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Join our Wildlife Filmmaking Course in South Africa and elevate your filmmaking from passion to purpose. Master essential filmmaking skills, discover Africa’s iconic wildlife, and learn how to turn storytelling into a career.

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Join us in South Africa for a month-long wildlife filmmaking experience designed to launch or advance your career in wildlife storytelling. With a focus on conservation and ethical filmmaking, this hands-on course blends expert instruction with real-world fieldwork, preparing you to work across broadcast, NGO, corporate, and digital platforms.

Based at our studio in the coastal town of Mossel Bay, you’ll receive practical training in story development, cinematography, sound, and post-production. Field excursions along South Africa’s iconic Garden Route will offer the chance to film wildlife in their natural habitat, including a week at our exclusive safari camp on a private game reserve. You may also collaborate on live client projects, gaining professional experience producing content for marketing and social media.

The course also covers essential business skills for freelancers and filmmakers, including branding, networking, developing income streams, and writing a business plan. Training is interactive and practical, with personalised guidance from experienced wildlife filmmakers who teach by doing – not just telling.

Whether you’re starting out or looking to sharpen your craft, this course provides the skills, experience, and industry access to help you succeed in the competitive world of wildlife filmmaking.

As part of this course, you’ll receive in-depth training in both foundational and advanced aspects of wildlife filmmaking, along with a working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.

You’ll join our team on a series of field trips, gaining hands-on experience in authentic shooting environments. Our established partnerships with wildlife organisations along the Garden Route offer unique access to real-world scenarios – giving you the chance to learn not only how to plan and execute a professional shoot, but also how to begin building a sustainable career in the industry.

Each day is divided between focused tutorials with practical fieldwork, guiding you step-by-step as you produce your own 3–5 minutes short documentary film centred on wildlife. In addition to your training, you’ll take part in a variety of excursions designed to enrich your storytelling skills and deepen your connection with the environment and local communities.

The course is based at our studio in Mossel Bay, a vibrant coastal town nestled between the Outeniqua Mountains and the Indian Ocean, around 400 km east of Cape Town. You’ll fly into George Airport, where a member of the team will meet you and provide transport to your accommodation. All course-related transport is included.

You’ll stay in comfortable, self-catering dorm-style accommodation located on-site at the studio, creating a seamless and immersive learning environment. Centrally located, the accommodation is just a short walk from beaches, shops, restaurants, and the harbour. Private rooms are available at an additional cost.

While at the private game reserve, you’ll stay at our newly built, exclusive safari camp. The camp offers comfortable dorm-style lodging with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities, placing you in the heart of the reserve with direct access to daily game drives – providing a unique opportunity to experience and film African wildlife in its natural environment.

Whether you’re starting out or looking to sharpen your craft, this course provides the skills, experience, and industry access to help you succeed in the competitive world of wildlife filmmaking.

As part of this course, you’ll receive in-depth training in both foundational and advanced aspects of wildlife filmmaking, along with a working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.