South Africa’s film industry is going places

The film and television industry in South Africa is in a good place. More movies and TV shows are being commissioned, and the future is bright. Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of locally produced films and television...

GFC announces 2nd-quarter projects

Film industry luminaries gathered at an intimate candlelit celebration on 28 September at The Venue in Joburg’s Melrose Arch, where the Gauteng Film Commission announced projects supported in the second quarter of the 2012/13 financial year. These included Little One,...

Get ready to go extreme

There are those people who do, and those people who sit and watch. At the Banff Mountain Film Festival you get to sit and watch as adrenaline junkies do some truly crazy things. And the festival’s World Tour 2012 will make a stop in South Africa from 26 October...

The horror hits Jozi

Beware. Mad scientists and monsters gather at The Bioscope. Only the very brave should venture out for the fright-filled, gore-splattered Horrorfest. Witches will walk in Maboneng. The annual Horrorfest Film Festival will make a stop in Johannesburg this year for the...