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Brand South Africa and the Joburg Film Festival Celebrates African Excellence

Johannesburg, South Africa - The Joburg Film Festival taking place in the heart of Egoli, today announced the opening film, Moussa Sene Absa directed...

SOUTH AFRICAN STORIES STRENGTHENING THE NATION BRAND ON INTERNATIONAL PLATFORMS

The South African Nation Brand is influenced by creative industries including music, film, visual arts and design (to name a few). This is definitely...

SSAFF ON DEMAND: THE BEST CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN CINEMA AVAILABLE TO RENT ONLINE

Brand South Africa is proud to collaborate with the Sydney South African Film Festival (SSAFF) to bring to audiences across the globe a curated...

Brand South Africa and The Odd Number win silver at The 2019 Loeries Awards

Brand South Africa and The Odd Number agency bagged yet another award at the 2019 Loeries that took place in Durban this weekend, receiving...

Five essential African documentaries you can watch online right now

AfriDocs is a multi-platform streaming service featuring some of the best documentaries about Africa available to watch for free and in an instant, right...

African filmmakers discuss the state of African cinema

Five of Africa's top independent filmmakers participated in a discussion panel at the 2017 Rapid Lion South African International Film Festival, sharing their thoughts...

Classic South African action film returns to the big screen

Joe Bullet, a South African film made in 1971 had a limited re-release on big screens in Johannesburg and Cape Town this past January...

Film Africa takes African stories to the world

28 October 2016 The Film Africa film festival, hosted by the Royal African Society, is considered the premier global film event for showcasing African filmmaking....

Remembering Zakes Mokae, South African actor 1934 – 2009

CD Anderson Actor Zakes Mokae was a true South African journeyman in the world of theatre, film and television. Before his death on 11 September...

Sanlam takes authors on a journey

Stories told over the ages form an important part of heritage, offering the reader fragments of the past. They also provide a window into...