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The Future of Female Filmmakers: Bold Voices and New Frontiers at Durban FilmMart 2025
At this year’s Durban FilmMart, the panel “The Future of Female Filmmakers: Trends and Opportunities” brought together dynamic voices shaping the next chapter

My Father’s Shadow – A Conversation with Funmbi Ogunbanwo
Historic Firsts and Telling African Stories Globally At this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), the African premiere of My Father’s Shadow marked

Being You – A conversation with Minenhle Luthuli
Director and filmmaker Minenhle Luthuli had her short film, Being You, premiered at 2025 DIFF, a film that deals with real and hard

A Conversation with producer of God’s Work Sithabile Mkhize
Sithabile Mkhize: Sithabile Mkhize is the producer of the film, God’s Work, and is an iconic figure in Durban, South Africa. She has

A Humorous Look at Elderly Living | The Home review
By: Tshi Malatji The Home is an old-age home in Cape Town. But this film is not as simple as that. Some of

Patriarchy’s Cruelty and a Girl’s Resistance | Nawi Review
By: Tshi Malatji Nawi: Dear Future Me is a haunting film about the devastating effects of child brides in Kenya’s arid and drought-stricken

Narrating Nigeria’s Fleeting Futility | My Father’s Shadow Review
By: Tshi Malatji Folarin is the nonattendant father to two boys, Aki and Remi, who have developed different personalities and boyhood as a

The Funny Side of Beauty | Lucky Fish Review
By: Tshi Malatji Lucky Fish is a Milquetoast comedy set in Phoenix, Durban about Sanjay and Samantha Pillay, a pair of siblings who

The 16th edition of the Durban FilmMart (DFM) has wrapped up, concluding with the presentation of the 2025 DFM Awards on Monday 21 July
The premier film industry event in Africa, DFM 2025, took place from 18 – 21 July in Durban, under the theme “Bridges Not

Ancestral Visions of the Future: Lemohang Mosese’s sacred docufiction
By Tshi Malatji Ancestral Visions of the Future is a meditative and deeply poetic work that transcends conventional storytelling, blending autobiography, ethnography, documentary
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