FLAVIA
Flavia’s journey has been full of glitter and blossoms. She got introduced to MultiChoice through an internship in 2012 when she was a film student at AFDA majoring in Television Production, Editing and Acting. Coming from humble beginnings, for Flavia, being in film school was a dream. Her family had to sacrifice a lot for her to be able to afford her tuition, including her mother having to sell their family home. She has been a curious girl, for her, being in film school was more about getting internships, networking, getting as much access to the industry so that once she graduates, she could immediately get a job. She understood the competitiveness of the industry she was working in, and that is why she knocked on every door until she met Kristen Blomberg, who believed in her. After working at Kyknet for what was supposed to be a day to complete her Honours practicals, that opportunity opened a whole new door for her to work in broadcasting.
Flavia started working as a Commissioning Assistant at MultiChoice in 2015 and has worked up the ladder to becoming the Senior Manger of scripted content in General Entertainment. As the Senior Manager, her role, alongside her team, is to create strategies for where they think the scripted content need to go. “We ask ourselves questions like “what is it that is fresh for the viewers, what have they not seen before?, we hone in on the stories we tell, always pushing the envelope and finding ways to tell them the best way we know how.” Flavia explains. She has worked on many loved South African shows such as the incredible Shaka iLembe, The Wife, Housekeepers and Queen Modjadji, which is currently keeping the audience glued to their screens every Sunday evening.
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