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Experienced Productions Features, all TV, Commercials, Documentaries, Reality, Actuality, Music, Corporate |
RECENT PRODUCTIONS
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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019
(FEATURE) "ToloTolo" Tao Due s.r.l.
OCTOBER 2018
(DOC) “El Rey de la Sabana” Spanish crew filming wildlife in the Masai Mara. Director of Photography: Miguel Tomas
OCTOBER 2018
(DOC) Interviews with Ann Olivecrona and her team who are transferring captive chimpanzees from South Sudan to a sanctuary in Zambia.JULY 2018
(FEATURE) “Kazakh Business in Africa” Kaztelproduct. Almaty, Kazakhstan
Director: Anvar Matzhanov
Hilarious slapstick film starring Kazakhstan’s most famous comedy duo.
JULY 2018
Jenny accompanied 7 Masai’s to Johannesburg on a 4 day trip where they featured in a TV commercial for EmiratesJULY 2018
Jenny accompanied 7 Masai’s to Johannesburg on a 4 day trip where they featured in a TV commercial for EmiratesJUNE 2018
(DOC) Hubertusjagd “The Hubertus Hunt”
Travel series for Red Bull TV introduced by Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe – photographer, skier, musician – who travels the world meeting remarkable personalities.
JUNE 2018
(DOC) Wasted Talent. Focusing on Nu Kenyan Hip Hop group. The show is introduced by local hip hop artistes Octopizzo and the Cosmic Homies. Director: Nicholas Decosemo
MAY 2018
(CORPORATE) Sanlam celebrating 100 Years. Corporate Carbon Collective, Cape Town.
MAY 2018
(DOC) BLIK Film, Utrecht, Holland. About a Dutch NGO facilitating free health care to truck drivers. Director: Thomas Endeman
FEBRUARY 2018
(DOC) “Staying Alive” Partners in Action Youth Group reaching out to drivers and conductors with HIV prevention messages. Director: Charlie Sarsfield
NOVEMBER 2017
(D0C) “Maritime Silk Road” with IFA (In Focus Asia whom we worked with in January 2014). Episode 3 of a 3-part series for National Geographic Channel. The show chronicles the journey of ancient Chinese maritime explorer Zheng He and how his voyages are still relevant in today’s trading landscape around the world. Director: Dominic Young
OCTOBER 2017
(CORPORATE) Endemol Shine Beyond. Filming U-tubes for German NGO, DSW, involving four German influencers taking part in activities with local Kenya sponsors. Director of Photography : Markus Kanert
SEPTEMBER 2017
(TVC) “RABO BANK – Kickstart Food Programme” Planet EGG, Netherlands. Director: Krijn van NoordwijkSEPTEMBER 2017
(DOC) “Nairobi Revisited” Rolf Seelmann-Egbert CBE, Africa Correspondnt for German Radio and ARD Television from 1968 to 1977 revisits Nairobi and the office that he set up (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevolkerving) and co-founded 25 years ago. Director: Rolf Seelmann-Egbert
FEBRUARY 2017
(MUSIC) Leaving James behind to organize the “Kibera Blues” shoot for Connie Neilsen . A little background – Connie was the star of a Danish kids’ adventure movie we shot in Nairobi in 2010 entitled “Lost in Africa”. The main location was Kibera slum which affected Connie profoundly and resulted in her forming a trust to raise US$2 million and build the Kibera Town Centre which has changed thousands of lives. It has a borehole and state of the art filtration system and world class unique waste water system. It is entirely solar powered. As well as toilets and hot showers, modern laundry, a cafeteria and cybercafé, KTC provides an empowerment service including training, library, music academy, and community support programmes.
In February 2017, Connie herself wrote and directed a music video “Kibera Blues”, produced by Pontact and incorporating cast and some crew from Kibera.
FEBRUARY 2017
(TELEVISION) “Wish you were here” (Liefs Uit) for KRO/NCRV. Dutch TV show filming the daily life of Rhoda who is hoping to join her Dutch boyfriend in Netherlands.
FEBRUARY 2017
Jenny accompanied 10 Masai’s to Cape Town.
SEPTEMBER 2016
(CORPORATE) “Vestas – The Windiest Place on Earth”. The Copenhagen Film Company, Denmark. A Corporate documentary for Vestas, a Danish company developing the Turkana Wind Farm demonstrating the importance of green energy in Kenya. Director: Charlie Fisher
SEPTEMBER 2016
(REALITY) Working with Fox Base Alpha from South Africa, we facilitated Red Bull Social Fabric. Red Bull’s digital platform features inspirational and entertainment programmes. This was the Kenyan part of a journey around the world of men’s fashion, presented by design genius Kyle Ng.
JULY 2016
(TELEVISION) Al Jazeera “Rebel Education” series. Glasshead Productions, London.
Revolutionising education in Kenya with the African Prisons Project in Kamiti Maximum Prison and Langata Womens Prison. Director: Doug Bolton
MAY 2016
Jenny visited Germany with a Kenyan delegation which included the Permanent Secretary and officials from Ministry of Sports & Culture, at the invitation of German Government through One Fine Day Films.
JANUARY 2016
(DOC) Secretary Jewell’s trip to Africa for Discovery Channel. Triosphere, Director of Photography: Jim Ball
OCTOBER 2015
(CORPORATE) “Pontus Westerberg Transparency” FASAD, Sweden
OCTOBER 2015
(DOC) “Action for Wildlife – Elephants” Oakland Zoo, California. Director: Nancy Filipi
OCTOBER 2015
(DOC) “1000 Days” for South American TV series about baby’s first 100 days. Director of Photography : Felipe Mejia
OCTOBER 2015
(EVENT) CNN African Journalist of the Year Award Ceremony
Pontact’s great pleasure to work again with CAP Events from South Africa, and
Mark West and his super professional team. A glitzy event at the Kenya International Convention Centre attended by H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta.
