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Let’s make 2020 as incredible as 2019, all you have to do is play...
2019 felt like it was South Africa's golden year, we won in so many ways
and as a nation, felt more united than ever, so...
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...
Vaya: based on three separate true stories
Three strangers, one journey – Vaya unpicks the stories of three characters who are travelling to Joburg. It explores their expectations – and the...
Brand South Africa partners with DISCOP to host Africa’s largest TV content market
Brand South Africa has this year partnered with DISCOP to host Africa’s largest TV, Film and Digital content market in Johannesburg at the Sandton...
South African film wins Berlin Film Festival award
A new film by South African director Oliver Schmitz, the apartheid-era courtroom drama about
the death penalty, Shepherds and Butchers starring British actor Steve Coogan, has
debuted at the Berlin Film Festival. It has been well received by the international film
community.
Frank and honest: the Women On Sex web series
In creating her web series, Women On Sex, Mmabatho Montsho decided to publish it on the online medium because she wanted to maintain its integrity. She has interviewed numerous women from all walks of life, who speak candidly on topics related to women's sexuality and sexual health.
Be bold, keep it real, make it quick: a lesson from Nollywood
In 2014, Brand South Africa's Petrus de Kock sat down with Nigerian filmmaker Alex Eyengho to discuss Nollywood. Being the second largest film industry in the world, averaging 1 500 productions a year, and being third most valuable, generating over R130-billion, Nollywood presents South Africa with important lessons for success.
SAA to screen African films on long haul flights
The African Choices Film Festival will screen a host of African films on South African Airways'
wide-body flights in- and outbound. On the programme are films from several African countries,
with more to be added. They will showcase Africa to a wider audience, says SAA.
South African filmmakers get a boost
Amateur filmmakers are learning how to tell local stories at workshops in Ekurhuleni, on the East
Rand, in a partnership with the National Film and Video Foundation and the Services Sector
Education and Training Authority.
South African filmmakers get a boost
Amateur filmmakers are learning how to tell local stories at workshops in Ekurhuleni, on the East
Rand, in a partnership with the National Film and Video Foundation and the Services Sector
Education and Training Authority.