07-FEB-12
In February 2011 South Africa’s Right2Know Campaign National Summit resolved to broaden its focus from the Protection of State Information Bill (aka the Secrecy Bill) to campaign for the free flow of information - including campaigning for a free and diverse media that can serve the information needs of all living in south Africa.
03-FEB-12
South African documentary Captor & Captive – the story of Danger Ashipala and Johan van der Mescht, will be screened at the Luxor African Film Festival in Egypt in February, as part of the official competition.
03-FEB-12
Soldiers of the Rock, an award winning feature film produced in 2000 by graduates of AFDA, the South African School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance, has been selected as part of the Pan African Film Festival’s (PAFF) 20th Anniversary in Los Angeles.
30-JAN-12
South African brand communication awards, the Loeries, are expanding the experience in Cape Town this year, incorporating the Loeries Judging Week and Seminars, as well as welcoming the Pendoring Awards, which celebrate Afrikaans advertising, to the 3rd Creative Week Cape Town
30-JAN-12
The French silent film, The Artist, has won yet another accolade in its long list of wins - the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for its director Michel Hazanavicius.
30-JAN-12
Jean Dujardin, lead actor in the French silent film, The Artist, has won Best Actor at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards held in Hollywood on 29 January.
27-JAN-12
The 5th Talent Campus Durban will aim to ignite the creativity of 40 selected filmmakers from Africa in a series of masterclasses, workshops and industry networking opportunities during the Durban International Film Festival in July.
24-JAN-12
Martin Scorsese’s 3D film Hugo has received 11 nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards (Oscars) to be presented next month in Hollywood.
20-JAN-12
The Bang Bang Club, the true story of four South African photographers on the frontline of apartheid, has been nominted for seven Canadian Film and TV Awards at the 32nd Annual Genie Awards.
20-JAN-12
The first ever Jozi Film Festival will take place from 10 to 12 February 2012 at various venues in Johannesburg, including The Bioscope in Fox Street and the Kensington Club.
19-JAN-12
South Africa’s official entry into this year’s Academy Awards category for foreign language films, Oliver Hermanus’ Skoonheid, did not make the shortlist of nine films chosen from 63 entries.
19-JAN-12
The award-winning feature documentary, The Cradock Four, has been selected for official competition in the Long Films section of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), to be held in the historical city of Luxor, in Egypt, from 21 to 28 February.
17-JAN-12
Seventy-eight young film producers will participate in the Rotterdam Lab, part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) CineMart, which takes place from 28 January to 1 February.
17-JAN-12
Organisers of the Eco Kids Film Festival, to take place in Cape Town later this year, are calling for entries. Through films that are entertaining, educational, and above all inspirational it is the Eco Kids Film Initiative’s goal to inspire real change through the children of today
17-JAN-12
Nominations were announced recently for the kykNET Fiestas, a ceremony awarding the most talented up-and-coming and established Afrikaans artists.
17-JAN-12
Legendary British wit, writer and actor Stephen Fry is set to host the British Academy of Film & Television Awards (BAFTAS) which take place at London's Royal Opera House on 12 February.
16-JAN-12
Meryl Streep and George Clooney took home the Golden Globe awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in the Drama category of the Golden Globes, which were presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Los Angeles on 17 January.
12-JAN-12
Documentary Punk in Africa will be the only South African film screening at the 41st Rotterdam Film Festival taking place from 25 January to 5 February, according to Channel24.
12-JAN-12
Fifteen films have been selected for the Tiger Awards Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which takes place from 25 January to 5 February.
11-JAN-12
Applications are now open for the PUMA Creative Catalyst Awards Spring Call 2012 in partnership with the BRITDOC Foundation. The PUMA Creative Catalyst Awards is an international documentary development fund of up to €5,000 (about R51,000) per film.
