Last week the SABC Board and exco came under sustained criticism by the Parliamentary Portfolio committee for the SABC’s plans regarding retrenchments. The SABC must, of course, look at all avenues to increase revenues while reducing costs, and retrenchments should always be a last resort. In fact, it has done […]
It’s official, in April 2021, CITIA will welcome its first 3 residents to the Papeteries – Image Factory! Along with the support from the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Haute-Savoie Department, the CNC and France Télévisions, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival will assist creation by setting up a residency for graphic […]
Rafiki, winner of 16 international awards, is now streaming first on Showmax, just in time for Pride Month. “Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena (Samantha Mugatsia, who won Best Actress at Carthage 2018 and FESPACO 2019 for the role) and Ziki (Sheila Munyiva) long for something more. […]
The 22nd Encounters South African International Documentary Festival will be held online and at selected cinemas in Johannesburg and Cape Town from 20 to 30 August 2020. This year, the festival will be freely available – for viewing on virtual platforms – to South Africans right across the country. 2020 […]
Happening entirely online from 25 June-5 July 2020, the Virtual National Arts Festival will be remembered for marking the historic year the 46-year-old Festival went online due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Festival will be presenting work that speaks to these unique times and will feature the results of many new […]
Realness Institute, which has helped foster the new wave of Africa’s filmmaking talent, is hosting the fifth edition of Realness Screenwriters’ Residency from July 1, 2020 to September 1, 2020. Realness has, so far, supported 30 feature film projects from all over Africa. Speaking about the initiative, Realness Institute co-founder, […]
