More than simply documenting history

by | Jul 11, 2007 | July

Andrew Worsdale speaks to filmmaker Vincent Moloi, director of A Pair of Boots and a Bi-Cycle, the opening film at this year’s Encounter’s Film Festival. The festival plays from 13 July in Johannesburg and from 20 July in Cape Town. During the various states of...

In Focus talks to Trevor Jones

by | Jul 10, 2007 | July

Trevor Jones, the well-known music composer who has worked on over 90 films, was in Johannesburg recently to visit the country of his birth. In Focus spoke to him about his illustrious career and the reasons for his visit. Q. You were recently involved in a South...

Joburg in UCLA’s Director’s Spotlight competition

by | Jul 10, 2007 | July

Last month one of Hollywood’s top film schools at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) held its annual screenings as part of the Directors Spotlight competition. Gauteng was showcased in Thabo Wolfaardt’s Joburg, a gripping 22-minute crime drama, which...

Q-Studios

by | Jul 9, 2007 | July

Ilse Hahn can probably best be described as a film industry philanthropist. An immigrant from Bavaria in Germany, Hahn came to South Africa 30 years ago with late husband Alfred. She became a South African citizen in 1992 and bought the Unit One studio facility in...

Broadcast House

by | Jul 5, 2007 | July

Housing nine radio stations and rising to a height of six storeys, Broadcast House in Johannesburg was once the hub of all radio broadcasting in what was then known as the Transvaal. Much admired for its superb Art Deco features and technical capacity, today Broadcast...

Fuel for new filmmakers

by | Jul 3, 2007 | July

Every last Sunday of the month a ragtag assembly of twenty-something filmmakers, writers, artists and actors, together with their buddies, muses and collaborators, meet at the Primi The Coal Stove team Piatti Studio in Rosebank’s The Zone. They are there to showcase...