New CTO for Waterfront Studios
Over 70% of Waterfront Studios’ clients are based in North America or Europe. With this in mind Waterfront recently secured a Chief Technical Officer from Los Angeles.
Izulu Lami triumphs at Tarifa film fest
The feature film debut of Durban-based Madoda Ncayiyana, Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky), has won the coveted Audience and Best Actress prizes at the recent Tarifa International Pan African Film Festival, held in Tarifa, Spain.
White Wedding just keeps on going
After five weeks of release the new South Africa film, White Wedding, is still going strong. As at 7 June it had made R4.4m at the local box office.
Mannheim Meetings 2009 – Call for Projects
The 13th edition of the Mannheim Meetings, the international co-production and sales & distribution market, will take place from 11 - 15 November 2009.
Nu Metro launches Blu-Ray titles
The Home Entertainment division of Nu Metro will now offer Blu-Ray titles in its studio slate. Positioned as "the best way to watch movies, ever’, Blu-Ray discs are best watched on a high definition (HD) TV with the use of a Blu-Ray player or Playstation 3.
SA film scoops CIAK awards
Coming Home, a film based on a story by South African teenager Amber-Jay van Rooyen, has won three awards at the 20th International CIAK Junior Festival competition in Treviso, Italy.
Encounters will go ahead
The Encounters team announced on Thursday 4 June that despite the shortfall in funding, the 11th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2009 will go ahead as planned from 2 - 19 July at the Nu Metro cinemas, V&A Waterfront.
Madiba’s grandson accused of selling Madiba’s funeral TV rights
Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla, has dismissed a report alleging he was paid R3-million by the SABC for exclusive television rights to cover the funeral of the former president, according to The Star (page 1 1 June 2009)
DOC’s report on meeting with SABC board
The Department of Communications released a report regarding its meeting with the board of the SABC on 1 June. The report follows:
SABC fails to pay sports award prize money
The winners of the 2008 South African Sports Awards have apparently still not been paid, almost six months after the awards ceremony was held in Bloemfontein.
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