Durban FilmMart Institute Partners with FESPACO
The Durban FilmMart Institute is pleased to have partnered with FESPACO (the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou) to host a gathering of Africa’s film labs during the festival’s 29th edition. The festival, which remains an important meeting place for film professionals to celebrate African cinema, also featured DFMI project alumni with 11 films screening across its […]
The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) is pleased to announce the animation project selection for the 16th annual DFM Pitch and Finance Forum.
Over the past 3 years, animation has become an integral part of the DFM annual event in July, Animation@DFM includes both important conversations in the industry programme and the participation of animation projects at the DFM Pitch and Finance Forum. The online animation masterclass series and one-on-one mentorship offered to projects in development is the […]
Highlights from the first Future Mentors Programme
The Durban FilmMart Institute is pleased to share that the first-ever Future Mentors Programme, funded by the DW Akademie, supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development took place in late 2024. Nine African film professionals gathered in Durban to deepen their mentoring skills in order to nurture the next wave of […]
Durban FilmMart Institute Opens Submissions for the 18th Edition of Talents Durban
The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) is thrilled to announce the call for submissions for the 18th edition of Talents Durban, a talent development programme in partnership with the Berlin International Film Festival. Taking place in July 2025 in Durban, South Africa, this year’s Talents Durban will run alongside the Durban FilmMart, Africa’s premier film finance […]
Durban FilmMart Pitch & Finance Forum Call for Projects now open.
Project submissions for the 16th Durban FilmMart (DFM), Africa’s leading film finance and co-production market open on 06 November 2024 and close on 19 January 2025. The 16th DFM, scheduled to take place in July 2025 in Durban, South Africa, is the flagship event of the Durban FilmMart Institute and was named in UNESCO’s 2021 Film Trends […]
DFMI Alumni Business Lab Participants Announcement
DFMI Alumni Business Lab Participants Announcement After a record number of applications from across the continent and the diaspora, Durban FilmMart Institute is pleased to announce participants for the 4th edition of the DFMI Business Lab. 30 filmmakers from 13 African countries have been invited to participate in the annuallab which forms part of the […]
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The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) has opened the call for animation projects to pitch at the 16th annual DFM Pitch and Finance Forum.
The DFMI will select approximately 8 official animation projects in development to present to a panel of film professionals consisting of potential co-producers, broadcasters, film funds, and distributors at Africa’s annual premier film finance and coproduction market. “Over the past 3 year’s the Durban FilmMart has not only seen an increase in the number of applications received from […]
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 […]
