News: 2008
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December
- Film Indaba Special 2008
- SA's commercial production industry increasingly utilised by international companies
- CPA commended for its invaluable research
- eJozi meets eKapa as GFC briefs Cape producers
- Report on unlocking the creative and economic potential of the TV sector
- Moloi and Maake to run film workshops at Soweto Arts Festival
- Giving back to our nation's children
- SAFTA's comments on Generations intended withdrawal
- Making the Inner City Safer - A city of Joburg Initiative
- Tengers creators introduce Koos Koringkriek, a zero to hero tale
- Inspired Minority Pictures presents The Perfect 10
- HOT SHOTS
- Traditional and cultural homesteads in Gauteng
- Rugby drama series to screen next year
- TV Series probes issues around morality & ethics
- Series looking at Gauteng's suppliers
- The role of the Telecine Machine
- Soweto's grand old lady of SA football, Orlando Stadium, transformed into world-class stadium
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November
- Crime doesn’t pay
- UJ ends year with Flare
- Gauteng Province Introduces New Brand
- GFC appoints Seitiso Mogoshane as Information Officer
- Innovation thriving in GFC supported productions and initiatives
- Top SA rental companies merge to form Panavision
- Creative Vision shows how to use the "airwaves"
- The latest from the HD camera scene
- Website for crews and producers
- Sony Broadcast hits the road
- It's the clash of the gladiators
- Beaches on the streets of Joburg
- Ekurhuleni proves to a hidden gem for AFDA production
- Stylish and funky, Gauteng's film friendly hotels offer a warm welcome
- Made in Gauteng
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October
- It's Film Indaba Time
- Your role when filming in sensitive environments
- CWUSA looks at key issues around the creative industry
- Incubating and growing our young talent
- Jerusalema doing well at the box office
- Nu Metro to release Triomf in 2009
- Saffron TV goes out from historic Broadcast House
- Young Minds make a difference
- On the rooftops for Off the Shelf
- Adobe helps transform ordinary into extraordinary
- Creative Vision Rocks the Senses with Isuzu Gigamax Launch
- Akin Omotoso ventures into commercials
- The Africa Channel launches in New York
- The Aliens Have Landed
- A Parkview house gets the Ultramel Grr...
- There's more to filming in Benoni than Charlize Theron
- Made in Gauteng
- Avmark take hotel group into HD era
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September
- Gauteng Recognises Top Women In Film
- Joburg's Newtown promoted as a film friendly zone
- Gauteng moves to make province film friendly
- Out in Africa film festival hits Joburg screens this month
- African Movie Channel calls for input from SA filmmakers
- North American audiences wowed by SA conceived animal reality series
- Jerusalema hits SA streets
- Ekurhuleni confirms new film tariffs
- Hot Shots launched interactive on-line portal
- Sub urban and HKLM draw students to UJ
- Skin and Jesus and the Giant to screen at Toronto
- It's time to take local short films Off the Shelf
- Joburgers accommodating and film-friendly Samsung "Red Dress" commercial shot in the City
- Amelia Earhart lands at Rand
- Newtown - an inspirational location!
- We'll get it from the Archives!
- Made in Gauteng
- Jozi is a SoapDish
- Gearing Up For 2010
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August
- Triomf Premieres In Fourways
- SA’s first locally filmed Blu-Ray DVD
- 'Soap City' expands
- Encounters audiences choose their top doccies
- A feast of female creativity to usher in Women’s Day
- What’s behind commercials production in SA?
- More Zen, less phobia at Tri Continental Film Festival
- Brookers hosts Coronation Street
- Sisters and The Screen
- GFC supports Passing the Torch
- Series looking at Gauteng’s suppliers – featuring Inala and Pro-sales
- Avid New Thinking Tour
- Getting Your Film Out There
- JOZI IS A SOAPDISH – Focus on Isidingo and Generations
- Producer extraordinaire – Helena Spring
- Countdown to 2010 - Nic Bonthuys of SABC
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July
- It's Season III of Gauteng Bioscope
- Gauteng Film Partnership Formed To Promote Film Industry
- Will you make your mom proud?
- Networking platform for independent filmmakers
- City of Johannesburg confirms permit tariff increase
- The music calls...
- Jerusalema to open SA's longest running film festival
- SA displays its talents at Cannes Lions
- Johannesburg gets the DAILY SUN
- Is Joburg Film Friendly
- Made in Gauteng
- Follow up on Soapies
- In Focus speaks to Harmon Cusack
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June
- Filmmakers Against Racism Appeal
- Flies On The Wall With Attitude
- Cannes Do...?
- Who is the CEO?
- We've got News
- Filmmaking Youth Take Action
- A treasure chest for Kruispad
- New series looking at Gauteng's suppliers featuring Sony and Media Host
- Jozi is a SOAPDISH
- The Man Who Wants To Help Make Your Film
- Susan Scott, member of SAGE
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May
- Re-Storying Africa
- Strong SA presence at the AFCI Locations Expo in LA
- Talk about coals to Newcastle; how about taking film to Hollywood? That's what the GFC did in April.
- Happiness: Shot in Gauteng
- Tengers, SA's first clay-mation feature film hits the Big Screen
- Raw Imagery Used In AIDES Commercial
- DTI to launch incentive scheme at Cannes
- Entries called for the 30th Annual Loerie Awards
- What was the South African / Hollywood Exchange all about and why should it matter?
- Screen Africa promotes SA industry at MIPs
- Part 3: Should I go to Film School?
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April
- INPUT 2008 to host two day workshop for documentary filmmakers
- NFVF partners with SABC, M-Net and FPB for the 45th MIPTV
- Mr. Bones 2 shoots in Gauteng
- GFC confirms the appointment of Kagiso TV & Communications
- Write the Next Great South African Film
- ZenHQ Launches 'True Films' Slate
- The World Cup of Public Television
- Realtime Resources broadens approach
- The Local Charge Behind Input
- Part 2: Should I go to Film School?
- Bashed by Booms: The 2008 Bafundi Film and TV Festival Section: 1
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March
- SA-produced doccie wins an OSCAR®
- Karin Slater: African MIPDOC Trailblazer for 2008
- ‘Kammakastig Land’ nominated for 2008 ‘Student Oscars’
- Wits Theatre to host Bafundi Film & TV Festival
- Sheilla Kubheka Bolsters Showreel
- AREA 5.1 launches in Gauteng
- Soweto’s most fruitful filmmaker turns to ‘Art’
- The No-Problem Man Opens A New Studio
- Should I go to Film School?
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February
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January