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30 January 2012: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) will embark on a trip to the 65th Cannes International Film Festival being held from the 16th to the 27th of May 2012. The festival, which is internationally recognised as the premier film festival and marketing event, brings together filmmakers and key decision makers from across the globe to conduct the business of film.
01 February 2012: The first festival on the yearly South African film festival calendar, Jozi Film Festival is a new annual event that showcases the latest films made by Johannesburg and Gauteng film-makers as well as provides a space for film-makers, local or international, to tell stories about Jozi and her inhabitants.
(Halifax, NS, January 31, 2012) The United Kingdom and the United States will hold the spotlight at Strategic Partners 2012.
31 January 2011: A multi-million rand fund geared at upcoming creative talent will be used to develop and harness the skills of a "Born-Free" generation of black film-makers in the country.
This is the goal envisioned by award-winning director and producer Junaid Ahmed, whose film production company Fineline Productions was recently announced as recipients of the 2012 National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) Slate Funding.
Paris / Los Angeles. Basic Lead, the organizer of DISCOP ISTANBUL on Friday announced that close to 300 companies will be attending the upcoming second edition of the event, which takes place from 28 February to 1 March.
The 14th London Asian Film Festival announced yesterday that the festival will be held from 16 to 24 March 2012.
27 January 2012: Superimposing an African imagination on filmmaking processes, the 5th Talent Campus Durban (20-24 July 2012) will ignite the creativity of 40 selected filmmakers from Africa in a series of masterclasses, workshops and industry networking opportunities during the Durban International Film Festival. Talent Campus Durban entices filmmakers to enhance skills, develop collaborations and interface with the dynamic future of the film industry in Africa, and the world.
Call For Entries:
The organisers of the ALUTA FILM FESTIVAL, South Africa's premier African and Diasporan cinema event, are calling for entries from South African and International filmmakers for 2012, the 9th edition of the film festival. The 2012 film festival edition will be hosted on the 24th till 27th October 2012 in Kimberley - South Africa
26 January 2012: Focus Forward Short Films, Big Ideas has launched a Focus Forward Filmmaker Challenge for filmmakers who have ideas for the three-minute nonfiction films around the theme of invention and innovation.
25 January 2012: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is proud to announce that one of South Africa’s bright lights Ettiene Kallos received the Global Filmmaking Award from the Sundance Institute and Mahindra for his visionary project.
