Won the Top Prize Dox:Award at CPH:DOXBest African Film at Encounters in Cape TownBest Film Les Escales Documentairs La RochelleTanit d’argent Journées Cinématographiques de CarthageVincento Pinto Abreu Grand Prize Porto/Post/Doc South African media company STEPS, proudly announced the Oscar submission of the first film in their latest project Generation Africa, making the Mali/ South Africa/… Continue reading Malian Director Ousmane Samassékou’s Award-Winning Documentary Feature “The Last Shelter” Is An African Film Competing For The Academy Award For Best Documentary Feature
Category: Awards
Avid Wins Best In Market Award 2021
Avid’s ground-breaking cloud-hosted editing and storage solution – Edit on Demand – has been recognised with a major industry award. Avid | Edit On Demand—already adopted by some of the world’s major broadcasters and post-production houses—won the TV Tech 2021 Best in Market awards. These recognize innovation and excellence in new, recently introduced, and pending… Continue reading Avid Wins Best In Market Award 2021
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
SA Writer-director Wins Gold At 2021 Student Academy Awards
South African-born Phumi Morare’s short film Lakutshon’ Ilanga (When the Sun Sets), has won Gold at the 49th Annual Student Academy Awards this year in the Narrative: Domestic Schools category. “I’m deeply honored to be a Student Academy Award winner. To think that a personal story, based on my South African family history, can resonate… Continue reading SA Writer-director Wins Gold At 2021 Student Academy Awards
Academy Reveals 2021 Student Academy Award Winners And Medal Placements
Virtual Program Hosted by Amandla Stenberg, with Pete Docter, Asghar Farhadi, Marielle Heller and Nanfu Wang to Present The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 17 students as winners of the 48th Student Academy Awards® competition. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards in the seven award categories will be presented by… Continue reading Academy Reveals 2021 Student Academy Award Winners And Medal Placements
SMPTE Honours ARRI Image Science Engineer Harald Brendel
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) awards Harald Brendel, Head of Center of Competence Image Science at ARRI, with the Natalie M. and Herbert T. Kalmus Medal Award. With this prize, which has been handed out since 1956, the industry association recognizes outstanding technical achievements in film production, post-production, and film distribution.… Continue reading SMPTE Honours ARRI Image Science Engineer Harald Brendel