Talent Campus Durban puts out call
The second edition of the Talent Campus Durban will take place from 24 to 28 July. With the theme of Roots and Shoots: Creating a New African Cinema, the Talent Campus Durban will focus activities towards the development of new partnerships between African filmmakers.
No stopping “Slumdog’
As the race hots up for next month’s Oscars, there seems to be an endless run of awards events in Hollywood.
Media Film Service buys MCC/Logical Designs
Equipment rentals houses Media Film Service and MCC/Logical Designs have entered into a merger which will see the former absorb MCC’s staff, liabilities and assets.
Refinery Group restructures
Post-production facilities The Refinery Johannesburg and V-Lab (Video Lab) Johannesburg are being amalgamated into a single business under the leadership of newly appointed Group MD, Tumaini Leshoai.
“Slumdog’ does it again
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG), currently embroiled in a civil war as well as a contract stalemate with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), took time out from its troubles to hand out its annual awards on 25 January in Los Angeles.
It’s official – Mr Bones 2 highest grossing SA film
The sequel to South Africa’s previously highest ever grossing local film, Mr Bones, has superseded the record set by that film which was released in 2001 and earned R33,062,468 in a period of five weekss.
Berlinale makes digital push
The Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) has equipped 29 of the 49 screens it will use in the 2009 festival, which opens on 5 February, with digital cinema projection equipment.
Startup revolutionizes global trade with audiovisual content
The prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies has announced that mediapeers is the winner of the award.
800 jobs cut at Warner
The financial crunch has reached Warner Brothers Entertainment which will shed 10% of all employees. Most of the 800 job cuts will come from information technology and support services. In a letter to Warner Bros staff, Barry Meyer, the studio’s chairman...
Ofcom’s has plans for Channel 4
UK media regulator Ofcom released its recommendations for the future of public broadcasting this week. According to the report, Ofcom has recommended that the BBC remain the heart of public broadcasting...
























