Standerton’s Chloe Iacovou achieves success in her field of study
An accolade is that a film called Calf was submitted and selected for the Durban International Film Festival, taking place sometime in June/July.
Chloe Iacovou’s father Nick, shared the news the past week that his daughter has enrolled for her honours degree in film-making after receiving a bursary.
“If not for the bursary, she would have had to begin working,” Nick said.
Chloe is the eldest daughter of Nick and Dianne Iacovou from Standerton and has one sibling, Alexia.
She described her hopeless feeling after attempting to get funding for her future studies.
Several institutions turned her down.
“I would make it to the interview stages, but was not successful,” Chloe said.
Chloe is a student at a film school in Durban and began studying more than three years ago.
The dean of the university however, came up to her just a day before applications for the university’s bursary closed and suggested she apply.
This bursary covers her studies for the whole year and equipment needed.
What’s even more is that she has job security since employment next year has been finalised.
Born in Durban, Chloe attended Kosmos Private Academy in Standerton before completing her matric year at Hoërskool Standerton.
The curriculum at the film school is almost the same as that of a university, covering all aspects of filmmaking.
They were 100 students in their first year, dropped to 40 in the second year and the honours class now has less than 20 students. .
During the last interview with the Standerton Advertiser, a 12-minute film was in the making, to be shown at a Ster/Kinekor cinema.
So far so good, but when it was shown on the big screen, the sound did not match the images on the screen.
“I was quite devastated,” Chloe also said.
Her lecturers came to the rescue and organised a second screening later the day, where everything was in sync.
An accolade is that a film called Calf was submitted and selected for the Durban International Film Festival, taking place sometime in June/July.
The honours year also involves the making of a 23-minute-film.
“Our team has decided on making an entirely Afrikaans film,” Chloe added.
“Afrikaans actors will be cast and I want to show Cape Town and Johannesburg what Durban can do.”
Wait, there’s more, she also does colour-grading for a production company in the UK.
They focus on low-budget, feature-length horror movies.
Chloe Iacovou is passionately intent on fulfilling her dreams.
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