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Durban FilmMart calls out for 2018 Projects
Durban FilmMart calls out for 2018 Projects
Date: 2017-10-26
Project submissions for the 2018 Durban FilmMart (DFM) which takes place during the Durban International Film Festival , South Africa (19-29 July) open on 20 October, 2018.
The Durban FilmMart is ajoint project of Durban Film Office, the eThekwini Municipality's industry development unit, and the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), which strives to support and stimulate the growth of African film and develop connections between African film makers and the rest of the world.
"With two recent Durban FilmMart projects Inxeba (The Wound) (SA) and Train of Salt and Sugar (Mozambique) having been selected as Best Foreign Language Films for the next Academy Awards, we are seeing the impact that the support of projects in development has on the industry on a global level," enthuses Toni Monty, Head of the Durban Film Office
The Durban FilmMart, now in its 9th year, comprises an exciting four day programme of workshops, seminars, and networking sessions and is attended annually by approximately 600 film-makers, distributors, broadcasters, agents and other film industry representatives.
Ten documentary and ten fiction feature length film projects will be selected from the submissions, and these projects will undergo a two-day packaging and mentoring programme followed by two days of one-on-one meetings with a panel of film financiers, buyers and distributors from across the globe.
For more about the Durban FilmMart 2018, project submission criteria and how to submit your project, visitwww.durbanfilmmart.com.
For further enquires contact:info@durbanfilmmart.comor call 031 - 311 4243.