This was the 20th Anniversary of the prestigious award and 10 years since the first time it was held outside of South Africa in 2004 which was also facilitated by Pontact Productions.
SEPTEMBER, 2015
(CORPORATE) Shots for Africa Oil website. Popkorn Courtyard Studio, London. Director: Rory Wheeler
AUGUST 2015
(CORPORATE) Shot a “teaser” for a forthcoming Swedish TV series on poaching.
AUGUST 2015 – FL Concepts Paris
(DOC) “Mama Hyena”. Documentary on world renowned Hyena researcher, Kay Holekamp, in the Masai Mara.
JULY 2015
(REALITY) VOL 920 – Productions 920 Inc. Montreal
Canada’s longest running and most popular reality show overriding similar shows along the lines of Survivor and Big Brother by over 1m Canadian viewers. They travel to 9 countries per season as the number of contestants decreases. Director: Guillaume St.Arnaud.
JUNE 2015
(DOC) “The Age of Loneliness” Direct Cinema Inc, Santa Monica
Interviews with wildlife experts on saving rhino and elephants in Africa.
APRIL-MAY 2015
(DOC) “The Last of the Longnecks” Iniosante, New Braunfels, Texas. Director: Ashley Scott-Davidson
APRIL 2015
(TELEVISION) “Vermisst” (Missed) Endemol, Cologne, Germany
Series re-uniting long lost families. A 42 year-old man who was put up for adoption in Germany is searching for his Kenyan mother. Director: Hans Joachim Gerken
APRIL 2015
(DOC) “The Crowd and the Cloud” Day’s Edge Production, Miami. Director: Dr. Neil Losin
MARCH 2015
(DOC) “Women Entrepreneurs around the World” Ellipsis Pictures, NY.
MARCH 2014 – El Kabir
(TELEVISION) “Hzelqom in Africa” with (SEL Media Egypt). African episode of the Egyptian comedy series hugely popular throughout the Middle East. However, an experience Kenya would rather forget as they left owing moneyFEBRUARY-MARCH 2015
(DOC) “The Spirit of Safari” One Planet, Paris. Guide to the ultimate safari introduced by Perrine Crosmary. Director: Marcel Wack
FEBRUARY 2015
(DOC) “Brothers of Elephants” FL Concepts, Paris. About Daphne Sheldrick’s grandsons Roan and Taru Carr Hartley, who have grown up with the DSWT orphans.
JANUARY 2015
(CORPORATE) “Fragile healthcare infrastructure” SAP SE, Germany. Explaining software to be used to a cervical cancer project in Eldoret and Heidelberg.
JANUARY 2014 - Infocus Asia
(DOC) Documentary series about UNESCO World Heritage sites highlighting developments and changes around Lake Turkana which is a World Heritage Site. Title : “UNESCO Access 360 World Heritage Kenya”
JAN 2014 - Vogue Paris Print Editorial, photographing models in various beautiful Kenyan backgrounds.
JANUARY 2014 - Monsanto.
(DOC) How drought resistant seed is helping African farmers. WEMA
NOVEMBER 2013
(REALITY) Half the Sky Movement. Show of Force, NY.
Focusing on empowerment of women worldwide, this episode concerning Shining Hope NGO in Kibera with special guest presenters, Mia and Ronan Farrow.
APRIL 2012
(TVC) Airtel Rwanda Launch
Director: Marius van Graan
OCTOBER 2011
(FEATURE) “Il Paese Delle Piccolo Pioggi” (The Country with Little Rains)
Comedy Movie s.r.l., Rome
JULY 2011
(FEATURE) “Inside Story” Curious Pictures, South Africa
Director: Rolie Nikiwe
2010 December: Kenyan Artisans (Documentary)
2010 September: Rich, Famous and in the Slums (Reality/Actuality series)
2010 August: Philips (Documentary)
2010 March-April: Kidnappet (Feature Film)
2009 October: Doctors from Hippo Lake (Feature Film)
2009 October: In a Better World (Feature Film)
2009 July-September: Going Home (Reality series)
2009 July: Atlas (Documentary)
2009 June: Klimanord (TV)
2009 May: Banged Up Abroad (Docu-drama)
2008 December: Humana (TVC)
2008: Night (Documentary)
2008 August-September: BBC Taking the Flak (TV)
2008 August: Mercedes (Stills)
2007 December: Lipton’s Tea (TVC)
July-September: Heart of Fire (Feature Film)
2007 January: Pilot Episode: BBC Calais Rules (TV
In a Better World Zentropa Entertainments 16 October 2009 |
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Winterreise |
Fortis TVC for
Czar Netherlands January 2005 |
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Senseo "Pluto"
for Milly Films Brussels November 2004 |
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“Ich will laufen – Der Fall
Dieter Baumann”, Neue Filmproduktion from Berlin, came for a week’s shoot with a small crew including Director, Diethard Kleint, and principal actor Hans Werner Meyer, to shoot the beauty shots of Baumann’s high altitude training in Kenya. This was a“commando” shoot, a Pontact speciality using a small and efficient crew,easy to move and seize that special opportunity when it arises. |
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“The Last Breakthrough” – TV drama series for Hong Kong’s TVB. We eagerly await our DVD copies of the Africa part of this 30 part Series which was aired in March in Hong Kong and mainland China. Lasting friendships were made and we look forward to visiting Hong Kong on Kenya Airways new route to the Far East. |
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