City Varsity calls for applications

The GFC and City Varsity present a skills training opportunity in the following fields: Basic Scriptwriting, Camerawork and Lighting, and Video Production. The courses provide an overview of operational processes in the film and television production...

FupiToons Festival calls for content

The African Animation Network (AAN) has partnered with Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau to debut an African animation short film festival called FupiToons Festival which will run parallel to DISCOP Johannesburg 2017. Lola Gallant, Head of Alternative Content, Ster-Kinekor...

Five Fingers for Marseilles competes in Toronto

Five Fingers for Marseilles, a contemporary South African Western set in the rugged badlands of the Eastern Cape, will be in official competition at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), to be held from 7 to 17 September. This will also be the...

Inxeba filmmakers respond to violent threats

Multi-award-winning South African film Inxeba (The Wound) has come under fire for its subject matter. Described by Variety magazine as “a milestone in South African cinema”, the film stars musician and novelist Nakhane Touré as Xolani, a lonely...

Write for animated series

THE STORYTELLER POD, an outsourced script department, content hub and training facility for animation writers will facilitate a 24-week course in writing for animation as a transformation intervention initiative. While the TV and Film industry boasts a plethora of...

Liewe Kersfeesvader premieres at Silwerskermfees

The quirky new Afrikaans comedy feature Liewe Kersfeesvader (“Dear Father Christmas”) will have its world premiere at the kykNET Silwerskermfees in Cape Town next Friday, 25 August. Written and directed by Etienne Fourie (Die Windpomp, Dis Koue Kos, Skat),the film is...