48 HOUR FILM
by Chris Mason / 23.11.2015 Chris Mason shares the behind-the-scenes script for Cape Town's 48 Hour Film Project. A deadly weekend spent scoring the ultimate cinematography quickie...1


MELDING WORLDS
by Rob Scher / 06.10.2015 Born and bred in Jozi, Andrew Orkin is an internationally acclaimed composer and film-scorer now living in New York City. Rob Scher catches up with the young South African re-defining

THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST | DIFF 2015
by Mahala Scribes / 22.07.2015 The moving documentary, They Will Have To Kill Us First, about the ban on music in northern Mali had its African premier at the Durban International Film Festival... Check

AYANDA | DIFF
by Samora Chapman / 17.07.2015 The opening night of the Durban International Film Festival is one of the highlights of the year for our freaky seaside town. It’s kind-of a big deal. So you can

DIFF HITS DURBS!
by Mahala Scribes / 16.07.2015 The 36th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) opens tonight and will be blowing up the beach-city's bioscopes for the next 10 days. Get your programme, peep some previews and pass

BEST OF 2014 | CITY OF VIOLENCE
by Kavish Chetty / 05.01.2015 The logic goes like this: if Cape Town is politically restless and prone to bloody outburst, then we have the perfect excuse to stage a whole carnival of gunfights and

SEX, TOLERANCE AND EDM
by Mooketsi Nthite / Images by Tenn iBair / 10.12.2014 Mooketsi reports from deep in the Jozi party and entertainment scenes – the Channel O Music Video Awards and the Space Ibiza super rave, which both went down last weekend.

DRACULA UNTOLD
by Paul Blom / 10.10.2014 For over a century this immortal character has fascinated the word, living and undead alike. The tale has gone through so many cinematic incarnations since Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first

FEAR AND LOATHING ON AN INDIE FILM SET
by Charles Harry Mackenzie / 09.10.2014 South African youth are dazed and disillusioned. Our history prior to democracy is well documented yet our future lies before us as a blank and shapeless blob. Is there a

