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  🇺🇸 Five Takeaways From the Joburg Film Festival and JBX Market: Rebate Woes, the End of the Streaming Wars and Politics in the Spotlight (2026-03-09)

  The eighth edition of the Joburg Film Festival wrapped Sunday, putting a bow on a busy week that saw organizers fielding a record 700 submissions from...

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  🇺🇸 Swiss Period Drama ‘Silent Rebellion’ Takes Top Honors at Joburg Film Festival (2026-03-08)

  Swiss director Marie-Elsa Sgualdo’s “Silent Rebellion,” a period drama that follows a rape survivor’s defiant journey of self-discovery, won the top p...

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  🇺🇸 ‘The Heart Is a Muscle’ Director on Family, Fatherhood and Moving From Generational ‘Trauma’ to ‘Healing’ in South African Oscar Entry (2026-03-06)

  After launching last year in Berlin and being tapped as South Africa’s official entry for the international feature Oscar race, “The Heart Is a Muscle...

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  🇺🇸 ‘Ngwato’ Director Magangwe Mahlase on Telling a Queer Story With Daddy Issues in a Rural Sepedi Village: ‘I Would Want a Hug From My Father’ (2026-03-05)

  In “Ngwato,” the story of a young, gay black South African man, travelling from the city back to his ancestral village to tell his parents he’s gettin...

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  🇺🇸 Both Worlds, Freeli Films Launch First U.S.-Africa Co-Production Partnership for Microdramas, With Taye Diggs Set to Star (EXCLUSIVE) (2026-03-05)

  International Emmy-nominated South African production company Both Worlds and Atlanta-based outfit Freeli Films have launched a co-production partners...

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  🇺🇸 South African Film and TV Workers Call on Lawmakers to Rescue Rebate System, Save Industry in Grips of ‘Horrific’ Crisis (2026-03-04)

  It’s déjà vu all over again at the Joburg Film Festival, where South African film and television workers are again calling on the government to rescue...

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  🇺🇸 Magical-Realist Comedy ‘The Fisherman’ Literally Tells a Fish-Out-of-Water Story: ‘I Want People to See the Ghanaian Sense of Humor Shine’ (2026-03-02)

  On a continent beset by problems and challenges, Zoey Martinson’s colorful, postcard-beautiful indie “The Fisherman” literally tells a fish-out-of-wat...

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