Talents Durban
Presented at the DFM annual market
Talents Durban is a training and development programme that brings together Africa’s rising film professionals – screenwriters and directors with fiction, documentary, animation, and hybrid projects in development (this includes all media formats such as film, television series, web series, and content for mobile platforms).
Talents Durban is an initiative of Berlin International Film Festival and is part of six international initiatives of Berlinale Talents. Talents Durban was founded in 2007 as a partnership between the Durban International Film Festival and Berlinale. Since 2019, Talents Durban has become a project of the Durban FilmMart Institute.
The Programmes
Storytelling Lab selects three features, three shorts and three TV/Web series currently in development. The stories are given advanced consultation and mentoring by three script editors, as well as participating in scriptwriting workshops.
Doc Lab is a hands-on training programme in which three Talents Durban participants who submitted documentary projects are given expert mentorship.
Animation Lab is open to screenwriters and animation directors with animation projects. The lab will focus on character development, visual development, and the business of animation in Africa.
Talent Press offers mentorship for emerging African film critics and journalists.
As well as focused mentorships, industry-specific expert masterclasses, workshops, and a creative platform for self-expression and networking
Official 2024 Talents Durban Participants and Projects:
Features
A Time to Wander (Le Temps de L’Errance)
(Tunisia)
Director & Screenwriter: Nakhli Rim
Baptism of Silence
(South Africa)
Director & Screenwriter: Kanya Viljoen
Pepo Kali
(Kenya)
Director & Screenwriter: Lydia Matata
Revolution (Abyot)
(Ethiopia)
Director & Screenwriter: Abigail Megbar Debebe
Rusaro
(Rwanda)
Screenwriter: Jeanpierre NIYIGENA
The Space Maasai
(Tanzania)
Screenwriter: Priscilla Marealle
Shorts
ADAME
(Senegal)
Director & Screenwriter: Binetou FAYE
Langalanga
(Ghana)
Director & Screenwriter: Fofo “Togbe” Gavua
Nebula
(Egypt)
Director & Screenwriter: Michel Doss
STAY
(Nigeria)
Screenwriter: Tomi Folowosele
The Mountain in the Sea (Hoerikwaggo)
(South Africa)
Director & Screenwriter: Leandros Brown
Trust Me (Ngithembe)
(South Africa)
Director & Screenwriter: Samke Makhoba
Documentary
Akal
(Morocco)
Director & Screenwriter: Basma Rkioui
Breaking the Mold
(Ghana)
Director: Michael Ansah
The devil, The Tune and God
(South Africa)
Director & Screenwriter: Lukhanyo Kumkani
Kloho (Héritage)
(Côte d’Ivoire)
Director: Estelle KONE
My Dream to Fly
(Egypt)
Cinematographer & Director: Asmaa Gamal
Tiny Grain, Big War
(Ethiopia)
Producer & Audience Designer: Leul Shoaferaw
Series
Grève
(Benin)
Director & Screenwriter: ADANNOU Gildas
The Mind of Alkebulan
(Namibia)
Director & Screenwriter: Esther Beukes
Rue 6
(Senegal)
Screenwriter: Djeydi Djigo
VigilAunties
(South Africa)
Director & Screenwriter: Loren Loubser
Animation
Baby Blue
(South Africa)
Animation Director: Allyssa Peters
Hunt Me Not
(Kenya)
Animation Director: Noella Luka
Taste Buds
(South Africa)
Director & Screenwriter: Palesa Lebona
Together (Tomodomo)
(Nigeria)
Animation Director: Love Kanebi
Talent Press (Film Critic/ Journalist)
(Ghana)
Film Critic/Journalist: Tony Asankomah
(South Africa)
Film Critic/Journalist: Bob Perfect
(Uganda)
Film Critic/Journalist: Timothy Niwamanya
(Egypt)
Film Critic/Journalist: Youssra el-Sharkawy
Past Projects
Past projects can be accessed in the ‘Archive‘
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