News: 2009
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December
- Pledging to support the industry
- Address by Terry Tselane, CEO of the GFC, at the launch of the 'Film Friendly Gauteng' Campaign
- Joburg a Top 10 Creative City
- Bliksem time for pirates
- Engaging set designers
- Women of the Sun continue to shine
- Film Festivals a must
- To be professional, you need to play with professionals
- Vuka! Awards winners announced
- Vuma music series brings Kwaito culture to SA screensVuma music series brings Kwaito culture to SA screens
- Flesh attracts at MIPCOM
- Almost 100 years!
- Celebrate summer, cinema and the City
- Roodt to direct Winnie, starring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson
- GFC hosts Film as a Career workshops and screenings
- Raeburn and the world of 'Black Diamonds'
- SAFTAs nominees announced
- Gauteng location filming guidelines released
- An Australian Affair
- Film indaba attendees raise pertinent issues
- Going digital in the movie houses
- Spier Films calls for scripts
- Bliksem time for pirates
- Keeping it short and sweet
- Lance Samuels is Out of Africa
- Not handbags - films Darling!
- He's got soul
- Indomitable Jock now in Stereoscopic 3D animation
- It's Too Many Degrees in Jozi!
- Smart trio back in Paradise Stop
- Almost 100 years old and still rolling! The history of SA cinema
- Picture Tree gets whacky
- Yeoville the setting for teenager's tale Yolanda
- Industrious Gauteng
- Under Anthony Fabian's Skin
- More MTN Ekasi TV sites
- Twenty Ten Project calls for applications
- FIFA Fan Fest to connect the world
- Diverse range of studio facilities for film and TV in Gauteng
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October
- Hansworshumor & the Highveld
- GFC calls for industry comment on location filming guidelines
- Big Brother takes off
- Oscar hopes for White Wedding
- TV viewing trends of SA's preschoolers revealed
- Downloading an update on piracy
- Walking the Talk, Gareth Cliff's new TV talk show
- GFC undertakes industry employment census
- The DTI moves to aid SA film industry
- Africa's largest electronic film library launched
- Zebras to be shot in SA
- Location professionals' forum for Gauteng mooted
- GFC pays tribute to Zakes Mokae as a trailblazer
- The lure of the Loeries: where to next?
- The Refinery advises trading well
- GFC hosts Cape networking event
- www.thecallsheet.co.za now online
- Andrew Human - Engineering the Loeries?
- Young film producers return from LA
- Animating incentives out there
- Gauteng and Star Productions attract the Aussies
- Strike Back shoots in Jozi
- Fresh stories from Africa on the road to 2010 and the World Cup
- Park off in Gauteng
- 2010 catalogue celebrates FIFA World Cup South Africa
- 2010 media accreditation workshops in October
- Fly-Dolly flies!
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September
- The proof is in the pudding...
- Joburg's movie mothership has landed
- Joburg boasts world's biggest 3-D screen
- Special Feature: Focus on District 9
- GFC announces review of industry support programmes
- Movie attendance thrives in recession
- Countdown to SAFTAs 2010 has begun
- Record-breaking month for Nu Metro Cinemas
- It's a quick one-two for Alan Irvin
- Gauteng Film Commission proud that District 9 has landed in SA
- AFDA postgraduate applications now open
- Gugu & Andile wins another award
- Joburg readies for World Summit on Arts and Culture
- Six world premieres at SA's Tri-Continental Film Festival
- Big Fish launches Broadcast Management Unit
- New township film distribution concept launches
- CNBC Africa and Liliesleaf Trust to document historic story
- And the Gemini for best sound goes to...
- Debates to thrive at People to People documentary conference
- GFC supports the local industry
- It's time to create : Promax/BDA in Joburg next month
- Film ideal to advance cause of women in media
- For the young at heart - A look at presenting and programming for kids
- Avbob Homecoming
- NFVF offers film bursaries and scholarships
- From Baghdad to Art Deco in Joburg's Little Africa
- SA does it Fast and Furiously
- Virtual 2010 stadiums grow
- GPH generates business
- Content Call: 2010 Gauteng Catalogue
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August
- Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking wins prestigious international award
- BEE deal at Ministry of illusion
- BBC World News to launch Africa Business Report
- New look MediaTech Africa gets the thumbs up
- Success for continent's largest interactive photographic expo
- Seeing Joburg through sci-fi eyes
- Finding Lenny charms Hollywood, heads for the Celtic Tiger
- Eileen Sandrock newly appointed CEO of Sasani Africa
- Durban launches FilmMart
- DOC invites comments on Public Service Broadcasting Discussion Paper
- Moshito gears up for another outstanding event
- GFC promotes career opportunities in the film and TV industry
- Newtown celebrates Women's Day
- OUT IN AFRICA South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- SASFED elects new board
- Stock Options boosts production of African footage
- Getting the low down on the budget
- Industry debates what's beyond 2010
- Jann Turner addresses Friends of FEPACI Forum
- Mango Groove records again in Jozi!
- Into the Wild West
- South African filmmakers are number one!
