Media Release
Durban
FilmMart call for film project submissions
The annual Durban FilmMart recently
celebrated five amazing years as Africa’s leading film co-production and
funding market, and is calling all African filmmakers to submit their film
projects for 2015 DFM selections which opens today, the 31st October
and closes on the 15th February 2015.
“DFM 2014 has been an exceptionally
successful one; with amazing talent coming through, innovative workshops taking
place and exciting opportunities presented. We look forward to the submissions
for next year’s DFM and encourage African filmmakers to take a chance and put
themselves out there - you never know where this first step can take you.” says
Durban Film Office’s Toni Monty.
DFM has worked with ninety-five
official projects making their debuts at the four day event in Durban over the
past five years. Many DFM alumni’s have secured further funding grants and
screened at film festivals around the world, establishing Durban FilmMart as a
key platform for budding African filmmakers to propel their film making
careers.
Planning is already underway to
ensure the 2015 Durban FilmMart, an innovative development initiative created
by the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film Festival
(DIFF) and funded by the City, offers profitable and exciting opportunities for
selected projects.
Have you been developing a great film
idea that tells a dynamic African story or need to raise funding to complete
your film in development? In order to benefit from the Durban FilmMart
experience, African filmmakers are urged to submit their fiction or documentary
feature projects in development for consideration before the closing date 15
February 2015.
Durban FilmMart 2015 will select 10
fiction feature and 10 Documentary feature projects in development to
participate in the 6th Durban FilmMart taking place 17 – 20th
July 2015. Interested African filmmakers, from writers to directors, are
encouraged to submit their projects by 15 February 2015. It is important to
note that all projects must have a producer attached. To find out more about the DFM 2015, project
submission criteria and how to submit your project, please visit
www.durbanfilmmart.com
For further enquires contact:
info@durbanfilmmart.com or call +27 31
311 4243
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PREPARED
FOR: The Durban Film Office
For media enquiries contact:
Mona Pilane
Email: mona@alluremarketing.co.za
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(0) 78 715 3463
Tel: +27
(0) 31 468 2025
Note
to Editors:
The Durban
FilmMart (DFM) is a co-production and finance market and is a joint
programme of the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film
Festival (DIFF). DFM provides filmmakers from across Africa with a valuable
opportunity to pitch projects to financiers, distributors, sales agents and
potential co-producers, and to participate in meetings, project presentations
and a series of master classes and workshops on the latest industry trends.
www.durbanfilmmart.com
The Durban
Film Office (DFO) is the film industry development arm of the
eThekwini Municipality, 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 SMMEs in the
region. www.durbanfilmoffice.com
The Durban
International Film Festival (DIFF) presents over 250 screenings from
different countries and cultures with a special focus on Africa. The festival
includes development programmes such as Talent Campus Durban and a rich
schedule of workshops. DIFF is a flagship project of the Centre for Creative
Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, which 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. www.cca.ukzn.ac.za
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