SA-produced doccie wins an OSCAR®

‘Taxi to the Dark Side’, one of the films made for the South African coordinated, global documentary project Why Democracy?, won the Documentary Feature award at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held last week in Los Angeles. South African producer and film...

Karin Slater: African MIPDOC Trailblazer for 2008

Johannesburg-based Karin Slater has been selected as the African MIPDOC Trailblazer for 2008. One of five Trailblazers selected from South Africa, Greece, South Korea, Japan and Canada, Karin has been selected by the Encounters Documentary Festival (which forms part...

Wits Theatre to host Bafundi Film & TV Festival

Sponsored by the SABC and Gauteng Film Commission, the Bafundi Film & TV Festival is said to be the first ever national student film and television festival in South Africa. A cohort of South Africa’s finest student filmmakers will be descending on Wits for three...

Sheilla Kubheka Bolsters Showreel

In addition to her natural ability to connect with her audience on a personal level, Sheilla Kubheka’s overwhelming presence as a strong, talented, female director in South Africa made her Sheilla Kubheka Bolsters Showreel the most prominent choice to direct the new...

AREA 5.1 launches in Gauteng

One of the most respected and considered the only true Dolby feature sound studio in South Africa re-launched recently at The Sasani Studio hub in Highlands North. In a case of out with the old and in with the new, top post production company V-Lab (formerly Video...