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...

Fifti Festival to celebrate, empower women in film

CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER VERSION The 2015 Females in Film and Television Industry (Fifti) Festival will take place at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg during national Women’s Month, from 6 to 10 August. Founded by young filmmakers Mbali Nokukhanya Ngwenya...

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...

Urucu brings Cannes Critics’ Week to South Africa

Endurance Newtown and Justin Wang in Boris Lojkine’s first fiction feature film, Hope Independent film production company Urucu has partnered with Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique to bring a unique selection of Cannes Critics’ Week movies to South...