Box office to dream of
After eight weeks of release on the South African cinema circuit, the animated Ice Age 3 (including 3D) has made a huge R25.5m. However, it was only in seventh place during the weekend of 21 to 23 August.
Out in Africa opening nights
Tickets for the both the Johannesburg and Cape Town opening nights of the Out in Africa (OIA) South African Gay & Lesbian film Festival will be sold as a fundraising drive at R100 a ticket.
SAFTAS judging to commence
The judging phase of the 4th South African Film and Television Awards gets underway on 1 September, following the appointment of two new chairpersons, Paul Raleigh and Coco Cachalia.
District 9’s box office success
Directed and co-written by South African Neill Blomkamp, the locally shot sci-fi adventure District 9 made $37m in its opening weekend in the US. This is $7m more than the film's budget.
A different kind of ratings battle
For decades the name of American company Nielsen has been synonymous with measuring TV ARs (audience ratings).
Lola Kenya Screen 2009 awards
Io Parlo (I'll Tell on You!) of Italy and Ugugu No Andile (Gugu and Andile) of South Africa have won the Best Children and the Best Youth Film awards, respectively, at the 4th Lola Kenya Children’s Screen in Nairobi, Kenya.
G.I. Joe kicks ass
It may have received dismal reviews overseas but the action sci-fi thriller G.I.Joe: The Rise of the Cobra made a blistering impact on the South African box office on its opening weekend (14 to 16 August) - it made R2.5m.
Brits won’t scale back on TV
A report from Deloitte and YouGove reveals that British consumers would rather scale back on dining out and going to the movies than cut back on how much they spend for TV services.
Aluta calls for entries
South Africa’s premier township cinema event, the Aluta Film Festival, is calling for entries from local and international filmmakers for the 7th edition of the festival. This will be hosted from 22 to 28 February 2010 in Kimberley.
Six world premieres at Tri Continental Film Fest
Twenty-two South African films, 19 African first showings and six world premieres will be shown at the 2009 Tri Continental Film Festival, which runs from 11 September to 12 October at selected Ster-Kinekor and all Cinema Nouveau Theatres.
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