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Mukunda joins Picture Tree

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:19:00 +0200

Mukunda is joining Picture Tree's award-winning roster of directors: Ian Difford, Oscar Strauss, Gersh Kgamedi and Alan Irvin.
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Register for indigenous language scriptwriter's workshop

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:47:00 +0200

A workshop with successful South African screenwriter Mtutuzeli Matshoba is to be held at the 30th Durban International Film Festival and the organisers are inviting applications for entry.
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Ad-funded programming: tonic for crisis-hit broadcasters?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:21:00 +0200

Vulnerable and financially unsustainable African broadcasters, including the ‘mighty' SABC, which generate a big slice of their total revenues from advertising, are feeling the pinch of the current hostile economic climate as companies slash their marketing budgets and others just close. One marketing expert believes, however, that where there is a will, there is always a way.
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Durban film-maker to shine at Durban International Film Festival

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:24:00 +0200

Fresh from scooping a clutch of accolades at the CIAK Junior Film Festival Awards in Italy in June, 12-year-old Durban schoolgirl, Amber-Jay van Rooyen, has been invited to take part in the 2009 Durban International Film Festival, in the Short Film Category. The festival will take place from 23 July to 2 August 2009.
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A Blink Oscar

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:38:00 +0200

Blink Stefanus is a busy guy. Not content with merely taking over the streets with his infamous ‘urban terrorist' tagging of inanimate objects, he's teamed up with Picture Tree's Oscar Strauss on a short film.
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Film group objects to proposed tax laws

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:10:00 +0200

The Independent Producers' Association has objected to the proposed exclusion of banks, insurers and other financial service companies from film industry tax incentives, saying this will undermine the growth of what has been a major job-creating sector.
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SA makes final Cannes Lions shortlists

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:12:00 +0200

CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's Trillion Dollar Campaign and Lowe Bull Johannesburg's Meet Wally's Heart have made the Titanium & Integrated Lions, while FoxP2 and DDB South Africa have made the Film Lions shortlist for the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Both lists were released this morning, Friday, 26 June 2009. [blog]
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MIPCOM 2009 launches programme to help producers

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:42:00 +0200

A new 2009 programme entitled Rethinking the Production Business has been launched in order to help producers to find funding, new revenue streams and partners, MIPCOM announced yesterday, Thursday, 25 June 2009.
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ICASA says no to intervention in copyright disputes

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:02:00 +0200

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) will not intervene in copyright laws in favour of the independent TV production sector, according to a position paper it released recently. A key issue for independent producers is that copyright vests with the broadcaster who has commissioned the work, rather than the creators of the programme.
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Loeries announces Crafts judging panels

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:58:00 +0200

The Print Crafts, Radio Crafts and TV Crafts judging panels for the 2009 Loerie Awards were released yesterday, Wednesday, 24 June 2009.
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