Durban FilmMart 2012 First Call for Submissions
Dates for the third edition of Durban FilmMart have been confirmed for 20-23 July 2012, during the 33rd Durban International Film Festival (19-29 July).
This partnership project between the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) provides filmmakers from across Africa a valued opportunity to pitch projects to financiers, distributors, sales agents and potential co-producers. Over 200 industry professionals attended the successful Durban FilmMart of 2011, participating in meetings, project presentations and a series of master classes and workshops on latest trends in film finance, marketing, distribution and new media technologies.
Call for submissions
DFM calls for submissions of both feature-length fiction and documentary projects (including animation). Selected projects will be invited to pitch projects in one-on-one meetings with potential investors within the Finance Forum segment of the programme. Entry is open to:
- Projects in which either producer, director or writer is an African citizen. Proof of African citizenship or birth must be provided through a certified copy of a valid African passport/ birth certificate;
- Africans living in the Diaspora, but who still have African citizenship or have proof of birth in Africa;
- Projects with a producer attached.
The closing date for submissions is 15 February 2012.
For more information on the Durban FilmMart and project submission criteria and processes please visit www.durbanfilmmart.com or email: durbanfilmmart@durban.gov.za or durbanfilmmart@gmail.com ; Tel: +27 31 311 4243 Fax: +27 31 311 4092
Issued by the Durban Film Office and Durban International Film Festival
NOTES :
The Durban Film Office (DFO) is the film-industry development arm of the City of Durban, mandated to position Durban as a world-class film production destination and facilitator for the development of the local film industry. The DFO drives activity and development in the sector in order to boost tourism, job creation and the development of core skills and SMME’s in the region. The organization is also actively seeking and creating opportunities for setting the benchmark as the leading authority in the field in South Africa. www.durbanfilmoffice.com
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is South Africa’s oldest and largest film festival, and is a flagship project of the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN). The CCA facilitates creative platforms and economic opportunities for artists and related industries, intercultural exchange and network development, training, audience development and strategic Pan-African and international cooperation in the cultural sectors. The CCA also produces three other major annual festivals – Time of the Writer, Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience and Poetry Africa. www.cca.ukzn.ac.za
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