National Film And Video Foundation
latest news & developmentsSaftas celebrate the storytellers shaping South African screens
The 19th South African Film and Television Awards honoured actors, filmmakers and productions driving the country’s screen industry
Women battle in lights, camera, sexism industry
Women in the South African film have to overcome challenges in a patriarchal film sector
Global film leaders converge at Durban FilmMart 2024
The 15-year-running festival offers a platform to showcase African film talent
Ster-Kinekor suffers blockbuster blues
But the cinema group’s chief executive insists that the show will go on as load-shedding abates
Inkabi is a hit for the local industry
The film, which is in the top 10 on Netflix, shows what can be achieved on a small budget
SA film industry a ‘huge’ opportunity to grow the economy
Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape are making strides in developing the local industry to attract more international filmmakers
N|uu book waters the seed of the decolonisation project
Katrina Esau’s The Ostrich and the Tortoise aims to preserve N|uu for its next generation of speakers
Local story ticks the right boxes
A partnership between the National Film and Video Foundation and Netflix will see six South African films being premiered on the streaming service
NFVF says ‘abrupt’ Encounters fest funding withdrawal was due process
Organisers were shocked when they were told they had lost their biggest funder, but the NFVF says the delivery of its decision was procedure
The character whisperer: Zandi Tisani
"Zandi Tisani’s aesthetic emerges, it seems, from an egoless part of her subconscious".
How romcoms helped the local film industry feel the love
Romantic comedies have helped open the floodgates for the success of black films.
A car chase too far: What SA film can’t learn from Hollywood
A scriptwriting system named Sediba has scuppered creativity in cinema in South Africa.
NFVF gets some new blood
Zama Mkosi, appointed chief executive of the National Film and Video Foundation in February, pinpoints skills development as one of her challenges.
Townships make their own movies
Films depicting township life and culture have finally received attention from the National Film and Video Foundation due to their growing popularity.
Shooting stars in the Karoo
Zinaid Meeran attended a crash course on the status of the national identity at the Apollo Film Festival in Victoria West.