EXCLUSIVE: IN CONVERSATION WITH GAUTENG FILM COMMISSION CEO KEITUMETSE LEBAKA

The Callsheet sat down with Gauteng Film Commission CEO Keitumetse “Tumi” Lebaka to discuss industry development, attracting investment, empowering local filmmakers, and the Commission’s vision for positioning Gauteng as Africa’s leading film destination.  Since being...

SOUTH AFRICA DOCUMENTARY OUT OF MINED WINS CANNES FILM AWARD

South African documentary Out of Mined, directed by Arthur Neumeier and produced by Eyeforce, has won a Cannes Film Award. Positioned at the intersection of activism, cinematic art, and journalism, the film traces the impacts from a deluge of mining along 450 km of...

NFVF AUDIENCE REPORT FINDS MISALIGNMENT, NOT LACK OF INTEREST

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has released new audience research showing that South Africans remain highly engaged with audiovisual content, but structural barriers – not a lack of audience interest – are limiting the growth of the country’s film and...

TALES FROM A FISCH: NHLAKANIPHO DUBE

TALES FROM A FISCH SYNOPSIS “Tales From The Fisch” is a conversational 4 part documentary, broken up in chapters about 5 people who live in Bramfischerville, Soweto. A low-cost housing, squatter camps and bond houses township in the West side of Soweto not far from...

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Cinema screening & Workshop

Cinema screening & Workshop

The Gauteng Film Commission together with GODEZ services held a cinema screening and workshop for people living with disabilities at the local community centre for them to learn about the opportunities they have in the film industry....

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UJ Innovation Observatory Project by GDED

Animation SA invites all our members to participate in this important survey as part of the University of Johannesburg's Innovation Observatory Project conducted by the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED). The University of Johannesburg humbly requests...

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Car movie night, the new normal for Vaal

Car movie night, the new normal for Vaal

“I want to see the film sector in the region so powerful that almost every producer wants to shoot their movies in the region," Thabang Molibeli-Chochoe. SHARPEVILLE – A new trend aimed at popularising locally produced movies is set to hit the streets of Sharpeville....

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Durban International Film Festival

Durban International Film Festival

Durban International Film Festival Now Open for Submissions The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal invites filmmakers to submit features, documentaries, short and student films for...

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