Cait Pansegrouw

Cait Pansegrouw is a South African producer and casting director that has worked internationally for the past 10 years. Cait is a multi-South African Film and Television Award-winner with work that has travelled to Sundance, Berlinale, Venice, Durban and FESPACO, to name a few. In 2018 she was included on the Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans list. Her work has been supported by public and private funding globally. Inxeba (The Wound), which she produced and cast directed screened at more than 60 festivals worldwide, winning 28 awards, including 6 SAFTAs. It was also selected as South Africa's official entry for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018, making it to the December shortlist of 9 films. More recently, her feature film This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection was awarded the Jury Prize for Visionary Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered. This film has gone on to win 32 more awards and continues to compete at festivals. In 2020, it was announced as Lesotho's first ever entry to both the Oscars and the Golden Globes. Cait serves as Co-founder and Director of Artistic Operations for the Realness Institute, which strives to foster a new wave of African cinema. She has also delivered producing and development workshops for the likes of The National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa), Cannes Court Metrage (France), The National Film and Television School (UK) and the Ladima Foundation (African Continent). Cait is a Durban Talents, Berlinale Talents, La Fabrique Cinema de L'Institut Francais, EAVE Producer's Workshop and Biennale College-Cinema alumna and often participates as a jury member for festivals and funding institutions.