Month: August 2016

  Earlier this year, veteran director Oliver Schmitz’s Shepherds and Butchers bowled audiences over at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the prestigious Panorama Audience Award.  Audiences will now get the chance to see the film at the kykNET Silverskerm festival in Cape Town, which commences on the 24th of August 2016.  The… Continue reading Shepherds And Butchers Is Set To Have Its South African Premiere At This Year’s Silverskerm Festival

AFTER hours of standing in audition queues, the thrill of receiving a Golden Ticket, the suspense of the journey to Theatre Week, the heartbreak of watching new friends depart in tears, the anxiety of knowing your dream is within reach … it finally come down to this: the last performance day of Theatre Week. Thirty-seven… Continue reading Idols Season XII Contestants Battle It Out In A Do-or-die Round To Clinch Their Place In The Top 16

Mr Table Tennis is a documentary film that tells the inter-generational story of Pedro and Cody Meyer. Their big dreams unfold against an ambiguous socio-economic climate that determines the choices they make in life and in table tennis. Pedro Meyer was a brilliant table tennis player and a showman. Living under apartheid meant he was unable to test… Continue reading Mr Table Tennis Documentary Airs Sunday 28 August 2016

Thursday was SAMRO Foundation’s day of winning big for music and the arts. Not only did four young musicians make it to the SAMRO Overseas Scholarships finals, the Concerts SA programme, supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was nominated for two Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards. Concerts SA,… Continue reading Four Scholarship Finalists And Two BASA Nominations For SAMRO Foundation