More National Theatre Live
23-MAY-12
Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau Theatres has announced a new addition to the National Theatre Live season, She Stoops to Conquer. The title will be screened on 26, 27, 30 and 31 May 2012.
Bollywood action at Ster-Kinekor
23-MAY-12
Bollywood action film Rowdy Rathore will be releasing at Ster-Kinekor Theatres at Gateway and The Zone at Rosebank on 1 June.
Minister visits Long Walk To Freedom sets
18-MAY-12
Minister of Arts and Culture Paul Mashatile visited Cape Town Film Studios with producer Anant Singh for a tour of the complex and the sets that are being built for the big screen adaptation of former President Nelson Mandelas autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom.
Durban Africa's premier film destination?
16-MAY-12
Communication consultant Sharlene Versfeld has written the following opinion piece about the proposed Durban Film Studio: This is a hugely exciting prospect for the City of Durban. The arguments and debates around the sale of the beachfront site aside, an examination of what this could mean to the City from industry development and tourism perspective, is very encouraging.
Kevin Spacey attends Joburg premiere
16-MAY-12
Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey attended the premiere of Spirit of a Denture, the winning South African film from the Trigger Street Productions Presents Jameson First Shot competition, at Turbine Hall in Johannesburg on 12 May 2012.
Tax incentive for filmmaking introduced
14-MAY-12
Emma Kingdon, consultant, Corporate and Commercial practice and Andrew Lewis, senior associate, Tax practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, have written the following opinion piece: A new incentive for filmmaking was introduced in January this year with the coming into force of section 12O of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962, which provides an attractive tax exemption for filmmakers in respect of all income tax on film profits for a 10-year period commencing on the date of completion of the film.
Breakfast Club at TCM Pop Up Cinema
11-MAY-12
Turner Classic Movies (DStv channel 109) has announced a Pop Up Cinema screening in Johannesburg of the 1985 film The Breakfast Club on 24 May at 6.30pm, hosted by Crawford College Sandton.
Ster-Kinekor reports high attendance
10-MAY-12
South African movie exhibitor Ster-Kinekor has announced the companys biggest selling opening weekend in recent history.
Opera film on SA screens
09-MAY-12
South Africas only art house cinema chain, Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau is releasing First Night, an adaptation of Mozarts Cosi Fan Tutte, on 11 May. According to Ster-Kinekor, the film is a spectacular production that truly brings the magic of the opera to the big screen.
Avengers beat Harry Potter
07-MAY-12
According to The Hollywood Reporter, 3D blockbuster The Avengers earned $200.3m in its opening weekend at the US box office, breaking records. It now boasts the largest debut ever and is the first film in history to earn more than $200m in only three days. It also scored the biggest Saturday gross of all time with $69.7m.
Lots of action at Hot Docs Forum
07-MAY-12
The Hot Docs Forum international co-financing market event, which took place at last weeks Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Toronto, Canada, wrapped after two days of brisk pitching, networking and deal-making. In total, 25 projects representing 14 countries were presented to a panel of over 170 key commissioning editors and other funders.
Rocking the 1950s
04-MAY-12
A new Afrikaans musical from Hartiwood Studios, the creators of Liefling, Die Movie, wrapped at the end of March in the fictional 1950s town of Pretville. Linda Loubser visited the set, built from scratch in Hartbeespoort.
Powerful SA surf film opens 11 May
03-MAY-12
Otelo Burning, a coming-of-age film about a group of young township kids who discover the joy of surfing, opens in cinemas countrywide on 11 May 2012. Shot in Durban and directed by Sara Blecher (Surfing Soweto), the film is set in 1989 against a backdrop of brewing conflict between two political groups in Lamontville, KwaZulu Natal.
The Avengers smash SA box office records
03-MAY-12
Marvels The Avengers came in at No.1 at the South African box office over the extended long weekend, earning R15.2m gross box office between Thursday 26 April and Tuesday 1 May. The movie also boasts the biggest three-day weekend (Friday to Sunday) in South Africa of all time bringing in a gross box office of R8.5m in the three day period.
Mama Africa screens at Bioscope
02-MAY-12
The Johannesburg premiere of Mama Africa, the documentary about the life and music of Africas legendary musician and anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba, will take place at The Bioscope Independent Cinema on Thursday, 3 May at 7.30pm.
DFA at HotDocs
02-MAY-12
A large contingent of South African filmmakers from the Documentary Filmmakers Association (DFA), representing 14 different projects, is attending the HotDocs international documentary festival in Toronto, Canada this week.
La Traviata at Ster-Kinekor Nouveau
02-MAY-12
Audiences in South Africa can experience a live opera production of La Traviata on the big screen at Ster Kinekor Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor theatres from 4 May. La Traviata marks the final production of the fifth season of the Met Opera in New York screened at Ster- Kinekor theatres.
Film zooms in on Durban
02-MAY-12
An official South Africa-Germany co-production, Layla Fourie, is currently shooting in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, just north of Durban. Co-production partners on this feature film are Germanys Pandora Film Produktion and South Africas Dv8 Films.
Slate funding latest
02-MAY-12
The latest round of National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) slate funding has been awarded to Fineline Productions, RealEyes Films and Fuze Films with the aim of cultivating sustainable and viable production companies, empowering female filmmakers and encouraging transformation in the industry.
