The Durban Film Festival’s industry program, the Durban FilmMart, celebrates its 10th anniversary as the leading confab for filmmakers from across the continent, with a lively program of panel disc…
anniversary as the leading confab for filmmakers from across the continent, with a lively program of panel discussions, seminars and workshops unspooling from July 19-22 in this sunny seaside city. In addition, 10 fiction and 10 documentary works-in-progress have been selected for the DFM’s Finance Forum, a pitching competition that acts as a key launching pad for African projects looking to access the global market.
The Locations Africa Expo and Conference is an initiative we have considered for many years. Africa has long since been a key destination for location filming, but how this happens across the regions has never really been properly documented. Africa also has a lot more to offer in this space, and the Locations Africa Expo and Conference will become a platform for this level of engagement.
The second is patience. Developing talent takes time. When we started ten years ago, our expectations were high in terms of finding projects that we could take straight to market. Filmmakers expectations were high, too. The reality was different of course, and we had to adjust our approach over the years to accommodate for this. And most importantly, when we found real talent, we had to find ways to bring the talent into our global network in a way that ensured the talent was given room to grow.
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