YLO Productions is a fresh and enthusiastic new production company in Cape Town, South Africa. Offering competitive costing, highly-skilled local crew, and comprehensive services for both film and stills production shoots.

"We provide start to finish production support on a global scale for a wide array of local and international productions.

Whether it’s photo or film shoots, campaigns, documentary, fashion, lifestyle, beauty, stock photography, TVCs, behind-the-scenes content, online material, social media content, or music videos, we’ve got you covered. Leveraging off our years of experience in production, We have developed deep-rooted relationships in the industry with extensive networks of suppliers, we at YLO source all the elements necessary to ensure your production unfolds seamlessly, resulting in content that perfectly embodies your brand, campaign, or products.

YLO Productions is your stills photo production company in Cape Town!"

Gavin Schneider Productions is an exceptional choice for all your photographic, video, and film shoot needs in Cape Town, South Africa. With their wealth of experience and expertise, they consistently deliver impeccable results that exceed expectations. From pre-production planning to postproduction, their team of professionals go above and beyond to bring your ideas to life.

Recently Ryan Edy, a UK-based lifestyle photographer, had an exciting shoot with Gavin Schneider Productions in Cape Town. Stunning visuals were captured showcasing Cape Town’s diversity of talent and locations.

Sam Barker, multiple award-winning photographer, embarked on multiple advertising campaigns recently and an extraordinary personal project shoot in a vintage car museum on the outskirts of Cape Town, creating breathtaking cinematic visuals.

Recent advertising projects produced with Gavin Schneider Productions in Cape Town: Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Avon Worldwide, Payoneer Financial Services, Parpi Pharmaceutical, Lidl Retail Group, Sage Financial Services.

Recent months saw the team collaborate with Adidas once again to shoot the Pride, Women’s World Cup and Performance ranges all produced in Cape Town.

Specialising in high-end stills and moving image campaigns for the fashion and advertising industries, Kent & Co. delivers professional, personal and epic productions.

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"What an absolute joy to see Cape Town back and busier than ever with much needed relief to many crew and suppliers post pandemic.

Hoops welcomed back long-time friends and clients FatFace for their 'Dive In' campaign with a team of Wavemakers who have turned their passion for water and conservation into a lifestyle.

Hoops dream client, GO Outdoors, took us to locations that we love to hang out between shoots anyway with bouldering in the iconic Rocklands, stand-up paddleboarding the inland waterways, hiking in coastal plains and through British like countryside, right to the top mountain peaks. We were even lucky enough to hit the slopes in New Zealand this winter, for the launch of their new ski-wear brand.

With Ellesse Sports we got to hit the fairways and courts for golf, tennis and padel and Hip-Hop style streetwear brand Avirex took us to some American style locations with some ultra-hip models and cars.

Season 22/23 has been amazing, bring on season 23/24!

Recent productions include: GO Outdoors on location in New Zealand shot by Camilla Rutherford and DOP Adam Walker; Nautica Competition and Avirex shot by Ian Engelbrecht and DOP Ivan Santiago; Ellesse Sports and Nautica shot by Mark Newton and DOP Ivan Santiago; Fat Face Style campaign shot by Euan Danks; Fat Face 'Dive In' campaign shot by Richard Johnson and DOP Eldon Van Aswegen with Red Bee Creative Agency; GO Outdoors 'Summer BBQ' campaign shot by Inge Prins; GO Outdoors SS23 campaigns for Apparel and Camping plus AW23 Apparel shot by Justin Badenhorst and DOPs Robin Taylor and Rory Till.

Follow us on Instagram for regular updates or check out our website."

Welcome to our new issue of Showcase Africa, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading creatives and companies working out of Africa.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our Cape Town Photo and Film directories, and through our general Middle East and Africa directories.

Brands and publications including H&M, Jaguar, Ellesse, Adidas, Pepsi, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Don't miss our recommended events:

• Tintera presents Liminal Spaces, a presentation of work by Anthony Hamboussi and Amr Elkafrawy from their respective series on Cairo's Ring Road.
• Africa International Film Festival is an international film showcase that presents an immersion into the world of filmmaking, with participation from all over Africa and the diaspora. AFRIFF is positioned as the largest annual appointment for African filmmakers in the region, celebrating the best African films and stories for 11 years and counting. From 5th to 10th November at the Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.
• Masters of photography in Morocco: From the end of the 19th century to the present day, the history of photography in Morocco constitutes an album of the most talented photographers. Until October at Maison de la Photographie de Marrakech.

