FAME Week Africa is Africa’s premier creative industries event celebrating film, TV, animation, music, fashion, and entertainment tech in Cape Town. It unites African and global professionals for screenings, showcases, panels, networking and business opportunities across co-located segments like MIP Africa, Muziki Africa, African Fashion Forum and the FAME Shorts Film Festival. FAME Week Africa takes place from the 28th to the…
The Game Changers 2022 is a concept for series of conversations between some of the most inspiring, pioneering women working in, and contributing to the film, television, and audio-visual industry sector in South Africa. These women are trailblazers who have successfully broken-down barriers and are paving the way for new talent by demystifying the industry…
The National Film and Video Foundation and the Netherlands Film Fund have established a Co-development scheme called Thuthuka. This scheme aims to support projects that are potentially of high cinematographic quality and interest to cinema audiences in both countries as well as to international cinema audiences. Details: The annual budget of the Fund amounts as…
National Assembly: Public Hearings on the clauses related to the President’s reservations in terms of the Copyright and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills. Virtual Meeting Platform, 11th August 2021, 09:00-16:00
I was asked to write a piece about where the local film industry is. This is a challenge because I never knew such a thing existed. OK, before you get offended, read on. I am no expert on the ‘film business”. The only person I know who truly understands the business of buying and selling…