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Five Takeaways From the Joburg Film Festival and JBX Market: Rebate Woes, the End of the Streaming Wars and Politics in the Spotlight
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestivalhttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/takeaways-joburg-film-festival-jbx-market-1236682122/
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Both Worlds, Freeli Films Launch First U.S.-Africa Co-Production Partnership for Microdramas, With Taye Diggs Set to Star (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #Microdramas #TayeDiggshttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/both-worlds-freeli-films-microdramas-taye-diggs-1236679254/
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How the African Screen Industries Are Turning to Tech — and Each Other — to Adapt to Market Turbulence: ‘Every Fight Is a New Fight’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Canal #JoburgFilmFestival #KhabyLame #Microdramas #Netflixhttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/african-screen-industries-tech-market-turbulence-1236681506/
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‘Rising Giants’ Documentary Set to Follow Fate of Africa’s World Cup Hopefuls in Search of Elusive Soccer Glory (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DocumentariestoWatch #JoburgFilmFestival #JohnBarkerhttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/rising-giants-documentary-africa-world-cup-1236673256/
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‘Umbrella Men’s’ John Barker Prepping ‘Last Dance’-Style Docuseries About South Africa’s 1996 Championship Soccer Squad (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #JohnBarker #KnownAssociatesEntertainmenthttps://variety.com/2024/film/global/john-barker-bafana-the-boys-1235924946/
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Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner ‘Variations on a Theme’ Explores History’s Long Shadow Through Lyrical Lens, Releases Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DevonDelmar #JasonJacobs #JoburgFilmFestival #RotterdamFilmFestival -
Known Associates Acquires African Rights to Raoul Peck’s Cannes Prizewinner ‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #KnownAssociatesEntertainment #RaoulPeck -
Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner ‘Variations on a Theme’ Explores History’s Long Shadow Through Lyrical Lens, Releases Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DevonDelmar #JasonJacobs #JoburgFilmFestival #RotterdamFilmFestival -
Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner ‘Variations on a Theme’ Explores History’s Long Shadow Through Lyrical Lens, Releases Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DevonDelmar #JasonJacobs #JoburgFilmFestival #RotterdamFilmFestival -
Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner ‘Variations on a Theme’ Explores History’s Long Shadow Through Lyrical Lens, Releases Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DevonDelmar #JasonJacobs #JoburgFilmFestival #RotterdamFilmFestival -
Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner ‘Variations on a Theme’ Explores History’s Long Shadow Through Lyrical Lens, Releases Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DevonDelmar #JasonJacobs #JoburgFilmFestival #RotterdamFilmFestival -
Rotterdam Tiger Award Winner ‘Variations on a Theme’ Explores History’s Long Shadow Through Lyrical Lens, Releases Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
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South African Filmmakers Plead for Rebate Rescue as Crisis Deepens
At the Joburg Film Festival, South African filmmakers gathered to warn the government about a worsening rebate crisis. Curator Nhlanhla Ndaba opened the event by describing the situation as a test of the industry’s very foundation. He urged lawmakers to act quickly and restore confidence in the sector....
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Swiss Period Drama ‘Silent Rebellion’ Takes Top Honors at Joburg Film Festival
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #MarieElsaSgualdohttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/silent-rebellion-joburg-film-festival-1236681792/
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South African Filmmakers Plead for Rebate Rescue as Crisis Deepens
At the Joburg Film Festival, South African filmmakers gathered to warn the government about a worsening rebate crisis. Curator Nhlanhla Ndaba opened the event by describing the situation as a test of the industry’s very foundation. He urged lawmakers to act quickly and restore confidence in the sector....
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South African Filmmakers Plead for Rebate Rescue as Crisis Deepens
At the Joburg Film Festival, South African filmmakers gathered to warn the government about a worsening rebate crisis. Curator Nhlanhla Ndaba opened the event by describing the situation as a test of the industry’s very foundation. He urged lawmakers to act quickly and restore confidence in the sector....
