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Key animation has started in the Western Cape on a series that will be seen on Disney UK later this year. Florrie's Dragons is being created in collaboration with one of the UK's top pre-school content creators: Wish Films. Based on the immensely popular children's books by show creator and director An Vrombaut, Florrie's Dragons will bow on Disney UK later this year.
"Signs of our Times" - the new Ikon South Africa short documentary series is back on SABC 2 and brings you a compelling collection of short films from South Africa, Africa and the world. Thirty films from Paraguay, India, Finland, Brazil, Sweden, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa and Belgium, stories that cross continents and bring together a multitude of voices and filmmakers on this exciting broadcast platform. Make a date with Ikon. The world on your screen. Every Sunday at 21:00 on SABC 2 from 14th March 2010."
The Cape Film Commission created the Imbongi Awards to recognize the hard work and professional approach of individuals and companies within the Western Cape’s film industry. The 3rd Annual Imbongi Awards was held on Saturday, 6 March, 2010, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
12 - 24 April 2010, Johannesburg
AFRICADOC is a programme for the development of African documentary cinema, led by a French association, Ardeche Images, together with local partners wherever Africadoc is already implemented.
Plans for Durban's inaugural FilmMart, jointly hosted by the Durban Film Office (DFO) and Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), go up a gear as the closing date for the submission of entries approaches.
Winners of the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) were announced on Saturday night at a glittering award ceremony that took place at the State Theatre in Pretoria. The crème de la crème of South African Film and Television industry gathered at the State Theatre to witness as the best in the country received honour for their creative excellence. The show was broadcast live on SABC 2 from 20:00.
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12-16 April 2010:Stimulating funding, development and creativity , Producers are the heart and soul of every MIPTV. MIPTV is the world's leading content market for creating, coproducing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment across all platforms, gathering over 11,500 participants from 102 countries.
Beyond Borders is a concerted training programme for creative producers from Europe and Africa including the Maghreb on an equal footing and in a spirit of mutual benefit. It is an initiative between the Huston School of Film & Digital Media (Galway, Ireland) and Sud Ecriture (Tunisia), in partnership with European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs (Luxemburg), Imagine (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) and the CNC (National Centre of Cinematography – France).
The written word will envelop Durban as writers from around South Africa and Africa arrive in Durban for a stimulating week of books, ideas and talk at the 13th Time of the Writer International Writers Festival (9-13 March). The festival, which is hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu- Natal), will feature a diverse gathering of novelists, short story writers, humour writers and political commentators.
