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Land is in the Air series

Land is in the AirA Button Without a HoleWorking the Land The films started from an anecdote about my ancestor, Richard Gush. On arriving in Salem, South Africa, he deliberately built a church before building a house for his family – the act of work, a way to claim his […]

S.G., 59 Joubert Street, Johannesburg

This was supposed to be a different film. But like most of life right now it was overtaken by the pandemic and the questions I wanted to ask became filtered through my experience of this moment. Many of the questions that were bothering me are not new but have now […]

Waiting in a Platinum City

Surrounding Rustenburg are a number of platinum and chrome mines. While jobs in the mining industry are in a steady decline. Many people both from within South Africa and from the neighbouring countries still make their way to the area in search of work. The repeal of apartheid-era spatial controls […]

World of Trophies

Queer South African filmmaker, Victoria Wigzell, sets out to make a documentary on the value of a trophy as cold, hard currency in winning and losing. She tracks the lifecycle of a trophy through the sites of its expression around the city of Johannesburg; from production line and the hands […]

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on January 20, 2015

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News From Home is a production company with a focus on experimental and artist film. Created in collaboration between South African contemporary artists and filmmakers Victoria Wigzell, Simon Gush and musician Andrei van Wyk. News From Home seeks to facilitate the creation of new films with flexible approaches to make film production accessible. With each of its members having developed the practical and conceptual aspects of their work over time, News From Home brings together these varying approaches in a collaborative environment.