Basics of Financial Management – Film Commissioner Skills

An online course at the University of Cape Town on the Basics of Financial Management;

The course in a nutshell:

9-week part-time course presented online
Understand the world of finance and its technical jargon
Develop practical skills in budgeting, reading financial statements, cash-flow analysis, cutting costs and investing
Learn how to maintain a department or company’s profitability, liquidity and solvency and how to set and achieve financial goals
Results in a Certificate in Basics in Financial Management from the University of Cape Town

There are other courses too, which might be useful –

UCT Internet Marketing short course
UCT Bookkeeping short course
UCT Project Administration short course
UCT Marketing short course

MARTIN CUFF

Martin Cuff is a strategist and marketer in the film and television and broader creative industries. He has worked with governments and private sector stakeholders on every continent to develop the kinds of economic and social benefits that accrue from a vibrant creative industries sector.

Martin is currently Advisor for Creative Industries and Tourism to Prime Minister Ana Brnabic of Serbia, and chief strategist for the Serbia Creates nation brand platform. He is the former Executive Director of the Association of Film Commissioners International and former Executive Director of the Cape Film Commission, South Africa and Colorado Film Commission in Denver, Colorado. He was also C.O.O of Sithengi, the Southern African International Film and Television Market, the Mandela government’s programme to reintegrate the South African film industry into the global film business.