasa, Mimi Koyabe, Nicky Bazhuzha, Umbambi Ndiwenyu, Jethro Ndebele, Benjamin Sediba, Phillip Tsumake, Kevin Sebolao and Gape Ndlovu