Stills and footage targeted at 2010
Updated South African focused, ready-to-use stills and footage aimed at 2010 campaigns has just been added to the Gallo Images and Getty Images range of digital products.
Applications open for ACT Festival Grants
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) has announced that Breadline Africa (BLA) will offer support for arts festivals in the form of ACT | BLA Fringe Grants.
Oscar’s foreign film race heats up
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has shortlisted nine films out of the 65 films from around the world deemed eligible for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 2010 Oscars.
BBC marketing operations under review
Speculation is rife that the BBC may cut jobs in its Marketing, Communications & Audiences (MC&A) department, following a review of marketing operations across the corporation’s TV, radio and digital services.
Avatar continues to soar at SA box office
After five weeks on release at the South African box office Avatar had made a whopping R31.8m.
Cameron big winner at Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association voted James Cameron’s 3D epic Avatar as Best Motion Picture - Drama at the Golden Globe Awards held in Hollywood on 17 January.
Rendez-vous with French Cinema
Some 400 international distributors are attending Unifrance’s 12 Rendez-vous with French Cinema which got underway in Paris on 15 January.
New SA film in top 8
Rainbow Skellums, the new South African film produced by Andre Scholtz (Panic Mechanic), was in the number 8 spot in Ster-Kinekor’s Top 8 for the weekend 8 to 10 January, having made R1.8m to date.
On Digital Media to offer 30 channels
On Digital Media, the only pay-TV broadcaster still planning to go ahead out of the initial four companies granted licences for subscription television by Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA), will provide a basic package of 30 channels...
Cameron does it again
James Cameron’s mega 3D epic Avator has become the fastest film to reach box office earnings of R27m in South Africa in 25 days.
























