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Zimbabwean Filmmakers for Durban FilmMart Climate Focus
Durban, South Africa: In a major film industry collaborative effort Climate Story Lab South Africa, Doc Society - Climate Story Unit, STEPS, and the Global Impact Producers Alliance (GIPA) presents th...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 13:06hrs | 48 | by Agencies
NAMAs head for Bulawayo
THE National Art Merit Awards (Nama) film festival has shifted venue and will for the first time be held at Ster Kinekor in Bulawayo from January 26 to 27, 2024.The film festival edition will ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabwean Filmmakers selected for South African DFMI Business Lab
After receiving a record number of applications for the third edition of the DFMI Business Lab, the Durban FilmMart Institute is pleased to announce 35 participants from 22 countries across the contin...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 10:58hrs | 5 | by Agencies
'Bulawayo needs to be prime shooting location for films'
The Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust (ZIFFT) in partnership with Bulawayo-based Rebel Film Productions brought together 10 production studios for a meeting at the Nust American Space in ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal diamond mining movie set to premiere
FILM enthusiasts are set for a treat tomorrow at Ster Kinekor Sam Levy Cinemas in Harare at the premiere of Ngoda, a production whose synopsis is inspired by the illegal diamond mining world.T...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student wins US filmmaking award
RISING filmmaker and Millennial Academy School student Tinayeishe Wakatama is on cloud nine after scooping the Judges Champion Award worth US$5 000 at the recently held ConnectHER Film Festival at St ...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA based Zimbabwean filmmaker walks into a room with a different energy
The Cape Town-based filmmaker's refreshing combination of cool confidence and whimsy comes across even before we've sat for the interview."Hi, can we re-schedule?" a breathless voice says when...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean filmmaker selected for Prestigious Creative Producer Indaba
Fifteen diverse producers from around the globe have been selected to participate in the second Creative Producer Indaba (CPI) which takes place from 7 November this year online for a week, at the Atl...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:46hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's govt bans Chamisa documentary
THE Zimbabwe government has banned "President," Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson's Oscar-shortlisted documentary about the African nation's corrupt 2018 presidential election, Variety can exclusively...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
All set for Ndebele sci-fi, The Signal's premiere
THE wait for the premiere of the first Ndebele sci-fi in Zimbabwe is over and everything seems to be in place for its first showing.The director of The Signal, Daniel Lasker, jetted into Bulaw...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film set to spice up our screens in 2022!
Invision Studios & GetSetSkill are proud to announce Zimbabwe's New Romantic Comedy Feature Film "Just Say Hello" currently under production in Harare. The film contains a talented all-star line-u...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 12:17hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe to sign Kampala protocol
ZIMBABWE is expected to sign the Kampala protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights next week, African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (Aripo) administration counci...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch another expo
Chancellor of all State universities, President Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Varsity Film Expo taking place at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) on Monday....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'There is no freedom of expression' in Zimbabwe
TSITSI Dangarembga, born in 1959 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), studied psychology in her home country and later at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.Today she is one of t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe feature film - to premiere in the UK
Writer/Director Tomas Lutuli Brickhill will host the UK premiere of award-winning Zimbabwean film Cook Off alongside other members of the cast and crew, including lead actress Tendie Chitima, and actr...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Matsinye introduces filmmaking classes
RENOWNED producer Manuel Matsinye recently introduced three-month-long filmmaking classes particularly focusing on acting as part of efforts to equip emerging players in the industry with requisite sk...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Repositioning Bulawayo for the future
This week Bulawayo will celebrate its 125th annivesary amidst pleas and cries for the city to be restored to its former glory as the industrial hub of the country in the 60s and 70s. I would like to a...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Dumisani O. Nkomo
Africa has no divine duty to heed the West
IT'S quite refreshing that many Africans - both black and white - have refused to submit to Eurocentrism, where all things from the West are viewed in utopian terms in which everything is projected as...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Why did Ian Smith give in so easily and abruptly?
Let's look abroad before coming home. We all know Donald John Trump, the 45th and current President of the USA. If Trump were African, they would say Africans are daft to have elected him president. B...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:36hrs | | by Baffour Ankomah
Africa Human Rights Film Festival
The power of film in harnessing the promotion and respect for human rights is what Africa Human Rights Film Festival (AHRFF) seeks to use to create a vibrant culture of human rights awareness in Afric...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Define your struggle, activist tells youths
ACTION Aid Zimbabwe director Joy Mabenge has challenged youths to shape their revolution if they want to change the country's political and economic environment.Speaking on the formation and c...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students revel in Talent Factory
NORBERT Mapfoche and Rutendo Mahofa, Zimbabwe's representatives at the inaugural MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy, have said they are enjoying every second of their time in training.Sp...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Premiere of Gukurahundi documentary hailed
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has hailed the decision to publicly stage a documentary about the Gukurahundi genocide that had initially sparked complaints from the poli...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth participation in elections hailed
YOUTH empowerment lobby group, Activista Zimbabwe, has applauded youth participation in the just-ended harmonised elections.Activista national co-ordinator Thando Gwinji said a meaningful and ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
#ZIWA2018: The Nominees are Here!
