The Durban International Film Festival
(DIFF) will celebrate its 35th edition from July 17 to 27, 2014, with over 250
screenings of cutting-edge cinema. There will be a special focus on films from
South Africa and Africa.
The largest of Southern Africa’s film
festivals and the most important film festival in Africa, DIFF has a film
competition component and also presents screenings in township areas where
cinemas are non-existent.
The festival will consider films completed
in 2013 and 2014, and there is no charge for entry. All submissions must be
entered via the Eventival online system at http://vp.eventival.eu/cca/diff2014
In order to submit a film you will need to
create a free visitor account (if you have not already done so in previous
years), then follow the online process. Finally, send your DVD screener before
the deadline. DIFF is accepting submissions of both short and feature length
fiction and documentary films. The deadline for all entries is March 28, 2014.
“We look forward to once again receiving a
wealth of top quality films from around the globe,” says festival manager Peter
Machen. “We also welcome input from, and engagement with, current and potential
partners who support the development of the film industry on the continent. It
is through collaboration that we can offer film-makers and the public a
festival of brilliant film and a worthwhile industry development programme.”
Specific streams of programming for 2014
will include a focus on 20 years of democracy in South Africa, as well as films
that explore architecture in various ways. This latter stream of programming
acknowledges the World Congress of Architects, which will take place in Durban
in 2014 the week after DIFF.
DIFF 2014 will also offer extensive seminar
and workshop programmes, which will feature local and international filmmakers
and industry professionals. These include the 7th Berlinale Talents Durban (July
18 to 22), in cooperation with Berlinale Talents, and the 5th Durban FilmMart (July
18 to 21), in partnership with Durban Film Office.
For more information visit: www.durbanfilmfest.co.za or e-mail diff@ukzn.ac.za. Follow the festival on
twitter: @DIFFest.
The festival is organised by the Centre for
Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and is supported by the
National Film and Video Foundation, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic
Development and Tourism, the City of Durban and other valued funders and
partners. The CCA is a special project of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Cheryl Potgieter, in the College of Humanities at UKZN.
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