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Filmmaker raises more than $34,000 for Pirate Bay documentary

3 September, 2010

Documentary filmmaker Simon Klose has more than 200 hours of unedited footage that he plans turn into a feature-length film, The Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard.

Avalon Group opens a new luxury cine centre in Killarney Mall

3 September, 2010
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Seventy-one years of independent South African cinema is to be celebrated in October 2010 when the Moosa family's Avalon Group, once almost destroyed by apartheid, opens a new luxury Cine Centre in th

YouTube to show free feature-length video productions

2 September, 2010
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YouTube is launching a feature-length video production service where users can watch full movies.

Cinema attendance is down in US due to steep ticket prices

2 September, 2010
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Box office receipts in the US rose by $100m (£64.9m) this summer, despite the lowest attendance in five years, figures have shown.

VideoVision Entertainment acquires Toronto premiere films

2 September, 2010

Sanjeev Singh, Director of Acquisition and Distribution for Videovision Entertainment announced today the acquisition of the films Made in Dagenham, Super and Kaboom ahead of their screenings at the p

Two Disney films earn $1 billion in one year

31 August, 2010
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It goes without saying that some production companies are struggling at the moment, but such is not the case for Walt Disney Studios.

Life, Above All gets pre-release

31 August, 2010
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Nu Metro Films has announced that Life, Above All, the critically acclaimed film based on the international award-winning novel Chanda's Secrets, will be advance-shown for one week only from September

South African thriller, Night Drive coming to a cinema near you

31 August, 2010

For all the thriller lovers out there who also happen to be proudly South African, Night Drive is coming to a cinema near you so make sure to catch and witness for yourself the great distance that Sou

New SA comic series uses social media to find an audience

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As frustration with South Africa’s national broadcaster continues to grow, many young film-makers find themselves giving up on their dreams of ever finding an audience for their work.

YouTube adds movies on demand

30 August, 2010
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Video service YouTube is adding more than 400 full-length films and starting a new movie category that it hopes will grow in time. By Matt Warman