A woman’s tips for marketing your own film

Claudia Tos speaks during a European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) workshop. (Photo: European Women’s Audiovisual Network) If no one will market your film for you, and your belief in it remains unshaken, you’ll just have to do it yourself. And to...

New filmmaking hub launches in Johannesburg

The Johannesburg Expo Centre has teamed up with a consortium of film practitioners to launch Studio Joburg, a new filmmaking hub in the south-west of the city. Studio Joburg is based at the Joburg Expo Centre in Nasrec, which boasts extensive indoor and outdoor...

Adze Ugah on love, life, Jozi and Mrs Right Guy

‘Good films are about taking a character and putting them into a situation where they are no longer in their comfort zone’ – Adze Ugah. (Photo: www.mrsrightguy.com) For Nigerian-born Adze Ugah, director of new South African romcom Mrs Right Guy, the...

A keen eye for Gauteng’s top locations

Mpho Tshabala under the highway near Faraday Street in downtown Johannesburg, which has served as a location for various TV commercials as well as, most recently, Kagiso Lediga’s satirical comedy series The Mayor – CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION. (Photo...