“What a time to be alive in Johannesburg,” said festival founder Timothy Mangwedi at Saturday’s award ceremony. “What a time to be alive in Africa.”
After spending enough time away from home, Jethro Westraad found his Durban North suburbs’ obsession with safety a little absurd.
The South African filmmaker has just recently signed on as the Chief Creative Officer for the Beast Philanthropy YouTube channel.
What do you get when you combine downhill mountain biker Greg Minnaar, khaki, and the rolling hills of KZN? Well, first place in this competition, for a start.
For all of those that realised Wes Anderson’s films pays a lot of time to traveling on the road, albeit as a fox, kid or grown up – Here is a first person view of being the driver…
Woody Allen’s wit and nuances, coupled with his unprecedented work load, churning out one movie every year, most of them award winning, makes it hard not to like the short, spectacled filmmaker. But a dark cloud has resurfaced around Woody Allen’s past recently, due to an article published by Vanity Fair.
A Capetonian filmmaker has beaten hundreds of screenwriters and directors in an international short film competition. The prize? Allan Shelley is now on his way to Los Angeles to film his movie, with Oscar winner Kevin Spacey as part of the cast. Then he’ll bring Kevin back here to help him promote the film.
There’s just no stopping our local filmmakers abroad! Take Mister Brent Rumble for example – not only was his short film, The Dissolution, scripted and made in a mere 10 days, but it has also won an award at the prestigious Santa Barbara International Film Festival. We can exclusively show you this great short film after the jump.
Like most things in life, it’s not always the most talented that become household names. And while not necessarily as known as, say Steven Spielberg or Orson Welles, the impact a select few filmmakers have had on the global film industry is undeniable. Sidney Lumet one such director. You need to drink a toast to this guy.