South Africa’s Next Top Filmmaker

Aspiring filmmakers have until 22 June 2012 to enter the South Africa’s Next Top Filmmaker competition, now in its third year, a project that gives new talent the chance to break into TV broadcasting production, with the winner earning a paid one-year internship....

South African film’s brilliant future

In February the sci-fi hit Chronicle led the US weekend box office. The story is supposedly set in the US city of Seattle, which is actually played by the South African city of Cape Town. The recent co-production treaty with Ireland is just one sign that 2012 is...

GFC celebrates Africa Day

With the world set to celebrate our continent on Africa Day, Friday 25 May, the GFC is taking part in two film festivals that support of the event: the Intercontinental Africa and Diaspora Film Festival at the Global African Diaspora Summit in Sandton, and the annual...

Certificate in Audiovisual Production

Have you considered a career in the ever-expanding and challenging world of film and TV production? The next two-year National Certificate in Audiovisual Production offered by Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, a multi-award-winning, accredited film school...

Pitch your documentary to Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera is an international broadcaster that uniquely focuses on the documentary film genre. The Encounters International Documentary Festival, to be held from 7 to 24 June 2012, is to host a pitching session for international news channel Al Jazeera English at...