Call for African music films

The Sauti za Busara music festival is now accepting submissions for the 2013 African Music Film Programme. The 10th edition of this popular annual event is set to take place from 14 to 17 February 2013 in the historic Old Fort, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania....

Series sheds light on Dark City

Alexandra, the oldest township in South Africa, turns 100 in 2012. A new six-part documentary series currently in production, to be released in the run-up to the main centenary celebrations in September, explores the history of the settlement. In 1912 Herbert Papenfus...

SA film at the National Arts Fest

The Gauteng Film Commission is mounting a marketing drive at South Africa’s National Arts Festival, currently underway in Grahamstown. While theatre was originally the main thrust of the festival, film is now an increasingly important component. A still from Skeem,...

World’s first Venda-language film

A groundbreaking project supported by the Gauteng Film Commission, Elelwani, the first Tshivenda language film in cinema history, has been picked to open the 33rd Durban International Film Festival. Written and directed by Ntshavheni wa Luruli, Elelwani tells the...

Record local content at DIFF

There’s a wealth of local film to look forward to following the Johannesburg launch of the 33rd Durban International Film Festival on Thursday 28 June. The festival, the largest in South Africa, will run from 19 to 29 July. “This year we are showing a total of 66...