Get ready for an amazing film challenge
Filmmakers from all over Gauteng will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours.
Award-winning Basotho film to open Durban International Film Festival
‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’, starring the late South African screen legend Mary Twala, is the opening film at this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), and is also in competition. The festival runs from 10 to 20 September and, for the first time in its 41-year history, DIFF will go virtual.
GFC & AAN respond to COVID-19 with Fupiversity
In a recent article in Forbes, it was concluded that one of the few broadcast industries not completely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic was animation owing to a significant portion of the labourforce being able to work from home.
NFVF COVID-19 relief fund
The NFVF has initiated a relief fund aimed to support and assist independent freelance practitioners, technical and production crew in the film and television industry who have been affected and infected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Gauteng Film Commission on Women’s Month
The Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) today launches the month-long Women’s month 2020 programme. The programme will mostly showcase the work and efforts of women in the film and television sector in Gauteng, using virtual platforms across popular social media channels from the 10th till the 31st of August 2020.
Challenging budding filmmakers to make movies
The 48 Hour Film Project is an international competition challenging budding filmmakers to make movies, from script to screen, in a mere 48 hours, then giving them an opportunity to showcase their film premier on local screens and an international stage, with the winning film getting a chance to win a spot for their film to be screened at the Cannes Short Film Corner.
The NFVF funding applications to attend Markets and Festivals taking place in August and September 2020 are open
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), is pleased to announce that the call for Festivals and Markets Attendance is now open for festivals taking place between the 17th of August to the 30th of September 2020.
New film Barakat explores the ties that bind
How does a family move on after the death of a father? That is the question at the heart of South Africa’s first Muslim film in Afrikaans.
Netflix teams up with SASFED to create film and TV relief fund to help SA creatives
The South African Screen Federation (SASFED), supported by the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO), announced the establishment of a Covid-19 film and television relief fund in collaboration with Netflix. The fund will provide emergency relief to the hardest-hit workers in South Africa’s creative community.
Award-winning SA short film now streaming online
Don’t miss Sibusiso Khuzwayo’s unique, moving tale of a boy who discovers the power of words.
Stream African highlights
Eleven African highlights to stream on Showmax, from HBO specials to 2020 BAFTA nominees to the biggest SA film of 2019.