Local filmmakers have the opportunity to be a part of Talents Durban, a skills sharing, development and networking platform or emerging filmmakers from Africa between 18 and 22 July.
It forms part of the 35th Durban International Film Festival, which runs between 17 and 27 July this year. Forty filmmakers from 10 countries across the continent including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Madagascar, Tunisia and Namibia will be in attendance.
The programme consists of master classes, in-depth discussions with critically-acclaimed film professionals from across the globe, hands-on training programme as well as networking opportunities for selected participants.
Master Classes
French producer Denis Vaslin will present a co-production master class, Australian documentary development expert, Julia Overton will present a master class on Documentary Financing, while Stefano Teadly, a South African-born, Italy-based producer, director and pitch expert will also share his expertise on pitching. These master classes will also be open to Durban FilmMart (DFM) delegates.
Talents Durban will also feature a hands-on training programme including Doc Station, Script Station and Talent Press.
Doc Station selects three documentary projects in development for coaching and mentoring towards participation in a public pitch at the DFM’s pitching forum – The African Pitch.
Participants are given mentoring prior to the pitch and during preparations at the festival. After the pitch they are given advice from mentors on how to proceed with their projects.
Script Station is a script development programme for short films which pairs four participants with script editors who assist in clarifying story and getting to an advanced draft of their script.
Talent Press is presented in cooperation with Fipresci, an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world which lobbies for the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests. The programme invites four critics to cover the films and events of the Durban International Film Festival for online and print publication.
For more information visit the DIFF website.
