GFC news roundup: July-September 2015

The GFC had a productive second quarter, providing support for three feature film productions, two distribution initiatives, two training and five audience development projects. Khanyi Mbau, Mmabatho Montsho and Renate Stuurman will play the three central characters...

GFC honours, rewards short film makers at DIFF

A friendship between two very different women turns into a love affair in Palesa Shongwe’s Unomalanga and the Witch. A Kafkaesque story about a toilet in the middle of the Egyptian desert, and a story about an unlikely love affair between two very different...

Necktie Youth scoops top awards at Durban Film Fest

First-time director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer depicts a raw and captivating post-apartheid Johannesburg in Necktie Youth Necktie Youth, the groundbreaking debut feature from 23-year-old Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, took top honours at the 2015 Durban International Film Festival...

SA premiere for Sibs Shongwe-La Mer’s debut film

First-time director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer depicts a raw and captivating post-apartheid Johannesburg in Necktie Youth After a successful international festival circuit run, critically acclaimed film Necktie Youth will make its South African debut at the Durban...