SKYDRUM FILMS is a niche, video media company focussing on visual stories (long and short form) for it’s clients. Founded by Hermien Roelvert-Van Gils, Skydrum Films offers its clients something unique: Hermien’s experience and knowledge of crafting impactful stories for the TV and Film industries in the non-fiction genre. She understands the delicate dance of art and science. She knows how viewers perceive visual information. Her work has won her local and international awards.
The most recent being the independent documentary Diary of an Elephant Orphan that took her 7 years to complete. This feature documentary was produced, filmed, directed and co-edited by her. More...
a documentary 7 years in the making…
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ORGANISATIONS WE HAVE WORKED WITH
Diary of an Elephant Orphan, produced, directed, filmed and co-edited by Hermien Roelvert-van Gils, follows the journey of a little elephant orphan Khanyisa, who miraculously survived a poacher wire snare - but now she needs a family. Will a surrogate herd accept her and will they allow humans to feed her, her daily milk amongst them if they do?
This has never been attempted before with such a young orphan and we get a true account of what it takes to work side by side with these majestic creatures to rehabilitate a little elephant orphan.
We completed a TV series for DSTV channel 147 (top 10 viewed programmes on channel 147), we’ve created awareness short films, we’ve done campaign videos and we’ve made numerous short form environmental documentaries for local broadcast.
Skydrum Films works with a pool of freelancers who are selected for each assignment
