Magical world of film

MZANSI Magic (DStv channel 161) will roll out two new movies produced exclusively for the channel by hotshot young filmmakers from M-Net’s Magic in Motion Academy in April and May.

Now in its third year, the Magic in Motion Academy has become an indemand training ground for interns yearning for hands-on film and TV experience, working on some of the best shows in the country coming out of the most recognised and celebrated production houses in the land.

“The Magic in Motion Academy aims to expose the interns to all aspects of the film and television industry during the academic year. We place the interns with as many different film and television productions as possible, and aim to introduce them to as many of the country’s top film and television producers, writers, and directors possible, giving them access to a network of people in the industry that most of us can only gain over a period of a decade or more,” says M-Net chief executive, Yolisa Phahle.

Since its inception in 2015, the Magic in Motion Academy has trained over 30 film and television interns, resulting in 12 graduates and six original films produced and directed by the interns.

Sofa Silahlane (Till Death Do Us Apart) airing on April 1 and followed by Mmangwana in May are the two films from the Class of 2016 which will be screened on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161).

A compelling and emotional film, Sofa Silahlane is the story of the illfated romance between Mojalefa and Azania who love is cruelly cut short when a pregnant Aza dies in a car accident.

Mmangwana is an emotional drama centred on the universal ideals of love. At its heart is a story about a family and how one person can change the definition of that word. It is about women and the sacrifices they make to play the roles society calls on them to play; often at the cost of their own lives.