By request, director Ian Gabriel’s hard-hitting film Four Corners will have its US premiere at the Seattle Film Festival as part of the event’s mission to ‘discover extraordinary films from around the world’. Selected as the official South African submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, Four Corners has also […]
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Interview: Nico Panagio talks about Konfetti and his character “Jean” Pt.1
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In anticipation of local movie Konfetti (Releasing Thursday 17th of April), The Vent sat down with the cast of Konfetti. This is what the star of the movie Nico Panagio had to say about the movie, the local South African industry, his process in approaching his character “Jean”, what him and co-star/ writer Louw Venter […]
‘Game of Thrones’ Renewed for Seasons 5 and 6
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In recent times Games of Thrones show-runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have voiced their desire to wrap up their small screen rendition of author George R.R. Martin’s massive Medieval fantasy/political intrigue yarn by seven or eight seasons. Were this another TV series, their words might seem like an example of counting your chickens before […]
Lena Dunham and the fresh-faced chronicles.
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There are many good things producer/director Judd Apatow has laid his hands on. Slightly underrated, Apatow has help embody the Hollywood outfit of dozens and Lena Dunham is carefully excelling to become one of his most prized alumni. Lena Dunham’s new show “Girls” is light years away compared to anything else on television. For those […]
SA co-production The Forgotten Kingdom in top spot at Lesotho box office
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The Forgotten Kingdom, the first movie filmed in Lesotho and in the Sesotho-language, was released on 4 April and shot to the number one spot on circuit in its opening weekend in Maseru, the country’s capital. Directed by Andrew Mudge, the film outperformed Hollywood blockbusters Captain America and Noah at Ster-Kinekor’s Pioneer Mall cinema. The […]
Mad Mzansi: Mad Men and what the Mzansi industry can learn from the show
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In 2007 Hollywood was abuzz about a new show, it was cleaning up at the awards shows, new unknown stars were born, fashion trends were inspired, the name of the show was “Mad Men“. When Hollywood raves about a television show, it’s usually something special, the last time there had been that kind of buzz […]
South African Film and Television Awards – Full List
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TELEVISON Documentaries Best Editor of a Documentary Short Alexander Melck – Waterborne Best Editor of a Documentary Feature Riaan Hendricks , The Devil’s Lair Best Documentary Feature The Devil’s Lair Fireworx Media Drama: Best supporting actor in a TV drama Akhumzi Jezile as “Ngulube” Tempy Pushas Best supporting actress in A TV Drama Harriet Manamela […]
Homeland will film season 4 in South Africa
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The cast and crew of political thriller television series ‘Homeland’ will relocate to Cape Town, South Africa for the production of season 4. After filming the last three seasons in Charlotte, the show moves its production to Africa as Claire Danes’ Carrie Mathison takes a job in the Middle East at the end of season […]
Box Office: Captain America: Winter Soldier Soars to $303.3 Million Globally
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Continuing Marvel and Disney’s enviable winning streak, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is making history at the global box office, debuting to a record-breaking $96.2 million in North America for an early worldwide total of $303.3 million. In only 10 days overseas, the sequel has already taken in $207.1 million — eclipsing the entire foreign […]
The AMAA 2014 Nominees – Full List
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On Wednesday 2nd April 2014, the 2014 Africa Movie Academy Awards nominations announcement went down at the Emperor Palace Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film Children of Troumaron – Mauritius Potomanto – Ghana The Forgotten Kingdom – South Africa Of Good Report – South Africa Accident – Nigeria AMAA 2014 […]