Durban International Film Festival’s highlights

The Durban International Film Festival's 32nd edition takes place from 21 July to 31 July 2011 and will present over 200 screenings of films from around the world, with a focus on films from South Africa and Africa.

Screenings take place throughout Durban including township areas where cinemas are non-existent.

The festival also offers an extensive seminar and workshop programme featuring local and international filmmakers, and the return of the very successful Talent Campus Durban (in cooperation with Berlinale Talent Campus) which sees some 40 young film-makers from Africa converge on Durban for 5 days of intensive workshops, seminars and masterclasses.

In addition the 2nd Durban FilmMart a joint project of the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film festival is a co-production market which incorporates a Producers' Forum and a Finance Forum. Experts in various fields within the film industry present workshops and masterclasses at the Producers' Forum and the Finance forum calls for potential projects from Africa from which 12 are selected, mentored and then presented to potential financiers.

The Durban International Film Festival is organised by the Centre For Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) with support by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (principal funder), National Film and Video Foundation, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism, HIVOS, City Of Durban, German Embassy, Goethe Institut, Industrial Development Corporation, Commonwealth Foundation, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture, and a range of other valued partners.

For more information visit: http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/, email diff@ukzn.ac.za or call +27 (0)31 260 2506.