Submissions are now open for the third annual Jozi Film Festival 2014, which will take place in venues across Johannesburg from 21 to 23 February next year.
Competition categories include Best Feature Film, Best Feature Documentary Film, Best Documentary Short, Best Fiction Short, Best Animated Film, Best Student Film, Best Mobile Phone Film and an Audience Choice Award.
The organisers of the JFF are excited to announce the addition of an international documentary film category, as they feel this will add to the line-up for next year. According to the organisers they have chosen to focus on the documentary genre as they believe there are many great films being made around the world about issues South Africans can relate to but that documentaries don’t always get the exposure they deserve.
They also aim to attract the directors and those involved in the documentary world to participate in the festival, in order to share their experience and knowledge with local filmmakers to tell the unique stories in Jozi.
The main focus remains providing a platform for local filmmakers who tell stories about Jo’burg and screening films made in and about Johannesburg.
Visit www.jozifilmfestival.co.za for more information.
