A feature film based on a TV series, which features a star-studded cast and a plot about redemption, forgiveness and love in a lower-middle-class community, sounds like a preachy local story.

Neo and Kgomotso Matsunyane are a father and daughter duo like no other. Having worked together on a number of television productions, the pair understand each other's talent. by Bongile Khumalo

The union representing suspended SABC3 news anchor Mahendra Raghunath believes he is still off air because the broadcaster is "victimising" him for speaking out about problems in the newsroom.

Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez who portray a married couple in the film Dark Tide, has shown off their chemistry on the set in Simon's Town Harbor in Cape Town, South Africa during the weekend.

Film festivals the world over are feeling the credit crunch, but that's not stopping the Encounters Film Festival crew from putting their best foot forward this year. By Theresa Smith

You meet so many people of various ages in coffee shops and at book launches and film premieres who tell you that they're filmmakers, but when you look at the movie listings in the pages of newspapers