TEN Big Ideas
filmed in Gauteng

  • Catch a Fire (Philip Noyce)
  • Hotel Rwanda (Terry George)
  • Tsotsi (Gavin Hood)
  • Red Dust (Tom Hooper)
  • Cry the beloved country (Darrell Roodt)
  • Sarafina (Darrell Roodt)
  • Gandhi, My Father
    (Feroze Khan)
  • Goodbye Bafana
    (Bille August)
  • Shakalaka Boom Boom
    (Suneel Darshan)
  • Stander (Browen Hughes)



For the best film locations in Gauteng and South Africa

Welcome to the Gauteng Film Commission, your gateway to the Gauteng world of big film ideas and perfect locations. On this site you will find everything from news and views and the latest film events, to location features and advice on studying filmmaking. We also offer the use of a comprehensive, searchable directory. It contains all the information needed to put together an audio-visual production - all the people, services, and facilities that make Gauteng's film industry world class.

Featured Story

A slate of SA film for Film Factory

The Film Factory will be releasing three feature films in 2010, Bakgat 2, Night Drive and Superhelde. Danie Bester, director of the company and a producer of Bakgat 2 and Superhelde and executive producer of Night Drive, explains: "All three films were financed as a slate to minimise risk and potentially maximise return.

Upcoming Events

APC to host Access to Knowledge/IP Workshop

Dates: 7 April 2010
Venue: Sunnyside Park Hotel, Parktown, Johannesburg
Time: 10h00 to 17h00
Click here for more info

Cape Winelands Film Festival 2010 Stellenbosch & Labia Theatre, Cape Town

Dates: 17 - 27 March 2010
www.capewinelands.co.za

Dubai Lynx Awards The Middle East & North Africa Advertising Awards

Dates: 14 - 16 March 2010
www.dubailynx.com


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