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The Animation School has sketched its way into the South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas), frame by frame.

Arnold Vosloo in 'Griekwastad'. (Photo supplied: Scene23) The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is apologising for leaving the names of some nominees off the list for the upcoming 15th Saftas. Nominees were omitted from the Best Directing Feature Film, Best Short Film, and Best Student film categories. The Saftas ceremony will take place on Saturday, 22 May and simulcast on SABC3 and Mzansi Magic. The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is apologising for leaving the names of some nominees off the list for the upcoming 15th South African Film and Television A...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. A nostalgic sepia-coloured photo was posted on our three-generation family WhatsApp group the other day. This miserable Covid-19 pandemic tends to trigger nostalgia. My mother’s handwritten caption was: “Off to Taal Plaas Sept 1974”. The nine-year-old me was framed by a train window. A messy DIY haircut framed my scrunched-up face of bewilderment and fear as I forced a smile before departing for a weekend away to learn Afrikaans on a farm outside Cape Town. My well-intentioned, tweetalige parents reckoned that I needed to sharp...