South Africa Film Incentive Restart: Cape Town Stunts
South Africa has restarted its film incentive process. Cape Town’s stunt sector now needs predictable decisions, payments and production volume.
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Film & TV
Film and television productions featuring SEAL talent, action performance and stunt work.
Stunt Industry Gatekeeping: Standards or Control?
Stunt qualification systems can protect productions, but they become gatekeeping when membership outweighs competence, transparency and fair access.
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Digital Doubles and Stunt Performer Rights
Digital doubles can reproduce a performer’s body and movement. The central questions are consent, reuse, compensation, security and new performance.
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Actors Doing Their Own Stunts: Why It Misleads
Actors can contribute strongly to action scenes, but “doing their own stunts” often erases the doubles and specialists who make those scenes possible.
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Should the Stunt Oscar Reward Design or Danger?
The Stunt Design Oscar is overdue. Its value will depend on who receives it and whether voters reward storytelling and controlled risk instead of danger.
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StuntConnect: What It Means for the Global Stunt Industry
StuntConnect is building a verified global directory and workflow platform for stunt performers, coordinators and production teams. Here’s how it works and why it could matter for the stunt industry.
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2027 Taurus World Stunt Awards: Submission Deadline, Rules and Categories
Submissions for the 2027 Taurus World Stunt Awards close October 31, 2026. See eligibility rules, footage limits and key dates for stunt professionals.
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The Oscars Are Finally Getting a Stunt Design Award: What Happens Next
The Academy Awards are introducing an annual Oscar for Achievement in Stunt Design. Here is when it begins, which films qualify and what is still undecided.
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SAG-AFTRA 2026 Contract: What Changed for Stunt Performers and Coordinators?
The 2026 SAG-AFTRA contract introduces major stunt-specific changes covering coordinator prep, multi-episode engagements, schedule breaks, overtime and possible off-camera residuals.
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SAG-AFTRA Stunt Safety Training Deadline: What Performers Need to Know
SAG-AFTRA stunt safety training becomes mandatory on October 1, 2026. Here is what covered stunt performers need to know about eligibility and required courses.
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