‘Silverton Siege’ & ‘Heart Of The Hunter’ Director Mandla Dube Lands Six-Picture Financing Investment
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Silverton Siege director Mandla Dube has landed major investment for his next six feature films.
The Industrial Corporation of South Africa (IDC), a national development finance institution, has committed to financing a slate of films from Dube’s Pambili Media.
Dube is best known for Netflix action thriller Silverton Siege, which was inspired by the real-life incident that sparked the Free Mandela movement, and Heart of the Hunter, a title based on Deon Meyer’s best-selling novel that was the first African feature to debut at number one on Netflix’s global charts.
He also made South African liberation film Kalushi and street dancer drama series Jiva, both of which were for Netflix. In 2022, he struck a multi-title development deal with the streamer, as Netflix made a major commitment to production in the country.
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