Call for entries for the Roscar Celebratory Awards
In a celebration of natural history, eco-tourism and cultural filmmaking, the ROSCAR Celebratory Awards will be awarded, for the first time, to Filmmakers at the Durban Wild Talk Africa Film Festival and Conference, which runs from 27-30 August 2007 at the ICC Durban.
Creative Circle April Awards
A new system of judging the Creative Circle award entries has called forth a positive response from chairperson, Gerry Human.
Asia to host Global Electronic Media Forum
The third World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF3) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 10-11 December 2007, the World Broadcasting Unions (WBU) announced today.
IABM award to fund IBC students’ visits
The IABM is offering selected engineering students sponsorship worth GBP £1,250 (R17,300) to attend the IBC in Amsterdam in September 2007.
MoFORCE wins at Amakula Kampala festival
Makda Tesfaladet, a student from MoFORCE Training for Television and Film, the premier training centre for Television and Film in East Africa, won the Golden Impala Award for the Best Eastern African Short Film at the Amakula Kampala International Film Festival.
Doc market calls for projects
Docusur Market is calling for the presentation of projects for the pitching sessions which will take place on 16 November.
Videovision announces slate at Cannes
At the opening of the 60th Cannes International Film Festival on 16 May, CEO of Videovision Entertainment Anant Singh announced a diverse slate of forthcoming films and the acquisition of two high profile films being presented at the Festival.
New Crowned Hope at DIFF
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) this year includes the innovative New Crowned Hope series of films which were part of the 250th anniversary celebrations of the birth of Mozart in 2006.
MySpace offers free copyright protection
MySpace has launched Take Down Stay Down, a new feature that prevents users from re-posting video content in the MySpace community after that content has been removed at the request of the copyright owner.
Sony creates social networking site
Sony is entering the popular social networking market with a website that combines the community elements of MySpace with the video aspects of YouTube.
























