The South African post-house’s offerings range from script to screen while promoting creative financial solutions for filmmakers, including the robust South African tax incentives.
Based in Cape Town, The Refinery handles all aspects of picture and audio management, from script to screen. It also offers creative financial solutions for filmmakers, including robust South African tax incentives.
For The Umbrella Man 2, The Refinery handled full post-production from dailies to delivery, including color grading, sound, VFX, online, and DCP delivery to TIFF. For Blood and Water, it facilitated offline editing in four suites, VFX, and sound design.
The company also contributed to Netflix South Africa’s hugely popular The Unseen, handling offline, color grade, and finishing in HDR (Netflix South Africa’s first) and full VFX and IMF delivery.
International credits include Beast, Tomb Raider, Maze Runner: Death Cure, The Kissing Booth, Eye in the Sky, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Giver, Black Sails Season 1, and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
Steven Adams of Alta Global Media noted, “We were impressed by the outstanding skill set of The Refinery and are excited to introduce this incredible team to the world.”
Alta Global Media represents notable South African talent such as director/producer Mandla Dube, SAFTA nominated writer Sabelo Mgidi, SAFTA-winning director Thabang Moleya, showrunner Busisiwe Ntintili, and award-winning writer Jafta Mamabolo.
The Refinery (Cape Town) and The First Order (Johannesburg) are under new ownership, The First Order Group, recently forming a new cross-country alliance.
“At The Refinery, we've always been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of visual effects and storytelling, and with Alta Global's expertise and reach, we're poised to take our work to new heights,” stated The First Order Group chairman Sbonelo Mvuyana. “South Africa has a wealth of untapped creativity, and together with Alta Global, we aim to bring our unique vision and expertise to projects around the world.”
“We look forward to collaborating with the talented artists and professionals at Alta Global and are eager to embark on this journey of creativity, innovation, and global impact,” added The First Order CEO Alastair Orr. “This partnership represents a significant step towards putting South African talent at the forefront of the global VFX industry. Exciting times lie ahead, and we can't wait to share our work with the world."
Source: The Refinery
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
