Quizzical Pictures, formerly known as Curious Pictures until 2012, is a South African film and television production company based in the

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area. The company was originally founded as Weekly Mail Television in 1993 and then ''

Mail & Guardian The ''Mail & Guardian'', formerly the ''Weekly Mail'', is a South African weekly newspaper and website, published by M&G Media in Johannesburg, South Africa. It focuses on political analysis, investigative reporting, Southern African news, loca ...

'' Television. The company separated from the ''Mail & Guardian'' in 1999, becoming Curious Pictures. As to avoid confusion with the American production company of the same name, the company's name changed again in 2012 to Quizzical Pictures. In 2014, the studio moved to a warehouse facility in

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. Dramas, comedies, and reality joints produced by Quizzical have garnered a number of awards and nominations, including at the SAFTAs,

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, the Rose d'Or,

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, and

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Productions

Film

Television

References

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