[Craig Neill] When two friends decided to go on a motorcycle tour around Southern Africa, they filmed it on their Apple iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphones and produced a documentary of their adventure.
14 May 2012 10:23
The 2012 Broadcast, Film & Music Africa (BFMA) conference, hosted by AITEC Africa, is set to take place from 10-11 July 2012 at the Oshwal Centre in Nairobi. The conference is aimed at evaluating opportunities for growth in the industry.
14 May 2012 09:55
Airtel Nigeria demonstrated its commitment to the development of the creative industry in Africa as it joined organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) to honour, reward and celebrate accomplished African movie stars at an awards ceremony held at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos on Sunday, 22 April 2012.
24 Apr 2012 15:39
Telecommunications services provider and
official sponsor of the eighth
Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Airtel Nigeria, the government of Lagos and organisers of the awards, have welcomed stars to the country for the pan African movie festival.
23 Apr 2012 10:38
[Laura Walubengo] A magazine has been launched to cater to the diverse film industry in the country, and the author's hope it will help put a spotlight on the immense talent displayed on Kenyan screens.
16 Apr 2012 10:48
Airtel Nigeria been unveiled as the official sponsor of the African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA), scheduled to take place on 22 April 2012 at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.
16 Apr 2012 10:24
M-Net, the multi-channel pan-African content provider, on Monday, 26 March 2012, launched the online African Film Library (AFL), a video-on-demand service that will offer a large collection of award-winning African content.
27 Mar 2012 15:15
The
African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) received a total of 328 entries from across Africa, an increase of 108 entries in 2011. This includes 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and six animations. 43 entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent.
14 Mar 2012 11:10
[Nishan Singh] Let's take a look at the state of the film industry in South Africa, and why it's necessary to register your creative work.
28 Feb 2012 13:40
A film project that debuted as a pitch at the 2011
Durban FilmMart has received international acclaim at the Berlinale International Film Festival's Talent Campus for its innovative and distinctive African storyline.
27 Feb 2012 12:31
Africa in Motion (AiM), one of the UK's largest African film festivals, now in its seventh year, is calling on film submissions for its 2012 festival edition, which will take place from 25 October to 2 November 2012 at Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, under the theme Modern Africa.
23 Feb 2012 10:56
Following their visit to the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR) earlier this month, the returning African film producers, Rwandan Joel Karekezi, and South African producers James Tayler and Noxy Mavundla are convinced that the local film industry's market potential could be unlocked through creatively exchanging ideas with the rest of Africa.
20 Feb 2012 11:04
[Amel Gaaloul] The first ever Tunisian Film Festival hosted in Hollywood, California will be from January 10-12, 2012.
20 Dec 2011 09:02
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[Herman Manson: @marklives] Cape Town is gearing up to host one of the world's premier design conferences - the 2012 Design Indaba. Design Indaba regular and Pentagram partner Michael Bierut will MC this years' event alongside Michelle Constant and Khaya Dlanga. The conference takes place 29 February-March 2012 at the CTICC and the expo (which is open to the general public) takes place 2-4 March 2012. 24 Feb 2012 11:35
