Romcom takes box office
The newly released romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth, starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, was the biggest earner at the South African box office for the weekend of 9 to 11 October. It made R2.1m.
2010 Africa Festival
The 2010 Africa Festival of the Arts (AFA) will be staged in May 2010 in Soweto as part of the build up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Sithengi funding delayed
The board of the Sithengi Film & TV Market has been informed that the new Minister of Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana, "has called for a moratorium on all spending pending a forensic investigation'.
Sony Pictures cuts back
In yet another depressing example of recessionary cutbacks, Sony Pictures will hold off buying and developing source material until April next year.
IMPAC Exploratory Film Fest
Launched earlier this year in Pretoria, the IMPAC Exploratory Film Festival is set to return, this time to Johannesburg’s Wits Theatre on Saturday, 17 October.
Federal film fund feeds German industry
For over two years the budgets for German films have grown substantially thanks to the country’s federal film fund, the DFFF.
Studio Zoo cleaned out
Studio Zoo was broken into on Wednesday 7 October and they were cleaned out of all their equipment. Adi Leach says that it looks like a pro job as they took rasterizers, eQ suites, Avid suites, Graphic workstations - the lot! "They even stole our eQ archive drives with 10 years of work! Irreplaceable.'
Iowa Film Office investigated
Studio Briefing reports that filmmaking in the American state of Iowa has ground to a halt because of alleged abuse of the state’s tax incentive programme for filmmakers.
GFC’s catalogue of 2010 soccer projects
In preparation the FIFA 2010 World Cup, the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) has compiled a catalogue of 2010 and soccer-themed titles, recently completed or currently in production.
Diallo Entertainment awarded Zain account for Niger
Zain a leading global mobile telecommunications company across the African continent and the Middle East, has once again commissioned the services of the South African based TV production company
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