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TAVA Awards 2012

The African Audio-Visual Awards (TAVA) is here again, and we are particularly excited about this year due to all that has been happening that promises to make TAVA 2012 a bigger and even better world class African event.
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Cineflex in Cape Town scores with Gemini

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Cinesky Aerial Filming, 10th May, 12:21pm BST

Convergent Design has announced the latest upgrade in the Gemini 4:4:4 software. The Gemini 4:4:4 now offers support for multiple formats and DNxHD proxy recording. And the possibility to out put 422 Mov. files, without the need to transcode .DPX files.

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Burkina Faso / Niger guide

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Joseph Sindorf, 30th April, 5:37am BST

Looking for an experienced English speaking guide and driver to work with me in May or June. I'm a journalist and will be visiting the north covering the famine problem. Please contact me with suggestions.

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Digital Marketing Trends in Kenya via Capital FM

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Marc Devenish, 26th April, 10:15am BST

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23 - Digital media is seeing exponential growth in Kenya as traditional media such as print and television struggle to earn advertisement revenues, forcing them to rebrand and relocate their business into digital form to remain relevant.

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What earnings reports have revealed about ads By The Associated Press

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Gio Thomson, 24th April, 10:46am BST

Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising: April 12: Google Inc. says its revenue, after subtracting ad commissions, totaled $8.14 billion in the first quarter.

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South Africa wins 9 awards at at AMA Awards 2012, Lagos Nigeria

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Gio Thomson, 23rd April, 10:44am BST

AMAA received 328 entries from across Africa, which included 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and six animations. 43 entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent. South Africa received 45 nominations.

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Eastern Cape Feature Film Success with Cinesky

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Cinesky Aerial Filming, 18th April, 12:54pm BST

Its been a very busy week for Cinesky team having just ended a week of aerial filming. The Cineflex system has returned to Cape Town after a very successful feature film shoot, “Himmel Ueber Afrika” in the Eastern Cape, where air to air and landscape shots were provided for the shoot.

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The NFVF invites South African filmmakers attending the Cannes Film Festival to apply for funding for markets and festivals attendance.

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Gio Thomson, 16th April, 11:24am BST

South Africa’s National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) invites filmmakers who will be participating at and are attending the 65th Cannes International Film Festival to apply for funding for markets and festivals attendance.

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New magazine highlights Kenyan film industry via Capital FM

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Gio Thomson, 16th April, 11:08am BST

A magazine has been launched to cater to the diverse film industry in the country, and the author’s hope it will help put a spotlight on the immense talent displayed on Kenyan screens. The first edition of the magazine, Film Kenya, was released last week and it documents upcoming films, local TV...

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Kenya's Animators Building from the Animation Expo! via Kenya Film Commission

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Gio Thomson, 16th April, 11:00am BST

The Animation Expo that went down this year engineered a new breed of rapturous talent. Whether your animation tool is Maya 3D, 3D Max or Toon Boom for your 2D platform, it serves to say of Kenyan animation that it’s finally coming of age.

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Film Festival in New York Shines Spotlight on African Directors via VOA

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Marc Devenish, 16th April, 10:52am BST

The theme of a film festival in New York this week is “Homecoming,” but many of the featured African auteurs are far from their homes. Moroccan filmmaker Laima Alami said the trip is worth it for African filmmakers, to show the world what they can do.

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