This is my list of the best South African movies ever made. They will make you laugh, make you cry but more than that they'll educate you about my beloved country. Poet Don Mattera calls it the only ...

Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who earned international acclaim for his role in the Oscar-winning film Tsotsi, the first South African movie to win an Oscar, has died. He was 40.

South Africa gives filmmakers an incredible variety of scenery, from the streets of Johannesburg and Cape Town to rugged coastlines, mountains, vineyards, and wilderness. Some focus on the country’s ...

Spirited takes on present challenges and future potential marked a boisterous 17th edition of the influential Durban FilmMart.

Cape Town — Multi-award winner South African movie Izulu Lami has come out among Africa's best films at the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held recently in Nigeria. The seventh edition of ...

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

Writer-director Stelana Kliris' feature, starring Leem Lubany and Luca Pasqualino and inspired by the experiences of her refugee parents, will open Tallinn's Critics' Picks section.

From October 28 to 30, 2026, the film and television industry trade fair 'MIP Africa' was held in Cape Town, South ...

Chweneyagae also starred in the popular television drama 'The River.' By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who came to international prominence as ...

African cinema tends to sort of fly under the radar compared to Hollywood. That's honestly a shame because there are plenty of really good African movies out there, exploring various genres and ...