Pathé handled worldwide sales to distributors and distributed the movie in the UK and France. Producer Anant Singh’s Distant Horizon shingle also co-financed, along with Pathé. $6.5 million), the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa and the National Empowerment Fund. The production received funding from numerous sources in South Africa, including the Department of Trade and Industry, which invested R60-million (approx. Most local pictures from South Africa cost less than $2 million. The budget for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom was $35 million and it was touted as “the largest South African production ever mounted.” Financing fell through on numerous occasions, but the picture finally made it into production in 2012. South African producer Anant Singh, acquired Nelson Mandela’s biography Long Walk To Freedom back in 1996 and tried to get the film into production since. Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa National Empowerment Fund Cast: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgorogeįinanced by: Distant Horizon Pathé Department of Trade & Industry.Domestic Distributor: The Weinstein Company.
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