Award-winning film about brotherhood and marginalisation premieres on DStv BoxOffice Ordinary people often have extraordinary tales to tell. In making the film ‘Sons of the Sea’, Mexican American writer and director John Gutierrez found in Kalk Bay a people that reminded him of home, and a history of dispossession and survival that was all too… Continue reading “Sons Of The Sea” Is a Riveting Re-telling Of The Age Old Story Of Dispossession Streaming 13 November 2021
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Nvidia Announces Platform For Creating AI Avatars
NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar, a technology platform for generating interactive AI avatars. Omniverse Avatar connects the company’s technologies in speech AI, computer vision, natural language understanding, recommendation engines and simulation technologies. Avatars created in the platform are interactive characters with ray-traced 3D graphics that can see, speak, converse on a wide range of… Continue reading Nvidia Announces Platform For Creating AI Avatars
HyperMAX VR Gaming Arcade
Buckle up Cape Town and get ready for the latest Virtual Reality experience! Opening on the 17th of November, HyperMAX VR Gaming Arcade is set to offer the very best Virtual Reality Gaming experience. The HyperMAX VR Arcade boasts state of the art, top-tier Virtual Reality hardware, including the latest Oculus Quest 2 headsets… Continue reading HyperMAX VR Gaming Arcade
Academy Reveals Winning Nicholl Screenwriters
Nicholl Fellows to be featured in conversations with Destin Daniel Cretton, Phil Lord, Our Lady J, Rawson Marshall Thurber and Olivia Wilde beginning November 8 Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize and mentorship from an Academy member throughout… Continue reading Academy Reveals Winning Nicholl Screenwriters
Award-winning “Barakat”, South Africa’s Official Oscars 2022 Selection
The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has selected the multi-award-winning MultiChoice film Barakat as South Africa’s official submission for Best International Feature at the 94th Academy Awards® in 2022. This makes Amy Jephta the fourth female director to be submitted to the Oscars® by South Africa, and the first woman of colour. Barakat follows… Continue reading Award-winning “Barakat”, South Africa’s Official Oscars 2022 Selection
Paul Slabolepszy’s Mr Johnson Available On DStv BoxOffice
“Mr. Johnson”, a new film starring Paul Slabolepszy and Jana Cilliers, is available on the DStv Online platform. This is an online movie rental service that is available to anyone in SA. You must have a DStv Connect ID and a BoxOffice account, which you can get by signing up on the BoxOffice Online website… Continue reading Paul Slabolepszy’s Mr Johnson Available On DStv BoxOffice