Mandela Day film opportunity for Joburgers

Joburg moviegoers looking to reflect on the great man’s legacy on Nelson Mandela Day 2015 can head downtown for screenings of Khalo Matabane’s Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me. The award-winning documentary will be on at The Bioscope in the Maboneng...

SA premiere for Sibs Shongwe-La Mer’s debut film

First-time director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer depicts a raw and captivating post-apartheid Johannesburg in Necktie Youth After a successful international festival circuit run, critically acclaimed film Necktie Youth will make its South African debut at the Durban...

Urucu brings Cannes Critics’ Week to South Africa

Endurance Newtown and Justin Wang in Boris Lojkine’s first fiction feature film, Hope Independent film production company Urucu has partnered with Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique to bring a unique selection of Cannes Critics’ Week movies to South...

Award-winning Shore Break set for Durban premiere

Nonhle Mbuthuma where the river meets the sea. (Photo: theshorebreakmovie.com) The Shore Break, a documentary about a close-knit rural community divided by plans for the development of their homeland on South Africa’s Wild Coast, will have its South African...

SA’s best new short films celebrated

Jacques Brand and Celeste Monteith The Independent Mzansi Short Film Festival celebrated the talents of passionate South African filmmakers at its awards evening at the ASBOS Theatre in Pretoria on 5 June. Nommer 37 walked away with a handful of trophies, including...