Lebo Mashile: It would take at least two 9/11s and a tsunami for South Africans to be thrown into a state of panic.
Andrew Worsdale speaks to the director of <i>Jerusalema</i>, the new gritty crime drama set in Johannesburg.
As a women’s film festival starts, Andrew Worsdale finds women are becoming potent players in the industry.
Andrew Worsdale finds some of the reasons Trevor Steele Taylor is South Africa’s most radical, informed and adventurous film festival programmer
If local filmmakers can take advantage of incentives, there are some exciting projects lined up this year, wites Andrew Worsdale.
Traditional African musicians were the original cultural activists, as shown in the new TV series <i>Rhythms from Africa</i>, writes Andrew Worsdale.
Andrew Worsdale speaks to Michael Rix, the maker of <i>Tengers</i>, SA’s first feature-length animated film, which takes a darkly humorous look at the realities of living in Jozi.
Good grace and fortune are smiling on the film version of <i>The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency</i>, writes Andrew Worsdale.
The SA film industry is present at Cannes this year, but primarily from a trade perspective, reports Andrew Worsdale.
"Soon there will be a Big Fat Something-or-other Wedding or a Bend it like Beckham from South Africa that charms everyone." Ster-Kinekor product manager Helen Kuun tells Andrew…
Black empowerment corporation Nail, which formed a new arm dubbed New African Media Films last year, started shooting its first movie on October 1, writes Andrew Worsdale.
More than 70 representatives of the South African film industry attended a seminar by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) in Johannesburg last week to iron out problems…
Andrew Worsdale visits the set of Darrell Roodt’s ‘Mission Impossible without a budget’.
If you order a "Happy Meal" for your child at McDonalds, it comes with a free toy — this time a tiny Dalmatian.
Last week about 150 members of the film and TV industry met at the Sandton Convention Centre with their European counterparts for the first ever European/South Africa Film…
A new organisation has been launched to promote and encourage film-makers in Southern Africa, Andrew Worsdale reports.
A selection of the best movies at the National Arts Festival, chosen by Andrew Worsdale.
South Africa’s film industry has a new star in Peakviewing Productions, which has, in two years, become a thriving success. Andrew Worsdale reports.
Two enterprising souls are trying to breathe new life into an old movie-house in a Windhoek township, reports Andrew Worsdale.
The dispute over payments for feel-good flick Heel Against the Head continues, reports Andrew Worsdale.
