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The fifth annual Tri Continental Film Festival, which runs during September and October in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria, presents cinema with an edge - provocative, cutting-edge contemporary cinema from Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Matt Damon’s "The Bourne Ultimatum', the sequel to "The Bourne Solution' which was the sequel to "The Bourne Identity', arrived with a bang on the South African circuit, taking R3.5m in its first week (10 to 16 August). It has bumped the animated 2D "The Simpsons Movie' out of top spot.

Bo Stehmeier has been appointed head of sales and co-production at Off the Fence, with responsibility for Africa, America, the UK and German-speaking territories.

The London Secretariat of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) has announced that National President & Chairman of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA), Mixael de Kock has made it through the organisation's grueling nomination process to become one of two candidates who will be competing for the body's World Presidency for 2010.

The BBC has begun the sale of its BBC Resources subsidiary, a leading provider of broadcast production facilities and services.

Last week Robin Acutt and Carol Carimi-Acutt’s documentary Been Down that Muddy Road - The Legend of Joe Barry was awarded first place in the Best Documentary category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Israeli films won the two major awards at the recent Lola Kenya Screen film festival for children and youth held in Nairobi. The 76-minute feature film "Giborim Ktanim' ("Little Heroes') by Itai Lev won the Golden Mboni, with the 51-minute "Ringo & Taher' by Jony Arbid winning the Silver Mboni.

The Commonwealth Vision Awards offers an opportunity to create a common vision in film - influencing 53 nations in 60 seconds with one great idea?

The 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila, Philippines is featuring the first ever retrospective of South African films produced by Anant Singh and Videovision Entertainment.

"The World Unseen', a film by South African-born award-winning author Shamim Sarif is one of 14 films to have been selected for the Discovery section at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival (6 - 15 September).