Vancouver Film Fest explores SA

by | Jan 21, 2011 | January

Rapulana Seiphemo stars in Jerusalema, the closing film at the Vancouver South African Film Fest While Hollywood has shone its spotlight on South Africa with Invictus , the new Vancouver South African Film Festival hopes to show Vancouverites films about...

French Film Fest for South Africa

by | Jan 19, 2011 | January

The 2011 local Festival du Film Français takes place across five cities during the first two weeks of February 2011. It opens officially in Cape Town on 2 February and runs until 7 February, with the same running dates for Durban and Johannesburg. It then moves to...

Jock of the Bushveld goes international

by | Jan 19, 2011 | January

The local, animated version of Jock of the Bushveld has a list of credits including Tim Rice, Johnny Clegg and Desmond Tutu. South Africa’s 3D animated movie Jock of the Bushveld has been signed to Visio Entertainment, a Hollywood-based marketing and...

South African films yet to find their niche

by | Jan 19, 2011 | January

Veteran film producer Leon Schuster In one of his films Mr Bones. Schuster’s movies have made the most money in the country. One of the most positive developments on the local cultural scene is the advances made in the film sector. South Africa is clearly a...

Heroism commemorated in The Cradock Four

by | Jan 17, 2011 | January

The story of Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto, Fort Calata and Sicelo Mhlauli is relived in The Cradock Four. Winner of Best Documentary at the 2010 Durban International Film Festival, The Cradock Four will hit the silver screen in Johannesburg at The Bioscope during...

First-time film producer unleashes creativity

by | Jan 14, 2011 | January

20-something actor, Thapelo Mokoena Thapelo Mokoena is a face as familiar as pap and vleis thanks to his roles in Isidingo and Fear Factor South Africa. This year he brings us his first feature film, Skuif. Produced by his company, Easy Sundays Productions, Mokoena...