GFC and FPB sign agreement

The Gauteng Film Commission and Film and Publication Board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the growth and development of the film industry. Film and Publication Board chief operating officer Mmapula Fisha and GFC acting chief executive officer...

Input: TV for a better world

Input 2012 was held at the Fox Studios site in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Anton Burggraaf Two South African productions – In Debt and 90 Plein Street – featured in this year’s line-up at Input, the unique international public forum that brings together...

Gauteng: SA’s film powerhouse

“Gauteng has a vibrant and growing film industry and is gradually emerging as a competitive and global player in the international industry,” MEC Lebogang Maile said in his budget speech. The Gauteng Film Commission directly funded 23 film and TV productions to...

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...