The First First Winelands Film festival will start rolling on the 18th of April. According to festival directors Leon van der Merwe and Karen Meiring, there will be 92 films screened at the festival.

The Oude Libertas Amphitheatre will serve as the festival centre, but films will also be screened at six other venues in Stellenbosch which include the Ikaya Trust Centre in Kayamandi, JC le Roux Auditorium, HB Thom Theatre, Protea Cinemas in the Neelsie and the Protea Hotel Dorpshuis.

The Cape Winelands Festival is presented in association with MNET and the French Embassy.

Says Leon van der Merwe, “We do not just want to give a window on world cinema, but we also want to promote, generate and stimulate audiences for film in South Africa.”

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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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