A chat with Hosana Mthembi

Today at SA Creatives we chat to Hosana Mthembi, a self proclaimed lover and fighter for great creative ideas. Who is Hosana Mthembi, what do you do and where are you based? I’m a Digital Designer from Johannesburg, South Africa. I studied graphic design and started my career in print production then I moved on to digital and have been doing it ever since. I’m a lover and... Read More

Adapting a SA Story for an international audience- A chat with director,Paul van Zyl

Paul van Zyl, the 60 year old, director of a short narrative film, Elegy for a Revolutionary, which deals with a popular piece of South African history, currently on the global short film circuit, describes the problems of making a unique South African story accessible to an international audience and the difficulties of adapting a short from a full-length feature script. Who are... Read More

South African Short Film Wins Best Shorts Competition in LA

Los Angeles, Ca, 18th July, 2012 – Paul Van Zyl and Market Street Productions (MSP) in Los Angeles, California, have won a prestigious Award of Merit from the www.bestshorts.net competition. The award was given to this exciting South African drama, “Elegy for a Revolutionary”, which is the true story of when a small group of white South African students, dreamed that they... Read More

Stunning Alexandra township documentry

Last year we came across this stunning video which was uploaded by George Gladwin Matsheke onVimeo. The video which  is directed and produced by Maishi Teffo gives us a history lesson on the much loved and sometimes feared township of Alexandra. It’s a stunning narration that makes anyone who has grown up in the townships feel proud . Enjoy      Read More

Director, Kyle Stevenson, tells us about his science fiction short film

Who is Kyle and what exactly do you do? I am a writer / director who occasionally dabbles in the dark arts of production. Last year I completed my post-graduate at AFDA Film School in Cape Town where I received a BA (Hons.) in Motion Picture Medium and got onto the Course Director’s List. One of my favourite film director’s Krzysztof Kieslowski was once asked what does a director... Read More

Encounters, Africa’s premier documentary festival in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, which is screening as part of Encounters’ Al Jazeera English showcase, won the International Television and Radio Prize at Amnesty International’s UK Media Awards last week. The controversial documentary is about the 2011 Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world. It also won The Foreign... Read More

Africa’s most prestigious documentary festival [ 7-24 June 2012 ]

Under African Skies will open the 14th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, which runs from 7-24 June 2012 in Cape Town and Johannesburg.  Directed by Emmy and Peabody winner Joe Berlinger, the documentary tells the inside story of Paul Simon’s trip to South Africa to record Graceland and his return last year to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The bestselling,... Read More

Film Afrika Worldwide to launch a Los Angeles office

CEO David Wicht says, “After years of working with all the major studios and independents, I’m looking forward to being closer at hand and being immediately accessible to producers seeking to shoot or collaborate with South Africa. The presence of an LA office means I can engage directly with production partners and facilitate the workflow from South Africa, resulting... Read More