Bye bye Miramax
The Hollywood arthouse film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and later bought by Disney, Miramax, closed its doors on 28 January.
Calling all wildlife filmmakers
The premiere wildlife film festival, Wildscreen, is searching for the best wildlife and environmental films from around the world for its prestigious Panda Awards.
Imbongi Awards call for nominations
The very best production talent and facilities within the Cape Town and Western Cape film industry will be showcased and recognised at the 2nd Annual Imbongi Awards, which take place on 6 March at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
Avatar sinks Titanic
Director James Cameron must be one happy man. His 3D CGI epic, Avatar, is now officially the highest grossing film of all time.
Burton heads Cannes jury
Tim Burton, director of weird and wonderful films like Edward Scissorhands, Beetle Juice and Mars Attacks, is to be jury chairman of the Cannes Film Festival which runs from 12 to 23 May.
The Hurt Locker gets PGA vote
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) voted Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker best film of 2009 at the Hollywood Palladium on 24 January.
Global ad market returning to normal?
If you’ve earned profits of nearly $2bn for the period October to December 2009, which is what search engine and content aggregator Google has done, then it’s easy to conclude that the ad market might be getting back to what it was before the recession hit.
Rwanda joins CTO as Full Member
Following on from its admission to the Commonwealth as the 54th member in November 2009, the Republic of Rwanda has gained Full Member Country status of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation (CTO).
District 9 nominated for seven BAFTAS
South African-born Neill Blomkamp’s breakout blockbuster film District 9 has scored seven nominations at the upcoming Orange BAFTA Film Awards, to be presented on 21 February at the Royal Opera House in London.
The good and bad of 2009 for UK film
Screen Africa is posting this report from the UK Film Council for those of our readers who like to get an international perspective on film industry matters.
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