They may have been short of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but certainly were not lacking the drama of any awards ceremony.The 8th Apollo Film Festival Awards were held at the exquisitely decorated Victoria West Town Hall recently, acknowledging the best of local film-making.

Among the media, filmmakers and guests present at the prestigious event included renowned filmmaker Khalo Matabane, award-winning producer Bridget Pickering and film and television journalist Theresa Smith, who formed the jury.

Also present at the awards ceremony were filmmakers Rina Jooste, Junaid Ahmed, Dylan Valley, and Asivhanzi Mathaba.

Among the audience were South Africans who had travelled almost 1,000 km to...

Cape Town will soon have its own film studio for its buoyant film and photography industry.

Government and the private sector says construction on the newly-named Cape Town Film Studio formerly known as Dreamworld Studios, will kick off soon.

5 February the new name for the R500-million studio was unveiled by Dreamworld Studios Chairman Anant Singh.

Construction of the Cape Town film studio and (post) production house will start in March 2008 and is expected to be completed by December 2009.

Premier Ebrahim Rasool says, "Cape Town's multi-billion rand film industry will soon have its own home."

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