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17 December 2010

Michael Matthews on Sweetheart

We chat to the director of the short film Sweetheart CCT: You’ve mentioned a ’dry spell’ preceding the shooting of Sweetheart . How did the sudden opportunity to be freely creative affect your professional decisions on set? Michael : It was a dry spell in terms of shooting a project I really wanted to. I had been doing jobs for money and doing a lot of development with Sean Drummond on feature [...]

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17 December 2010

Creative Cape Town 2010 – connecting the city

Creative Cape Town has been as busy as you have in 2010. Here’s an overview of its colourful activities. 2010 was an exciting year for Creative Cape Town.  The World Cup accelerated a number of processes of urban change which will make our city as a better place for citizens over time – the beginnings [...]

15 December 2010

Short film, not small talk : Sweetheart tells (almost) all

Say ‘South African short film’ at a dinner party, and you’re not necessarily going to get the response you’d expected. Especially not if you’re sitting with a set of sexy young film writers, actors, editors and directors who do it their own way because they can and they care and they made this : This [...]

15 December 2010

New networking nights at Café Sofia– Bring what you’re about

New Networking nights? No, not a euphemism for dating after dark; but a handy summary of a new way to work while you play. We’ve begun a new year, making it a good time to investigate the  new networking nights at Cafe Sofia.  You’ll agree that it’s always useful to make more of the right [...]

15 December 2010

Infestation 2010 – related by design

There’s a good chance that you’ll hear the bopping lyrics of MIKA’s smash hit “love today” when you walk into Design Infestation offices. That, or the gentle hum of conspiratorial communications, as graphic designers comment on briefs they weren’t given and the director plans projects to uplift the way we employ new talent in the [...]