Multichoice is planning to produce 52 local movies and 29 local dramas within the next year. It also plans to increase its percentage of total general entertainment spend on local content to 45% by 2020, up from 40% this year. By James de Villiers Multichoice said its streaming platforms Showmax […]
The NFVF in collaboration with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is pleased to announce that the call to submit proposals for the Youth Filmmaker Project is now open. The filmmakers will be guided by the team at Triangle Post and Animation Studios, facilitators of the NFVF project. BACKGROUND The […]
Location scouting has started, and casting will begin soon to find an “iconic” place and actors to film M-Net’s retelling of the story of the Zulu king Shaka that will be broadcast as a new drama series on Mzansi Magic (DStv 161). by Thinus Ferreira Besides broadcasting Shaka in South […]
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by the Centre for Creative (University of KwaZulu-Natal) has announced Jahmil X. T. Qubeka’s Knuckle City as its opening film for its 40th edition. The film produced and edited by award-winning Layla Swart of Yellowbone Entertainment, together with Mzansi Magic, is the acclaimed Qubeka’smuch anticipated fourth feature film. […]
The South African Society of Cinematographers (SASC) has announced a call for entries for the 2019 Visible Spectrum Awards. Entries close on 30 July. Entry requirements: • Entries should be submitted on separate USB flash drive/DVDs/Betacam or Dvcam tapes • Digital Files: Commercial categories only • Files for digital submissions […]
The 40th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) and Durban FilmMart (DFM) recently announced the participants of the 12th edition of Talents Durban, within the official DIFF/DFM programme. Talents Durban is a five-day development programme presented in cooperation with Berlinale Talents, an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival, made up […]
