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About The Callsheet
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Online presence The Callsheet launched its website in October 2009 and aims to become the most widely used portal for information about the African film industry. www.thecallsheet.co.za attracts roughly 5 500 visits and 15 000 pageviews a month from 155 countries as a fully interactive, multi-media portal to the African film industry. The Callsheet also has Twitter, Facebook (2 000 friends and counting) and Linked In communities and a monthly e-newsletter which is sent to over 9 000 readers. History Founded by Lance Gibbons in 2003, The Callsheet has grown to become the most widely read trade publication for the South African film industry, covering the commercials, features, stills, new media, television, and corporate videos markets. Print distribution In 2010, The Callsheet was distributed nationally to an average of 8 200 film industry role players each month, including advertising agencies, clients, production companies, suppliers, industry associations, related government departments and key media. We distribute extra copies at various industry events, such as Cannes Lions, Cannes Film, Design Indaba, Durban FilmMart, Encounters, Mediatech, Out in Africa, People to People International Documentary Conference, The American Film Market, The Durban International Film Festival, The Imbongi Awards, The Loerie Awards, The Photo and Film Expo, Tri Continental Film Festival, and Wild Talk Africa. The Callsheet is also distributed via BidAir’s Premiere Lounges at all South African international and domestic airports, as well as on sets via Woshbox Mobile Toilets. BEE Rating As a level 4 contributor. 100% of what you spend with The Callsheet can be counted as BEE spend. Green friendly The Callsheet is printed by CTP Printers, which has engaged Global Carbon Exchange as their partner in establishing their carbon footprint. In addition, CTP has received The Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification. The newspaper is printed on Sappi 90gsm CARTMOGE wood-free white paper, which is sourced from sustainably managed forests, and uses vegetable-oil-based, environmentally-friendly inks conforming to the highest European standards. The Callsheet has set up recycling systems in our office and has committed to educating the film industry about environmental best practice. Film & Event Publishing The Callsheet is part of Film & Event Publishing, the hub that also produces The Filmmakers Guide to South Africa, an Imbongi Award nominee in 2009, and The Event, an award-winning trade publication for the South African events industry. Film & Event Publishing won the Imbongi Award in 2010 for Marketing Cape Town and the Western Cape's Film Industry. The hub also publishes dailies and exhibition guides. Past and present clients include Markex World of Events, The SITE International Conference, Meetings Africa, Sithengi, and The Cape Town International Film Festival.
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