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...

Award-winning Shore Break set for Durban premiere

Nonhle Mbuthuma where the river meets the sea. (Photo: theshorebreakmovie.com) The Shore Break, a documentary about a close-knit rural community divided by plans for the development of their homeland on South Africa’s Wild Coast, will have its South African...

Gauteng Film Commission quarterly news roundup

South Africa’s Fulu Mugovhani stars alongside Nigeria’s OC Ukeje in Ayanda, which has been chosen to open the 2015 Durban International Film Festival. Ayanda is one of six Gauteng-made movies that the GFC is supporting at DIFF. It’s been a busy April...