Pre-production Fixer services in Malawi. Are you looking for a Malawi fixer to support you with Pre-production Fixer services, Africa fixers is at your service. Whether you plan to film a short production, a long documentary or aerial filming, our fixer is readily available to assist you with the preparation to ensure that your shoot goes smoothly. This could be helping with filming permit acquisition. media accreditation, customs clearance and more.
Filming permits in Malawi
As you plan to film in Malawi, it is important to first sort out the issue of filming permissions. As your Malawi Fixer, you can trust us with acquiring for you necessary filming permissions for filming in Malawi. It is very important to first seek for permission and get approvals and permits when filming in Malawi. The permits as a Filmmaker and television broadcaster and also require one to pay the applicable fees as required. The organisation in charge of this is the Malawi Film Commission (MFC). The filming permit has to be requested in a formal request letter and fees charged depend on the length of the project and also the number of crew coming. Once you write the application, our local Malawi fixer submits it and follows up the entire process until it is approved. Some locations are private and might require you to even seek for further authorization to access them and also acquire the necessary location permits. For assistance getting a filming permit and other services, feel free to contact our Malawi Fixer.
Location permits in Malawi
In addition to the general filming permit in the country, our Malawi fixer also assists crews to get necessary location permits. These could include national park permits, permits for filming in public location and any properties that are privately owned. If you have a location you have in mind, please feel free to contact our Malawi Fixer.
Media accreditation
Filming in Malawi requires you to have media accreditation for everyone on the crew and this is issued out by Ministry of Information in Malawi. All members of the crew that intends to be on the filming team will be required to have their media accreditation worked on and approved before they start to do any filming work in the country. Requirements for the application include; Formal application letter on company headed paper, passport copies of all crew members, a digital copy of passport photo for each crew member, and list of gear they are traveling with. If you are planning to film in Malawi, our Malawi fixer is available to assist you in getting media accreditation.
Customs clearance
When bringing filming equipment into Malawi, customs clearance is required and it is one of the pre production services that we offer as a fixer company in Malawi. Malawi is not apart of the carnet system so a temporary importation permit is necessary, especially for high-value items like cameras and drones. We provide this service for our clients by working with a customs agent to help facilitate a smooth customs process. For assistance with customs clearance and other pre production services in Malawi, contact our fixer in Malawi.
Location Scouting .
Our local Malawi fixer is readily available to scout any potential locations you have for your shoot. We also provide information on the specific locations of interest. If you do not have a location selected yet, we can also recommend some that fit into the description of your shoot. If you are looking for local fixers in Malawi to help you with location scouting, please feel free to contact us. In addition to location scouting, we also offer other fixer services as shown below.
Other Malawi fixer services.
Local crew and casting.
As Local fixers, we also assist producers and directors to hire local crew and cast talents for their shoot. Hiring local crew in Malawi can be a cost-effective solution, and the country has a growing pool of talent in areas like camera operators, sound operators, grips and sparks, and production assistants. The country also has a good number of local talents that can be cast for filming projects .Contact our Malawi fixer with your crew list and trust us to source them.
Transportation services
Our job as your Malawi fixer is to make sure that your filming goes smoothly and we know that transportation is one of the important aspects to consider for a crew that plans to have a shoot in Malawi. As your local fixer, we provide you with the best transportation services that are suitable for crews and filming. The vehicles provided are 4by4 and are suitable for filming in all circumstances. We organise transport for crews of all number of sizes. In addition to that , we provide drivers that are well verses with the local regions of Blantyre and other parts of Malawi. The drivers are very professional and have experience. If you are looking for transportation services for filming in Malawi , feel free to contact our Malawi fixer.
Security services
We highly recommend the use of security especially when you are filming in very crowded places or have a large scale production. It is also advisable to hire security to deal with situations such as crowd control and general safety of the crew. There are several private companies for security that provide great security services. You can choose to work with the national police, or hire private security companies. For assistance in getting security for your crew in Malawi, our local film fixer in Malawi is available to assist you.
Choose Africa fixers
Africa fixers is a local fixing company that assists production companies and crews to film in Malawi. Our job as a fixer company is to make sure that your shoot process is seamless. Africa fixers has been helping crews organize their shoot in Malawi and other countries in Africa for over 10 years and we have gained a lot of experience in this field. We have stable connections with several authorities that are in charge of issuing our permits that are needed for filming in Malawi. Above all, we ensure that our clients have their shoots successful.