Deadline: March 20, 2015
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) will celebrate
its 36th edition from July 16 to 26, 2015.
Presenting over 250 screenings of cutting-edge cinema from
around the world, with a special focus on films from South Africa and Africa,
the festival exhibits films in a diversity of venues around the city. DIFF is
the premiere platform for the launch of African films and a key gateway to the
African film industry. The festival also includes a local and international
awards component.
Only films completed in 2014 and 2015 will be considered,
and there is no charge for entry.
Submissions will be accepted with either a DVD Screener or
an Online Screener. All submissions must be entered via the DIFF Visitor Page
online at vp.eventival.eu/cca. In
order to submit a film, an account needs to be created if this has not already
been done in previous years.
The deadline for all entries (short films, documentaries and
feature fiction films), including delivery of screeners, is March 20, 2015.
The extensive seminar and workshop programme featuring local
and international filmmakers and industry professionals will include the 8th
Talents Durban programme (July 17 to 21), in cooperation with Berlinale
Talents, and the 6th Durban FilmMart (July 17 to 20), in partnership with the
Durban Film Office, as well as various other streams of programming.
Specific streams of programming for 2015 will include a
focus on climate change, as well as films that explore our relationship to the
earth’s changing ecology. “We are very excited about receiving a wealth of
challenging and high quality films from around the world,” says festival
manager, Peter Machen. “We also welcome engagement with current and potential
partners who support the development of cinema in Africa and beyond. Such
collaboration is a major part of the festival and helps to provide filmmakers
and the public with a programme of brilliant films and a solid development
programme.”
For more information check out the festival Submission FAQs
or visit www.durbanfilmfest.co.za
or email diff@ukzn.ac.za
The festival is hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts,
University of KwaZulu-Natal and is supported by the National Film and Video
Foundation, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism,
the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission, the City of Durban and other valued funders
and partners.
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