DIFF to screen Tess, a film which gives a human face to the sex trade

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The gritty new Meg Rickards-helmed feature film Tess, which will have its world premiere at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) on June 18, showcases the astounding talent of some of South Africa’s best actors. Chief amongst them is 20-year old Christia Visser who plays the title role and is certain to garner praise for her raw and powerful portrayal of a young streetwalker. Continue reading

Durban FilmMart 2013 finance forum winner, ‘Five Fingers for Marseilles’, heads to the big screen

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Seven years after writer, Sean Drummond, and director, Michael Matthews, first set out on an 8000km research and development journey around the country, The Be Phat Motel Film Company and Game 7 Films’ Five Fingers for Marseilles, is taking its next big step to the big screen.

The film – which was a project at the 2013 Durban FilmMart – is a contemporary South African thriller modelled on the western and played in Sesotho and isiXhosa, with a top-tier, fully local cast. The movie begins production in the Eastern Cape in July 2016, in association with Stage 5 Films and Above the Clouds. Continue reading

Connect and celebrate Youth Day at Iziko

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To commemorate 40 years since the Soweto Uprising, Iziko Museums of South Africa has granted free entry to nine of its museums in and around Cape Town on Youth Day, Thursday, June 16.

The Youth Day programme will take place at the Iziko Slave Lodge, the focus of which is to commemorate, connect and celebrate the Youth of the Past, Present and Future and to reflect on the activism of youth in South Africa. Continue reading

Tribute to Christopher Kindo at Artscape

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Christopher Kindo

Christopher Kindo, South African award-winning dancer and choreographer, and one of the co-founders of the Jazzart Dance Academy in Cape Town, passed away 20 April 2015.

In recognition of his vast contribution to the cultural reservoir of Cape Town’s creative sector the, Applauz Arts Initiative, an NGO and recognised contributor to the cultural activities of the City of Cape Town and South Africa, the Kindo Family and several of Christopher’s friends have come together to celebrate the life of this creative spirit, friend, son, uncle, brother, youth developer, mentor, choreographer and dancer.

Full Circle a Tribute to Christopher Kindo is the inaugural production of The Legacy Project. Continue reading