Cape Town — Est. 2016
Stories told inlight and shadow.
Umbra is a film and production studio in Cape Town — direction, production and post for brands, agencies and features.
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We make films that move —everything else is detail.
Work
07 — Selected Recentframes.
Studio
A small crew,a long lens.
Umbra is a director-led film and production studio working out of a warehouse in Woodstock.
We take on a handful of projects a year — commercials, music videos, documentary and narrative — and see each through from treatment to final grade.
- Direction & cinematography
- Full-service production
- Edit, colour & sound in-house
Approach
From treatmentto final frame.
01 Direction Concept, treatment and direction for film and stills.
02 Production Full-service production and line-producing across Southern Africa.
03 Post Edit, colour grade, VFX and sound — finished in-house.
04 Stills Campaign and editorial photography alongside the moving image.
Clients
Trusted by.
01Umbra shoot like they've got nothing to prove and everything to say.
Adweek — 2025
02The most assured young production studio in the country.
Loeries — 2024
03They turned a modest brief into the campaign of the year.
Mercedes-Benz SA — Client
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Let's makesomething.
New projects, collaborations and representation — hello@umbra.film
Contact
Get in touch.
Woodstock, Cape Town. We work worldwide.