Deadline for early
bird discount: May 30, 2016
The 7th Durban FilmMart (DFM), Africa’s premier film finance
and co-production forum will open for early bird delegate registration on April
4, 2016.
The dates for this year’s DFM, a joint project of Durban
Film Office (DFO), the eThekwini Municipality’s industry development unit, and
the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) are from June 17 to 20, earlier
than in previous years, to coincide with the DIFF (June 16-26), which was
moved to an earlier slot for this year.
“The aim of the DFM is to increase the visibility of African
cinema, kindle the creation of film on the continent, and to stimulate the
development of project collaboration between African filmmakers through a
dynamic networking programme,” explains Durban Film Office’s Toni Monty. “The
objective of the Mart speaks to the need for African film makers to be creating
their own content and telling their own stories to their own markets. By
driving the development of local content, we believe that it lays a bedrock for
business and employment within the sector to thrive and look towards its own
models for success.”
This year, the Mart, will provide delegates with access to
prominent film industry experts, financiers, content directors and broadcasters
from around Africa and the world, and other industry specialists attending both
the DFM and DIFF as independents to connect and develop business associations
The DFM is structured around three programmatic pillars –
Master Classes, a Finance Forum and Africa in Focus – a series of industry
workshops, which offer networking and social opportunities for industry
representatives.
Master classes are led by well-known industry experts and
will unpack issues and challenges in concept development, project packaging,
co-production development, new media, finance, marketing, distribution, and
other related themes.
The DFM’s co-production market, which called for submissions
of film projects last year, has roughly ten feature films and ten documentary
films selected for mentorship. These will be presented to industry experts
during the Mart, and following thorough sessions with experts, projects are
awarded grants for further development.
Partners of this year’s DFM include the International Film
Festival Rotterdam's (IFFR) CineMart, the International Documentary Film
Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Sundance Film Festival, AfriDocs, the Berlinale Film
Festival, HotDocs - Blue Ice Documentary Film Fund, Produire au Sud, Restless
Talent Management, Sørfond, French Embassy South Africa, , National Film and
Video Foundation, KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission, Durban Film Office,
VideoVision Entertainment, Goethe Institute and the Organisation Internationale
de la Francophonie.
For registration or for more information view the delegate
registration process online at the official website: www.durbanfilmmart.com
There is an Early Bird registration discount for those
booking before May 30, 2016. Fees are R1,485 (ZAR) for the four-day event which
includes access to allocated sessions, lunch, access to DFM networking events,
entrance into the Durban International Film Festival screenings (subject to
ticket availability), listing in the DFM Industry Manual and access to
Masterclasses and the Africa in Focus programme.
After May 30, 2016, fees are R2,035. Daily passes are R605
(this does not include tickets to the DIFF screenings or access into the
opening and closing events.)
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