Pol�e Pol�e

�Pol'e Pol'e chronicles a pilgrimage of both physical and spiritual dimensions on Mount Kilimanjaro the tallest freestanding mountain in the world during the week of 9-11.  Wilson and Julius, Tanzanian mountain guides lead a group of 15 novice international climbers to the top of Africa. On route the guides explain the meaning of the Swahili phrase 'Pol'e, Pol'e,' or 'slowly, slowly' which refers not only to one�s outward pace but also one's inner disposition of taking one step at a time in life as well on the mountain.
 
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Pol�e Pol�e

Awards and Festivals : 2002-3

New York Film Festival:
Debut Director Award
Winner Documentary Feature Audience Choice Award
US International Film Festival- Gold Award
Telly Awards-Gold Award
Pan African Film Festival � Official Entry
Alabama Film Festival � Gold Lion
Palm Beach Film Festival� Official Entry
Greenwich Film Festival �Best Feature length Documentary
Florida Tambay Film Festival �Best Feature length Documentary
Las Vegas Film Festival - Official Festival Program
Long Beach- Official Festival Program
Houston World Fest- Gold Remi
IFP Market 2003








Doni Doni

Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Sundance, Tribeca, Ouagadougou ...

 Ouagga �. What ?

Doni Doni is a documentary within a documentary. It is a story about one of the largest film festival in the world, which occurs bi-annually in Burkina Faso East Africa, called FESPACO and the story of a documentary film and the filmmaker�s journey to FESPACO. 

Doni Doni is a celebration of this incredible African festival, (like no other in the world) the city of Ouagadougou, the people, the street life, African music, African film, its successes and its struggles. The film explores the American perception on Africa and the African perception on America and the birth and state of the African film industry and African filmmakers.

Filmed in Burkina Faso, New York and Tanzania

In editorial completion


Sneezers and Pill holders

A Mockumentary about TV Pharmaceutical advertising

What goes into the development, testing and production of a pharmaceutical DTC (direct to consumer) TV commercial.

Filmed in America, Australia and New Zealand.

In editorial completion





The Doorman Always Knows 

A  Documentary

What�s it like standing at a door six days a week , ten hours a day.

A story about the lives, trials and tribulations of New York Building Doorman.


Mark Jaffee

 MARK JAFFEE: Bio   LONG

A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, producer Mark Jaffee has, in his words, "had the privilege of living in the village called Manhattan" for the last 19 years.� Based in New York since 1985, over the last two decades, his professional career has spanned the fields of film, television and advertising, during which he has produced award-winning films, mini-series and award winning national television commercials in over 15 foreign counties.

On the advertising and design front, Jaffee has overseen the national campaigns of such household names as American Express, Coca-Cola, American Airlines, Wells Fargo Bank including launches for Microsoft and Clarinex, among others.
He has produced in 

Among the film and television directors for whom Jaffee has worked are the Academy Award-winning, maverick director Robert Altman.� For companies such as Harmony Gold, HBO, Cinevision Motion Pictures, he has managed film and TV productions in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa, including Race of the Yankee, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, Turkey Shoot, Strange Behavior and the mini-series Shaka Zulu.� 


Jaffee's interest in the visual medium began during his childhood on a farm in Johannesburg, where he enjoyed painting and taking photographs.� He gradually began taking portrait photographs of some of the black townspeople, many of whom had not seen photographs of themselves before.� This avid skill with the still camera eventually led Jaffee to experimentation with 16 mm cameras and early video cameras - and eventually to art school. 

After earning his degree in film studies at West Surrey College of Art & Design in Farnham England, Jaffee took a circuitous route to filmmaking via years of advertising, producing and assistant directing. During this time he also married and had a son. Pol�, Pol�: Days of Heaven, Days of Hell is his first documentary film and is, in part, a testament to his lifelong, dual love affair with Africa, land of his birth, and with New York City, his current home. It is also the culmination of years of dormant creativity, questioning and dreaming, in cinematic form. Lastly, for Jaffee, Pol�, Pol� has become a way of life - which those see the film will readily understand.
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Mark Jaffee

BIO

An American and native of Johannesburg, South Africa, producer Mark Jaffee has, in his words, "had the privilege of living in the village called Manhattan" for the last 18 years.  Based in New York since 1985, over the last two decades, his professional career has spanned the fields of film, television and advertising, during which he has produced award-winning   national television commercials in North America and in over 14 different countries.