By Iminza Keboge
Published May 17, 2018
Two Nigerians, an Egyptian and a South African have been selected for the Artists in Residency (AIR) programme at Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Centre in Italy.
While Nigeria’s Biyi Bandele has been selected for Multidisciplinary work, Egypt’s Mona Eltahawy, South Africa’s Sisonke Msimang and Nigeria’s Noo Saro – Wiwa have all been selected for Literature.
“This residency award is granted to applicants whose work and process aligns with the Africa Centre and Rockefeller Foundation’s shared goal to catalyse art that progresses the wellbeing of humanity and advances positive social change.,” says Cape Town (South Africa)-based Africa Centre that developed the programme in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation.
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The aim of the residency, Africa Centre says, is “to support mid to late career African artists by offering residency opportunities at the Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy.”
Applications for the 2018 Artists In Residency Programme, Africa Centre says, will open on July 1, 2018.
Meanwhile, 16 fiction feature film and documentary projects from across Africa have been selected to pitch at the 9th Durban FilmMart (DFM) which runs July 20 – 23, 2018 during the 39th annual Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
The aim of DFM is to showcase and increase awareness of African cinema through stimulating film production on the continent by encouraging collaborations amongst African filmmakers.
The eight documentary and eight feature fiction projects selected are from Egypt, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Libya, Niger and South Africa,
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“This residency award is granted to applicants whose work and process aligns with the Africa Centre and Rockefeller Foundation’s shared goal to catalyse art that progresses the wellbeing of humanity and advances positive social change.,” says Cape Town (South Africa)-based Africa Centre that developed the programme in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation.
“This year’s selection profiles an eclectic mix of stories from across Africa, bringing some new talents to the Durban FilmMart that we are excited to present to attending industry professionals,” says Tony Monty, head of the Durban Film Office.
Here are the selected projects:
I. Fiction
- Blood & Honey, (Egypt) – Producer: Mohamed Siam, Guillaume de Seille, Director: Mohamed Siam
- Insila kaShaka, (South Africa) – Producer: Sibongile Nene, Director: Brian Khawula, Sibongile Nene, Country
- Nyanga/The Horn, (Zimbabwe) – Producer: Sue-Ellen Chitunya, Brett Michael Innes, Director: Brett Michael Innes
- Snake, (South Africa) – Producer: Paul Egan, Stanford Gibson and Mustapha Hendricks, Director: Meg Rickards
- Streams, (Tunisia) – Producer: Moufida Fedhila, Director: Mehdi Hmili
- Of Virtue, (South Africa) – Producer: David Horler, Director: Imran Hamdulay
- Plunderer, The, (Nigeria) Producer: Ikechukwu Omenaihe Director: Didi Cheeka, and
- Porta-Retrato, (Mozambique) – Producer: Aldino Languana, Osvaldo Lupini Bambamba, Director: Orlando Mabasso Jr.
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II. Documentaries
- At Dawn, (Nigeria) – Producer / Director: Adeyemi Michael
- Cheese Girl, (South Africa) – Producer: Batana Vundla, Marion Isaacs, Director: Milisuthando Bongela
- Fitrah: To Be as God Created You, (South Africa) – Producer: Kelly Scott, Director: Richard Finn Gregory
- How to Steal a Country (And win it back.), (South Africa) – Producer: Zivia Desai, Rehad Desai, Director: Mark Kaplan, Rehad Desai
- Master’s Plan, The, (Cape Verde) – Producer: Hanne Phlypo, Director: Yuri Ceuninck
- Mother City, (South Africa) – Producer: Pearlie Joubert, Miki Redelinguys, Director: Pearlie Joubert, Miki Redelinguys
- Searching for Kikhia, (Libya) – Producer: Desert Power / Christina Carvalho, Director: Jihan Kikhia, and
- Zinder, The Seeds of Violence, (Niger) – Producer: Clara Vuillermoz, Ousmane Samassekou, Director: Aicha Macky.
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“Over and above the finance forum for these projects the DFM offers a robust programme of masterclasses, seminars, workshops, labs and networking opportunities for filmmakers to share knowledge and benchmark themselves and their work within a global and continental context,” DFM says in a statement to the media.