- How to Become a Good Camera Assistant
- Gauteng Actor calls for an Actors' Union
- It's presentation time for young talent
- Grandpa commercial is the real deal
- Houtkruis 'the musical'
- Virgin Mobile - 'Thumb Crazy World'
- Content Call: 2010 Gauteng Catalogue
- Second series of SABC's Tshwaraganang (The Parenting Club) to go on air
- On location with Rea Vaya
- From wire to mem-stick: the history of video recording
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July
- Bevan Cullinan wins big at Promax Awards, New York
- On Writing and Protecting White Wedding
- New casting agency shows it cares
- Bright future with Coal Stove Pictures and Off the Shelf Awards
- FEPACI with friends faces industry issues
- Proposed tax changes to affect film industry
- ICASA publishes draft regulations on the commissioning of independently produced South African programming
- Joburg readies for the Photo and Film Expo 2009
- Mediatech Africa 2009 to host Screen Africa Talent and Technology Conference
- We get unwrapped with Media Film Service
- MIPCOM 2009 launches programme to help producers
- The Forum at Turbine Hall brings world class filming location to industrial landmark
- Tempest Car Hire tempting film industry with the best rates
- Joburg love story
- Its Pizza time in Houghton!
- 2010 inserts for Mexican TV Channel shot in Gauteng
- Frieze Films adds heart-tugging appeal to new Castle Milk Stout ad
- Visual Air Productions (Pty) Ltd and African Reptiles & Venom CC.
- The History of Video Recording - from Wire to mem-stick
- Soccer City stadium nearing completion
- Gautrain project 60% completed
- 2010 dress-rehearsal 'a success'
- Castrol and FIFA go high tech
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June
- Industry warning: possible credit card scam
- South Africa gets this young filmmaker's Drift
- Script registration service offered through Pitchit
- The simple life in The Game of My Life
- Open Window create high iMPAC short-film festival
- Gauteng grows in popularity as global film location
- MediaTech Africa, a must for technology professionals
- Gargoyle selected for 3 US Film Festivals
- South African wins inaugural Africala Vote Competition
- KODAK unveils latest film stock in VISION3 FAMILY
- A serious tool for serious animators!
- People to People doccie conference
- Story telling a gift
- We've got the talent,but make sure we've got the training
- Transnet Freight Rail confirms restrictions on filming
- EMIA reaches out to the film and TV industries wanting to go global
- Patrick Peni
- The Golden Age of Steam
- Capturing Soweto, the City within a City
- Coca Cola kicks off at Orlando Stadium
- Downtown Joburg selected for its pan-African urban feel
- US sports awards shoot in Joburg and honour Nelson Mandela
- Photographers on the frontline of change
- SPECIAL FEATURE
- MADE IN GAUTENG
- Airspace restrictions over Confederations Cup host cities announced
- MTN joins Township TV initiative
- Strictly non-linear, Part 3
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May
- The classic local boy made good
- Bun&Bunee
- White Wedding goes social
- Behind the scenes of Gugu & Andile
- On location Gauteng
- Student competition provides real world opportunities
- 2 SA films selected for INPUT 2009
- The MILO struts its stuff in SA Academy award-winning motion control system debut
- South Africans want to tell their stories
- 3D: It's not the future, it's NOW
- Relive the glamour of the 1930s' Gauteng's Art Deco gems
- SHOT IN GAUTENG
- Engen bids an African Welcome
- Macro Video and Lim Hire
- Strictly non-linear, Part 2
- Location Gauteng: media and crew guidelines for Confederations and the World Cup
- SA Roadies Association ready for 2010
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April
- South African winners reflect on FESPACO
- Anti-xenophobic message strikes a chord in Europe
- Game of Life sells shares to complete production
- May brings White Wedding to our screens
- Shooting north of South Africa
- Student Film Festival proves popular
- Eastwood, Freeman and Damon on location in South Africa
- Encounters names African Trailblazer for MIPDOC
- Website that offers benefits to film industry learners
- Screendance hits South Africa
- ‘Travelling shots’ in Gauteng
- Let’s make music
- Seeing yourself as a brand
- Tips on entering film festivals
- SA/Canada co-production The Bang-Bang Club starts shooting in Joburg
- Gauteng gets the IEC’s vote
- Finding Lenny in and around Gauteng
- BIS and the CORE group
- Strictly non-linear
- Screening for 2010
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March
- Gauteng's young filmmakers move up!
- Young talent emerges at the SAFTAs
- Pirates in Gauteng feel the heat
- Young screenwriters target Hollywood
- A White Lion in Gauteng?
- Fopspeen has an Agenda
- Stepping into Chicco's world
- 350-million people can't be wrong!
- A Seed and a Frozen River
- 2010 Taking Gauteng's sports stadia into a new arena
- Community TV Station, Tshwane TV, set to go live
- New TV drama series, Family Bonds, shoots in Downtown Johannesburg
- Alpine Cases and Blue Tornado
- Final on Telecines
- SABC to run dedicated sports channel for World Cup
- 2010 Fifa World Cup offers youth TV opportunity2010 Fifa World Cup offers youth TV opportunity
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February
- Will it be doom or boom times ahead?
- Caught Live on Safari
- JMPD makes special provision for filmmakers
- FAR reaches out at Berlinale
- The Refinery Group restructures
- Joburg shifts into Top Gear
- Triomf set for 2009 FESPACO official competition
- Joburg's street culture gets a viewing in Roodt's Lullaby
- eJozi attracts eKapa producers
- Keet leaves the Video Lab
- Doccie on Chris Hani Bara gets global attention
- Gauteng on track with 2010 preparations
- Historic Homes of Gauteng: from mansions to migrants
- TV Series probes issues around morality & ethics
- What's a flying spot all about?
- Call for crew for 2010