Vuleka Productions produces film, TV series, documentaries, children’s programming, video productions, radio and audio programming, print, and interactive media.
Vuleka’s award-winning productions include the feature film Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky) and the short film, The Sky in Her Eyes.
TV productions include the first-ever South African Sesame Street TV and radio series, Takalani Sesame. Founded in Durban, South Africa in 1993 by Madoda Ncayiyana and Julie Frederikse, Vuleka Productions also conducts media training.
Madoda Ncayiyana
Director and Writer
Madoda Ncayiyana is developing his second feature film, Hhola Hhola, following his award-winning debut feature, Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky). He was selected for a prestigious director’s residency for Produire au Sud (Producing with the South) Script Studio 2013, part of the 3Continents Film Festival in Nantes, France.
Julie Frederikse
Producer and Writer
Julie Frederikse is a producer and writer with experience in feature film, short film, television and radio, as well as an author and journalist. She is currently developing and co-writing a feature film, Hhola Hhola, with director Madoda Ncayiyana.

SABC TV profile of Madoda Ncayiyana on his short film, The Sky in her Eyes, which won at Cannes and his then-forthcoming feature film, Izulu Lami/My Secret Sky
Director Madoda Ncayiyana and producer Julie Frederikse walk the red carpet at Cannes after The Sky and Her Eyes won Best African Short Film
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