Sihle Hlophe is a multi-award-winning South African
filmmaker and story development consultant. Her
work has been recognised with numerous accolades
including three South African Film & TV Awards
for Best Documentary and Best Achievement in
Directing and two Africa Movie Academy Award
nominations. She’s the Executive Producer of
Passion Seed Communications, a film-driven
social enterprise. Sihle is currently directing two
music-based feature-length documentaries. Past
documentaries include Medupi & The Rose Of
Marapong (15 min), Lobola, A Bride’s True Price?
(96 min), Lindela Under Lockdown (8 min) and
Celebrating Herstory Through Song (12 min).
She’s also directed two feature-length TV films
for Showmax, a 13-part mockumentary series for
SABC 1 and two narrative short films that have been
screened at over 50 international film festivals. Sihle
is a Story Development Consultant who works with
writers on both fiction and non-fiction projects.
She has also worked as a Lecturer at AFDA and the
University of Johannesburg.