Steven Markovitz runs Big World Cinema (BWC) along with Platon Trakoshis. BWC was established in 1994 and has produced a number of award-winning fiction films and documentaries. Recent documentary projects include the 13-part series Project 10: Real Stories from a Free South Africa (Sundance, Berlin, Hot Docs, Tribeca, IDFA), which Markovitz executive produced; The Tap (2003 Best South African Documentary: Apollo Festival and Stone Awards); and It's My Life, an award-winning film sold to multiple territories, including BBC/ARTE/Sundance. BWC's fiction projects include Inja (Oscar nomination, 2003), Husk (Cannes competition, 1999), Proteus (Berlin, Toronto, 2003), and Boy Called Twist (Cannes, 2005). Steven Markovitz runs also Suka! Production (Cape Town). Big World Cinema also co-founded and runs Encounters South African International Documentary Festival.