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AFRICA SA short wins AiM film competition
AFRICA Shock figures of ad broadcasting errors
AFRICA Africa almost a 'no-show' at MIPCOM
AFRICA Moshito rated a successMoshito 09 attracted nearly 500 delegates a day during its four days at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. All provinces except the Northern Cape were represented, together with Africa, Europe, Australia, North America and South America. 15 Oct 2009 08:39 AFRICA MIPCOM optimistic; deals and decisions aboundThe 25th edition of MIPCOM ended last Friday, 9 October 2009, at Cannes and its representative industries seem set for a brighter 2010, as they announced deals and strategies. With over 12 000 delegates in Cannes, it registered an increase on the 11 500 delegates who attended MIPTV in April. Buyers were also out in force, with over 4000 in town compared to 3500 at MIPTV. 9 Oct 2009 12:00 AFRICA AiM 2009 competition shortlist announced
AFRICA African Film Library launched
AFRICA Confectionery wonderland at Loeries Mayor's Party
AFRICA AiM 2009 launches festival programme
AFRICA South Africans confident of 2010 success
AFRICA Investigating audiovisual piracy in AfricaBasic Lead, the organisers of Discop Africa, a TV content trade show and conference in Africa investigated the phenomenon of audiovisual piracy in Africa and whether anything can be done to decrease it on the continent. In partnership with Balancing-Act Africa, a qualitative survey was conducted to identify film piracy issues. Balancing-Act interviewed Cherise Barsell, head of audiovisual sector Africa. 31 Aug 2009 09:47 AFRICA IRIN launches Heroes of HIV film series
AFRICA OIA win case for Argentina's XXY
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A silent experimental documentary from South Africa recently won the second annual Africa in Motion (AiM) short film competition. Paul Emmanuel's 3SAI: A Rite of Passage was screened as part of the Africa in Motion Film Festival at the UK African Film Festival, which takes place at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. 
According to Deloitte, recent tracking of radio advertising broadcast on South African stations showed alarming results; an average of 9% of all radio ads booked are not broadcast as scheduled. Based on FM's AdFocus estimated figure of R3 billion on radio advertising in 2008, this error equates to R270 million erosion of ad spend per annum. 
Seven short films by young African filmmakers have been shortlisted for the 2nd annual Africa in Motion (AiM) short film competition. All shortlisted films will be screened on Monday, 25 October 2009 as part of the Africa in Motion Film Festival, which takes place from 22 October - 1 November 2009 at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. 
Late last week, M-Net launched the African Film Library - the largest electronic library of feature films, shorts and documentaries from 50 years of African film production. Over the past three years, M-Net has been negotiating the rights to almost 600 works in English, French, Arabic and Portuguese and digitising them. 
Africa in Motion (AiM) 2009, the UK African film festival, returns to Edinburgh's Filmhouse for its fourth edition, taking place from 22 October to 1 November 2009. The festival includes about 50 classic and contemporary films - long, short, fiction and documentary. 
IRIN Films has announced the launch of Heroes of HIV - series of short films on HIV/AIDS. Heroes of HIV profiles people involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. 
The Film and Publication Board's 2008 banning order on Argentinian film "XXY" has been overturned. Out In Africa (OIA) plans to present "XXY", director Lucía Puenzo and actor Inés Efron, at this years OUT IN AFRICA South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The event takes place in Johannesburg from 3 - 13 September 2009 and in Cape Town from 10 - 20 September 2009. 
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