South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Movie reviews by Andre Viljoen[/notice] I recently received four Christian movie DVDs from Brettian Productions. As I watched these well-crafted, entertaining films it struck me that there has indeed been a welcome, upwards trend in Christian movie making. Many more films are being made for Christian viewers, and the production […]
Courageous, a new feature film from the creators of Fireproof, will be the first Sherwood Pictures film to be released on the big screen in South African cinemas. The film,an uplifting faith-filled story based on the scripture in Joshua 24:15 “But as for me and my household, we will serve […]
Walk The Talk, a short South African movie about an ex-prisoner who finds hope when he hears the message of the gospel on the radio, is bringing hope in Christ to real-life prisoners in Cape Town. During 27 screenings of the movie — 24 of which were in Pollsmoor Prison […]
Integrity Media Africa introduced their iShine Southern Starz artists and a selection of new movies and music to South Africa during a 3-city roadshow that ended in Cape Town last week. Gateway News attended the uplifting Cape Town show that was preceded by similar events in Johannesburg and Durban. […]
Originally published in Christian Post Of the big titles that hit the big screen for the first time this past weekend, the faith-based film “Courageous” did almost as well as or better than any of them. Bringing in an estimated weekend gross of $8.8 million, the film came in second […]
A short film about human trafficking made by an amateur team from a Cape Town church has made the official selection list in the Transforming Stories International Film Festival. The movie, Bound, was selected as one of the frontrunners among 180 film submissions from 19 different countries and will be […]
Originally published in Charisma News It seems the notion of taking Satan to court is resonating with Christians across the country—and is even turning atheists and gangsters to Christ. Suing the Devil, a film that opened in select theaters on Aug. 26, had the second-highest grossing average of any independent […]
By Jennifer LeClaire – Originally published in Charisma News We’re counting down to an inevitable conflict between Israel and Islam. That’s the premise of a new film that’s now showing in theaters around the country. Adapted from the best-selling book by John Hagee, Jerusalem Countdown, the prophecy thriller produced […]
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen Soul Surfer, which launches in South Africa on Friday (August 5), is an inspiring, true-story-of-faith-and-courage that will appeal to a broad range of viewers of all ages. Christian viewers will particularly enjoy the all-too-rare opportunity to watch a quality Hollywood feature film, with a strong […]
Veteran South African film director Regardt van den Bergh is finding fresh inspiration making short Christian movies with his daughter and son-in-law, Leán and Anko de Wet. The family trio have joined forces in a Cape Town based film company, Movies For Life, which recently launched its first movie, Walk […]
