Devil’s
Lair, one of the award-winning projects from last
year’s Durban FilmMart, was selected for this year’s Hot Docs, the Canadian
International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto.
Produced by Neil Brandt of Fireworx Media
and directed by Riaan Hendricks of A Season of Film (who also did the
cinematography and editing) this feature documentary uncovers the conflicting
worlds that exist amongst the troubled communities of the Cape Flats in Cape
Town South Africa. It is an intimate portrayal of one gang leader and his young
family as they navigate a violent and contested physical and psychological
landscape, one in which honour, love and betrayal are all too often sides of
the same coin.
Devil’s
Lair, which had its World Premiere at Hot Docs on
May 1, was a featured project at last year’s Durban FilmMart, where it selected
by as one of the “Most Promising Documentary Projects”. As a result, Brandt and
Hendricks also received a travel and accommodation grant from WorldView/IDFA
enabling them to attend IDFA, and pitch the project at the IDFA Forum in
November last year.
“One of the key objectives of the DFM,
which is a joint programme of the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban
International Film Festival (DIFF), is to act as a feeder platform in bringing
African projects to other established international co-production markets. “
explains Toni Monty of the Durban Film Office. “We are delighted to hear that Devil’s Lair has been selected to
premiere at Hot Docs. Results like this for any film helps to foster and
encourage a confidence in developing projects, as often, at ideation stage
stakeholders are cautious as to what tangible results can be obtained. This
helps to demonstrate the potential and possibilities that do exist.”
The 4th Durban FilmMart will take place from
July 19 to 22, 2013, during the 34th edition of the Durban International Film
Festival (July 18-28) and will present an official selection of about 10
fiction projects and 10 documentary projects.
For more information on the Durban FilmMart
visit www.durbanfilmmart.com.. For
further enquires contact info@durbanfilmmart.com
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