Festival Industry Campus

Sylvia Vollenhoven

Name Sylvia Vollenhoven
Professional Area Director
Company Vision In Africa VIA was established in 2006 by award winning journalist, writer and filmmaker Sylvia Vollenhoven as well as Actor Director Basil Appollis. The company has grown to be a formidable force in the creative industries, with international activities and training networks. VIA operates in the following business arenas: • Creative writing • Theatre Production • Filmmaking • Media Training & Mentorships • Consultancies to international organisations VIA was launched to develop a broad range of media products as well as to build innovative cross platform media partnerships across Africa and between Africa and the world.
Country South Africa
Accreditation BIO TO B | DOC

Writer, award-winning journalist, playwright and filmmaker. Former Commissioning Editor for the SABC. Awarded Sweden’s main journalism prize by the Publicistklubben, the prestigious Nordic academy of writers and publishers. The Keeper of the Kumm, her creative non-fiction novel about Khoi-San identity, won SA’s prestigious Mbokodo Literature Award. Her short film |XAU on the profound nature of intellectual erasure was selected for the Hollywood African Cinema Connection Film Festival in in LA 2023. Nomination: Cinema for Peace Award 2021 for Jozi Gold (Co Director with Fredrik Gertten). SA Producer for the BBC TV mini-series Mandela the Living Legend. Chair of the 2018 & 2019 Alan Paton Literary Award Jury. Member of the International Emmy Awards 2018 Jury.