Cape Town Film Studios is the first custom-built Hollywood-style film studio complex of its kind in Africa, with state-of-the-art support services. Backed by national, provincial and local governments and with private shareholdings, it's envisioned as the dedicated hub for media, new media, entertainment, film and related industries in South Africa and Africa.
Cape Town and the Western Cape are also home to various other studios offering a full range of shooting and production facilities.
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Productions that have been shot in our studios
Multiple international production houses have chosen, and continue to choose, Cape Town and the Western Cape as their shooting destination. With talented and diverse cast and crew, incredible locations and state-of-the-art studios, it's not difficult to see why.
A few recent productions include: Mad Max Fury Road; Eye in the Sky; Blood Drive; Red Sea Diving Resort; Bloodshot; Resident Evil 6; The Dark Tower;Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; The Perfect Wave; Safe House; The Brothers Grimsby; Doctor Who; Tomb Raider; and Outlander, among others.
Aside from a rich choice of locations that can mirror anything from a busy street in Tokyo to a forgotten desert landscape, our studios also have the ability to transform into an 18th century pirate ship or underwater laboratory – we really mean it when we say the only limit in Cape Town and the Western Cape is your imagination.
A few productions that have use our studios to create a unique setting include:
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Black Sails
Adventure awaits in 1715 in the golden age of pirates. Follow the tales of Captain Flint, who has a reputation throughout the West Indies as being the most brilliant, and most feared, of all pirates. (Platinum Dunes, Starz Entertainment, Film Afrika)![Saints and strangers Saints and strangers](https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=1333&q=90&w=2000&s=7b78c7f82f9e641dbe055545e67b9b59 2000w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=1200&q=90&w=1800&s=a16f97e199eba6073c2c231817c4fc26 1800w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=1067&q=90&w=1600&s=9cba4c174815f641c1ef5e13386bfb03 1600w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=933&q=90&w=1400&s=29edda755103d6ceda390f5c7da9c30c 1400w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=800&q=90&w=1200&s=96e93d21d29037b516c6a23317934631 1200w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=667&q=90&w=1000&s=2603862735682292083085f6532e6514 1000w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=533&q=90&w=800&s=9dde3b9de18da413c7e2fb9897966cda 800w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=400&q=90&w=600&s=ce7be3472792f679ab23962af07e868b 600w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=267&q=90&w=400&s=c70b79f32bbee42ea644e6489077676a 400w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/Saints-and-strangers.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5054&fp-y=0.6097&fp-z=1&h=200&q=90&w=300&s=a45329dd2c24c773a580309515f035da 300w)
Saints & Strangers
What is the real story of Thanksgiving? Follow the voyage of the Mayflower to the pilgrims’ life in America. (Sony Pictures Television, National Geographic, Film Afrika, Little Engine Productions)![2 deep blue sea 2 2 deep blue sea 2](https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=1333&q=90&w=2000&s=6dc154393312405ff59bea6b1c422251 2000w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=1200&q=90&w=1800&s=199989118afd3259456add040b826171 1800w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=1067&q=90&w=1600&s=a594021a62d3f56372e56840617ea896 1600w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=933&q=90&w=1400&s=ad8aa07af94c69e7459172bc4cefc4bb 1400w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=800&q=90&w=1200&s=664dd0e976fcc4c81e2380498e7e160e 1200w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=667&q=90&w=1000&s=59841b09413149a0f314a6d94fe3c2dd 1000w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=533&q=90&w=800&s=8e12c6e84a9ab3065d6054fa2d2ce6b2 800w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=400&q=90&w=600&s=0f602f0b5ce4d0ddda735e9d71326977 600w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=267&q=90&w=400&s=3e7cf4ca2e3ba7d0f9082af334e52162 400w, https://wesgro.imgix.net/uploads/files/Film-and-Media/2-deep-blue-sea-2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&fp-z=1&h=200&q=90&w=300&s=8856b67e37e5bac9ef2cebb468619974 300w)