Digital Cinema building momentum as 3D drives market
There are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4% on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector.
Milan experiences Africa
The thirteen commissioned films from the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Forget Africa-section screen 15-21 March within the African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival in Milan, Italy.
Last minute Oscar drama
One of the producers of Oscar best film nominee The Hurt Locker has been denied entry to the award ceremony on 7 March.
BBC decides on radical changes
The BBC plans to put "quality first' by cutting some services which will see it save approximately £600 million ($900 million) a year -- a fifth of its budget -- by 2013-14.
Stereoscopic 3D competition
Now calling for entries is Dimension 3 Festival, the international competition dedicated to all types of stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) content.
The war film vs the sci-fi fantasy
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.
Austrian DOP wins ASC award
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.
Jozi in Top 10
The new South African comedy, Jozi, made R334,706 in its opening weekend (26 to 28 February) at the local box office.
Imbongi Awards’ public vote open
The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape will present its second annual film production awards, the Imbongi Awards
Urgent caucus on arts and culture funding
Stakeholders of the creative industries are invited to attend an urgent consultative caucus of the industry to be held on Thursday, 4 March in Newtown, Johannesburg.
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