South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen LION OF JUDAH Genre: Christian Animation The Lion of Judah, a delightful South African-made full-length, animated movie that tells the greatest story ever told with humour and heart, has been released in South Africa in time for Easter. I watched the movie on DVD last […]
Making Friends, a short, animated South African film in the Toby series about a boy who goes on adventures with Jesus, releases in the United States this month. The launch into the US market is a breakthrough for animation studio Bugbox which released the film in South Africa in 2007, […]
Media Village Productions, a Cape Town based production company recently enjoyed a visit by Dr Kingsley Fletcher, the King from Ghana along with his wife, Lady Martha. “It was such a wonderful time of blessing and encouragement between Media Village and Dr and Lady Martha,” says Media Village in a […]
In anticipation of the release of Angus Buchan’s Ordinary People on April 5, 2012, Ster Kinekor Entertainment has opened ticket bookings to the public for two “sneak-previews” of the film. Capetonians can catch all the action at N1 City on Wednesday March 14 March at 8pm, while Joburg film lovers […]
The highly anticipated film, Angus Buchan’s Ordinary People, is scheduled for cinema release 5 April 2012 in theatres nationwide, says Brettian Productions in a press release today. The film explores the phenomenal impact of Buchan’s Mighty Men Conference on the lives of ordinary people. The plot (based on true events) […]
Despite numerous requests from viewers around the country South African cinema chains yesterday added just one town — Worcester — to the lucky few which are currently getting to see the Christian blockbuster Courageous. Peet Louw, a director of Humble Pie Entertainment, which is marketing the movie in South Africa […]
Gauteng-based worship leader, Mervis, has launched his second online devotional video in a series called Home. Each video posted on Brettian Productions’ YouTube Channel, tackles a different topic and is aimed at drawing the viewer into a deeper relationship with God. In December 2011, the first episode, “ABBA,” was released. […]
Media Village Productions, a Cape Town based production company, has sent a team to California and Hong Kong to produce documentary stories that speak of the redemptive power of God. Commissioned by Harvest Evangelism, the team has finished their first story about the Valley Christian School (VCS), currently said to […]
The good news is that the Christian blockbuster movie, Courageous, opens in South Africa on Saturday January 27. The bad news is that it is only being screened in five cities. The film, which is a call to fathers to be real fathers, and which has significantly impacted hundreds of […]
The winning films entered into the 2011 Transforming Stories International Film Festival were announced in Pretoria recently. The annual competition was launched in Cape Town in 2010 and this year attracted 181 entries from 19 countries on five continents. The top awards went to:Music Videos: “Wholehearted”Short Films: “The Desperate”Documentary Films: […]