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Martin Botha

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Martin Petrus Botha

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Date of Birth: 05-10-1959 Place of Birth: Bethlehem, Free State

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Associate Professor: Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town;

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Director - African Cinema Unit, UCT, Cape Town: (2008 - present)

Associate Professor - Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town: (2006 - present)

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Jury Member - Kannapaneel (KKNK), Oudtshoorn: (2007 - 2008)

Academic Head - CityVarsity School of Media, Cape Town: (2005 - 2005)

Lid van Kunstekabinet - KKNK, Oudtshoorn: (2004 - 2008)

Councillor - National Film & Video foundation (NFVF), Johannesburg: (1999 - 2007)

Senior Lecturer - CityVarsity School of Media, Cape Town: (1999 - 2004)

Director - Cape Film commission, Cape Town: (1999 - 2003)

Guest Lecturer - Cape Town Film school, Cape Town: (1998 - 1998)

Senior Lecturer - UNISA, Pretoria: (1996 - 1997)

Research Specialist - Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria: (1992 - 1995)

Film policy researcher - Film & Allied Workers Organisation, Johannesburg: (1990 - 1994)

Senior Researcher - Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria: (1988 - 1991)

Researcher - Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria: (1983 - 1988)

Jury Member - Cape Town World Cinema Festival, Cape Town: (2004)

Jury Member - Apollo Film Festival, Victoria West: (2005)

Jury Member - Cape Winelands Film Festival, Cape Town: (2009)

Jury Member - Apollo Film Festival, Victoria West: (2006)

Jury member - Durban International Film Festival, Durban: (2004)

Jury Member - Apollo Film Festival, Victoria West: (2003)

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Degree - University of Free State: Bachelor of Arts (1981)

Degree - University of Free State: Master of Arts (1983)

Degree - University of Free State: Doctor of Philosophy (1990)

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Dr Botha is currently an Associate Professor in the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town. The Centre for Film and Media Studies is committed to promoting the study of African Cinemas, taking account of the richness and div

Dr Martin Botha published more than 200 articles, reports and papers on the South African media, including five books on South African cinema, namely Images of South Africa: the rise of the alternative film (1992), Movies Moguls Mavericks: South Afri

He has done more than 70 research studies, including research on television's impact on South African society (especially with regard to aggressiveness among children), content analyses of the mass media, formative evaluations (pre-testing) of variou

From 1990 until 1992 he was involved in extensive research for the Film and Allied Workers' Organisation (FAWO) regarding the restructuring of the South African film industry. For this project he studied the film industries of Canada, New Zealand, We

At the end of July 1995 he was seconded to the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology to co-write the White Paper for a future South African film industry

Due to his involvement in film policy research the United States Information Agency invited him to participate in an International Visitor's Programme during 1997.

In 1987 Dr Botha was one of the two project leaders of the South African investigation into the effects of television violence on school children. Between 1987 and 1991 he was the project leader of two further longitudinal investigations into the dat

Between 1991 and 1996 he was involved in a third South African investigation into the effects of television violence exposure on children, this time among children from various South African townships. Dr Botha worked closely with Prof. Rowell Huesma

During August 1994 he was invited to the 24th Giffoni Film Festival in Italy as official guest regarding an overview of South African cinema

During 2004 he was an invited guest at the 14th Festival Cinema Africano d?Asia e America Latina in Milan, which he assisted to compile a retrospective on South African cinema (1960-2004).

He was also an invited guest at the Zanzibar Film Festival during July 2004, as well as at the 2005 Locarno Film Festival, 2006 Open Doek Film Festival and 2009 Afrika Film festival in Leuven.

He was invited during 1992 by the Free University of Brussels to deliver three papers at a congress/film week on the theme Cinema and Apartheid.

From January the 26th till February the 5th 2008 he was an invited guest at the International Nile Song Festival in Egypt. During July 2009 he was an invited guest at the 7th Ischia Global Film and Music Festival, where he received an award for his c

He is a free-lance film critic for various newspapers and magazines, consultant/advisor for several international film festivals, as well as South Africa's contributor to International Film Guide since 1991. Currently he covers most of the film indu

During 2008 he served as a Juror in the Semi-Finals Judging in the category of TELENOVELLA AND ART PROGRAMMING for the 2008 International Emmy? Awards

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Beukema Medal for Best Student in German - Grey College

Book - Showdata: (1992); Editor

Academic Merit (Best Post-graduate Student in Psychology) - UFS

Book - HSRC: (1992); Co-Author

Merit for Research - Human Sciences Research Council

Report - HSRC: (1994); Co-Author

Bronze Gryphon for Research on South African Film - 24th Giffoni Film Festival

Policy paper - DAC: (1995); Co-Author

Merit award for Research - Human Sciences Research Council

Book - VUB Press: (1997); Co-Author

Merit award for Research - Human Sciences Research Council

Journal - KINEMA: (2003); Author

Certificate for services on the inaugural Council of the National Film & Video Foundation of SA - Minister of Arts and Culture

Journal - KINEMA: (2004); Author

Certificate for invaluable contribution in serving on the NFVF Council from 2003-2007 - Minister of Arts & Culture: RSA

Journal - KINEMA: (2005); Author

Special Ischia Global Award for extraordinary contribution to the South African film industry - ISCHIA INTERNATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY: Italy

Journal - KINEMA: (2006); Author

Book Chapter - Opendoek: (2006); Author

Book - Genugtig!: (2006); Author

Journal - KINEMA: (2007); Author

Book - Genugtig!: (2007); Editor

Journal - KINEMA: (2008); Author

Journal - KINEMA: (2009); Author

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Member - SOCINE (The Brazilian Society for Cinema and Audiovisual Studies): (2007)

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Member - International Society for Research on Aggression: (1992 - 1995)

Corresponding Member - CILECT: (2005 - 2008)

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