Clementine Mosimane Applauds Safer Film Sets For Women And Calls For More Respect

At a wellness event hosted by Koketso Masuluke, founder of Duende Meraki Cartel, in collaboration with the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC), Clementine Mosimane expressed her relief that many production companies are now actively working to protect women from abuse, especially in vulnerable moments such as filming sexual scenes.

“Some companies create a safe space for women, especially in sexual scenes where sexual instructors are on board,” Clementine said. “Even though half the time producers and heads don’t know where the rage on set stems from.”

She highlighted the emotional toll acting can take and urged producers to offer more empathy to performers: “Sometimes you’d find an actor upset and rageful on set and producers would say these actors are not easy to work with, forgetting that they are also human. Producers sometimes don’t give actors grace or try to understand the underlying issue.”

Clementine Challenging the Industry’s Gender Bias

Clementine Mosimane raised concerns about the longstanding objectification of women in media, cautioning against the normalization of nudity—especially when it disproportionately affects women.

“What I would like to plead with production companies for is not to formalise nakedness on screen because it’s mostly the woman’s body parts being shown,” she stated.

Reflecting on past industry practices, she added, “For years people had said women compromise themselves to land a role and sometimes you watch the screen and wonder how that individual got the role.”

Clementine Mosimane hopes that such outdated dynamics are no longer common and expressed optimism about the current generation of women in film.

Supporting Women Behind the Camera

The event also featured insights from Keitumetse Lebaka, CEO of the Gauteng Film Commission, who discussed their efforts to uplift women filmmakers.

“We started assessing the contribution of women-owned films in the industry and realised that more than 20% of the films we were funding were female-owned and directed,” said Lebaka. “We thought it was important to talk about issues affecting women in film — why do we have so little and why are some women holding back?”

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To address these challenges, the GFC has partnered with Sisters Working in Film & Television (SWIFT). The collaboration aims to strengthen industry standards, enforce codes of conduct, and promote mental wellness.

“The partnership with SWIFT is supporting the code of conduct that women feel safer and are not violated,” she said.

“Ensuring that there is training and awareness that takes place and also looking into the mental wellness aspect of it: how do we make sure we have well-rounded women in the industry?”

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