SAMU Workshop
Delight Productions have initiated a project to motivating all Music Users/ Licensees in Southern Africa to report to the CMO’s for different rights so that music creators can get their royalty payment from all music rights collecting organisations based on the usage of creator’s craft.
‘Stam’ launches on DSTV boxoffice
‘Stam’ (The Tree), the new film written and directed by Louw Venter and produced by Urucu, will have its theatrical release on DStv’s BoxOffice on 2 October. The film recently won the award for Best South African Film at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).
Louw Venter’s ‘Stam’ (The Tree) wins Best SA Film At Diff
‘Stam’ (The Tree), the new film written and directed by Louw Venter and produced by the team behind the multi-award winners ‘Inxeba’ (The Wound, 2017) and ‘This is not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection’, 2020, has scooped the award for Best South African Film at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).
Industry Highlights
The Durban International Film Festival took place between the 10th and 20th September, check the Durban Film Mart programme and highlights on their website and social media platforms. #DIFF2020 The 22nd Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, held...
The GFC celebrates Women Filmmakers
The 2020 Online Women Festival was an astounding success. The virtual event attracted and was supported by a global, diverse, multicultural community including sector specialists, activists, industry analysts and celebrities. 74 Films Selected 22.8k YouTube...
The Love of Cinema
We interview, writer Fabian Medea about the art of writing and the love of cinema. What is a professional scriptwriter? A pro screen writer is simply a person who writes a script intended for the screen and is privileged enough to be able to make a living that...
Some of the projects supported by the GFC in Quarter 1 of 2020
They say the show goes on. Despite all the pandemic disruptions, we managed to meet filmmakers and discuss funding for their projects. The GFC has reviewed several projects in total since the beginning of this financial year, in April 2020. Read about some of the...
Editor’s note
As the month of March comes to an end, the Gauteng Film Commission also wrap up our financial year 2020/21. When we started the financial year last year, we were already in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however the show had to go on and we endured. To say it...
Editor’s note
It’s exactly 20 days until we bid farewell to the year 2020 and what a mixed bag, it has been. Between all the ups and downs of the year, we are still very mindful of what a privilege it is to be still alive and serving the film industry in Gauteng as well as the...
Editor’s note
As we come to the end of quarter 2 of 2020, the GFC reflects on the past events. It is amazing as an organisation to look back and realise the amount of work we have managed and to be able to carry on under the circumstances. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has not...
#NEWF2020 postposted
The new dates for #NEWF2020 have not been officially announced but as a registered delegate we needed to let you know about this change. We have pencilled in the 25th till 30th October.