South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Teams from Cape Town production company Media Village Productions say they were humbled to be part of God’s global media plans as they worked on inspiring projects in Europe and East Africa this month. Production, preaching and partnering in Sweden, filming TV programmes in Uganda and Rwanda, and documenting the […]
October Baby, an independent pro-life film about a young adopted woman’s search for the birth mother who tried unsuccessfully to abort her, is proving a box office success in the United States where it was released on March 23. The movie, which is based on a true story, has, as […]
Africa is experiencing explosive growth in media and technology and as “the beating heart of world Christianity” says influential writer, filmmaker and media consultant Phil Cooke, who will be keynote speaker at the Association of Christian Media (ACM) conference in Gauteng from June 7 to June 9. “The combination of […]
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. […]