Aza TV: an innovative approach to television

Stephina Zwane and Salamina Mosese, co-founders of Sorele Media, launched Aza TV on 20 May 2015. (Image: www.azatv.co.za) African television lovers can now access local content in a new digital media space through Aza TV, an online platform that aims to deliver the...

Five filmmakers chosen for African writers’ residency

Five emerging African screenwriters have been chosen to participate in REALNESS, a pioneering residency initiative that will give a new generation of filmmakers the opportunity to cultivate their talent as authentic voices in African cinema. The selection of the five...

GFC news roundup: October-December 2015

Scene from ‘Don’t Trust No One’, part of Mboswobeni Mulugana’s 30 cent Comedy Show – see Mbosobweni Comedy Film Production below. From alternative distribution of low-cost comedy DVDs to a startup multichannel video application, from...

Calling all 2D animated storytellers

(Image: Nemisa) The National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa) and the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) are on the look-out for story ideas to develop into a ground-breaking 2D animated series – 12 episodes of 30 seconds each – for online...

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...