IBFC starts new webinar series: The Game Changers in An Evolving Film & TV Industry
The Game Changers 2022 is a concept for series of conversations between some of the most inspiring, pioneering women working in, and contributing to the film, television, and audio-visual industry…
New UNESCO publication highlights growth potential of Africa’s film industry
UNESCO will celebrate African cinema from 5 to 7 October with the launch of the publication The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth. On 5 October (3 pm…
NFVF Junior Entertainment Talent Slate Call for 2022
JETS stands for Junior Entertainment Talent Slate and unites 1st, 2nd and 3rd feature film filmmakers with South African, Norwegian, Irish, Canadian, German, Austrian, British and US producers, sales agents,…
SAFTA winning producer, Dumi Gumbi, partners with multi award winning director / producer Uga Carlini for ‘Angeliena’
SAFTA winning producer, Dumi Gumbi, partners with multi award-winning director / producer Uga Carlini for ‘Angeliena’ that will debut worldwide on Netflix Friday 8th of October. Netflix’s latest ‘Made in…
National Film and Video Foundation/Netherlands Film Fund: Thuthuka Co-Development Fund call
The National Film and Video Foundation and the Netherlands Film Fund have established a Co-development scheme called Thuthuka. This scheme aims to support projects that are potentially of high cinematographic…
Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, 11th August 2021
National Assembly: Public Hearings on the clauses related to the President’s reservations in terms of the Copyright and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills. Virtual Meeting Platform, 11th August 2021, 09:00-16:00
NETFLIX contributes R5,5 Million towards black creatives empowerment
Two-thirds of the funding will go towards film & TV scholarships and cancelling student debts while the rest will be donated to the Independent Black Filmmakers Collective On 16…
We don’t get the picture
I was asked to write a piece about where the local film industry is. This is a challenge because I never knew such a thing existed. OK, before you get…
A car chase too far: What SA film can’t learn from Hollywood
Shock! He has stumbled into some kind of intrigue. He’s picked up the wrong car. The voice on the phone is Afrikaans, and the speaker is clearly about to become…
Movie star Israel Makoe can’t shake off the bad boy image
Friends warned Israel Makoe against playing the role of a villain on television. They told him people would run away from him, if they were ever to meet him in…