SA student film selected for top festivals
Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Smoorverlief, a short film by students of the Department of Drama and Film, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), will compete at the European Independent Film Festival.Read More »
European triumphs at the Oscars
Wed, 10 Mar 2010
The 9th March edition of Cineuropa draws attention to non-American winners at this week’s Oscars, the holy grail of film awards.Read More »
Imbongi Awards 2010 winners
Tue, 09 Mar 2010
The City of Cape Town and the Cape Film Commission (CFC) presented the second annual film production awards, the Imbongi Awards, on Saturday, 6 March at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.Read More »
Independent films’ big night
Mon, 08 Mar 2010
Precious (based on the novel Push by Sapphire) was the big winner at the 25th Independent Spirt Awards, which took place on 5 March in Los Angeles.Read More »
The Hurt Locker’s big Oscar triumph
Mon, 08 Mar 2010
Six Oscars, including best film and best director (Kathryn Bigelow), were presented to the ultra tense, masterful war drama about a US army bomb disposal team in IraqRead More »
Stellar celebration of 7th Naledi Theatre Awards
Mon, 08 Mar 2010
History was made at the 7th annual Naledi Theatre Awards on Sunday when one actress – Louise Saint-Claire – walked off with two acting awards for two different productions.Read More »
Film school/cinema chain collaboration
Fri, 05 Mar 2010
The AFDA (African Film & Dramatic Arts) Film School has partnered with cinema chain Ster-Kinekor to produce commercials for the latter’s flagship CSI project, Vision Mission.Read More »
Last minute Oscar drama
Wed, 03 Mar 2010
One of the producers of Oscar best film nominee The Hurt Locker has been denied entry to the award ceremony on 7 March.Read More »
Stereoscopic 3D competition
Wed, 03 Mar 2010
Now calling for entries is Dimension 3 Festival, the international competition dedicated to all types of stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) content.Read More »
The war film vs the sci-fi fantasy
Tue, 02 Mar 2010
With only days to go to the Oscars, the movie media in Hollywood are going all out to predict the winner of the best film award.Read More »
Austrian DOP wins ASC award
Mon, 01 Mar 2010
Black and white cinematography by Oscar-nominated Austrian Christian Berger in The White Ribbon has won the feature film category at the 24th American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards, presented on 27 February.Read More »