François Verster

**François Verster** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1969) shi ne darektan fina-finai mai zaman kansa na Afirka ta Kudu kuma mai shirya shirye-shirye.

Yana da asali mai yawa a rubuce-rubuce, kiɗa, ilimi da fim. Bayan kammala digiri na MA tare da bambanci a ƙarƙashin wallafe-wallafen Nobel Prize laureate J. M. Coetzee a Jami'ar Cape Town, ya yi aiki tare da Barenholtz Productions a New York kuma a matsayin memba na ma'aikata a kan siffofi masu zaman kansu daban-daban. Verster ya fara fitowa a matsayin darektan / mai samar da shirye-shirye shi ne Pavement Aristocrats: The Bergies of Cape Town .

Yana ɗaukar hanyar lura da batutuwan zamantakewa a cikin fina-finai, waɗanda suka sami kyaututtuka na gida da na duniya. Verster ya koyar da jagorantar takardun shaida da nazarin fim, kuma ya kasance malami na ɓangaren fim na aikin Sadarwa da Humanities, Cibiyar Nazarin Humanities a Jami'ar Western Cape .  Ana amfani da fina-finai a cikin tarurruka a kan tsakiya tsakanin shirye-shiryen kirkirar da kuma gwagwarmayar zamantakewa.

A cikin 1998, Verster ya kafa Undercurrent Film & Television, kamfani ne na Cape Town wanda ke da niyyar samar da shirye-shiryen shirye-shirye masu inganci ga kasuwannin gida da na duniya.

A shekara ta 2006, A Lion's Trail, wanda Verster ya ba da umarni kuma ya hada kai, ya sami lambar yabo ta Emmy don Kyakkyawan Ayyuka da Al'adu.

## Jigogi
Fim din Verster yana da taken "marasa adalci" na rashin adalci na zamantakewa da kuma mutane suna karɓar ɓangarorin rayuwarsu. Ba mai yin fim ba ne amma yana gina dangantaka da masu gabatarwa, yana ba masu sauraronsa damar kallon zukatan su da gidajensu. Yin aiki a cikin ƙuntatawa na kasafin kuɗi, Verster ya rubuta rayuwarsu, sau da yawa a cikin shekaru da yawa, kuma yana da hannu tare da masu gabatarwa da suka gabata da jin daɗi kamar yadda yake tare da makomarsu.

Pavement Aristocrats kallo ne mai ban dariya da zurfin tausayi ga wasu bergies na Cape Town.

*Labarin "Mbube"* da A Lion's Trail sun bi labarin waƙar "Wimoweh / The Lion Sleeps Tonight" zuwa ga mawaki na Zulu Solomon Linda kuma sun bi tarihin dutsen waƙar daga Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Brooklyn kuma sun dawo suna tambayar dalilin da ya sa Linda ta mutu ba tare da kudi ba kuma yaransa suna rayuwa cikin talauci yayin da masu zane-zane na Amurka suka yi miliyoyin waƙar. PBS ce ta nuna fim din kuma ta taimaka wa iyalin Linda su sami goyon baya don ɗaukar Disney, wanda ya yi amfani da waƙar a cikin fim din Lion King, zuwa kotu. A watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2006, Abilene Music, wanda ke da haƙƙin mallaka na "Wimoweh / The Lion Sleeps Tonight", ya warware shari'ar tare da iyalin Solomon Linda a waje da kotu don adadin da ba a bayyana ba. A watan Satumbar 2006 A Lion's Trail ta sami lambar yabo ta Emmy don mafi kyawun shirye-shiryen al'adu da fasaha. Labari ne na Afirka na zamani na yakin Dauda da Goliath kuma a lokaci guda bikin farin ciki na Solomon Linda da kiɗa na Afirka ta Kudu.

Lokacin da Yakin ya ƙare ya ba da labarin tsoffin masu fafutukar wariyar launin fata guda biyu daga wannan ƙungiyar adawa da suka yi yaƙi don sabuwar Afirka ta Kudu ta dimokuradiyya. 'Yan sanda na tsaro sun kashe abokinsu bayan wani ɗan leƙen asirin 'yan sanda ya sayar da shi a cikin kungiyar. Sun sami 'yanci amma yanzu dole ne suyi rayuwa a cikin al'umma wanda har yanzu yana fama da tashin hankali, cin amana daga baya da talauci. Gori ya shiga Sojojin Afirka ta Kudu, Marlon ya zama ɗan fashi. Duk da yake kowannensu yana ƙoƙari ya fahimci rayuwarsa bayan gwagwarmaya, suna gudanar da abota duk da gaskiyar da zabin "aiki" daban-daban ya sanya su.

