Lace wins big at the 48 Hour Film Project Awards

Viva Pictures won the Best Film of 2018 for their film, Lace. The production team also picked up awards for Best Acting, Best Directing, Best Special Effects and Best Writing.   With the industry celebrating some of the best performances and works at this year’s...

Work starts on The Story of Racheltjie de Beer

Principal photography on the much anticipated South African film The Story of Racheltjie de Beer will commence on 29 October 2018. The film will be shot on location in the rugged Eastern Free State and the Drakensberg. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name...

Mayfair chosen as semi-finalist by AIFF

Gangster tale Mayfair, the new film by award-winning director Sara Blecher (Ayanda, Dis Ek Anna, Otelo Burning) and writer Neil McCarthy, has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the 2018 Australia Independent Film Festival (AIFF). Mayfair tells the story of prodigal son...

Roadshow on Film and TV Incentive Guidelines

The Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) in partnership with The Department of Trade and Industry (the DTI ) will be conducting a Roadshow on the revised Film and TV Incentive Guidelines. This roadshow will provide participants with more details on the changes and most...

Film contest winner Yoza Mnyanda speaks

Talented young film-maker Yoza Mnyanda won a competition backed by the Gauteng Film Commission, in which five young Gauteng-based women were each asked to create short 20 minute films that focussed on music, art, food and lifestyle. The GFC partnered with the...