The shortlisted nominees for the highly anticipated 5th Zimbabwe International Women's Awards, more popularly known as 'The ZIWAs', have been announced.The ZIWAs were founded in 2013 to celebr...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Molah Media
Our Perfect Wedding comes to Zimbabwe
FANS of South Africa's Our Perfect Wedding (OPW) will be delighted to know that Zimbabwe will soon have its own version of the reality show that is viewed by millions every Sunday.The show, a ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice to train Zimbabwe filmmakers
MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe is looking for aspiring film directors, sound engineers, and scriptwriters to enter the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) which offers them a chance to gain theoretical knowledge a...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Local producers urged to feed Zimdigital project
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, George Charamba, says the ongoing Zimdigital project presents an opportunity for local artists to show their cr...Published: 02 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
African Filmmakers Get Their Ultimate Network
CINEAFRI, an innovative network dedicated to African film and video making launches this week. Founded by London-based Ghanaian filmmaker Ishmael Fiifi Annobil, CINEAFRI offers African filmmakers and ...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 16:07hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Filmmakers fingered in sex scandal
AWARD-winning scriptwriter Amanda Ranganawa has blown the whistle on Mirazvo Productions directors Michael and Shem Zemura, whom she accused of sexually exploiting females during productions.I...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice calls for Africa Magic awards entries
AFRICA Magic and MultiChoice, organisers of the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards, are calling on filmmakers and actors to enter the 2018 edition taking place on September 1.Liz Dziva, publi...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by staff reporter
Watch what happens when Bulawayo filmmakers, new actors meet up
Ya-sibo? Media teamed up with local Bulawayo film-makers and hosted an Acting Workshop at Lalani Hotel and Conference Centre on the 29th of July 2017.The workshop was held under the #indie263 ...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe movie to be released in 2019
American actor Don Cheadle Jr has dismissed rumours that he will not be part and parcel of a new movie "Mugabe" which has been scheduled for release in 2019, according to social media speculations. ...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Calls for filmmakers to change the face of ZBCtv
ZIMBABWE Film and Television School of Southern Africa (Ziftessa) script writing lecturer, Nocks Chatiza has urged aspiring filmmakers to submit their productions to Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe readies to migrate to digital broadcasting
Forty people from Victoria Falls are attending a four-day training course on creative content creation, as Zimbabwe prepares to migrate its broadcasting services from analogue to digital.The w...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Studio 263's Anne Nhira back home from SA
After spending over a decade south of the Limpopo trying to carve out an acting career, former Studio 263 leading lady Anne Nhira has finally returned home.Local audiences who have been starve...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Small house' judgment sparks debate
Women have expressed mixed feelings over a recent High Court judgment which awarded damages to a woman who was suing her hubby's "small house" for adultery.High Court judge Judith Mushore awar...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube Selected as a TED Fellow
Zimbabwe comedy to take the stage at TEDGlobal 2017, joining newest class of 21 young innovators from five continents.Stand Up Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has been selected as a TED Fellow, joi...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwean in big Hollywood role
TONGAYI Arnold Chirisa's star continues to shine on the international film scene as he has earned another big role on the third season of American television series "iZombie". The highly rated awa...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe movies and Entertainment on UK TV
Since the Makosi Show on Vox Africa in the last year or so there has been a dry spell of Zimbabwean content on U.K screens and Zollywood Limited have struck yet another deal with Vox Africa sky 218, w...Published: 15 Oct 2016 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Al Jazeera on the trail of notorious Somali army commander
Kill All But The Crows is a two-part People & Power investigation into Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali, a.k.a. Colonel Tukeh, a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes....Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 15:47hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Lost Tongue garners powerhouse US critics Award
South African feature documentary film Lost Tongue has received the esteemed Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) award following its premier at the Socially Relevant Film Festival New York last week....Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Infidelity movie ‘Behind my back' shot in Gweru
Gweru-based filmmaker Tinashe Rashai has produced a two-and-a-half hour movie titled Behind my back, which tackles the issue of infidelity and betrayal among couples especially with the advent of soci...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:45hrs | | by Sukoluhle Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Young Achievers Tech Awards nominees named
The Young Achievers Tech Awards nominees list has been officially announced after meticulous verification from well renowned tech professionals in Zimbabwe. The Young Achievers Tech Awards, wa...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
M-Net looking for 20 TV interns
Johannesburg - M-Net's Magic in Motion Academy (MiM Academy) is looking for 20 TV and film graduates who want to do a paid internship at the pay-TV broadcaster in 2016.The 20 will work behind ...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 15:11hrs | 4 | by channel24
Zororo Makamba - Taking Zimbabwe beyond borders
RADIO and TV personality Zororo Makamba has taken Zimbabwe to the rest of the world through his current affairs talk show, Tonight with Zororo, which was launched on a DStv platform last week....Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
ZTV under fire over poor content
Independent film producers say cash-strapped ZBC's inability to buy quality local content has forced the national broadcaster to rely on desperate upcoming filmmakers.Speaking at a recent Misa...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 16:22hrs | | by Bernard Chiketo
Zimbabwe filmmakers struggling to overcome political and economic hurdles
The 16th international film festival in Harare showed gave filmmakers a chance to show what they had to offer. Haru Mutasa's report for Aljazeera shows how they try to overcome political and f...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 21:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru commends Zim film makers
Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday applauded Zimbabwean filmmakers for taking the lead in telling the true African story from an African perspective saying the film will ensure a larger share of ...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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