Get ready to go extreme

There are those people who do, and those people who sit and watch. At the Banff Mountain Film Festival you get to sit and watch as adrenaline junkies do some truly crazy things. And the festival’s World Tour 2012 will make a stop in South Africa from 26 October...

GFC joins with Discop Africa 2012

The Gauteng Film Commission in collaboration with Discop Africa invites filmmakers to participate in the inaugural South African edition of Discop Africa 2012. The GFC aims to develop and support audiovisual industries, to redress previous inequalities where...

SA’s Next Top Filmmaker announced

The 2012 SA’s Next Top Filmmaker competition winner was announced at a gala screening of finalist films on 11 October. Top honours went to Nompumelelo “Mpumi” Tshabalala from Vosloorus for her winning reality format Look at Me Now, which stars socialite and...

Proactive approach to mental health

Mental illness is not a death sentence, nor is it something to be ashamed of, as the message of a new social media campaign says. ‘Let’s Talk’ encourages society to embrace mental health issues and eliminate the stigma. People with mental illnesses...

Damon Berry hearts Jozi

The great sprawling, changing city of gold is the chosen home of the award-winning actor, writer, director and producer. It is here that he makes movies because “film is amazing”. Damon Berry is so much more than just a pretty-faced actor. This quirky,...

Macufe film week returns

Organisers of the Mangaung African Cultural Festival (Macufe) Film Week are expecting a large turnout in 2012, after the success of last year’s event. A project that grew out of a partnership between Macufe and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), the second...