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Towerkop Creations Project Slate
2011

Filmmaker, founder, and director of Towerkop Creations, Uga Lisa Carlini, has won the rights to create a documentary and feature film of Alison Botha’s much sought after book I Have Life, as well as Elizabeth’s Klarer’s bestselling book, Beyond the Light Barrier. All very fitting projects, considering Towerkop Creations specializes in female-driven heroine stories that inspire, entertain, and appeal to a broad audience.

Moreover, Uga is currently in negotiations with several major Oscar award-winning producers who have taken a keen interest in her projects. Uga Carlini received her drama degree, specializing in acting and filmmaking, from Stellenbosch University. Her acting and filmmaking career stretches over continents which includes South Africa, the United Kingdom and Fiji. In Fiji she compiled and pioneered the syllabus, a first of its kind, for the South Pacific for acting, screenwriting and filmmaking for the National University of Fiji. The promo of her documentary film, Good Planets are Hard to Find, was recently one of 500 shorts chosen out of 7000 international entries for the InterFilm Berlin shorts competition in Germany and is on the short film line-up for the prestige Cape Winelands Film Festival.

From 2010 - 2011 she wrote the pilot script, handled the research and some of the production, for Zyron Picture’s Media Veertjie Award nominated Sewe Sakke Sout, which aired in 2011. She also wrote and helped conceptualize the treatment, and handled the pre-production research, for another Zyron runaway success, Celeb se Kind (kykNET). For Adamastor Productions she wrote the script for the currently in post-production BBC History Channel 54 minute doc The Mission Ground. She is also in development with feature The Retirement with the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa.

The Afrikaans word ‘Towerkop’ doesn’t translate to ‘magical head’ for no reason, for it is a reflection of the work ethic, passion and unique combination of years worth of industry experience that’s seeing this dynamic production company move forward and upward as it brings inspiring, unique and powerful stories to life on the silver screen. Uga has recently been nominated as Xtraordinary Woman of the Month for March 2012. Xtraordinary Women is a platform that leads, inspires, supports and recognizes female entrepreneurs in South Africa:
http://www.xtraordinarywomen.co.za/stories/featured/126-woman-of-the-month-uga-carlini

DF Malan High School, Bellville

Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch

Drama Degree - Drama degree major in film studies and acting

Editor's Choice Award | Judges committee The International Library of Poetry | 2002

ISBN 0-7951-5124-1
Editor Melisa S.Mitchell

Jan en die boontjie rank en die 33 boontjies | De Kat/Quellerie Roman kompetisie finale | 2002

JAN IS GIVEN THREE BEANSTALK SEEDS BY A WOMAN WITH BIG BOOBS AND A BABY ON HER BACK THAT’S MUNCHING ON A MICRO-CHIP. A MAGICAL BEANSTALK GROWS, AS DOES JAN’S DREAMS...THIRTY THREE WONDERFULLY ABSURD, SURREALISTIC...WELL ACTUALLY JUST ADD ANY UNUSUAL ADJECTIVE...DREAMS
ISBN 0-620-288 15-9

reviews:
'Bisar, maar fassinerend. Totaal buitenissig. Ook moedswillig. Bedwelemd en bedwelemend'

Xtraordinary Woman of the Month | 2012

Uga has recently been nominated as Xtraordinary Woman of the Month for March 2012. Xtraordinary Women is a platform that leads, inspires, supports and recognizes female entrepreneurs in South Africa.

Nominee - ATKV Media Veertjie Award | 2011

ATKV Media Veertjie nomination best TV documentary SEWE SAKKE SOUT (Zyron Pictures)

Sunday Independent profile piece | 2012

Magic, miracles and an alien affair.

Rapport feature article | 2012

Hanlie gesels met Alison Botha

Rapport feature article | 2011

Dapper Alison se verhaal word fliek

OFFICIAL SELECTION Cape Winelands Film Festival 2012 | 2012

OFFICIAL SELECTION InterfilmBerlin | 2011

One of 500 short films chosen out of 7000 international entries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlaHo5SEB1Y

HENDRIK VENTER - GRIFFEL PUBLISHERS

"Uga Carlini’s creativity is naturally branded by her continuous passion, particular acuteness to detail and dedication which results in her new and original works. I know that whichever theme Uga is currently exploring, whether it is as a writer or director, will be the subject of the future. " - 2011

HERMAN BINGE – WATERFRONT TELEVISION

"Uga is a highly creative, intelligent and innovative and has shown a very strong commitment to the television and film industry. She has done excellent work for our company and for all the production companies that she was employed by as producer and consequently has a very good reputation in the local industry. I have read some of her scripts and I was pleasantly surprised by her creativity and writing ability. I recommend Uga Carlini as a producer and script writer without any reservation. " - 2011

JERRY WONG, ACTING HEAD, FIT - FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

"The Fiji National University’s pioneering students in Acting, Filmmaking and Screenwriting had the privilege to study under industry leader and producer, director, actress and screenwriter Uga Carlini. African Dynamite on Fijian shores! The experience was like watching a well crafted movie where all the elements fell into all the right places at just the right time. Our students are now well placed in the local film & TV industry, making an impact with their skills learned from a great teacher and mentor. " - 2010

Hollywood LitSales

"A project that benefits from its well-written characters. The characters are varied, interesting, sometimes a hoot and sometimes totally loveable. " - 2011

Annetjie Du Toit kykNET

"Uga Carlini is a tour de force to be reckoned with. Her talent and originality in both screenwriter and producer capacity stays with one long after she leaves the room. Her pitch was as exciting as her off beat, original and memorable concepts. " - 2011

Screenwriter Paul Ian Johnson

"There are few scripts landing in my Inbox that are laugh-out loud funny but yours was. An infectious, entertaining, rugby worshipping piece of comic anarchy, with well-timed moments of pathos that add up to sheer, unapologetic entertainment and fun. A strong foundation for some really nice character work for any comic performer. " - 2011

National Film and Video Fountaion of South Africa

"The writer seems fitting for the story and has an impressive CV. She is experienced in the industry and has been involved in training initiatives. There is a lot of promise in the script and the characters have potential to be quirky, fun and different. There is clearly talent here. " - 2011