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PromaxBDA Africa 2011 announces programmeThe 2011 PromaxBDA Africa, sponsored by M-Net, DStv and SABC, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday 28 October 2011 under the theme 'Connect 3.0' has released the full programme schedule. Download the full programme or go to www.promaxafrica.tv for more.... read more 25 Oct 2011 PromaxBDA Africa Awards extends deadlineThe 2011 PromaxBDA Africa Awards which recognizes excellence in on-air promotion, branding and advertising has extended its deadline to Friday 26 August 2011. Awards are open to satellite, cable, broadcast television, radio stations and associated new media, their agencies and production houses who... read more 24 Aug 2011 Africa in Motion website attacked by malwareThe Africa in Motion website has been experiencing serious problems after being attacked by malware; this caused problems with the server and made it inaccessible. AiM is currently calling for submissions for the festival this year. To find out more about submitting films to the festival, contact... read more 20 May 2011 ROSCAR Award finalists screened in Cape TownThe ROSCAR Award Finalist Films are being screened at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town until 7 April 2011. The international and local wildlife film competition attracted 267 entries from 22 countries across the globe. The winners of the ROSCAR Awards will be announced at a gala event at Spier on... read more 28 Mar 2011 Tarifa PhotoAfrica contest entry deadline extendedThe African Film Festival of Tarifa has extended the period of submission for application forms. The new deadline is fixed on 15 March 2011. The photography contest is open to all African artists living in an African country. The best works will be part of an exhibition that will be inaugurated... read more 25 Feb 2011 Vodadome hosts 2010 Africa Photographic Awards ceremonyThe inaugural Africa Photographic Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 12 August 2010, at the Vodadome (Vodaworld) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Official proceedings will commence at 7pm and will include a cocktail dinner with a cash bar and live entertainment. For more... read more 15 Jul 2010 Still time to enter Loeriesclick to enlargeThe deadline of 31 May 2010 for Loeries 2010 entries, other than 2010 FIFA World Cup entries, has been extended to 14 June 2010 but does carry a 5% late fee. This means that all work flighted between 1 June 2009 and 14 June 2010 is eligible for entry. World cup- related entries have... read more 21 May 2010 CNBC Africa comments on GFC cancelled contractCNBC Africa recently released a statement regrdaing the cancelling of an agreement between the business channel and the Gauteng Film Commission: “CNBC Africa produced a series of programmes called “Business Spotlight” with sponsorship and associated advertising via the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC).... read more 8 Apr 2010 Women photojournalists called to enter international competitionSince 2000, the Association des Femmes Journalistes and Canon France, in partnership with the international Visa pour l'Image festival, and with the support of Figaro magazine, have awarded an annual prize for women photojournalists. Women photojournalists worldwide are welcome to enter the... read more 12 Mar 2010 2010 Festival of Media Awards deadline extentionThe deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. Organisers announced the extention due to an overwhelming response from the global media and marketing industry and many requests received for more time. The festival takes place in Valencia, Spain,... read more 22 Jan 2010 Namib Film represents NFC at 2009 AFCI Locations Trade Showclick to enlargeNamib Film, co-sponsor of the Namibia Film Project, will be representing the Namibia Film Commission (NFC) at the 2009 AFCI Locations Trade Show at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles from the 16 - 18 April. The company provides film production services within Namibia with... read more 2 Apr 2009 International radio playwriting competition deadline loomsThe closing date for the BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 is on 31 March 2009. Entries must consist of one-hour radio plays written by anyone living outside the UK. There are two first prizes: for the best play by a writer with English as their... read more 25 Mar 2009 Encounters Africa Shorts focus on loveEncounters South African International Documentary Festival 2008, the Jan Vrijman Fund of IDFA and the SABC this year produced five short documentary films on the theme of love with filmmakers from Malawi (Virginia Ndasowa), DRC (Makela Pululu), South Africa (Joanne Levitan), Zambia (Mali Kambandu)... read more 8 Jul 2008 Activating future starsExp. Momentum Zambia, a leading brand activation and sponsorship agency, were asked to project manage the Celtel Star Search recording process under the leadership of project director, Justin Howard, and Evans Muhanga, marketing director of Celtel. The initiative is said to be biggest musical talent... read more 30 May 2007 More animated Vuka!s this yearMore than 160 Vuka! entries have been received this year, with an increase in the number of animated VUKA!s (as they are often cheaper to produce), as well as the first cellphone entry ever received. A panel of judges is currently adjudicating and winners will be announced at a ceremony in... read