The European Film Festival is back in Harare! After 2 years of the COVID pandemic, the 6th edition of the European Film Festival Zimbabwe will be hosted live at MMX. EuroFilmFestZW is a platform to share, promote and create exchange between African and European culture, focusing on Zimbabwean filmmakers. For 4 days, 15 African and…
DStv Customers Gear Up For More Content For The Whole Family To Enjoy Pre-school children are the focus of a new channel, Moonbug launched recently on the DStv platform. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the channel was a showcase for a range of shows suited to pre-schoolers and which have…
The graduation event was a celebration of the hard work and dedication of the 57 graduating students – as well as the success of MultiChoice’s Talent Factory concept. Now in its 3rd cohort, the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) has proven that the African entertainment industry is ripe with gripping stories that are waiting to be told….
Josephine Otabor, also known as Phyna, has emerged winner of the seventh season of Big Brother Naija after polling a total of 40.74 per cent of the votes in the final week. The show’s host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, announced the winner at this season’s grand finale on Sunday, October 2, 2022. The native of Edo State…
A Zimbabwean food show is to be launched on DStv’s Honey Channel, and a call has been made for Zimbabwean foodies to bid to be the presenter of the series. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the show would be called My Zim Plate. “It is in the style of…
The pop-up movie channel (DStv 111) will run over the course of 10 days To celebrate Spider-Man’s 60th Anniversary, M-Net Movies will be showing all nine Spider-Man movies from Sony Pictures over the course of 10 days, from Friday 23 September – Sunday 2 October on a dedicated pop-up movie channel (DStv 111), streaming on DStv…
The multi-billion-dollar threat to the worldwide entertainment and communications industries came under the spotlight at an anti-piracy symposium hosted by Afrotopia Creative hub in partnership with MultiChoice Zimbabwe. The event was held in Harare this month, with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds sharing their concerns about the threat. Liz Dziva, publicity and public…
DStv has launched a brand-New Islamic channel called, Hilaal TV, is available on channel 347 and on all bouquets . Liz Dziva, Publicity and Public Relations Manager for MultiChoice Zimbabwe said Hilaal TV is set to deliver the highest quality of Islamic content to DStv subscribers, packed with spiritual and lifestyle content specifically aimed at uplifting…
By Arts Correspondent The Zimbabwe Theatre Academy will be holding its graduation ceremony for students who underwent a 4-month part-time long intensive programme. The students namely Karen Muradzikwa, Annie Bridget Paradza, David Kanduna, and Lorraine Munatswa were taken through script writing, acting, and directing with all rounder content creation skills. Muradzikwa who is among the…
MultiChoice and Bomb Productions are proud to announce that production on the epic drama series, Shaka Ilembe, which is set to be released in 2023, has commenced and is currently filming in South Africa, providing jobs for over 8 000 people. Set in the 1700s, Shaka Ilembe tells the story of the making of the iconic African king,…
The UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA) in partnership with the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) will host a regional launch of the African Film Industry Report on 31 May 2022 at the university campus. The report, “Africa’s film industry: trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth”, is a product of an exploratory study on the…
It will showcase films from countries including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya…and more With Africa Day coming up on 25 May, M-Net is proud to announce M-Net Movies AfroCinema Pop-Up, an exciting channel that will celebrate and showcase the best festival movies from across the continent. The channel will run from Friday 20 May to…
‘Why Did I Get Married?’ star, Tasha Smith, ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’ Cast Member, Bayo Akinfemi, Other Hollywood Stars, Confirmed for 8th AMVCAs Hollywood Stars, Tasha Smith, Bayo Akinfemi, Brandon Micheal Hall, Sidra Smith, Grant Housley for 8th AMVCAs As part of activities for the 8th edition of Africa’s most prestigious award ceremony, the Africa…
Think you’re made for film and TV? Then apply to join the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy Class of 2023! Aspiring and emerging young filmmakers are being invited to apply for places in the fifth academic year of the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy, which opens in October. MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager Liz Dziva…
Steering Zimbabwean television content in a direction of greater quality and quantity is a key focus for Christine Nyirenda. Now head of programming for newly-established 3Ktv, she has her sights set on making sure there’s exponential growth in the amount of content for TV produced in Zimbabwe in coming years, matched by steady growth in…
One of the greatest threats to the international entertainment industry is piracy, now thought to be depriving the industry of as much as US$71 billion each year and now threatening millions of livelihoods and undermining the future of the industry. This massive loss of income is more than the gross domestic product of whole geographical…
DreamWorks – a vibrant and popular international television channel aimed at children and families will be launched on DStv later this month, adding to the range of entertainment available to subscribers. MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager Liz Dziva said DreamWorks would be added to the DStv platform from Friday March 18, bringing…
As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance its customers’ television viewing experience and offer Zimbabweans content that resonates with them, MultiChoice is excited to announce the launch of 3Ktv, a Zimbabwean channel, on DStv. From 28 February 2022, DStv Zimbabwe subscribers will be able to watch 3Ktv on Channel 293. The channel will broadcast content…
Zimbabwean film-making teams are being invited to join an online workshop on all aspects of production, to be hosted by M-Net and MultiChoice. MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager Liz Dziva said the workshop would be run on Tuesday, February 1, with the deadline for registration the previous day, Monday, January 31. “The workshop is…
Some of the filmdom’s biggest male stars are featured in a pop-up channel running on DStv from January 21 to February 6. MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager Liz Dziva said the M-Net Movies Men of Action channel would run a series of top-rate action films, with some of the most admired ‘hard men’…
The recently-held 21st edition of the Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF) which ran from the 8th to the 11th of December, under the theme “Owning Our Story” was a new and different experience, with a lot of lessons for the young festival team. The keywords drawn from the festival were: “adaptability in the face of…
