Movie Forecast
24-MAY-13
Three movies release nationwide in South Africa this week. From the heroes
and heroines of Fast & Furious racing on to movie screens again, an uplifting
indie movie about an unlikely...
Jay-Z debut feature screens in Jo'burg
22-MAY-13
The Bioscope Independent Cinema screens An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
on Saturday 25 May 2013. This creative debut feature by executive producers
Jay-Z, Dream Hampton...
Mandela movie poster revealed in Cannes
20-MAY-13
The first image of actor Idris Elba in the long-awaited Mandela: Long Walk To
Freedom, which releases in South Africa later this year, was revealed at an
event at the Cannes Film Festival...
Iron Man 3 reaches $1bn globally
20-MAY-13
Iron Man 3 has become the first movie of 2013 to reach the $1bn
benchmark and the second Marvel/Disney collaboration after The Avengers,
which earned $1.6bn...
SA film industry more than pays for itself
14-MAY-13
The first national study of South Africas film industry based on verifiable
information has shown that the industry contributed R3.5b to the national
economy in 2012...
Hollywood's golden era shines at Film Buzz
14-MAY-13
From 27 to 29 May 2013 timeless classics show at Film Buzz, Dubai
International Film Festival's (DIFF) popular monthly screening series at The
Pavilion Downtown Dubai...
Meet the cast of Blitz Patrollie
08-MAY-13
Some of South Africa's most popular comedians will make a surprise
appearance at the revamped Sterland cinema complex in Pretoria on Friday 10
May from 19h00 to celebrate the release of their...
Special screening of The Great Gatsby for the girls!
08-MAY-13
After a long wait, Baz Luhrmanns new movie adaptation of F. Scott
Fitzgeralds novel is almost in South Africa! As money, power, great jazz and
the glamorous high society of New York City...
DIFF to launch encyclopedia of Arabic cinema
07-MAY-13
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has launched an online poll of the
regions most prominent film critics, writers, novelists, academics and other
cultural figures who will collectively nominate the best 100 films of...
Three's a charm for man of iron
06-MAY-13
Iron Man seems to be the superhero of choice as Robert Downey Jr.s alter ego
zooms to the number two opening debut in the US ever with $175.3m...
Pre-release screening of Side Effects
22-MAY-13
Award-winning director Steven Soderberghs new movie Side Effects screens on
Sunday 26 May at The Zone in Rosebank...
Afrikaans classic immortalised on big screen
21-MAY-13
SCREEN AFRICA EXCLUSIVE: The filming of award-winning writer and director
Koos Roets' new Afrikaans movie, Faan se Trein (Faan's Train), concluded in
Cullinan in...
NFVF signs MoU with Kenya Film Commission
20-MAY-13
On 19 May at the Cannes Film Festival in France, South Africas NFVF (National
Film and Video Foundation) signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)
with the Kenya Film Commission...
Movie Forecast
17-MAY-13
Four movies released this week nationwide in South Africa. From the opulence
and decadence and tragedy of the handsome and mysterious Jay Gatsby to a
small-town hero turned murderer...
Meet rugby hero at exclusive screening
14-MAY-13
Popular Springbok and Blue Bulls rugby player Francois Hougaard hosts one of
the worlds first public screenings of Fast & Furious 6 on Thursday 16 May from
19h00 at Ster-Kinekor in...
SA co acquires top titles at Cannes
13-MAY-13
South African company Videovision Entertainment has acquired two films that
are in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival The Immigrant
and Only God Forgives as well as Blood Ties...
French script doctor to lead Durban workshop
08-MAY-13
Miguel Machalski, a top French film script consultant who has worked on Oscar-
winning films like Million Dollar Baby and A Separation, as well as Billy Elliot,
is helping Durban-based...
Free screenings of The Great Gatsby
08-MAY-13
Before Baz Luhrmann decided to jazz up the silver screen with his version of F.
Scott Fitzgeralds classic American story, The Great Gatsby, Francis Ford
Coppola adapted...
Skyfall boosts EU admissions
07-MAY-13
In 2012 attendance for EU (European Union) films grew by 12% year on year,
amounting to around 313 million admissions, boosted by Skyfall, the latest
installment of the James Bond franchise...
Movie Forecast
03-MAY-13
This week five new movies release nationwide in South Africa. From Iron Man 3
(aka Tony Stark aka Robert Downey Jr.) smashing box office records worldwide,
to a heart-warming and authentic Afrikaans movie with...