more 17 Nov 2006 Call for entries: Fespaco 2007The bi-annual Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) takes place 23 February - 3 March 2007 in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. The NFVF is making a second call to all producers and directors who wish to enter their films into the festival to submit their features, shorts and... read more 14 Nov 2006 Combine photojourn theory with practiceRegistration closes end of November 2006 for the Market Photo Workshop's year-long course in photojournalism and documentary photography, which begins in January 2007 at the Workshop's premises in Newtown, Johannesburg. Supported by Getty Images, it will consist of core modules in photojournalism,... read more 3 Nov 2006 Film & TV Unit wins M&G awardThe Mail & Guardian last week recognised the Film & TV Unit for its contribution to youth empowerment, poverty alleviation, support of woman and transformation in the audio-visual sector with a Merit Award for Investing in Education. An independent non-profit organisation housed at Monash SA, the... read more 30 Oct 2006 TV documentary on Samora MachelUnder the title "A Luta Continua", a 48-minute documentary on the late Mozambican president Samora Machel is being released by African Universal Media (AUM) to coincide with the 20th anniversary of Machel's death. A Luta Continua is Portuguese for "the struggle continues", an expression that was... read more 13 Oct 2006 Make a film for Robbie WilliamsRockstar Robbie Williams is inviting independent filmmakers to provide a film for his track "The 80's" on his new album Rudebox. The winner, chosen by Williams and other industry greats, will win a £7500 prize, with a further prize of £7500 for the winning film as voted by the public. Enter before... read more 9 Oct 2006 New digital SLR camera with interchangeable lensclick to enlargePentax has released the K10D lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera, which features a large, high-performance 23.5mm x 15.7mm CCD with 10.2 effective megapixels . Features includes the Pentax-developed shake reduction system; a newly developed A/D converter for converting large... read more 3 Oct 2006 Hood to direct Hollywood filmGavin Hood, the Oscar-winning South African director of Tsotsi, will be directing a movie which may star Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon. News24.com reports that shoots are being planned in Los Angeles, Washington, Morocco and South Africa, to start in November 2006 and for release in 2007.... read more 2 Oct 2006 Solid PDA, Sunrise Productions mergeSolid PDA and Sunrise Productions recently announced that they will be joining forces, with the Solid PDA team to move across Cape Town to Sunrise's Westlake studio. The two computer animation houses have been sharing work and ideas for the past 18 months and Solid PDA MD, Brad Stilwell, described... read more 18 Sep 2006 Upping the Flint, Flame game in SAThe Refinery Johanneburg has acquired the latest versions of AutoDesk Discreet's new Flint and Flame technology (v9.5). Both systems have been fully operational since the beginning of September 2006 and are available for freelance hire. Says Colin Goldridge, senior engineer, The Refinery, "These two... read more 18 Sep 2006 Tshwane University of Technology students win photography competitionJuly 2006 saw three promising photography students from the Tshwane University of Technology selected as the winners in The South African Magazine Photography Competition. Kläre Meijer scooped first place with her entry "Future Generation"; depicting a fruit vendor's daughter clutching an orange in... read more 1 Aug 2006 Developing homegrown APTItudeThe Animation Production Training Initiative (APTI) and its partners are calling for artists, recent fine arts, graphic design and animation graduates to apply for the second Annual APTI Internship 3D Animation Programme. This is a rigorous internship programme which offers real time on-the-job... read more 1 Aug 2006 How is your VUKA entry coming along?Entries for the eighth annual MultiChoice VUKA! Awards close on 29 September 2006, with this year marking the introduction of a new short film-category, VUKA! Short Cuts. Entry forms are available from http://vuka.multichoice.co.za or from most major industry suppliers and post-production... read more 28 Jul 2006 Rapid Blue scoops Promax goldProduction house Rapid Blue won one Gold and one Silver award at Promax New York in June 2006, both for promotions produced for SuperSport campaigns. Promo director Bruce Trollip won Gold for his promo for Wimbledon 2005 and promo director Gareth Whitaker in turn won Silver for his 2005 Formula 1... read more 26 Jul 2006 Short feature being shot exclusively in KZNOil on Water, Tidal Wave Productions' first short feature film, is being shot and produced exclusively out of KwaZulu-Natal during July 2006. "While South Africa is a country rich in locations, we found the raw and natural beauty that is an intrinsic part of Oil on Water, in KwaZulu-Natal," says... read more 13 Jul 2006 SAFTA entry deadline extended to 14 JulyThe South African Film and Television Awards executive committee announced that the deadline for entries has been extended to 14 July 2006. Newly appointed executive producer for the inaugural edition of the awards, Lebone Maema, has urged local filmmakers, producers and broadcasters to submit their... read more 2 Jul 2006 |
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