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Filmmaker Tshililo waha Muzila on Hiking Through Spain With an Orange Life Jacket for Afrophobia Doc ‘The Little Black Man From the Congo’
#Variety #Global #News #JoburgFilmFestival #TshililowahaMuzila -
‘The Heart Is a Muscle’ Director on Family, Fatherhood and Moving From Generational ‘Trauma’ to ‘Healing’ in South African Oscar Entry
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #Oscarshttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/the-heart-is-a-muscle-generational-trauma-healing-1236673243/
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‘The Heart Is a Muscle’ Director on Family, Fatherhood and Moving From Generational ‘Trauma’ to ‘Healing’ in South African Oscar Entry
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‘Ngwato’ Director Magangwe Mahlase on Telling a Queer Story With Daddy Issues in a Rural Sepedi Village: ‘I Would Want a Hug From My Father’
#Variety #Global #News #JoburgFilmFestival #MagangweMahlasehttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/ngwato-magangwe-mahlase-queer-story-daddy-issues-1236680070/
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Joburg Film Festival Encourages All Filmmakers to Express Their Views: ‘A Space Where Politics and Artistry Meet’
#Variety #Global #News #JoburgFilmFestivalhttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/joburg-film-festival-politics-artistry-1236679665/
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South African Film and TV Workers Call on Lawmakers to Rescue Rebate System, Save Industry in Grips of ‘Horrific’ Crisis
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #SouthAfricahttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/south-african-rebate-system-industry-crisis-1236679101/
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Joburg Film Festival Head on Celebrating ‘Unseen Hands Behind Filmmaking,’ Growing Next Generation of South African Moviegoers
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival -
JBX Market Head on How Johannesburg Event Is ‘Helping Shape’ Future of Africa’s Screen Industries
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestivalhttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/jbx-market-head-future-african-screen-industries-1236673237/
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Magical-Realist Comedy ‘The Fisherman’ Literally Tells a Fish-Out-of-Water Story: ‘I Want People to See the Ghanaian Sense of Humor Shine’
#Variety #Global #News #JoburgFilmFestival #ZoeyMartinsonhttps://variety.com/2026/film/global/magical-realist-comedy-the-fisherman-1236676684/
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Black Documentary Filmmakers Wrestle With ‘Revisiting History,’ ‘Disruption’: We Need to Tell Stories of Those ‘Who Didn’t Have the Voice Before’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DocumentariestoWatch #JoburgFilmFestival -
Six Takeaways From the Joburg Film Festival and JBX Market: ‘We Have a Responsibility to Tell Africa’s Story to the World’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #Netflix #Trumphttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/takeaways-joburg-film-festival-jbx-africa-trump-1236338335/
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Taiwanese Romantic Drama ‘Blind Love’ Wins Top Prize at Joburg Film Festival
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestivalhttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/blind-love-joburg-film-festival-1236338522/
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Ten30 Pictures’ Head on Netflix Original Series ‘GO!’ and Plans to Turn Joburg Studio Into ‘A24 of Africa’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #A24 #JoburgFilmFestival #Netflixhttps://variety.com/2025/tv/global/ten30-pictures-netflix-go-a24-africa-1236338266/
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South African Filmmakers Sound Alarm Over Rebate Crisis: ‘Everybody Is Struggling’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #SouthAfricahttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/south-africa-alarm-rebate-crisis-1236337333/
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‘The Shadow Scholars’ Sheds Light on Multibillion-Dollar ‘Fake Essay’ Industry Built on the Work and Wits of Kenyan Writers
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DocumentariestoWatch #EloïseKing #JoburgFilmFestivalhttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/the-shadow-scholars-fake-essay-industry-kenya-1236336130/
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Raoul Peck Blasts ‘Incredible Ignorance’ of Trump White House, Compares Project 2025 to Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’: ‘We’re in the Hands of Crazy People’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DonaldTrump #JoburgFilmFestival #RaoulPeckhttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/raoul-peck-trump-ignorance-project-2025-hitler-1236336009/
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‘Capturing Water’ Spotlights South Africa’s Grassroots Fight to Preserve Precious Resource Before It Runs Out
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DocumentariestoWatch #JoburgFilmFestival #RehadDesaihttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/capturing-water-south-africa-rehad-desai-1236335219/
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‘Old Righteous Blues’ Hits Right Notes in Portrayal of Fractured Cape Malay Community Coming Together
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestivalhttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/old-righteous-blues-1236334143/
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Joburg Film Festival Pays Tribute to ‘Art of Storytelling’ While Looking to Amplify African Voices, ‘Unearth New Talent’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #RaoulPeckhttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/joburg-film-festival-art-of-storytelling-1236333110/
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JBX Market Head on How Joburg Event Can Boost Africa as ‘Global Force’ in Film and TV Production
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JoburgFilmFestival #TimothyMangwedihttps://variety.com/2025/film/global/jbx-market-africa-film-tv-production-1236333058/