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Dancing For Akeeda completes filming
July 2026
After 12 years of filming across three continents, Dancing For Akeeda has finally wrapped in Johannesburg. Director Dominic Ozanne and DOP and co-producer Brian Green shot the climatic closing scene as Faahkir Bestman starred in a specially commissioned ballet, The Bacchae, celebrating 25 years of the Joburg Ballet. Faahkir performed his first professional solo in the ballet at the 1,000 seat Nelson Mandela Theatre in downtown Joburg.
Off The Fence to distribute Dancing For Akeeda
January 2026
Dutch distributor Off The Fence, the outfit behind the Oscar-winning South African documentary My Octopus Teacher, have come aboard as the official distributor for Dancing For Akeeda.
As well as providing an advance against future sales, Off The Fence will now take Dancing For Akeeda into the market place to raise the finance needed to complete the film.
Ash Jenkins boards Dancing For Akeeda
May 2020
Film Editor, Ash Jenkins, has been hired by Marquee Films to produce a rough cut of feature doc, Dancing For Akeeda. Ash has cut numerous feature docs including Havana Marking's Afghan Star (winner of both the directing and audience awards at Sundance) and Nick Broomfield's Iraq war film The Battle For Haditha (winner of a Grierson for best drama doc).
"We're really excited to be working with Ash", says Director Dominic Ozanne. "As well as specialising in feature docs, Ash has a unique sensibility. He really gets the emotional core of the story."
Bertha Foundation awards grant to Dancing For Akeeda
April 2020
The Bertha Foundation awards Dancing For Akeeda a grant from its international film fund. The funding will be put towards creating a rough cut of the materials to date.
"We're delighted to be working g with the Bertha Foundation", says co-producer, Brian Green. "As well as being leading supporters of socially conscious documentary filmmaking, Bertha is also a hallmark of quality in the world of feature docs, having backed projects like No Other Land and Virunga."
