Steven Markovitz

**Steven Markovitz** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1965) shi ne mai shirya fina-finai da talabijin na Afirka ta Kudu. Ya samar, hadin gwiwa da kuma samar da fasalulluka, shirye-shirye da gajeren fina-finai. Steven yana samarwa da rarraba sama da shekaru 20. Tun daga shekara ta 2007, ya yi aiki a duk faɗin Afirka yana samar da jerin shirye-shirye da fiction. Shi memba ne na AMPAS, wanda ya kafa bikin Electric South & Encounters Documentary Festival kuma wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka.

Kayan da aka samar kwanan nan sun hada da *aKasha*  ta hajooj kuka  (Venice Critics" Week, TIFF, 2018), *[[Rafiki (fim)|Rafiki]]* ta Wanuri Kahiu (Cannes - Un Certain Regard, 2018), fim din *Silas*  na Anjali Nayar, Hawa Essuman (TIFF, IDFA 2017), Beats of the Antonov ta hajojo kuka  (TIF F Documentary Audience Award, 2014), High Fantasy ta Jenna Bass  (TIFf, Berlinale 2018), Viva Riva! Daga Djo Munga (TIFF 2010, Berlinale 2011) da kuma *[[Behind the Rainbow|Bayan Rainbow]]* .

## Ayyuka
Markovitz ya fara aikinsa a 1992 kuma ya kafa kamfanin samar da fina-finai na Big World Cinema a Cape Town a 1994. A shekara ta 1999, ya samar da gajeren fim *Husk*, wanda aka fara a gasar a bikin fina-finai na Cannes;  wanda ya biyo bayan wanda ya lashe kyautar It's My Life (2001), hoton mai gwagwarmayar cutar kanjamau ta Afirka ta Kudu Zackie Achmat.  The Tap ya lashe kyautar Kyautattun Kudancin Afirka a bikin fina-finai na Apollo 2003  da Kyautattun Ayyuka na Shekara a Stone Awards, Afirka ta Kudu.

Markovitz ya hada kai da *Inja* ("Dog") gajeren fim din da aka zaba a matsayin Kwalejin  a shekara ta 2003; ya biyo bayan fim din *[[Proteus (fim na 2003)|Proteus]]* na Afirka ta Kudu wanda John Greyson da Jack Lewis suka jagoranta wanda aka fara a bikin fina-finai na Toronto a shekara ta 2003 da Berlin;  *Raaya*, wani gajeren fim na jerin "Mama Afrika"  wanda aka buga a Amurka a shekara ta 200, kuma fim din TV Crossing the Line  wanda ya lashe lambar yabo Brian Tilley.

A shekara ta 2005 shi ne babban furodusa na fim din Boy da ake kira Twist wanda Tim Greene ya jagoranta, wanda aka nuna a bikin fina-finai na Cannes  a shekara ta 2005. Wannan ya biyo bayan gajeren fim mai rai Beyond Freedom, wanda aka nuna a bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na Berlin.

Markovitz ya samar da jerin fina-finai goma sha uku da sabbin masu shirya fina-fukkuna na Afirka ta Kudu suka yi mai taken Project 10: Real Stories from a Free South Africa .  An nuna jerin a Sundance, IDFA, Tribeca da Berlin. A shekara ta 2008, ya samar da shahararren shirin fim din Behind the Rainbow a kan jam'iyyar da ke mulki a Afirka ta Kudu, wanda Jihan El-Tahri ya jagoranta  don ZDF / Arte, SBS, SVT, VPRO, SABC da ITVS (Amurka). *Latitude*, jerin gajerun fina-finai 9 daga kasashe 8 na Afirka, Markovitz ne ya samar da shi, kuma an fara shi a Berlin a watan Fabrairun 2010. Ya haɗa da ɗan gajeren tarihin kimiyya na Kenya *Pumzi* na Wanuri Kahiu .

A shekara ta 2009 Markovitz ya kammala shirin fim din *[[Congo in Four Acts (fim)|Kongo a cikin Ayyuka Hudu]]* wanda ya yi tafiya zuwa bukukuwa sama da 50 ciki har da Berlin,  IDFA, Hot Docs 2010; da kuma shirin fim din State of Mind, wanda Djo Tunda Wa Munga ya jagoranta, yana binciken rauni da warkarwa a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo. 

Markovitz ya hada kai da fim din Viva Riva na Congo-Faransa-Belgium!*[[Viva Riva!|Ruwa ta rayu!]]*,  wanda Djo Tunda Wa Munga ya jagoranta, wanda aka fara a bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na Toronto a watan Satumbar 2010  da kuma bikin fina-fukinai na kasa na Berlin 2011 kuma ya lashe Kyautar fim din MTV don mafi kyawun fim na Afirka.  An sake shi a Amurka, Burtaniya, Australia / NZ, Kanada, Belgium, Faransa, Jamus da ƙasashe 18 na Afirka.

A cikin 2013, Markovitz mai zartarwa ya samar da fiction omnibus African Metropolis wanda ya kunshi fina-finai shida daga daraktoci shida a duk faɗin Afirka. An nuna fina-finai a Durban IFF, Toronto IFF, Santa Barbara IFF da IFF Rotterdam.

A cikin 2014, Markovitz ta shiga cikin fina-finai uku da suka lashe lambar yabo: Stories of Our Lives, fim din Kenya game da al'ummar LGBT a Kenya, na Jim Chuchu da NEST Collective, wanda Markovitz ya samar. Fim din ya fara ne a bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na Toronto  kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta Teddy Jury ta bikin fina-fukaki na kasa da duniya na Berlin;  Love the One You Love, fim din Afirka ta Kudu wanda Jenna Cato Bass ta rubuta, ta samar kuma ta ba da umarni, wanda Markovitz ta samar. Fim din ya lashe kyaututtuka a bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na Durban,  Jozi Film Festival  da kuma Three Continents Festival a Nantes;  Markovitz ne ya samar da takardun shaida na Antonov, kuma mai shirya fina-falla na Sudan Hajo Kukaoj ne ya ba da umarni. Fim din ya fara ne a bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na Toronto kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta People's Choice Documentary Award 

## Sauran ayyukan
Markovitz ita ce co-kafa bikin Encounters Festival Afirka ta Kudu,  da kuma Laboratory na Close Encouners Documentary, yanzu a cikin shekara ta 16. Shi memba ne na kafa kungiyar masu samar da fina-finai masu zaman kansu kuma ya zauna a kan wasu juriya na fina-fakka na kasa da kasa da bangarorin zaɓe, gami da Cinemart, Rotterdam, IDFA Bertha Fund da Silverdocs. Kwanan nan ya daidaita Good Pitch2 na farko a Johannesburg tare da haɗin gwiwar BRITDOC .

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