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These are articles about Cape Town Film Studios that were published in newspapers and magazines. Click on any of the images below to download a pdf of the full articles.
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South Africa in the Hollywood eye
('Los Angeles Times', 8 November 2009)
 The nation has become a rising beacon post-apartheid and the film industry is taking note, with home-grown filmmakers and their foreign counterparts sharing the spotlight. Read more... |
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Hollywood eyes Cape's R430m film studios
('Cape Argus', 7 November 2009)
 The R430-million Cape Town Film Studios taking shape near Faure are attracting the attention of Hollywood heavyweights. Chief executive officer Nico Dekker flew to Los Angeles yesterday for meetings with the major studios. Read more... |
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Hollywood Comes to Faure
('Bolander', 2 September 2009)
 After 100 years of filmmaking in South Africa, there is finally a permanent production facility with state-of-the-art sound stages and associated infrastructure, according to Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios. Read more... |
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City film studio vision becomes a reality at last
('Cape Argus', 26 August 2009)
Spideman flies overhead, James Bond prowls the streets of Prague and Superman rises from the dead... and all in Cape Town! Pie in the sky? Not if three South Africans have their way. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, film-maker Anant Singh and businessman Nico Dekker yesterday led a tour of the sky-high Cape Town Film Studios where the world will soon make movie magic. Read more... |
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Bouwerk aan filmateljee by Faure vorder fluks
('Die Burger', 26 Augustus 2009)
 Die Suid-Afrikaanse rolprentbrdryf is belangrik vir die land en sy impak strek wyer as net op ekonomiese vlak. Dit is die mening van dr. Rob Davies, minister van handel en nywerheid. Hy het gister gaan kyk hoe die konstruksie van die eerste fase van Cape Town Film Studios (CTFS) by Faure naby Somerset-Wes vorder. Read more... |
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Excitement as Cape Town Film Studios takes shape
('Cape Times', 26 August 2009)
 The Cape Town Film Studios (CTFS) under construction near Khayelitsha willl be ready to produce its first movie by July. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies hailed the studios as the industrialisation of filmmaking in the country and said it could have positive spin-offs for other industries. Read more... |
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A Cannes 2009 Diary
('ScreenAfrica Magazine', 9 July 2009)
 Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios, was at the 62nd Festival de Cannes to introduce "Cape Town Film Studios - Africa's New Home for Film" to the world's largest gathering of filmmakers, armed with a new brochure that provided a wealth of arguments for filming in South Africa and working with the new studios. It was not his first visit to Cannes, but it was the first time that he discovered the real Cannes. Read more...
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Steel skeletons the start of city's new film studio
('Cape Argus', 12 June 2009)
Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios, was at the 62nd Festival de Cannes to introduce "Cape Town Film Studios - Africa's New Home for Film" to the world's largest gathering of filmmakers, armed with a new brochure that provided a wealth of arguments for filming in South Africa and working with the new studios. It was not his first visit to Cannes, but it was the first time that he discovered the real Cannes. Read more... |
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When Tinseltown comes to Cape Town
('Mango Juice', in-flight magazine, April 2009)
 The long-awaited Cape Town Film Studios complex (CTFS, initially dubbed Dreamworld) is expected to open its doors to the world's film industry in the first quarter of 2010.
"The Cape Town Film Studios site (on the N2 near Faure) is 200ha big, 100ha of which will remain undeveloped and unspoilt wetlands," explains CTFS CEO Nico Dekker. "Of the 100ha that is to be developed, 70% is earmarked for studio use. The remaining 30% is intended for residential, commercial and retail developments." Read more...
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 Kaapwood op pad
('Sondag', April 2009)
Jy moet deesdae koes in Kaapstad vir die baie Hollywood A-listers en rolprentmakers wat hulle flieks hier maak en so welkome miljoene in ons ekonomie inpomp.
Boonop sal blockbusters met supersterre in die trant van Pirates of the Caribbean ook vanaf 2010 hier geskiet word. Read more...
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When Tinseltown comes to Cape Town
('Mango Juice', in-flight magazine, April 2009)
The long-awaited Cape Town film Studios complex (CTFS, initially dubbed Dreamworld) is expected to open iuts doors to the world's film industry in the first quarter of 2010.
"The Cape Town Film Studios site (on the N2 near Faure) is 200ha big, 100ha of which will remain undeveloped and unspoilt wetlands," explains CTFS CEO Nico Dekker. "Of the 100ha that is to be developed, 70% is earmarked for studio use. The remaining 30% is intended for residential, commercial and retail developments." Read more...
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South Africa Gets own Hollywood
('The Star', 14 Jan 2009)
Cape Film studio will be Africa's largest
('The Star', 14 Jan 2009)
CTFS unveils forthcoming attractions
('Colossalfilm.com', magazine Dec 2008)
Hollywood South African Style
('Sawubona', SAA in-flight Magazine Dec 2008)
Film Studios launched in Faure
('Cape Argus', 02 Dec 2008)
Nico Dekker on Cape Town Film Studios
('The Callsheet' magazine, Nov 2008)
Cape Town Film Studios Ready for Action!
('Screen Africa' magazine, Oct 2008)
Huge interest as work set to begin on city film studio
('Cape Times', 09 Oct 2008)
Lights, camera, action at last
('Cape Argus', 02 Oct 2008)
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'Big Moment' as dreamworld takes shape
('Cape Argus', 18 March 2009)
Hope runs high for mega spin-offs, including
crew training, from Cape Town Film Studios
('The Star', 14 Jan 2009)
Profile: Nico Dekker
('Colossalfilm.com', magazine Dec 2008)
Aksie! in 2010 by Kaapse filmateljees
('Die Burger', 03 Dec 2008)
Film studios, digital-media hub launched at Faure
('Cape Times', 02 Dec 2008)
Spectacular R1m opening for Dreamworld
('Weekend Argus', 29 Nov 2008)
Cape Town Film Studios appoints CEO
('Screen Africa' magazine, Oct 2008)
Team chosen to drive city's film studio
('Weekend Argus', 04 Oct 2008)
Construction set to begin on city's R430m Hollywood-style studio project
('Cape Times', 29 Sept 2008
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