Cinema of South Africa ( Eng. Cinema of South Africa ) - cinema of the African state of the Republic of South Africa . The first films were released in Afrikaans , later on most of the films were published in English .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Significant figures
- 2.1 Directors
- 2.2 Actors and actresses
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
History
The first film in South Africa was filmed in 1911, and the first film studio, Killarney Film Studios, was founded in 1915 in Johannesburg . In the 1910s and 1920s, many South African films were shot near Durban , due to the use of characteristic countryside. In 1931, the first film with sound was released - "Sarie Marais".
Among the most famous films depicting South Africa, one can distinguish the picture of Gavin Hood " Tsotsi ", which won the 2005 Oscar in the nomination "Best Foreign Language Film", as well as Neil Blomkamp 's film " District No. 9 ", received in 2010 year 4 nominations for the Oscar [1] .
Since 2006, the national award "South African Film and Television Awards" (SAFTA), also known as the "Golden Horns" [2] .
In South Africa, there are 4 main distributors of cinematographic products:
- Nu Metro - Paramount Pictures , Warner Bros. , New Line Cinema , Bollywood Films, Miramax Films , Universal Pictures (video), DreamWorks SKG , DreamWorks Animation SKG
- Ster Kinekor - PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Focus Features , Walt Disney Pictures , Columbia Pictures
- United International Pictures - Universal Pictures (theatrical)
- Next Entertainment - 20th Century Fox
Significant figures
Directors
- Neil Blomkamp
- Gavin Hood
Actors and actresses
- Charlto Copley
- David james
- Cliff simon
- Jason cope
- Tanit Phoenix
- Tanya Van Graan
- Kim Engelbrecht
Notes
- ↑ South Africa's film industry Archived July 10, 2013 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ About the SAFTAs (The South African Film and Television Awards)
Literature
Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary / S. I. Yutkevich. - Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987. - 640 p.