SAG’s strife continues
After nearly being fired last week by the moderate wing of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) national board...
The Write Vision
Calling all aspirant filmmakers, writers, directors and producers - The Writing Studio’s Basic Workshop for Filmmakers takes place on 7 and 8 February from 10am until 5pm at Screen Africa’s offices at Sasani Studios, Highlands North, Johannesburg.
Obama asks for digital TV broadcast postponement
President-elect Barack Obama asked Congress last week to delay the nation’s 17 February transition to digital television broadcasting...
Anti racism films to be screened at Berlinale
Four films made as part of the collaborative film project, Filmmakers Against Racism (FAR), will be screened at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
British Oscar nominations
Fresh from its triumph at the Golden Globes, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, which scooped four Globes including best picture and best director, has received 11 nominations for the Orange British Academy Awards.
MIP’s Johnson on the move
Reed MIDEM MIPTV and MIPCOM director of television Paul Johnson has been nabbed by Endemol.
CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards
Now in its 14th year, the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in Durban, South Africa in July.
Dispute between Exactmobile and NORM resolved
An agreement on the payment of music royalties has been reached between Exactmobile and the National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa Ltd (NORM).
Subdued Sundance?
Predictions are that this year’s edition of the Holy Grail of indie film festivals, Sundance, which takes place in Park City, Utah US from 15 to 25 January, is likely to have less buzz, glitz and of course, sales.
Karen Meiring joins kykNET
Karen Meiring, one of the leading figures in the South African entertainment industry, has been appointed head of M-Net’s Afrikaans channel, kykNET.
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