My South Coast Minute

Your coast. Your lens. Your story.

A South Coast Mini Film Fest

Some places are pretty, but the South Coast? it’s alive.

It’s the roar of the ocean, loud enough to drown out your stress.
It’s Margate Beach during holiday season, where cooler boxes, camp chairs, and beach balls form their own ecosystem.

It’s the hush of Uvongo Waterfall, the kind of quiet that makes your whole body exhale and think,
“Yoh… this place. This is medicine.”

It’s the lazy Saturday breakfast at your favourite café.
The braai smoke drifting over the lagoon at sunset.

The paddlers and surfers at sunrise.
The fish that nearly made you famous.
The golden light that hits the rocks at Ramsgate just right.
The memory you didn’t plan but replay in your mind long after you’ve gone home.

We want your collection

of these moments, not one clip, not one location, but your whole South Coast story stitched into a single minute.

Welcome to My South Coast Minute

the first-ever, proudly South Coast, community-made video showcase where you get to show us this coastline the way you actually experience it.

And here’s the best part:
You don’t have to be local to enter.
You just have to love this place enough to pull out your phone and hit record.

🎥 What we want you to make

A short video.
Under 60 seconds.
A montage of your moments.

Not one scene, many.
A highlight reel of the South Coast as you live it.

Your montage could include:

• That beach walk that clears your head faster than therapy
• Kids running into waves at St Mikes like it’s their full-time job
• Uvongo Waterfall pretending to fix your whole life in one afternoon
• The holiday traffic chaos that somehow feels like tradition
• Your partner pretending to be brave at Oribi Gorge
• That first cappuccino that made your shoulders drop
• A curry so good you lost track of the conversation
• A sunset that made you believe in soft days again
• Your favourite moments

Raw. Real. Beautiful. Chaotic.
If it feels South Coast, it counts.

No fancy camera.
No editing degree.
Just your phone, your memories, your magic.

📲 How to enter (easy-peasy)

Send your video to our WhatsApp number:
071 202 6086 s

No uploads.
No forms.
No admin.
Just one message, and you’re officially in.

We’ll send you a confirmation so you know your story has joined the collection.

🗓 Your deadline

You’ve got The WHOLE of December to send your montage.Film new moments, pull from old ones, or mix both, as long as it fits in one beautiful minute.

💥 1 January – The Big Reveal

Every video received will start dropping from the 1st of January 2026.

It’s going to feel like a South Coast film festival made entirely by the people who live it, visit it, and love it.

One coast.
Every story, every laugh, every moment, side by side.

The TOP 3 videos with the most likes will go to Local Judges to choose the TOP 2. – voting will close at the end of January 2026.

🏆 The Prizes

1st Prize:
R1000 cash + 2 Lake Eland Zipline Tickets

a feature across all Local First platforms
a full spotlight in the next Food & Fun Mag

2nd Prize:
R500 cash + a Coffee’kie cappuccino

a shout-out across our platforms

Every creator gets full credit wherever their video appears, because your story is yours, and we honour that.

💛 Why this matters

The world is full of polished ads and perfect footage.
But life on the South Coast is not polished, it’s real.
It’s messy.
It’s joyful.
It’s healing.
It’s community.
It’s memories you didn’t script but wish you could bottle.

This challenge isn’t about influencers.
Or perfect editing.
Or who has the nicest phone.

It’s about us.
The people who live here, the people who return to this coastline year after year.
The people who breathe deeper here.
The people who find themselves again here.

So grab your phone.
Capture your moments
Send it in.
Your South Coast story deserves to be seen.

TERMS & CONDITIONS
South Coast Mini Film Fest – My South Coast Minute

1. Who may enterAnyone can enter, locals, visitors, holiday-makers and out-of-towners.
If you’ve ever had sand in your car, fought a seagull for a chip, or queued for soft serve on Margate beachfront, you qualify.
Entrants under 18 must have consent from a parent or guardian, because someone needs to know why you’re filming on the pier at sunrise.

2. How to enterSend your final video to the official Local First WhatsApp number.
Only WhatsApp entries count.
Please don’t drop off USBs at Spar, DM your cousin’s friend, or tag us in a Facebook reel and hope for the best.

3. Video requirements• Video must be under 60 secondsIf Marvel can do post-credit scenes in less time, so can you.
• Montage or combined clips are perfect.
• Content must relate to the South Coast, Trafalgar tides, Margate chaos, Uvongo Waterfall calm, Ramsgate breakfasts, Port Edward missions, the braai that got a little too enthusiastic.
• Must be your own original footage • No extreme danger or illegal behaviour.
If it starts with “hold my drink and watch this”, it’s probably a no.

4. One entry per personOne human. One masterpiece.
If you send more than one, only the first counts. We know you love angles, Scorsese, but choose your favourite.

5. Entry deadlineEntries close 3 January 2026 (epic New Years clip opportuities)
No late submissions, even if the sunset that day was “extra pretty, bru”.

6. POPIA & consentBy entering, you confirm that:
• Everyone in your video agreed to be filmed,
• You got the consent,
• Your video doesn’t violate anyone’s rights.
So please don’t secretly film your tannie sleeping on the beach or your neighbour singing Kareoke – through the window.

7. Usage rightsBy entering, you allow Local First to:
• publish your video in Food & Fun Mag,
• feature it on Local First platforms,
• share it on social media,
• include it in future promotions

you’ll always be credited.

We’re here to show off the South Coast, not steal your thunder.

8. Editing & formattingIt’s unlikely but possible that Local First may crop, trim or adjust your video just for layout/technical stuff.
Your creativity stays untouched.

9. VotingAll videos start dropping on our Local First – South Coast, KZN page on 4 January 2025
Voting happens on each video with “likes”.
Suspicious or fake voting may be removed, so please no 17 fake profiles for your cat, and no bribing your WhatsApp list with braai packs.

The community decides the top 3 videos and the independent judges will choose the top 2.

10. Prizes1st Prize: R1000 cash + 2 zipline tickets + a feature in Food & Fun Magazine
2nd Prize: R500 cash + a Coffee’kie cappuccino
Not transferable or exchangeable.

11. Winner announcementWinners will be announced on Local First platforms and contacted via the WhatsApp number used to submit.

12. DisqualificationLocal First may disqualify videos that:
• break safety or POPIA rules,
• contain hate speech, explicit content, or harmful behaviour,
• don’t meet the requirements.
If it would get you kicked out of granny’s lounge on a Sunday, it doesn’t belong here.

13. AcceptanceBy sending your video, you accept all Terms & Conditions.
In simple language: if you hit send, you’re basically saying “yebo, I’m in”.

Have FUN! and capture as much MAGIC as you can. Lets spotlight the South Coast, KZN like never before.

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As the holiday season approaches, get ready for sunshine, smiles, and stories to remember.

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