THE Durban FilmMart Institute (DMI) has announced the programme for the 11th Durban FilmMart (DFM) Virtual Edition, which takes place from 4 to 13 September this year.
“Using the theme Brave New Cinema, we are bringing together leading and emerging African film professionals in an online space, to benchmark themselves, learn from peers, pitch their ideas and projects and network, and collectively demonstrate our courage to tell our own stories,” said Toni Monty, Head of the DFM.
DFM 2020 will focus on African filmmakers who work to contribute cinema images that celebrate, and canonise their struggles and beauty.
The programme looks at current filmmaking development, distribution and marketing trends, with a Pan-African focus, and how the future of cinema will navigate new landscapes including the digital world.
The DFM’s unique online approach has birthed an exciting new addition to the Market – The DFM Content Shop.
Distributors, sale agents and programmers will have, at their disposal, a catalogue of 90 African projects (fiction, documentary film of all lengths as well as series) that are ready for sale and distribution.
These films have been curated to reflect the unique African storytelling and high-quality content that will be discussed throughout the industry programme.
The Pitch Forum from 4 to 7 September, offers financiers, funders, investors, and programmers a chance to fully explore the 70 African projects in development that will be presented.
Engage, the pan-African think tank will discuss the difficult social, economic, and political landscapes that filmmakers are required to navigate, especially around representation and authenticity in the content created within Africa.
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The industry programme includes a series of webinars, discussion forums and hangouts. Following from last year’s inaugural Durban Does Docs sessions, delegates will be able to meet and engage with documentary film directors in a series of talks that centre around the art of the creative documentary film.
The DFM Conversations platform is a space in which delegates can participate in in-depth conversations with industry leaders around topics like screenwriting, audience development, representation in filmmaking and pioneering an African aesthetic.
Filmmaker Talks invites directors, writers and animators to discuss the stories they are telling in their works of art – ranging across feature, documentary, animation, and short film creation.
In a Special Focus, African Content in the New Normal, speakers will discuss the challenges that national lockdowns present and the unique opportunities that these circumstances have offered filmmakers.
The South African context provides interesting challenges for the production and distribution of media. In the South African Film in Focus, sessions will look at the various areas of focus for South African filmmakers, but will be of interest to all filmmakers.
Within this virtual space the online event platform allows for opportunities for filmmakers to take meetings with other delegates and network as individuals or in teams.
Delegate registration is now open at: https://www.durbanfilmmart.co.za/Brave-New-Cinema-2020
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