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Hollywood’s worst fears may be realised when the leaders of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) call on its 120, 000 members to vote for or against a strike.

Bones 2: Back From The Past, the eagerly awaited sequel to Mr Bones, South Africa’s highest ever local grossing film, earned R1m in a sneak peak preview held on the weekend of 22 November. This makes Mr Bones 2 the most successful Sneak Preview release of all time for a South African film.

Screen Africa is pleased to announce the five winners in the online competition for Screen Africa’s Best Front Cover Ad.

Hollywood’s problems seem to be getting bigger and bigger. Studio Briefing reports that the Writers Guild of America (WGA)..

A slew of top new South African films and documentaries comprised the programme of the third Parliament Film Festival..

Screen Africa is pleased to announce the five winners in the online competition for Screen Africa’s Best Front Cover Ad. Some 153 votes were logged in total on www.screenafrica.com during the last two weeks of October.

A slew of top new South African films and documentaries comprised the programme of the third Parliament Film Festival, which ran from 16 to 21 November in Cape Town. Feature films included Anthony Fabian’s Skin, Darrell James Roodt’s Zimbabwe...

Hollywood’s problems seem to be getting bigger and bigger. Studio Briefing reports that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) plans to file for arbitration against the film studio and TV network executives as represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), for allegedly failing to pay Internet residuals.

The nominees for the third annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) were announced on 19 November in Johannesburg. Winners will be awarded at a glittering ceremony on 7 February 2009 at the State Theatre in Pretoria.

The new South African drama, Joshua Rous’ Discreet, made the number 8 spot in Ster-Kinekor’s Top 8 for the weekend of 14 to 16 March. This was the film’s opening weekend.