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Thapelo Motloung, the founder of the Soweto Film Market and CEO of the Soweto International Film Festival. Photo: Supplied
AFRICAN CINEMA

The bioscope is back: Soweto film Market & film festival are reclaiming township cinema culture

Thapelo Motloung breaks down building a filmmaking ecosystem in Soweto through SIFF and Soweto Film Marke

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
5 min read
Take that: Siyabonga Mhlanga and Lehlohonolo Sigaba were the first Africans to be invited to the Le Cinéma, Cent Ans de Jeunesse festival for young filmmakers in Lisbon, Portugal.
AFRICAN CINEMA

‘We killed it with our doccie’

Youngsters’ film about Thokoza gets an enthusiastic reception at a festival in Portugal

  • Tebadi Mmotla
4 min read
Tendeka Matatu, Netflix Director of Content, Africa
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI

The Netflix effect

South Africa’s youth take centre stage in film boom

  • Jamaine Krige
7 min read