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Introducing the 2026 Script Studio Cohort, presented by Reel to Reality Film Festival and The Emotional Club ✍🏽🎬
These selected screenwriters formed a part of the first co-hort, where they received mentor feedback and peer review. Writers introduced their work through this workshop, and got the experience to have actors as script readers, bringing their stories to life through a table read.
A collaborative and insightful first edition, and we’re excited to see how these stories continue to develop into films.
Introducing Sinovuyo Nqwili
Sinovuyo Nqwili is a South African scriptwriter, director and producer with professional experience across television, film and theatre. She has written multiple 52-minute Mzansi Magic movies and have worked professionally as a writer on several South African television productions, including Umkhokha, My Brother’s Keeper, Uzalo, Genesis and KwaBaba. She has also expanded into producing, having produced one movie, which is set to TX later this year. A director and founder of Bread Productions, a female-led production company focused on developing and producing authentic African stories. Through Bread Productions, she has produced a 52 Movie made for television and is currently in development on a short film funded by the NFVF. Her work is rooted in authentic South African storytelling, with a particular interest in stories that explore human experiences, social issues and the complexities of identity and relationships.
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Introducing Andile Gumbo
Andile J. Gumbo is a Johannesburg-based screenwriter, producer, and novelist. He graduated cum laude from AFDA Johannesburg (BA) in 2021 before embarking on his career as an indie short filmmaker, producing such projects as ‘Cat.Fisch’ a dark romantic thriller which won the Critic’s Choice Award at the Garden Route International Film Festival (2022) along with ‘Go For The Head’ a post-apocalyptic comedy which won Best Diaspora Film at the European Film Festival Zimbabwe (2025).
He is a founder of the Yardang Film Group and a development co-ordinator at Mannequin Films where he generates high-concept film and television projects for local and international au
These selected screenwriters formed a part of the first co-hort, where they received mentor feedback and peer review. Writers introduced their work through this workshop, and got the experience to have actors as script readers, bringing their stories to life through a table read.
A collaborative and insightful first edition, and we’re excited to see how these stories continue to develop into films.
Introducing Sinovuyo Nqwili
Sinovuyo Nqwili is a South African scriptwriter, director and producer with professional experience across television, film and theatre. She has written multiple 52-minute Mzansi Magic movies and have worked professionally as a writer on several South African television productions, including Umkhokha, My Brother’s Keeper, Uzalo, Genesis and KwaBaba. She has also expanded into producing, having produced one movie, which is set to TX later this year. A director and founder of Bread Productions, a female-led production company focused on developing and producing authentic African stories. Through Bread Productions, she has produced a 52 Movie made for television and is currently in development on a short film funded by the NFVF. Her work is rooted in authentic South African storytelling, with a particular interest in stories that explore human experiences, social issues and the complexities of identity and relationships.
#ReeltoRealityFest
Introducing Andile Gumbo
Andile J. Gumbo is a Johannesburg-based screenwriter, producer, and novelist. He graduated cum laude from AFDA Johannesburg (BA) in 2021 before embarking on his career as an indie short filmmaker, producing such projects as ‘Cat.Fisch’ a dark romantic thriller which won the Critic’s Choice Award at the Garden Route International Film Festival (2022) along with ‘Go For The Head’ a post-apocalyptic comedy which won Best Diaspora Film at the European Film Festival Zimbabwe (2025).
He is a founder of the Yardang Film Group and a development co-ordinator at Mannequin Films where he generates high-concept film and television projects for local and international au
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