Kenya wins Grand Prize at 5WSMC
A compilation of nine short films made by children in Kenya has been awarded The Africa Grand Prize "for outstanding achievement in a film made by children" on the final day of the fifth World Summit on Media for Children (5WSMC) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
How to Copy Sheep without getting Caught
Adv Anton Alberts who will run a course on Entertainment Law at the University of Johannesburg during May and June, has written an article for the website which conveys important information for anyone involved in the creative industries.
Word Summit closes
The 5th World Summit on Media for Children (5WSMC) drew to a close in Johannesburg on 28 March with delegates urged to individually move forward with their various projects and produce tangible results for presentation at the next Summit in 2010 in Sweden.
SA Documentary wins at Play-Doc
The Mothers’ House, a local documentary directed by Francois Verster and produced by Neil Brandt of Luna Films, has won the Best Feature-Length Film Award at the third Play-Doc Film festival in Tui, Spain.
World Summit opens in Africa
Some 88 countries were represented at the gala opening of the 5Th World
Summit on Media for Children (5WSMC) in its inaugural African hosting, held
at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 24 May.
Africa in the Picture
The 10th edition of the Africa in the Picture (AITP) film festival will be held from the 6 to 15 September in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven.
Online video at Cannes
Traditional DVD screeners at the Cannes Film Market, which is held annually in May in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival, will be replaced with a broadband video-on-demand tool through its cinando.com website.
Mannheim FilmFestival call for entries
The Mannheim FilmFestival (9 - 21 )ctober 2007) is looking for completed new feature-length films, both fiction and documentary.
Langa to chair SAFTA judging panels
The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) has appointed Mandla Langa to chair the SAFTA 2007 judging panels.
EU piracy proposal
According to a draft law from the European Commission, media companies could face criminal sanctions, including prison time for employees, if their networks, software...
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