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Making HERstory

25 August, 2010
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Women of the Sun, in conjunction with the Goethe Institute, the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) and the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), are putting African women filmmakers on the map with the lau

SABC board moves to suspend boss

25 August, 2010
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The SABC board has moved to suspend CEO Solly Mokoetle, it emerged on Tuesday after the Western Cape High Court overruled attempts by Parliament to hold a briefing on the latest trouble at the public

Media locked out of crucial parliamentary meeting on SABC

24 August, 2010
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Editors are standing by to go to court as parliament's communications committee weighs an appeal to meet the SABC board in public. By Brendan Boyle

Off The Fence Productions On Slaveship Mutiny

Off The Fence (OTF) Productions has announced the commission of Slaveship Mutiny, a documentary film for Thirteen in association with ARTE France, WNET.ORG and DTI South Africa.

Cinemasports filmmaking World Cup comes to Tshwane

Cinemasport international filmmaking competition comes to Tshwane on September 18 and teams have 10 hours to complete a movie with a list of ingredients.

The first annual Eco Kids Film Initiative

24 August, 2010
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Through films that are entertaining, educational, and above all inspirational it is EKFI's goal to inspire real change through the children of today and generations to come by promoting a proactive st

South African cinematographers win 62nd Primetime Emmy Award

23 August, 2010
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South African Director/DOP Lee Doig from Let It Rain Films, a commercials production company and Mike Yelseth from the Johannesburg production facility, Time Frame, have worked extensively together o

Long Street to go on circuit

23 August, 2010
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Long Street, the new film from South African director Revel Fox (The Flyer), releases in selected cinemas on the local circuit on 24 September.

Showdown looms over SABC woes

23 August, 2010
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A showdown is expected in Parliament on Tuesday when the SABC board, all but paralysed by a stand-off between its chairman, Ben Ngubane, and its other members appear before the National Assembly's com

Tunisia unveils stimulus package to boost film industry

The Tunisian government have recently set up a national committee and unveiled a stimulus package to boost the ailing film industry of Tunisia, a country boasts Africa's oldest film festival and enjoy

Faizal Sayed announces that he has started writing his biography

23 August, 2010

South African TV Show Host, Producer and Entrepreneur, CEO of Faizal Sayed Media, Faizal Sayed has announced this week that he will shortly start writing his book.

2010 SAFTAS available on DVD

23 August, 2010
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The National Film and Video Foundation announces availability of the 4th Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) ceremony on dual DVD.

Erik puts Tumbles through the motions with new TVC

20 August, 2010
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When faced with a script for a packet of little round chocolate balls, Bouffant Director Erik van Wyk was inspired to create a work of engineering that functioned entirely on the weight of one single

World Cup helps boost TV audiences and commercial impacts

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The World Cup in South Africa helped entice viewers to watch an extra two hours of television a week and increased commercial impacts by 4.1% in the first six months of the year, according to the Broa