#DGLFF2017 Welcomes You! The Durban Gay & Lesbian Film
Festival, established in 2011, is the oldest city-based LGBTI event of its kind
in Africa. During this 7th annual DGLFF which runs from August 25 to September
2, it feature a diversity of seven feature films, nearly a dozen doccies and
over 30 short films, spanning 10 days that celebrate African and global queer
cinema!
Public workshops this year include international guest
filmmakers and human rights activists from South Africa, Denmark, India and
Pakistan.
Again, the festival is curating a culturally exciting space
for LGBTI people and their supporters, families and friends to come together as
community. It is open to everyone and is inclusive, not exclusive!
“This year we’re shaking things up a bit, and taking the
Festival to audiences across Durban: from the inner city to the outer suburbs,
from urban locale to township vibe, #DGLFF2017 is all about growth and
diversity. We’re exceptionally proud to have the amazing South African queer
feature INXEBA (The Wound) -- a film about a gay man’s initiation into Xhosa
manhood and the clash between traditional culture sexuality -- that will open
the Festival on August 25 and will include a special additional community
screening (venue to be confirmed) on September 2,” say the organisers.
There are also a number of home-made LGBTIQ films in this
year’s line-up. Durban filmmaker Dayakar Padayachee bring his gay horror short
film Shadow that will host its world
premiere at #DGLFF2017 on August 26! Thishiwe Ziqubu’s short lesbian film Sina Nomakotshana (Dance With The Maidens)
has been selected as the Closing Night Film on September 2 - a fascinating
story of love finding its space within a young Zulu maiden’s coming of age
ceremony. Both form part of the New South African Queer Cinema selection this
year -- exciting, bold and honest stories informed by LGBTIQ experiences and
that will definitely sear themselves into the hearts of audiences
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