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SA's 11th trip to Cannes Film Festival

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:48:00 +0200

South African delegates have embarked on a trip to the 61st Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place from today, Wednesday, 14 May 2008, until Saturday 24 May. The SA highlight this year will be the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) conference, themed “South Africa, your co-production partner of choice” in celebration of SA's 11th year at the Cannes film festival (1997 - 2008). Read full story... | Send to a friend

The big, bad brand of Bollywood

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:00 +0200

There is really nothing wrong with the brand "Bollywood", except that the Indian film industry has become far more powerful and far-reaching than anything else like this in any other country of the world, and even larger than Hollywood. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Celebrating African film and culture

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:48:00 +0200

Now in its third year, Africa on Screen continues to grow and in 2008 will have screenings at five different venues in Johannesburg and Cape Town, including free screenings at Museum Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Charlize rocks South African screens in new Sun International ad

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:57:00 +0200

Filmmakers, a few astounded members of the public, and the occasional rogue journalist managed to catch a glimpse of Academy Award winner Charlize Theron in action on home ground, during the filming of the new campaign for Sun International. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Screening career guidance for the youth

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:33:00 +0200

Nu Metro and Standard Bank have joined up with communications company Orbes Media to develop and screen an informative and entertaining movie outlining careers, education, training, life skills, loans and bursaries in South Africa, for learners in grades 9 - 12. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Volkswagen tells another moving story on the big screen with CineMARK

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:39:00 +0200

Volkswagen South Africa's corporate ads tell stories that tend to tug at the heartstrings. Remember the Volkswagen corporate ‘Decades' ad which traced the lifespan of a Volkswagen Beetle from a first family car in the 1950s to a student car at the beginning of the new South Africa in the 1990s to a trendy convertible today? Read full story... | Send to a friend

Strong SA presence at the AFCI Locations Expo in LA

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:50:00 +0200

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and a South African delegation comprising the Department of Trade and Industry (Dti), Gauteng Film Commission and Durban Film Office and Cape Film Commission will be attending this year's AFCI Locations Expo. The AFCI Locations Expo is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from today, Thursday 10 April 2008 until Sunday 12 April. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nu Metro joins 3D revolution

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:14:00 +0200

3D cinema has come to Nu Metro Montecasino in Johannesburg with the recent installation of a Barco 2k digital cinema projector by Questek Advanced Technologies. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Croatian films for to SA

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:30:00 +0200

Seven of Croatia's internationally acclaimed films, including director Rajko Grlic's pre-war epic Border Post, are headed for Pretoria (Brooklyn Mall) 18 – 20 April and Johannesburg (Mall of Rosebank) 25 – 28 April 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Local talent behind latest animation feature

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:11:00 +0200

One of South Africa's internationally accredited creative talents, Dan Barker, was recently in South Africa discussing his experiences working on 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studio's animated pic, Horton Hears a Who!, which began showing locally late last week. Read full story... | Send to a friend