Cait Pansegrouw

Cait heads the development and production of all URUCU films.

Cait Pansegrouw is a multi-talented producer and casting director. In 2015 she joined production company Urucu as a partner and together with Elias Ribeiro, also co-founded Realness Institute. Cait’s work has travelled to Sundance, Berlinale, Venice, Durban and FESPACO, to name a few. In 2018 she was included on the Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans list. Inxeba (The Wound), which she produced and cast directed screened at more than 60 festivals worldwide, winning 28 awards, including 6 SAFTAs.

Most recently, her feature film This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection, made through Biennale College - Cinema and shot entirely in the remote mountains of Lesotho, was awarded the Jury Prize for Visionary Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival. It has gone on to win 9 further awards to date.

Cait’s passion for development and working closely with filmmakers has equipped her to deliver 5 successful editions of the Realness Residency. Cait is a Durban Talents, Berlinale Talents, La Fabrique Cinema de L’Institut Francais, EAVE Producer’s Workshop and Biennale College - Cinema alumna.