PANEL CHATS GALLERY 2026
Four panels over two days, and a room full of industry giants willing to talk honestly about what’s happening in our industry right now. Upstairs in the Nedbank Loft, we welcomed some of South Africa’s top directors, producers, marketers and industry leaders to talk about the craft of filmmaking, the future of production, where all the 40-year-old art directors have gone, and whether we’re losing sight of the big creative ideas. Turns out, we had PLENTY to talk about.
PANEL CHAT: Directors on Directors: Behind the craft and inside the director’s mind. Bruno Bossi (Director at Carbon Films), Jessie Zinn (Director at Bioscope Films), Thina Zibi (Independent Director), and Zee Ntuli (Director at Darling Films)
PANEL CHAT: The conditions have changed, the ambition hasn’t. Zayd Halim (EP & Managing Partner at Patriot Films), Dani Hynes (Director at Love Films TV), Katherine Jones (Senior VP at Production Practice, Publicis Groupe Africa), Dan Kaplan (EP at Bioscope Films)
PANEL CHAT: Where’s the 40-year-old Art Director? Fran Luckin (Co-CCO at Boundless), Carl Willoughby (CCO at TBWAHuntLascaris), Saf Sindhi (Founder & CCO at Bananas South Africa), Steph van Niekerk (ECD at TBWAHuntLascaris)
PANEL CHAT: More Content. Less Creativity? Khensani Nobanda (Group CMO at Nedbank), Brian Muguto (Head of Strategy at Publicis Media Africa), Jolene Roelofse (Founder & CEO at Fluence Africa, Head of Influencer Marketing), Xolisa Dyeshana (CCO at Joe Public)
A huge thank you to every panellist and moderator who brought their experience, opinions and honesty to the Loft; to Kensi, Mivuyo, Tanya, Annie and the Nedbank team for helping us create a space for these conversations; and to everyone who came upstairs, or watched from downstairs, challenged and joined in – same time next year!
This year, thanks to the brilliant team at Yarneigh we have recorded all the panels. 
We’ll keep you posted when they’ll be released.
All images by Laura McCullagh.
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IDIDTHAT PRODUCTION PARTNERS:
0307, Algranti Music, Audio Militia, Bioscope Films, Blacksmith Collective, Carbon Films, Darling Films, David Prior Photography, Deliverance Post Production, Egg Films, FORT, Giant Films, Groundglass, HELLO_COLAB, Kurated Collective, Love Films, Mushroom Media, Patriot Films, POST CT, Pressure Cooker Studios, Robot, ROMANCE, Sanaa Films, Spitfire Films, Tessa Ford Post, They Films, TinToy Films, Triple Story
IDIDTHAT BRAND PARTNERS:
Heineken, Nedbank, KFC, VW and VRtuosus
IDIDTHAT SUPPORT PARTNERS:
City Lodge, PROP ART, POPCO, TEXX AND THE CITY & Yarneigh Studios
PANEL CHATS GALLERY 2026 – Day 1
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PANEL CHATS GALLERY 2026 – Day 2
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IDIDTHAT PRODUCTION PARTNERS:
0307, Algranti Music, Audio Militia, Bioscope Films, Blacksmith Collective, Carbon Films, Darling Films, David Prior Photography, Deliverance Post Production, Egg Films, FORT, Giant Films, Groundglass, HELLO_COLAB, Kurated Collective, Love Films, Mushroom Media, Patriot Films, POST CT, Pressure Cooker Studios, Robot, ROMANCE, Sanaa Films, Spitfire Films, Tessa Ford Post, They Films, TinToy Films, Triple Story
IDIDTHAT BRAND PARTNERS:
Heineken, Nedbank, KFC, VW and VRtuosus
IDIDTHAT SUPPORT PARTNERS:
City Lodge, PROP ART, POPCO, TEXX AND THE CITY & Yarneigh Studios