STOP PRESS

South Africa to walk red carpet at Cannes

South Africa is to be honoured with a red carpet walk of honour at the 2008 Cannes International Film Festival which opens on 14 May. Read More ť

ť Cape Town TV to be launched

TELEVISION

Troubled SABC Launches News Agency

In an instance of unfortunate timing, public broadcaster SABC launched its News Agency on 8 May, the day after both its Group CEO Dali Mpofu and head of News Snuki Zikalala had been suspended. Read More ť

ť Human Bondage Project Launched
ť SASFED Press Statement On SABC Crisis
ť M-Net and DStv join Pangea Day broadcast
ť Egoli Renewed Till 2010
ť Re-storying Africa
ť SABC CEO suspended
ť SABC CEO and cabinet plot
ť Al Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo

FILM

Bond Film Accident-prone

In the latest of a number of unfortunate incidents dogging the set of the new James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, a technician working on the film has been stabbed in a domestic dispute in Dornbirn, Austria... Read More ť

ť SA short film at Cannes festival

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

TCM Classic Shorts calls for entries

The ninth annual TCM (Turner Classic Movies) Classic Shorts competition launches this May with a truly international flavour to its judging panel which this year includes South Africas Darrell Roodt, Wolfgang Petersen, Istvan Szabo, Agnieszka Holland, Mikael Hafstrom, Rutger Hauer, James Franco and Nick Goldsmith. Read More ť

ť Cannes To Honour Warner Bros
ť Africa in Motion festival launches new short film competition
ť Loeries include PR agencies
ť Africa On Screen Fest
ť Big Attendance At Cannes
ť Mexicos Lydia Cacho Ribeiro awarded UNESCO Press Freedom Prize
ť Ousmane Sembene honoured post-humously
ť Clio Awards finalists

BUSINESS

Tavern TV launched in SA

Business Day reports that Tavern TV, aimed at South African shebeens, will be launched in August by the Provantage Group.
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ť Hollywood studios win piracy case
ť PITCHIT a unique platform for African filmmakers
ť New York Increases Film Tax Credit
ť SAG Gears Up For Strike
ť Bakgat! scores at box office

COMMERCIALS

South African Young Lions team selected

The winners of the South African Young Lions competition are Kursten Meyer and Verona Singh from TBWA Hunt Lascaris in Johannesburg... Read More ť

RADIO

New youth radio station

Public broadcaster SABC is celebrating the launch of its new youth radio station, truFM. The station is built on the foundations of the much loved, but outdated, CKI FM. Read More ť

DIGITAL MEDIA

International Online TV channel for film and production people

The Reel Show, www.reel-show.tv, an online TV channel for the people involved on the creative side of film and TV production was launched on 30 April. ... Read More ť

ť iTunes offers same day movies as DVD release

TECHNOLOGY

Cinerama Comes To The Home

Warner Bros Blu-ray disc release of the classic John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda western, How the West Was Won, due in August, will include a SmileBox version that will make the home... Read More ť

TRAINING

Costa Theo And Danie Bester At Scriptwriting Workshop

Prominent South African producers, Costa Theo (Confessions of a Gambler, Big Fellas) and Danie Bester (Bakgat!, Ouma se Slim Kind) will be guest speakers at The Writing Studios Workshop for Scriptwriters that takes place at Screen Africa, Sasani Studios, Highlands North on Friday, April 18 ... Read More ť

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