Production Service in Malawi
The Warm Heart and Visual Soul
Malawi, the “Warm Heart of Africa,” offers a singular blend of aquatic scale and highland drama. Filmmakers are drawn to Lake Malawi, an inland sea of crystal-clear turquoise waters and white-sand beaches that provides a perfect, cost-effective double for tropical coastal locations. Beyond the water, the Mount Mulanje massif—one of Africa’s largest inselbergs—rises abruptly 3,000 meters from tea-carpeted plains, offering a dramatic “island in the sky” aesthetic. Its rolling Nyika Plateau provides a rare Afro-alpine landscape, resembling a prehistoric version of the Scottish Highlands.
While Malawi is exceptionally welcoming, it is a low-infrastructure territory with limited local specialized gear. Our South Africa-based team is the essential partner for projects of scale, providing the industrial muscle needed to execute high-end productions. We truck in “A-list” camera, lighting, and grip packages from our Johannesburg hub, ensuring technical reliability in remote locations. By pairing local Malawian fixers with our veteran South African HODs, we navigate the National Film Commission permits and ATA Carnet customs with surgical precision, delivering world-class results in a truly “unspoiled” African setting.
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Vivian Esterhuyse
southafrica.vivian@psn
Vivian Esterhuyse heads up PSN South Africa, together with Jon Day.
Held in high regard by both producers and directors, Viv has carved himself a niche as the ideal partner for production service.
[cont.] He has an intuitive feel for balancing complex production logistics with the creative needs of a project.
Although he calls Cape Town home, he draws on extensive production experience across southern Africa.
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