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DSTV ANNOUNCES JUDGING PANEL FOR FILM TALENT CELEBRATION COMPETITION
08 Feb 2012
DStv today announced five highly esteemed judges to sit on the selection panel for its Film Talent Celebration competition. The panel consists of respected industry players, which include Kgomotso Matsunyane of Tom Pictures; Helen Kuun of Indigenous Distribution; Eve Rantseli of Women of the Sun; Teboho Mahlatsti of The Bomb and Steven Markovitz of the Encounters Film Festival.
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SOUTH AFRICA’S RISING STAR ETIENNE KALLOS RECEIVES SUNDANCE INSTITUTE/MAHINDRA GLOBAL FILMMAKING AWARD
25 Jan 2012
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is proud to announce that one of South Africa’s bright lights Etiene Kallos received the Global Filmmaking Award from the Sundance Institute and Mahindra for his visionary project. 
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THE IPO CONGRATULATES MS LULAMA MOKHOBO ON HER APPOINTMENT AS SABC GCEO
25 Jan 2012
The Independent Producers Organisation released the following statement on Monday congratulating Ms Lulama Mokhobo on her appointment as SABC GCEO
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CITYVARSITY FAQ'S ANSWERED FOR INTERESTED STUDENTS
20 Jan 2012
If you’re interested in the wide variety of media courses offered at CityVarsity Cape Town or CityVarsity Newtown, it’s not too late to join our creative family for 2012! Here's a Quick Guide to make things a little easier for you - Open Day, Contact Details, Start Dates, Bus Service, you name it!
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SMS Sugarman released online
Ster-Kinekor has shelved plans to release SMS Sugarman but director Aryan Kaganof (formerly Ian Kerkhof) has reclaimed his film, which was shot on cellphones. He is releasing it online and via DVD.

The Springboks' animated mascot
The Springboks recently unveiled a new player: Bokkie, an animated mascot who is part of Sunrise Productions’ award-winning
Nu Metro release The Race-ist on April Fool's Day
Nu Metro will release Andrew Wilmots debut feature, The Race-ist, on 1 April 2010.

2020 vision: Film industry prophecies
It was fascinating to review the last decade in our February issue and realise that in 2 000, Sunu Gonera hadn’t directed a commercial.

African music hits the right note internationally
When Mali’s Tinariwen won the Uncut Music Award for 2009, ahead of Grizzly Bear, Bob Dylan, Animal Collective and Kings of Leon, African music had solidly entered the global mainstream.

Cape Town: No longer film friendly?
Local service producers are furious with The Cape Town Film and Events Permit Office due to a wide range of locations challenges in the city.

Media Film Service celebrates 10 years
In March 2010, equipment rental company Media Film Service celebrated their 10th birthday.

South African writes Invictus and Sherlock Holmes
South African Anthony Peckham has penned two of the most talked about movies currently on screen in South Africa: Clint Eastwood's Golden Globe and Oscar nominated
Craig Freimond releases his second feature, Jozi
UIP will release writer/director Craig Freimond’s second feature, Jozi (formerly known as Stiff), on...

Record number of SA films set to be released in 2010
Expect more South African box office releases than ever before this year. Around 30 feature films are jostling for releases this year.

Bickers Action does it again
As the breathtaking finale for Top Gear Live’s shows in South Africa, Bickers Action created a death—defying indoor car stunt.

Counting the cost of the SABC crisis
The television sector is “very much still in the awful patch,” according to the South African Screen Federation’s (SASFED)head of communications, Marc Schwinges of Underdog Productions....

HD Stills Cameras: Genius or gimmick?
Photohire has traditionally supplied gear to the stills sector, but this season the film industry’s spent more time than usual at their rental offices.

Starkey joins Priest
Richard Starkey has moved from Guillotine Post to join Priest in Cape Town.

Take 2 Film Services tackle Blue Crush 2
Take 2 Film Services arrived in South Africa in January 2007. A working relationship with Moonlighting began with Take 2’s first 35mm feature: Neil Marshall’s Doomsday. That partnership is...

Candy Kennedy shoots Cape Flats gangsters
When I interview her, Candy Kennedy is seven-months pregnant and has just returned from photographing gangsters in the Cape Flats, where the charismatic, big-breasted, big-haired blond was carrying around...

World Cup a mixed blessing for film
The 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup will be held in South Africa from 11 June-11 July 2010 and broadcast to an estimated cumulative audience of 26 billion in 214 countries and territories but what about the...

I now Pronounce you Black and White premiers
Nu Metro released Oliver Rodger’s romantic comedy, I Now Pronounce You Black and White, on 14 May 2010. The Ollywood Productions film tells the story of a white, Jewish groom (Tyrel Meyer) engaged...

SA Box office stats: The Decade of Leon Schuster
M.r Bones 2 was the highest grossing South African film at the local box office in the Noughties,

uGugu No Andile wins at Cape Winelands
The third edition of the Cape Winelands Film Festival attracted approximately 11 713 people to watch a selection of films.

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