countries, was executive-produced by Markovitz, and premiered at Berlin in February 2010. It included the award-winning Kenyan science fiction short Pumzi by Wanuri Kahiu. In 2009 Markovitz completed the documentary omnibus Congo in Four Acts which travelled to over 50 festivals including Berlin, IDFA, Hot Docs 2010; and the documentary State of Mind, directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, investigating trauma and healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Markovitz co-produced the Congolese-French-Belgium crime thriller Viva Riva!, directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010 and Berlin International Film Festival 2011 and won the MTV Movie Award for Best African Movie. It was released in USA, UK, Australia/NZ, Canada, Belgium, France, Germany and 18 African countries. In 2013, Markovitz executive-produced the fiction omnibus African Metropolis consisting of six films by six directors across Africa. The films have screened at Durban IFF, Toronto IFF, Santa Barbara IFF and IFF Rotterdam. In 2014, Markovitz was involved in three award-winning films: Stories of Our Lives, a Kenyan feature film about the LGBT community in Kenya, by Jim Chuchu and the NEST Collective, which Markovitz executive-produced. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Teddy Jury Award; Love the One You Love, a South African feature film written, produced and directed by Jenna Cato Bass, which Markovitz produced. The film won prizes at the Durban International Film Festival, Jozi Film Festival and Three Continents Festival in Nantes; Documentary Beats of the Antonov was produced by Markovitz, and directed by Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the People’s Choice Documentary Award Other Work Markovitz is the co-founder of Encounters Festival South Africa, and the Close Encounters Documentary Laboratory, now in its 16th year. He is a founding member of the Independent Producers Organisation and has sat on various international film juries and selection panels, including Cinemart, Rotterdam, IDFA Bertha Fund and Silverdocs. He recently moderated the first Good Pitch² in Johannesburg in partnership with BRITDOC. References External links Big World Cinema South African film producers South African television producers Living people 1965 births University of Cape Town alumni