South African Arts - Film, Theater and Festivals in South Africa

South Africa has some impressive museums and art galleries with a broad mix of European and African art, from 17th Dutch masters to intricate Zulu beadwork. These are 10 of the country's finest art galleries.

South African art is increasingly collectible. Amidst the many galleries and studios, who are the serious players who deal in the works of South Africa's best and most talented artists, past and present? This is a selection of some of the best commercial art dealers in the country.

While it is fun shopping in the markets and curio stalls, if you are looking for something special it is time to look in the craft galleries where South Africa's crafts, from pottery and basketry, beading to wirework have become true art forms. These are some of the best galleries in the country.

South Africa's fine art doesn't only hang on walls. This collection of art galleries and museums showcases some of the more types of great art you find in South Africa.

Now the world's fourth largest jazz festival and still growing, the Cape Town International attracts international stars as well as an extraordinary array of talent from right across Africa for one of the most interesting line-ups on the festival calendar.

Growing year on year into a major national event, the Franschhoek literary festival, a three-day event each May, attracts thousands of literary fans who flock to hear readings, talks and discussions of South African literature and poetry.

South Africa is a popular film location. Film-makers from around the world are targeting South Africa as a great location, with its wonderful scenery, locations, English-speaking population. Hollywood A-listers are flocking in to make movies.

While South Africa is increasingly visible on our screens, South Africans have yet to to be given a real chance to shine as Hollywood A-listers from Denzel Washington to Morgan Freeman flood in to play South Africa's heroes. But South Africa has does have some astounding homegrown talent - and a tiny handful of actors have stormed the world...

South Africa hasn't produced huge numbers of household names in the world of film and TV but the few who have made it onto the international screen have an impressive pedigree. With South Africa firmly fixed on the location map , expect to see many more producers, directors and cinematographers joining this list in the future.

While many people are making films about South Africa , South Africa's ideal climate and extraordinarily varied scenery mean that it is an ideal location for a huge range of movies. Increasingly South Africa is also being used as a stand-in for other countries, from Afghanistan to Sierra Leone and even comic fantasies.

How many award winning movies about South Africa can you name? Not many I'll bet. It's not a country that you'd normally associate with great movie making or even great movies, but here are 10 movies about South Africa I'm sure you'll agree are indeed great. They include some Oscar winning and Oscar nominated movies about South Africa. The scores given are from the Internet Movie Data Base (i…

When planning a visit to a new country, the first thing you are likely to do is buy a guide book on the place; however, if you really want to know about the spirit of a place you need to do more background reading - here are 10 of the best books about South Africa. If they don't get you touch with the spirit of the place, not much else will. If you prefer to watch movies, check out my list of To…

South Africa hasn't just starred in the movies , but has played its part on the small screen as well. Several high-profile international mini-series have been shot here, both set in South Africa and with South Africa standing in for locations across the world, from Central America to Palestine.

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Recycled Art from South Africa

South Africa's national anthem combines five languages, two poems, two melodies and two cultures in an extraordinary cultural blend.

Isicathamiya, a Zulu music tradition of competitive male voice choirs, takes African singing in an entirely new direction, borrowing heavily from Christian revivalism and ragtime and indulging in hotly contested all-night sing-offs, judged on snappy dressing dance moves as well as the vocals.