Some conservative groups are trying to block a long-awaited Hate Crimes Bill, which has been urgently called for by LGBTIQ+ communities
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Christopher Vourlias To understand the success of Triggerfish, the fast-rising, Cape Town-based animation house, which won the prestigious MIFA Animation Industry Award this week in Annecy, one need look no further than the circumstances of its birth 25 years ago.South Africa was finally emerging from the shadows of apartheid, a cruel and exploitive system of institutionalized racism that had oppressed its Black-majority population for nearly 50 years.
Nelson Mandela was elected the country’s
.Some conservative groups are trying to block a long-awaited Hate Crimes Bill, which has been urgently called for by LGBTIQ+ communities
Lady Penny Lancaster Stewart had a "magical experience" when she climbed a mountain to honour fallen police officers. The 'Loose Women' star - who is working with the City of London Police as a special constable - was honoured to take part in the Light the Lakes annual fundraising event, which saw her scale the 1,539ft peak of Lingmoor Fell in the Lake District and help light 2,000 flares before dawn broke.
It’s been two years since we last headed to the Majorcan villa which homed the Love Island singletons. We’re all just going to pretend that the winter season which filmed in South Africa didn’t happen.
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Pride Month commemorations are clearly a trigger for religious bigots in South Africa. A meme suggesting that Pride Month is a demonic celebration has been shared by a longstanding Christian homophobe and allegedly by a youth pastor.
Brave Girls have revealed what they thought when they heard their latest single ‘Chi Mat Ba Ram’ for the first time.During a June 17 press conference for their latest mini-album ‘Summer Queenthe ’, girl group talked about their latest single, success of their viral hit ‘Rollin’’ and future goals.
Jamie Lang Disney EMEA hosted its annual Studio Focus at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, lamentably pre-recorded for the second edition in a row, where the company announced a pair of new African series, the sci-fi anthology series “Kizazi Moto: Generation of Fire” led by “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” co-director Peter Ramsey, and a musical kids show titled “Kiff” from South Africa.“This year’s fest is about celebrating African animation,” said Orion Ross, VP of original
Disney EMEA Animation Studio this morning unveiled a group of new and returning animated kids projects out of Europe and Africa. Among the new titles is Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, a 10-part sci-fi anthology executive produced by Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey.
EXCLUSIVE: The nutty world of Kiff is coming to Disney Channel, which ordered the animated series from South African creators and executive producers Lucy Heavens (Space Chickens in Space) and Nic Smal (Caillou). Kent Osborne (Adventure Time, Spongebob SquarePants, Phineas and Ferb) serves as co-producer and story editor.
It’s been two years since we last headed to the Majorcan villa which homed the Love Island singletons. We’re all just going to pretend that the winter season which filmed in South Africa didn’t happen.
Guy Lodge Film CriticMother Nature might be predator, prey or another supernatural being altogether in “Gaia,” infiltrating her targets with unfurling shoots and roots and sudden fungal outcrops, until she’s eventually growing from within them. Or so it seems in first-time feature director Jaco Bouwer’s cool, taciturn ecological horror, which isn’t in any kind of hurry to show us exactly what dark forces are at play in the woods that encircle a tensely matched trio of human characters.
Is Trevor Noah going back to the studio in September? Possibly.
2 min read In recognition of Pride Month, a world-renowned Christian school in South Africa has flown the rainbow flag from the top of the school’s bell tower. St John’s College in Johannesburg is a world-class Christian, African school founded in 1898 and for the second year running the school has raised the rainbow flag.
Ben Croll Following the launch of startups in Kenya and South Africa in 2015, and the victory of Nigerian filmmaker Joel Kachi Benson’s “Daughters of Chibok” at Venice’s VR competition in 2019, industry eyes have looked to the African XR ecosystem with ever-growing interest.Some of that interest, however, has been a little short-sighted, so speakers at a NewImages panel about the growing African ecosystem made sure to set the record straight.“Over the years, there’s been a refocus on the
Sir Rod Stewart was “a bit nervous” about his wife Lady Penny Lancaster Stewart becoming a police officer. The 50-year-old model qualified as a special constable – a voluntary role which has all the powers that full-time cops do – earlier this year, much to the shock of her rock legend husband and their sons Alastair, 15, and Aiden, 10.