Gopal lands dream job

South African actor Leroy Gopal has landed a dream: appearing on screen opposite his hero, Hollywood veteran actor Samuel L Jackson, in the upcoming feature film Kite, which was partially shot in Johannesburg. Kite is a live-action adaptation of Yasuomi Umetsu’s...

SARA to collaborate with UK academy

Two South African Roadies Association (SARA) trainers, Thulani Manyoni and Naledi Makhetha, recently joined SARA president Freddie Nyathela in attending the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills Annual Industry Conference 2013. The conference took...

The 48 Hour Film Project

In its third year in Africa (and 12th internationally), the 48 Hour Film Project is an international competition challenging budding filmmakers to make movies, from script to screen, in a mere 48 hours and giving them an opportunity to showcase them on an...

Definitive documentary of SA hip-hop

The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa) in conjunction with the Department of Communication’s National Digital Repository project will be screening the documentary FedeFokol: 25 Years of South African Hip Hop at the Back to the City Youth...

Entries open for African doccie makers

The International Documentary Conference’s Good Pitch2 is looking for submissions to participate in this year’s event, to run alongside the Tri Continental Human Rights Film Festival. The deadline for applications is 30 April. The People 2 People (P2P)...

Submissions sought for Paris Project

Applicants are needed for the South African Workshop, planned under the Paris Project, at which local filmmakers will forge links with French and European counterparts with a view to co-production. Local filmmakers are urged to apply to take part in the Paris Project,...