Gauteng filmmaker pitches to Hot Docs

Anton Burggraaf Sands of the Skei Queen by Ryley Grunenwald is one of 25 projects to be presented in May at the prestigious Hot Docs Forum, a pitching platform that runs during the annual Hot Docs international documentary festival in Toronto. This fascinating...

Two decades of African film in NY

The 19th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) kicked off on Wednesday 19 April with the opening night screening of Mama Africa, a Finnish-German documentary on South African music legend Miriam Makeba. Presented under the theme “21st Century: The Homecoming,” the...

Another award for Otelo Burning

South African coming-of-age surfing film Otelo Burning has won yet another festival award, this time the Golden Owl for Best Movie by the Audience at the Cinerama.BC International Film Festival in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil, held from 4 to 8 April 2012. Directed by...

Bold InterSEXions wins global favour

Valencia Talane Barely a month after walking away with 11 South African Film and Television Awards in March, popular SABC1 drama series InterSEXions has clinched an international accolade in the form of the coveted George Foster Peabody Award. “We were notified by...

Register with NFVF for Cannes 2012

The National Film and Video Foundation will again host its South African Pavilion at the celebrated Cannes International Film Festival, the 65th edition of which takes place from 16 to 27 May in Cannes, France. The film festival is recognised as the most prestigious...

GFC officially joins Sport, Arts Dept

As of 1 April 2012, the Gauteng Film Commission formally joins the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, under the leadership of MEC Lebogang Maile. The GFC was originally housed under the Department of Economic Development. On Tuesday 3 April, a...