Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Film and Media Studies, and a member of the Environmental Humanities South research programme at the University of Cape Town. He has published widely on South African film, wildlife documentary and literary fiction. He is currently working on representations of Cape Town in film. In 2013, he received a Distinguished Teacher’s Award from the University of Cape Town, and in 2014 a National Excellence in Teaching award from the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association of South Africa.