Shukri Toefy is an entrepreneur, investor, film producer, speaker and co-founder and CEO''FORT'': About
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Career

Shukri Toefy holds a degree in

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and

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from the

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, an

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from the

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, and is an Entrepreneurship Expert at

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.Business School'': Shukri Toefy
/ref> He has served on a number of boards, including The Cape Film Commission, Sizalo Investment Group and Kinza.org, and has presented on topics including entrepreneurship, business model innovation, storytelling, shared value, and policy on economic and social development.''Shukri Toefy'': About
/ref>

Fort

While a

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at the University of Cape Town, Shukri Toefy met Amr Singh. The two became friends and, after choosing to miss their graduation ceremony to take a job filming in

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, went on to found Fort (formerly West Fort, then The Fort, before a final name change in 2017) together, where he now serves as co-founder and chief executive officer.

The Rainmakers Journal

Shukri Toefy is the

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of the Rainmakers Journal, a

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platform that, through a series of projects, hopes to help people unlock the value of shared knowledge. Current projects include Unwritten: A Visual Journey of Nepal, an award-winning

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short film, and a series of workshops designed around the importance of journaling as a method of unlocking hidden treasures, setting goals and the value of shared knowledge.''The Rainmakers Journal: About''
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Unwritten: A Visual Journey of Nepal

In 2014, filming began on Unwritten: A Visual Journey of Nepal, an

short film shot in the

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only months before the Ghorka earthquakes. A film project started with Fort co-founder Amr Singh, under the Rainmakers Journal thought leadership platform, is a powerful cinematic account of Toefy's journey across the Kathmandu Valley as told by the pages of his journal. Along his journey he meets with artisans, musicians, spiritualists, scholars, and survivors of a bygone era where the knowledge handed down from generation to generation was seen as a rite of passage, in search of lessons he can apply to his own life.''IMDb'': Unwritten Plot Summary
/ref> The short has since caught the attention of various international film festivals, including the Amsterdam Film Festival, where it won the Van Gogh award for best World Cinema: Documentary Feature,''Amsterdam Film Festival'': 2016 Winners
/ref> the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards (HIIDA) where it won Best Cultural Short, as well as official selections at

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and Largo Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

*2016: ''Unwritten: A Visual Journey of Nepal''

Commercials

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– Endless Questions (2010) * The Haven Night Shelter – Lets Get the Homeless Home (2010) * Women's Health South Africa – Good To Be You (2009) * Remia – Over the Fence (2009) * SuperSport – Globacom Premier League (2008)

Television

* ''Hamba Dompas Woza ID'' (2010) (producer) * ''Sudafrica 2010'' (2010) (producer)

Music videos

* "First We Need the Love" –

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(2010) * "Who I Am" –

(2009) * "What's Love" – HC (2008)

Awards and nominations

Other recognition

*2008, Cape Film Commission – Board of Directors

References

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