In This Edition
Film Screenings and Awards
Market/Lab Participation and Awards
Film Screenings and Awards
DFMI Alumni have been very busy in the past three months, they have been screening their films, pitching their projects and WINNING AWARDS across the world!
81st Venice International Film Festival
World premiere Orizzonti Competition
Carissa by Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar
World premiere in Orizzonti Extra
Al Bahs An Manfaz I Khoroug Al Sayed Rambo (Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo) by Khaled Mansour
BlackStar Film Festival, United States
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
Camden International Film Festival
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
Toronto International Film Festival
World premiere in the Centerpiece section
The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos by the Agbajowo Collective
Afrika Film Festival Köln
Winner Jury Prize – Official Competition
Disco Afrika: une histoire Malgache by Luck Razanajaona
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Eat Bitter by Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun
Kadib Abyad (The Mother of All Lies) by Asmae El Moudir
Mother City by Miki Redelinghuys and Pearlie Joubert
Our Land, Our Freedom by Zippy Kimundu and Meena Nanji
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
Mostra de Cinemas Africanos
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story by Luck Razanajaona
Goodbye Julia by Mohamed Kordofanit
Our Land, Our Freedom by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu
Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu
Human Rights Festival Berlin
Our Land, Our Freedom by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
RIFF – Reykjavík International Film Festival
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
Bantu Film Festival
The Destiny of a truck driver by Koussé Yssouf
Lobola A Bride’s True price by Sihle Hlophe
BFI London Film Festival
Documentary Competition for Grierson Award
Tongo Saa (Rising Up at Night) by Nelson Makengo
YouTube
Uli & Tata’s African Nursery Rhymes by Sarah Malia and Chief Nyamweya
The first two episodes will be released on Youtube, with additional episodes and exclusive content being released over the next two months.
Market/Lab Participation and Awards
The Final Cut in Venice
Aisha Can’t Fly Away (Aisha la tastaea al tayran) by Morad Mostafa
The filmmakers went on to win:
€ 5000 offered by La Biennale di Venezia for Best Film.
€ 4,000 – € 6,000 offered by Cinémathèque Afrique of the Institut Français (Paris).
Rai Cinema is offering € 5.000 for a first negotiation right for the acquisition of Free TV exploitation rights in the Italian territory and obligation to mention “in collaboration with Rai Cinema S.p.a.” in the credits of the work.
Titra Film (Paris) is offering up to € 5.000 for color-grading; up to € 3.000 for the production of a DCP master, or the creation of i-Tunes, Google or Netflix files; up to € 2.000 for French or English subtitles.
Festival International de Films de Fribourg is offering its participation in the production costs of a DCP (€ 2.500).
Congratulations to the team!
Fak’ugesi Festival
Boy Boi by Njongu Macharia DLA7 AWARD WINNER
Gotham Week
Drummies Written and directed by Hanneke Schutte
Flesh Of My Flesh Written and directed by Matthys Boshoff
Solar Written and directed by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar
Film London
Production Finance Market
Granny Lee by Ian Gabriel and Shant Joshi
PFM New Talent Strand
Solar by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar
Spaceman in Kong by Maishe Maine
EAVE
EAVE 2024 Producers Workshop
Congratulations to our graduating DFM alumni:
Ahmed Amer (Egypt) A. A. Films
Tiny Mungwe (South Africa) STEPS and CTRL ALT Shift
Chioma Onyenwe (Nigeria) Raconteur Productions
El Gouna
CineGouna Funding Films (in Post-Production)
The Settlement Directed by Mohamed Rashad
My Father and Qaddafi Directed by Jihan Kikhia present at (DFM 2018 under working title Searching For Kikhia)
Cinegouna Emerge Rising Stars
Rasha Hosny BL 2021 participant / pitched Seeking Haven for Mr
Rambo at DFM 2020
Great Lakes Creative Producers’ Lab
Documentary Producers Lab Selection
Nazzinda Ruth
Moimi Wezam
Giresse Kasonga
DOK LEIPZIG
DOK Preview International
The Camera Never Cries by Elsadig Abdelgayoum, Abuzar Adam
DOK Co-Pro Market
Africa AI by Amílcar Patel
Bitter Seed by Camélia Gadhgadh
Projects Making Progress
Extravagant Ways to Say Goodbye
South African film producer Carolyn Carew of Free Women Films had a momentous encounter in 2020 at the Durban Filmmart Talents program, where she discovered the budding talent of Liese Kuhn. During the event, Kuhn pitched her feature film project “Extravagant Ways to Say Goodbye.” Mentored by industry veteran Kethiwe Ngcobo, Kuhn’s presentation stood out for its meticulous attention to detail, leading Carew to remark, “I knew this was a talent I could not pass up on. Her eye for detail was something I had not seen in years.”
The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos
Rushlake Media acquired the world rights of THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.“We’re really glad we’re onboard the film, which I came across for the first time at DFM in 2019.” says Philipp Hoffmann, Rushlake Media GmbH.