Gidan Mothers' House rikodin shekaru hudu ne a rayuwar Miché, yarinya mai ban sha'awa, mai saurin haihuwa amma mai damuwa da ke girma cikin mace a bayan wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu. Rayuwa tare da mahaifiyarta da kakarta a Bonteheuwel, wani gari mai launin "launi" a wajen Cape Town, dole ne ta fuskanci ba kawai rayuwa a cikin al'umma da ke fama da rikice-rikice da shan miyagun ƙwayoyi ba, har ma da abin da yake nufi don karya zagaye mai ban mamaki na tashin hankali da tashin hankali na jiki da ke ɗaure iyalinta.

* Pavement Aristocrats (**1998**) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa (1999 Avanti Award Mafi Kyawun Takaddun Bayani & Avanti Craft Award) 
* **Labarin "Mbube"** (**1999**) (TV) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa (1999 National Television & Video Association Silver Stone & Stone Craft Award) 
* The Man Who Would Kill Kitchener (1999) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa (1999 NTVA Silver Stone & Stone Craft Award) Rayuwar Fritz Joubert Duquesne, kyaftin din Boer kuma ɗan leƙen asirin Jamus a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na duniya, shine batun wannan fim ɗin.
* **Yaƙin Granite** (2000) 
* **Laifi** (2001) (Fim din fim) Darakta, Marubuci (2002 NTVA Silver Stone & Stone Craft Award) 
* A Lion's Trail (2002) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa, Kamara (2006 Emmy Award) (2003 Mafi Kyawun Takaddun shaida, Portobello) (2003 Silver Dhow, Mafi Kyawun Kaddun shaida na Duniya, Zanzibar International Film Festival) (2003 Zaɓin Musamman, Parnu) (2003 NTVA Stone & Stone Craft Award) 
* Lokacin da Yakin ya ƙare (2002) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa, Kamara (2004 Mafi Kyawun Takaddun shaida, Bikin Fim na Afirka na Milan) (2003 Mafi Kyawun Fim, Bikin Fimm na Norway) (2003 Signis Award, Zanzibar) (2003 Zaɓin hukuma, Fespaco) (2003 NTVA Gold Stone & Stone Craft Award) (2002 Official Selection Silver Wolf Competition, Idfa) 
* Gidan Mothers' (**2005**) Darakta, Kamara (2006 Mafi Kyawun Bikin Fim na Apollo) (2006 Mafi kyawun Fim na Duniya na Zimbabwe) (Maganar Musamman ta Jury, Bikin Fim ɗin Norwegian) (2005 Mafi Kyawun Fim, Bikin Fimmuna na Duniya na Cape Town) 
* Sea Point Days (2008) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa, Kamara, Edita
* The Dream of Sharazad (2014) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa, Sauti, Kamara, Edita (2012 Mafi Kyawun Takaddun shaida a Ci gaba, Sunny Side of the Doc, 2012 IDFA Forum Selection, 2014 IDFA Masters Selection, 2015 Mafi Kyawun Fim na Kasa da Kasa AVANCA, 2015 Mafi kyawun Kaddun Kaddun Afirka Durban IFF, 2015 Kyautar Al-Husseini Abou-Deif don Mafi Kyawun Kaddamarwa, Gasar Freedom, da Kyautar Tutankhamen / Artwatch Afirka, Kyautar Fim ta Luxor, 2016 Kyautar Kaddun Afrika, Kyautar Kwadon Kaddamar da Kaddamar, Kyautar Afirka, Kyawun Kwadon Afirka, Kyaftin na Kaddamarka, Kyautar Kyautar Kungiyar Kaddamar Kaddamar
* Whispering Truth to Power (2018) Mai gabatarwa, Kamara, Edita. Darakta Shameela Seedat
* Scenes from a Dry City (2018) Darakta, Sauti, Kamara, Co-Editor (2019 Mafi Kyawun Kayan Kayan Kadan Kayan Kudancin Kayan Karancin Kayan, 2019 SAFTA gabatarwa 2019 don Mafi Kyawun Gabatarwa, Vimeo Ma'aikatan Pics, 2020 Emmy Nomination Mafi Kyawun gabatarwa, 2020 Kyautar Hoton Hoton Labaran Duniya  (Digital Storelling), 2019 Mafi Kyawun Fim na Duniya na Muhalli, 2020 Kyawun Kudancin Fim na Kwalejin da aka jera) 
* African Moot (2022) Mai gabatarwa, DOP, Sauti, Edita. Darakta Shameela Seedat (2021 Hot Docs Forum selection, 2022 Hot Docs Official Selection, 2022 Sydney Film Festival Official Selections, 2022 Competition selection, Durban International Film Festival, 2022 International Competition section DocNYC 2022, 2022 Best of Fests IDFA) 
* Yarinya, Taken (2022) Darakta, Mai gabatarwa, Kamara, Sauti, Marubuta, Mataimakin Edita.  (2022 Mafi kyawun Tarihin Afirka ta Kudu Durban International Film Festival) 

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