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The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) has announced its worldwide call for entries for the 2007 Festival taking place 19 to 23 September in Canada’s capital.

This year’s Swedish Film Week runs from 23 to 29 March at Cinema Nouveau Screened by Jameson at Johannesburg’s Rosebank Mall.

From 9 to 12 May Toronto International Film Festival programmer Cameron Bailey will be in Johannesburg to view and select South African films for this year's festival.

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will present the South African pavilion at the 60th edition of the Cannes film festival from 16 - 27 May 2007.

This is the final call for individual artists, groups or organisations involved in cultural or heritage work to submit applications to The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) for projects taking place between 1 June 2007 and 31 May 2008. The deadline for applications is 31 March 2007.

The Toronto International Film Festival 2007 is looking for new feature-length films, both fiction and documentary, as well as exceptional documentaries of any length.

One of the most important, but often neglected, tools with which to manage and protect your creative work is the law, and specifically the specialised field of Entertainment Law.

The International Southern Documentary Film Festival and Market, DOCUSUR, which has a unique focus on documentaries produced or shot in Africa, Asia and Latin America, or thematically related to southern countries, is calling for entries.

The grand prize at FESPACO, the biennial Pan African Film & Television Festival of Ougadougou in Burkina Faso, was awarded to Nigerian filmmaker Newton Aduaka for his film Ezra.

The National Arts Council of South Africa has appointed Seelan Naidoo as its new Chief Executive Officer until March 2008. Announcing the appointment NAC Chairperson Nicholas Motsatse said, "We are confident that we have found the right person to lead the comprehensive change process that the new Council believes is necessary over the next year".