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Poetic, powerful film about urban SA

25 August, 2010

Acclaimed director Revel Fox's new film Long Street opens in cinemas on September 24 and it's an intimate, honest film which draws on the real-life experience of Fox's daughter who battled with drug a

SABC to focus on 'social reconstruction', not news

25 August, 2010
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The Congress of the People says it has reliable information that proves beyond doubt that SABC news bulletins are directed straight from Luthuli House and that the agendas of the news and current affa

Apollo commissions Dunlop Zones TV Ads

25 August, 2010

As the parent company of the Dunlop brand in South South Africa (SA), Apollo Tyres SA has launched a new campaign to highlight its Dunlop Zones retail network’s commitment to striving for “precision t

DSTV Acquires Rights to Creative Vision Films

25 August, 2010
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Creative Vision’s two short films directed by Jo Horn and screenplays by Mpotseng Mdakane have been licensed by DSTV’s Mzansi Magic.

Women Of the Sun Film Festival celebrate African Women Filmmakers

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

White Wedding Director talks real South African cinema

25 August, 2010
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The South Africa in rookie director Jann Turner’s White Wedding is not that of 2009's sci-fi District 9 ($30 million budget), Leonardo DiCaprio’s Blood Diamond ($100 million), or even that of the exqu

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.