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Carfo ( acronym for the Christelike Afrikaanse Rolprent en Fotografiese Organisasie, i.e. the "Christian Afrikaans Film and Photographic Organisation"), was a film production and distribution company active in the 1950s and 1970s.
The acronym also foudn as CARFO.
Contents
Origins and history
In 1939 a group of Afrikaners organised themselves in what was known as the Volksrolprentbond (approx. "people's film league") with the aim of combatting the English and Hollywood dominance in film production. This later disbanded and then reappeared in 1940 as the Reddingsdaadbond-Amateurrolprentorganisasie (approx. "Reddingsdaadbond Amateur Film Organisation") or Raro, with the support of the Reddingsdaadbond.
Eventually, however, it was a group of Afrikaans clergymen from the Dutch Reformed Church, and a few former members of the defunct Raro, who founded the Christelike Afrikaanse Rolprent en Fotografiese Organisasie (Carfo) in 1947.
Carfo was registered as a non-profit company in September 1947, with Rudolf Raath as managing director.
Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance
Over the period of its existence Carfo made approximately 40 films in all, fourteen feature films, many filmed versions of literary works, and a number of shorter educational and documentary films. Like the films made by Raro, their work was founded on Christian principles and displayed what one author (Wheeler, 1988) typifies as "a Christian local realist tendency" in its themes, form and style.
The list of films made includes:
Carfo's first full-length film was Ek sal opstaan (1959), and this was followed by:
Kyk na die sterre (1960)
Die hele dorp weet (1961)
Gee my jou hand (1963)
Die voortreflike familie Smit (1965, generally considered the best film made by Carfo).
Bennie-Boet (1967)
Hulda Versteegh, M.D. (1970)
Vrou uit die nag (1973)
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfo
Philippus Ferdinand Wheeler. 1988. Lokale realisme in speelprente van Raro en Carfo: 'n inhoudsontleding. Unpublished MA thesis, University of the Orange Free State[1]
Christa Steyn. 2015. Die argivering van die Afrikaanse film (1916 – 2014). Unpublished MA thesis, University of the Free State[2]
Leon van Nierop. 2022. Ligte, kamera ...preek!. Rapport Weekliks. 9 October, 2022: pp. 8-9
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