Local service industry ready for international filmmakers

Recent amendments to the foreign film and television incentive scheme make it far more attractive for foreign filmmakers to conduct film and post-production activities in South Africa according to Clive Shelver, MD at Film & Entertainment Underwriters. This will result in a positive boost for the South African film industry and benefit related industries such as specialised local insurers, tourism, and catering, helping to stimulate job growth. 25 May 2012 10:31

Creative Vision

Creative Vision leaves the viewer Thunderstruck

AC/DC's iconic rock song, Thunderstruck, drives the captivating visuals for Tsogo Sun's new brand ads. 24 May 2012 11:23

Film project set to benefit from treaty between SA and Ireland

IX Hours, a film project already in development, reportedly stands to be one of the first to benefit from a co-production treaty signed between South Africa and Ireland last weekend. 23 May 2012 11:39

Frieze Films

Malo 8's upwardly mobile run of ads

In the last three months, Frieze Films' rising star Malo 8 has directed commercials for three major cellular brands: MTN for MetropolitanRepublic; Cell C for Ogilvy Johannesburg; and Nokia for JWT. 22 May 2012 14:02

Renault SA sponsors Cooked in Africa Films

Cooked in Africa Films, which specialises in the production of entertainment and original content - mostly reality documentaries - for both TV and new media platforms has negotiated a R2.1 million sponsorship deal with local French vehicle manufacturer, Renault South Africa. 22 May 2012 10:34

Fresh Eye Film Productions

Fresh Eye Film Productions busy Q1

Fresh Eye Films has had a busy first quarter - not only have they signed up promising young director, SuPa, but they have had cameras rolling across a host of different projects. 21 May 2012 12:40

Cybergeddon digital movie highlights cyber crime

Cybergeddon, the 2.0 version of crime fiction, will premiere globally on Yahoo! in September 2012 as a series of sequential instalments that will engage its worldwide audience of reportedly more than 700 million unique visitors through an immersive storytelling, social media and gaming experience. It highlights the growing threat of cybercrime, identity theft and vulnerabilities in our highly connected lives. 21 May 2012 11:17

Propeller Films

Paulo from Bez Valley is back

Propeller Films are pleased to announce that Paulo Henriques is back in the hood. Well, not quite his old Bez Valley hood where he grew up, but South Africa generally. 18 May 2012 16:45

Velocity

Greg Gray wins Gold at Clios

At this year's Clio Awards held in New York, Velocity's Greg Gray won Gold for Cadbury's Lunch Bar "Sweeper", and a Silver for M-Net "Birth," while Tristyn von Berg's "Leila" for Orgon Donor took home a Silver and Bronze. 18 May 2012 13:00

Bouffant

Dean Blumberg wins Silver at Clios

Bouffant has scooped up two wins at the annual Clio Awards in New York: Director Dean Blumberg's Santam Campaign won Silver and Erik Van Wyk's spot "Old Couple" for KFC took home a Bronze. 18 May 2012 12:47

Search for SA's next top filmmaker

Three South African TV production companies, Curious Pictures (producers of Rhythm City, The Lab, Intersexions and Hopeville), Endemol (Isidingo, Survivor: Maldives and Big Brother Africa Six) and Ochre Media (Scandal and Takalani Sesame) have launched South Africa's Next Top Filmmaker. 18 May 2012 10:04

Egg Films

Egg's rising star Verushka Vogt vs. animals, babies, and water

Verushka Vogt filmed scuba diving, horses and babies as part of directing five hilarious Net#work BBDO spots for AA Insurance and a sweet Ogilvy Johannesburg advert for Huggies. 17 May 2012 10:07

CNBC Africa celebrates five years of broadcasting

CNBC Africa, the pan-African financial and business channel, will celebrate five years of continental business broadcasting across Africa on 1 June 2012. 16 May 2012 11:42