The international one-minute film festival Filminute 2010 has commended a South African entry! The festival is a challenge to all filmmakers, animators, writers and artists to create the world’s best one-minute films.

This year’s online festival audience applauded a South African film after the Romanian one-minute comedic entry “A New Prayer for the People’s Choice Awards” narrowly beat both the Icelandic and South African entries.

The audience was comprised of people from 124 countries all over the world each of whom were allowed one vote for their favourite. This year’s winners were selected from a 25-film line-up from 18 countries. This shortlist was narrowed from a filed of more than 2000 films, animation screens and submissions, and it’s a credit to the South African entry that it was chosen to go through.

All you enthusiastic Beatles fans out there will know that this past weekend would have been the great legend John Lennon’s 70^th birthday (Sunday 10 October 2010). To celebrate the talented musician’s special day, fans around the world paid tribute to Lennon with fans in New York visiting a circular mosaic decorated with flowers in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields. They sang the poignant lyrics from “Imagine” to honour his 70^th.

The Circque du Soleil is currently touring with their Saltimbanco tour, and it is set to hit Cape Town’s shores early next year. While it is still a long ways away, tickets are already on sale now!

The Circque du Soleil (in English the Circus of the Sun) is a Canadian entertainment company touring the world with their eclectic and dramatic mix of street entertainment and circus arts. Founded in 1984 by two former street entertainers, the Circque du Soleil is based in Montreal, Canada.

If you’re looking to have a great time this weekend consider driving out to Darling with your camping gear and dancing feet for a fun-filled weekend that’s eco-friendly at this year’s Rocking The Daisies (RTD).

The festival was first held in 2005 and has become one of South Africa’s most-enjoyed music and lifestyle festivals with young adults, children and even the older generation getting in on the green action.

Last year around 10 000 people attended the environmentally-friendly event. Taking place this weekend from 8 October to 10 October at the Cloof Wine Estate in Darling, this year promises to be even better than last year with exciting new acts on the lineup; from childcare facilities to art exhibitions, a daily dose of comical relief and of course cutting edge music.