South African and African content has been making inroads into the international market lately. Now three local projects have been chosen as finalists for C21 Content London’s drama series pitching competition, the world’s biggest such event. A long list of 30 finalists was recently announced, three of which were South […]
The Joburg Film Festival, brought to you by MultiChoice Group, named Rocks (UK) as Best Film at the festival awards gala, held at The Inanda Club on 23 November. South African film Flatland took home the Best African Film award, and Our Lady of the Nile (France) received a Special Recognition Award from […]
The Ladima Foundation will be awarding its Adiaha Prize for Best Documentary by an African woman filmmaker at the 22nd Encounters Documentary Film Festival taking place in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa from 4 – 14 June 2020. The Adiaha Award has, in the past, been awarded twice at […]
Three visiting filmmakers will participate in filmmaker workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town during the European Film Festival. Producer Toufik Ayadi and actors Didier Zonga and Almamy Kanoute are in the country to promote their film Les Misérables. Recently selected as France’s entry to the Academy Awards in 2020, this […]
The South African Breweries (SAB) along with its judging panel announced the winners of the annual SAB Environmental Media of the Year awards at its headquarters in Johannesburg on 12 November. Stroop – journey into the rhino horn war took the Video Media (Long Form) award for 2019. The awards, […]
The Realness African Screenwriters Residency has developed 20 film projects in 13 African countries its four years running. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s 2017 Realness project, This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival this year and has secured a North American premiere at a […]
