eNews Channel Africa launches in UK

South African independent television news network eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), formerly known as eNews Channel, has gone global, offering UK viewers African news coverage and content through the Sky pay-TV platform. Rebranded eNews Channel Africa on Sunday, the...

Call for features by black filmmakers

Got an idea for a killer feature film but need some help with production? Fineline Productions is calling for submissions for narrative feature film production. Submissions need to have a strong commercial bent, especially in the genres of action adventure, drama,...

Taking the power of film to the people

A new initiative by the Afrika Culture and Development Club (ACDC), the Films Club Project, aims to bring film’s power for problem-solving, upliftment and social change to the broader community, particularly young people. After completing a project management course...

Call for scriptwriters

Ochre Moving Pictures is producing a series of 10 budget films of broadcast duration. Conceptually driven, each story will be stand alone, and is contained entirely within a single location. Writers will need to contribute their voices, experiences and strong...

Winnie to open Montreal Film Fest

Winnie, Darrell Roodt’s highly anticipated biopic of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has been selected as the opening film for the eighth Montreal International Black Film Festival on 19 September. A South Africa-Canada co-production, Winnie was shot in...

GFC announces first quarter projects

At a glittering ceremony held on Wednesday 1 August, the Gauteng Film Commission launched Women’s Month in style and announced four successful projects that will be supported during the first quarter of this financial year 2012/13. A still from Jeppe on a Friday, on...