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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Guto Bussab |
| Headquarters | , South Africa |
| Website | www |
Muti Films (stylised as MUTI FILMS) is a South African film production company based in Cape Town, founded by Brazilian-born artist and filmmaker Guto Bussab.[1][2] Muti Films has been credited on feature films, short films, web series, music videos, television commercials, and branded-content, documentary and profile work.[1]
History
[edit]Muti Films was launched in 1998 by Guto Bussab.[1] Bussab was named among the curators for World Design Capital 2014 in Cape Town. MUTI is the parent company of Muti Films, Muti Photography and TheMutiGallery.[2]
The company has a Library of Congress authority record under the name "Muti Films (Firm)".[3]
Productions
[edit]The German film reference service Filmdienst lists Muti Films as the production company for the 2008 South African film Gangster's Paradise, released in South Africa as Jerusalema.[4] The same listing names Guto Bussab among the film's producers.[4]
In 2017, News24 described Gaze as a web series by MutiFilms set in Cape Town's art world. The article credited the series as directed by Guto Bussab and Jared Ethan Blake, written by Blake, and produced by Shanna Freedman.[5]
The short film Keys, Money, Phone was credited by News24 to director Roger Young, with Shanna Freedman and Muti Films listed as producers. The article also reported that the film had won the Durban International Film Festival award for best South African short film.[6]
The official website for the feature film Love Runs Out credits the film as directed by Roger Young, produced by Shanna Freedman, executive produced by Guto Bussab, and produced by Muti Films.[7]
Muti Films has also been credited on music-video work. In 2016, GhanaWeb, republishing from Live FM Ghana, reported that the Guto Bussab-directed video for M.anifest's "Cupid's Crooked Bow" featuring Nomisupasta was shot in Accra by Muti Films.[8]
The company's official reel lists 22 television-commercial titles and 12 content titles, described as branded content, documentary and profile work.[1] Listed commercial titles include SASFIN BANK "Behind the Moments", SOBRAGUI - GUINI "La Plage", BRITISH AIRWAYS "The Boks fly with us", RICHFIELD "Imfundo Iyagezana", GOLD 5.5 BEER "Give Me Five", MTN "Long long way", BESTMED "Power of Beans", BESTMED "Bench Press", DEP OF WATER AND FORESTRY "Madiba", CELTEL "Lovers", ENTERPRISE "Journey", WESTERN UNION "Jump", COCA-COLA FULL BLAST, SWAZI4ZERO "Big Change", ABSA HOME LOANS "Oops", Sunday Independent "Balance", MTN "4G", BARLOWORLD "Graph", PRETORIA ZOO "Komodo", Standard Bank "Joy of Jazz Festival", @tlantic "campaign", and CAPE TOWN TOURISM "Lifestyle".[1] Listed content titles include THE GOODLIFE NETWORK - Profiles, Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 "Live Design Transform Life", Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 "Announcement", GREENCAPE "Atlantis SEZ", STANDARD BANK "Mamthembu", MARTELL Taste of Sounds "Original", AFC "Children as Agents for Social Change", METROPOLITAN "Our Story", and the Meet the Makers profiles of Atang Tshikare, Ree Treweek, Michael Elion and Wolff Architects.[1]
Selected works
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website
- Muti Films (Firm) at the Library of Congress Authorities
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MUTI FILMS". Muti Films. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- 1 2 "World Design Capital 2014 Secures Top Curators". World Design Organization. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- ↑ "Muti Films (Firm)". Library of Congress Authorities. Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Gangster's Paradise". Filmdienst (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- 1 2 Young, Roger (26 February 2017). "City Press reviews new web series Gaze". News24. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Short Film Review – Keys, Money, Phone: Anatomy of a dick". News24. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Love Runs Out: The Film". Love Runs Out. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
- 1 2 "M.anifest drops video of 'Cupid's Crooked Bow' ft Nomisupasta". GhanaWeb. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
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