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British films banked $4.2 billion worldwide last year, according to the latest statistics released on 16 July by the UK Film Council.

The 11th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival will draw to a close after a marathon run of 17 days in Cape Town this Sunday 19 July..

The animated Ice Age 3 (including 3D) is totally dominating the South African box office. In its first two weeks of release it had made R14.8m as at 12 July.

The 7th annual Tri Continental Film Festival, South Africa’s premier human rights focus film showcase, will run between 10 September and 12 October in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Tshwane.

The National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) has announced the appointment of Annabell Lebethe as the new Chief Executive Officer.

The 2009 National Arts Festival saw a solid 13.21% increase in overall attendance this year, with 170,045 attendees at the various events on offer.

Google's founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page reclaimed the top spot in the MediaGuardian 100 power list this year, leading what the British newspaper calls the most powerful brand in the world.

There are a couple of areas of concern regarding the UK government’s recently released Digital Britain Report , said FremantleMedia CEO Tony Cohen speaking at the Westminsiter Media Forum in London this week.

Cape Town filmmaker Lindy Wilson’s documentary For Which I am Prepared to Die based on the story of how her uncle Roger Bushell masterminded an escape from Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland, during the Second World War, drew a nearly full house when it premiered last week at the Encounters Film Festival in Cape Town.

Everyone’s talking about the economic slump. And why not? It’s big. In the US, formally formerly middle-class families are on the street and, in the UK, everyone blames Gordon Brown. Again.