Our cover image was shot by Moroccan photographer Zineb Koutten.

EUROCONNECTION loves to follow the sun, based in Cape Town and Lisbon. They are a full-service production company, who produce truly unique, memorable and tailored film and photographic shoots.

EUROCONNECTION was founded 25 years ago by Julie Van Damme Lagoe, who still oversees each production adding value with her experience and personal touch.

EUROCONNECTION strives to support and enhance the creative concepts of all their clients with flexibility and imagination.

EUROCONNECTION has been fortunate to work with some of the biggest brands in the World and are always welcome and happy for new collaborations.

"Contact us and let’s make it happen."

Recent jobs include Bien Seramik, Isadora Cosmetics, Heineken, Oceans Apart, Hush, LaDress, GQ, Glamour, Gloss, Gmaro, Cyell, and more.

Big Sky Productions is based out of the location-diverse Cape Town, South Africa. This full service photo and film production house has been operating for close on 20 years.

Big Sky Productions offers top quality, custom-designed production including location scouting, sourcing the best and most skilled local crew, hiring of equipment for both photo and film, hotel and transport coordination and many other elements that go into producing a successful shoot away from home.

Clients from all over the world include Shell, Diesel, U.S. Polo, Marks & Spencer, Studio W, to name a few.

"Trev here, a local South African photographer based out of Cape Town, represented by Agentemma.com, with eight years' commercial experience.

Recent additions to my advertising and lifestyle portfolio include KCM, Ryobi, Dr. Oetker, North Trampolines, Sunlight, Weisser, Maxi Cosi, and Pattex.

A few TVCs, where delivery of quality and options is time sensitive. Some solely directed sets where a positive and joyous atmosphere is engineered all round. And, my side hustle, producing and shooting stock library video and stills where chosen subjects offer exploration and insight into the human experience. The awards I have won continue to inspire me daily to be the best I can at my craft.

Photography, for me, is a beautiful way of connecting people, an experience that needs to be expressed, captured and celebrated around the world. I feel privileged to have been given the responsibility to shoot so many awesome campaigns with amazing people.

I look forward to hearing from you."

LifeDesign is a hybrid production agency based in Cape Town, specialising in content generation from ideation (brand strategy + concept development) to creation (film production + direction) to implementation (bringing brand stories to life in the digital + real world).

Helmed by creators Linda Notelovitz and Giovanna Winetzki, they find their passion in purposeful communication that creates meaningful connection in both the B2B and B2C markets.

LifeDesign has a unique approach to their style of working in which they are able to fully integrate into your team to live your brand with you.

Their most recent campaign was for Netherlands-based start-up The Farm Kitchen. The concept focused on presenting the brand's true essence: transforming the earth through regenerative agriculture for a better tomorrow. This story was brought to life through four unique films: 'Birth' (respect for the soil), 'Growth' (discovering the benefits of taste and health), 'Blooming' (experiencing Mother Nature’s love) and 'Being' (changing our behaviour to be kinder in the world).

Welcome to our new issue of Showcase Africa, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading creatives and companies working out of Africa.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production are available in our Cape Town Photo and Film directories, and through our general Middle East and Africa directories.

Brands and publications including Louis Vuitton, Škoda, Ellesse, Kronenbourg, Dr. Oetker, UNICEF, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Don't miss our recommended events:

• ‘I Go Shout Plenty’ gives voice to the interior lives of a diverse school of 31 artists from 11 countries, and by extension to their communities. At the African Artists’ Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria, until 1st October.
• The 44th edition of Cairo International Film Festival (13th - 22nd November) has announced its first wave of titles from the festival’s particolored sections.
• Gallery F in Cape Town presents: Keith Bernstein - Memories Of Mandela, which honours Mandela's unparalleled legacy as an anti-apartheid icon.

Our cover image was shot by Nigerian photographer Lex Ash and it's part of his editorial 'The Fab Sojourner'.