SA cinema goers find Barry
The new South African feature film starring popular comedian Barry Hilton, Finding Lenny, made it into the fifth spot of Nu Metro’s Top 8 for the week 3 to 9 April.
Lola Kenya Screen film goes “Global’
A film made by children under the age of 13 which was nominated in the animation category of the recent African Movie Academy Awards has been selected to represent Africa in the Global Kids For Kids Competition that takes place in Montreal, Canada.
SA film triumphs at AAMA
The South African film, Gugu and Andile directed by Minky Schlesinger, won the Best Film in an African Language Award at the recent African Movie Academy Awards (AAMA) in Nigeria.
Decline in LA feature production
As a sign of the economic times and the possible threat of an actors’s strike, as well as the runaway production trend, Los Angeles has seen its weakest ever quarter in off-lot feature production.
Washington state more film friendly
Demonstrating the power that a hit movie can have on a location, the US state in which much of the teen vampire movie Twilight has shot...
Polish TV feels the pinch
In yet another example of how the recession is affecting all corners of the globe, Polish private broadcast group TVN, which has 14 channels, has retrenched 20 staff members as well as an undisclosed number of contract workers.
US broadcasters take big income knock
Straight-line income declines of as much as 30 percent, were recorded by of some of the US’s largest broadcast groups in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to an SNL Kagan analyst.
SABC signs contract with Siemens
Siemens IT Solutions and Services signed a contract at the beginning of April with the Technology division of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to oversee the digital roll out process throughout all sections in SABC, including Radio.
Trouble in Bollywood
Hollywood is not the only film industry capital with problems (ie. the long running contract stalemate between the actors’ guild and the studio executives)...
CFC Imbongi Award finalists
The Cape Film Commission has announced the finalists in the Imbongi Awards which will pay tribute to those people and companies which work in the film and television production sector of the Western Cape.
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