The Viranova Entertainment Desk covers television, film, celebrity, and the wider entertainment industry.
Durban FilmMart’s 2026 SA in Focus programme is turning towards the systems behind South African cinema, putting AI, funding uncertainty, performer ownership, documentary, production sustainability and industry representation on the same table.
Nico Scheepers’ Landmyn won seven awards across the 2026 Silwerskerm ceremonies, while Rian van Heerden claimed three presenting prizes across three programmes in a night that showcased the breadth of Afrikaans film and television.
Rogan Productions is making Johannesburg the home of its first permanent international office. For South Africa’s screen industry, the important part is not a Joburg-versus-Cape Town argument — it is the shift from being somewhere international companies shoot to somewhere they choose to build.
Mzansi Magic is calling Season 4 of Izingane zeS’thembu a “realnovela”. For a reality series built on years of Mseleku family history, relationships and consequences that refuse to reset between episodes, the strange new label actually makes sense.
Chris Q. Radebe funded Shut Up! Men Are Talking himself and built its audience online before Movie Room came calling. Its move from YouTube to DStv suggests independent filmmakers may have another way to enter broadcaster negotiations: audience first.
Richard T. Jones is bringing more than three decades of television history to Comic Con Africa 2026, giving fans of The Rookie, Judging Amy, Terminator and beyond three days to meet the actor in Johannesburg.
Four days into its Netflix life, Umthetho had already become South Africa’s number-one show and reached number six globally among non-English television titles, recording 1.7 million views in its first three days of availability.
Druk dit! follows Terence “The Highlander” Opperman from his working life in eMalahleni to the arm-wrestling table, revealing a sport where enormous physical pressure exists alongside technique, rivalry, family and community.
’n Poppy op die heuwel turns one family’s attempt to bury their grandmother on the land that carries their history into an intimate Silwerskerm drama about grief, ownership, memory and belonging.
