Out in Africa
The Out In Africa SA Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will hit Nu Metro screens in Johannesburg and Cape Town for a second time this year in November...
New direct-to-DVD video good for SA business
Triggerfish, the Cape Town animation studio, has just finished production on the longest internationally commissioned CG animation made in South Africa.
Rats!!!
The animated "Ratatouille', about a rat who wants to become a chef, went to the top of the box office in its opening week (21 to 27 September) and clocked up an impressive R4.6m.
Italian cinema celebrated
Three top Italian film producers will attend the launch of the Italian Film Festival which runs at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban from 5 to 21 October.
The most expensive 30-second spot
For any people placing adverts on South African TV channels, consider that the current most expensive 30-second spot on US TV is on ABC’s hit drama series, "Grey’s Anatomy', at $419 000 per spot.
Joubert film wins Emmy
Renowned South African wildlife filmmakers Dereck and Beverley Joubert have won an Emmy Award in the Best Science, Technology and Nature Film category for their full length feature film "Eye of the Leopard'
Complimentary Reshaping Media DVD’s available
Platypus Productions has produced a double disk DVD set of the presentations from the Reshaping Media seminars hosted earlier this year in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Abuja festival screens This is Nollywood
One of the films screening at the Abuja International Film Festival is Italian-American filmmaker Franco Sacchi’s This is Nollywood.
SA co selected for MIPCOM Mobile and Internet TV Awards
The Finer Things, Tim Mostert's series of 104 three-minute shorts focussing on the History of Art and Design...
Trouble in Dreamland
Studio Briefing reports that Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman is apparently unconcerned that legendary film director Steven Spielberg...
























