The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI), is proud to open the call for participants for the inaugural edition of the Future Mentors Programme.
The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI), in collaboration with Berlinale Talents and with support from the DW Akademie, is proud to open the call for participants for the inaugural edition of the Future Mentors Programme. The Future Mentors Programme’s mission is to address the scarcity of mentors originating from the African continent and diaspora, while simultaneously equipping the next wave […]
Durban FilmMart Project comes Full Circle. Feature film God’s Work, demonstrates powerful value of Durban FilmMart.
A Durban-made film, God’s Work, directed by Michael James, produced by Sithabile Mkhize, with Executive Producer, Toni Monty of A.M. Afrika Film, has demonstrated the powerful value chain and enabling role, the Durban FilmMart provides filmmakers on the African continent.God’s Work, which is currently in post-production is described as a “surrealist meta-adventure into the interior […]
The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) has opened the call for applications for the 4th edition of DFMI Business Lab.
DFMI Business Lab is a 14-week online business skills development programme aimed at nurturing and empowering producers with the necessary skills to effectively engage in a global market. The programme is presented in partnership with DW Akademie supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The programme focuses on topics such as Business Management; Coproduction; Distribution; Financial management; IP and […]
The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) has opened the call for applications for the 4th edition of DFMI Business Lab.
DFMI Business Lab is a 14-week online business skills development programme aimed at nurturing and empowering producers with the necessary skills to effectively engage in a global market. The programme is presented in partnership with DW Akademie supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The programme focuses on topics such as Business Management; Coproduction; Distribution; Financial management; IP and […]
One year after The Refinery and Sound
One year after The Refinery and Sound & Motion Studios announced their strategic partnership at DFM2023, the post production powerhouse duo announces their new Johannesburg facilities at DFM 2024. South Africa’s premier picture post facility The Refinery, and boutique audio post company Sound & Motion Studios, have been hard at work over the last year […]
The Wait – Review by Bob Perfect
An Uncomfortably Familiar Situation Imran Hamdulay’s short film The Wait is a deft and sharp look at modern day South Africa through the microcosm of an experience familiar to most South Africans- a visit to the police station. Short-films, with their need to be succinct, can often pack a powerful punch and Hamdulay delivers one […]
LEGACY: THE DECOLONIZED HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA – Review by Timothy Niwamanya
INTERSECTIONALITY AND RESISTANCE Decoloniality, as a school of thought and action, has been central to dismantling the vestiges of cultural, economic and psychological imperialism among historically-oppressed people around the world. It critiques and deconstructs widely-held colonial attitudes, white supremacist narratives and artificial social hierarchies to validate and affirm suppressed native knowledge and lived experience. Tara […]
Keba, Interrupted – Review by Tony Asankomah
A Heartfelt Exploration of Grief and Responsibility “Keba, Interrupted” is a well-put-together short film by director Meja Shoba, telling quite a poignant, relatively simple story of grief, responsibility, and family. It revolves around Keba, a character well-played by Tshepiso Jeme, whose life is shaken in turmoil following his mother’s death and the unexpected responsibility of […]
Height of the Kite – Review by Tony Asankomah
A Struggle For A Voice. “Height of The Kite” is a short documentary film directed by Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar that explores the gender and racial discrimination women face in the Afro-Asian communities of rural Balochistan on the Iran-Pakistan border. The film in observation style focuses on Fariba, a teenage girl with aspirations of […]
V’S SECRET – Review by Timothy Niwamanya
TWO MEN AND A THONG In Bassma Nancy Farah’s 12-minute dark comedy short film, V’s Secret, the character of Adam (played by Maher Gamal) is a newly-wed twenty-something living with his wife in a Cairo apartment. Early in the film, his wife is away at work as he hangs the laundry while in-conversation with her. […]
