03-FEB-12
Popular soap star Dumisani Mbebe will play one of the lead roles in Mzansi Magics first homegrown telenovela, due to launch on the channel on Monday 19 March at 8:30pm.
17-JAN-12
Aspirant writers who would like to sharpen their creative skills and explore their writer's voice should join The Writing Studio's THE WRITE VOICE workshop at Homebrew Films in Gardens, Cape Town on Saturday, 28 January and 4 February from 2pm until 5pm.
16-JAN-12
South Africans looking to study abroad should take note of a new partnership between the University of Exeter and the London Film School. This five-year agreement will enable doctoral film students to hone their filmmaking skills alongside their academic studies.
13-JAN-12
At the next workshop in the Writers' Guild of South Africa (WGSA) series, How it was made, to be held on 28 January at the Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking in Johannesburg, SAFTA Award winner Pieter Lombaard will talk about how the reality show Our House was made.
12-DEC-11
Garth Holmes and Bata Passchier, the directors and founding members of AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance), attended the Cilect Conference in Prague, Czech Republic from 30 November to 2 December.
30-NOV-11
On 29 November the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), in partnership with the Department of Higher Education and Training through National Skills Fund (NSF), and the Media, Advertising, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education Training Authority (MICT-SETA), held a graduation ceremony to honour the students who have successfully completed the internship and learnership programmes, as well as staff members who received bursaries.
07-NOV-11
If you're an aspiring storyteller with a vivid imagination whose ideas are larger than life, The Writing Studio has an exciting Weekend Workshop for Screenwriters at Sasani Studios in Highlands North, Johannesburg on 19 and 20 November.
01-NOV-11
Next in the Writers' Guild of South Africa (WGSA) 'How To' series of workshops is one on how to work your Final Draft Software, to take place on 12 November at 9am to 1pm at the Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, 25 Owl St, Auckland Park, Johannesburg.
19-OCT-11
Internationally renowned industry experts shared their knowledge on the subject of comedy and sitcom during the third module of the Entertainment Master Class (EMC) 2011, which took place at the Monkey Valley Resort in Cape Town in September.
18-OCT-11
The National Film and Video Foundation of South Africas (NFVF) Sediba programme for advanced and emerging producers aims to help them package projects for local and international markets.
18-OCT-11
AmberFin, a leading developer of file-based media ingest and transcoding solutions for content owners, broadcasters, sports organisations and post-production houses, reports that its free, non-vendor specific, educational programme that is delivered to your email in-box, has exceeded all forecasts in terms of the number of subscribers it has drawn in the first month since its launch at IBC 2011.
04-OCT-11
South Africas National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is sponsoring a workshop on entertainment law to be held on Saturday, 15 October at AFDA Johannesburg.
29-SEP-11
The Writers Guild of South Africa (WGSA) will hold a workshop called The Science of Getting Rich for any writers serious about their financial future on 1 October at AFDA Film School in Johannesburg. It runs from 9am to 3pm.
29-SEP-11
South Africas Department of Communications (DoC) through the e-Skills Institute and Telkom is hosting its 3rd Annual Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Career Expo 2011 in Olifantsfontein, Gauteng.
26-SEP-11
Before The Scenes is hosting a free introductory TV & Film class for people interested in a part-time career in professional acting or anyone considering a course.
22-SEP-11
06-SEP-11
A small country in west Africa has been at the forefront of developing the continental film industry, both through the biennial FESPACO Film Festival and a visionary film training institute called Imagine.
02-SEP-11
KAREN VAN SCHALKWYK writes
Robert McKee, the renowned international creative writing teacher, was recently in South Africa to conduct his Story Seminar.
22-AUG-11
The National Arts Council invites post graduate students and registered education and training institutions that are involved in studies or provide tuition in the fields of theatre, dance, crafts, literature, music and visual arts to submit applications for bursary funding.
17-AUG-11
South African students interested in a career in electronic media stand a chance to win a share of R2m worth of bursaries for studies in animation, graphic design, television and radio production through a partnership between SABC Education and NEMISA.
