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Khulekani Mayisa: Poetry in the polemic

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 20 Nov 2020

Khulekani Mayisa’s new film, Power to the Purple, is an intensely personal collaborative project

The List: Five films on the transition, selected by Sifiso Khanyile

Friday Sifiso Khanyile - 13 Aug 2020

Sifiso Khanyile, the maker of Uprize! and A New Country, selects five documentaries that influenced his latest film

The Portfolio: Ramadan Suleman

Friday Ramadan Suleman - 13 Aug 2020

Ramadan Suleman’s documentary, ‘By All Means Necessary’ honours the struggle against colonialism. It will be showing at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival from August 20

The List: Five low-budget films selected by Tim Greene

Friday Tim Greene - 6 Aug 2020

Cabin Fever writer and director Tim Greene, whose filmography includes crowd-funded movie A Boy Called Twist (2004) and Skeem (2011), runs down some of his favourite low-budget films

SA filmmaker Ramadan Suleman receives a French order

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Nov 2014

Recognition for filmmaker Ramadan Suleman is from conversations created around his films, not the numbers at the box office, writes Katlego Mkhwanazi.

LGBT star roles dim in Hollywood

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jul 2014

A study has shown that only a fraction of the major studio films last year featured gay characters, most of whom were painted in a bad light.

SA’s female filmmakers make the cut

Article Zanele Mji - 19 Jun 2014

The Africa by Women project has resulted in 10 short films that deal with different facets of life in the country 20 years after democracy.

‘Empire of dirt’: You can have it all

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2014

Through his father Clive, Ben Stillerman delves into the relationship between the efforts we put into our work and our private lives.

Goodbye to the A-list?

Article Peter Bradshaw - 15 Jul 2011

As big-name actors prove a box-office turn-off, now may be the time for mainstream Hollywood stars to take a hike, writes <b>Peter Bradshaw</b>.

Sisters on screen

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Aug 2008

As a women's film festival starts, Andrew Worsdale finds women are becoming potent players in the industry.

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