Ian Gabriel

Iconic musicians, theatre mavens and writers feature on the upcoming episode of the Play Your Part television series this Sunday. Tune in for inspiring stories from the arts and entertainment world. 

There are thematic links between Ian Gabriel's two films, Forgiveness and Four Corners. The latter is about family trying to get beyond the past to make a new life; the former deals with apartheid and the difficulty of reconciliation.

There are thematic links between Ian Gabriel's two films, Forgiveness and Four Corners. The latter is about family trying to get beyond the past to make a new life; the former deals with apartheid and the difficulty of reconciliation. Quintessentially South African, these stories are also universal.

The next season of the award-winning American television series, Homeland, will be filmed in a city that is no stranger to awards itself. Shooting will run in Cape Town from mid-June to November. It is the latest in a long list of productions turning to the Mother City.

Four Corners, a story of gangsterism, chess and redemption - and South Africa's submission to the 2014 Academy Awards - releases locally on Friday 28 March. Watch the trailer here.

Film producers Jeremy Nathan and Joel Phiri formed the company DV8 to develop, produce and market 12 genuinely South African digital feature films over the next three years. DV8's second film is in production, the third has been selected - and the search is still on for exciting South African writers and filmmakers for the nine remaining movies.