Encounters back in town

Since its inception nine years ago, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival has grown in popularity and size. According to the organisers a record number of Encounters back in town over 500 films from around the world will be screened this...

Film and TV: a view from the North East of England

A delegation of film and theatre professionals from the North East of England recently visited Gauteng to exchange views and experiences with members of the Gauteng audiovisual industry. While the main purpose of the visit was to forge greater links with the Eastern...

Joburg Central

The Johannesburg central business district (CBD) is attractive as a location for both feature films and commercials. Indeed the areas surrounding the old banking precinct and the JSI Shooting the Castle Lager Bafana Bafana commercial in Main street, Johannesburg...

Record number of visitors at Mediatech Africa

Simon Robinson, director of Mediatech Africa, has reported a record year for both exhibitors and attendees at this year’s fair. Mediatech is a trade fair organised to showcase cutting edge technology in the live entertainment, broadcast, audiovisual and corporate...

The no-budget movie with legs

Andrew Worsdale gets the low-down from producer Diony Kempen about the making of Meisie, the opening night film at this year’s Durban International Film Festival. The great director Francis Ford Coppola said: “I never ask people for permission to make a film. Instead...