By Iminza Keboge
Published December 11, 2020
Moviemakers with full-length fiction and documentary film projects with Africans in the major creative roles (writers, directors, and producers) seeking co-producers, financiers, sales agents, and funders are invited to submit
their projects to the annual Durban FilmMart (DFM).
The South Africa-based Durban FilmMart Institute that presents DFM that says a producer and director must be attached to the project, says the submitted projects will be read and reviewed by an adjudication committee for consideration.
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“The DFMI independent adjudication committee will select ten feature-length documentaries and ten feature-length fiction film projects from the submissions,” the organisers say in a statement issued through Versfeld & Associates Public Relations and Communications. “These projects will undergo a two-day packaging and mentorship programme during the DFM, followed by one-on-one meetings with a panel of film financiers, buyers, and distributors from across the globe.”
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Magdalene Reddy, acting General Manager of the Durban FilmMart Institute, says, “Our vision is to stimulate the growth of the African film industry through the development of film projects, and to network African filmmakers within the continent, and the rest of the world. The success of the DFM over the years can be seen in the many independent film projects that have reached festivals as well as big and small screens, and the connections and relationships that have been developed and forged over the years.”
Though DFM 2020 took place as a virtual edition due to the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic, Reddy says it attracted more than 1000 delegates from 64 countries.
“These delegates represented producers, directors, scriptwriters, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents, financiers, investors, festival programmes and other film industry representatives from around the world, and we are hoping to grow these numbers and attract more interest in our 12th edition,” Reddy says.
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Detailed information about Durban FilmMart Institute, project submission criteria, and how to submit projects is available on the durbanfilmmart.co.za/ProjectSubmissions website.
The deadline for project submission for DFM 2021 is February 21, 2021.
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