Sea Point Days continues successful festival circuit
Sea Point Days, a feature-length documentary film directed by local Emmy-award winning filmmaker Francois Verster has been selected for the Sterling World Feature Competition at the prestigious SilverDocs Film Festival.
Final number of Cannes Lions entries
The organisers of the Cannes Lions 56th International Advertising Festival today announced that 22,652 entries from 86 countries will be competing for the coveted Lions at this year's event, a 19.9% drop versus a record breaking year in 2008.
Sony Pictures joins Nu Metro Home Entertainment line up
Nu Metro Home Entertainment which holds the licenses for five maor studios, has announced that it has also acquired Sony Pictures Home Entertainment under their prestigious studio slate as of 1 June 2009.
Zola Maseko doccie awarded
Zola Maseko's feature documentary film - "The Manuscripts of Timbuktu" was jointly awarded the first prize at the Real Life Film Festival in Ghana on 26 May.
SAG vote on YouTube
As the membership of the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) decides whether or not to accept the latest and final offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPT) regarding its prime time feature contract, several SAG members can be seen campaigning on YouTube.
SAFTAS call for entries
The 4th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) are calling for entries until and including 31 July.
They just keep flocking in
South African cinema audiences are still arriving in their droves to see the new local comedy, White Wedding, which has made just under R4.1m (as at 31 May) at the box office.
Mobile video viewing up in US
The latest Nielsen Anywhere Anytime Media Measurement initiative shows that the consumption of video content across TV, computer and mobile has steadily increased throughout America over the last three months
SABC accuses M&G of theft
Public broadcaster SABC has laid a complaint of theft against Mail and Guardian following the newspaper’s posting of a SABC documentary on political satire on its website this week.
AOL to go it alone
Media giant Time Warner has announced that it is terminating its merger with Internet company American Online (AOL), which has been in place since 2001.
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