The 5th Durban FilmMart, which takes place from 18 to 21 July alongside the 35th Durban International Film Festival (17 to 27 July) at the Tsogo Sun Elangeni Hotel, has announced the final film projects which will feature at the industry finance and coproduction market.
Out of 164 submissions, 10 fiction projects and 10 documentary projects have been selected by an international committee of film professionals to feature at the Finance Forum. The closed forum will provide a two-day pitching and packaging training programme before filmmakers are given the opportunity to engage in one-on-one meetings with possible investors and co-producers.
Documentaries will also be pitched to a panel of commissioning editors and funders in the DOC Circle Pitching Forum, an organized pitching setting co-ordinated in association with the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA). The fiction feature agenda will be coordinated in association with Rotterdam International Film Festival’s CineMart.
Fiction film selection
All Time Idlers, directed by Khaled Hafez and produced by Hossam Elouan (Egypt)
The Boy in the Mask, directed by Jan Lampen and produced by Jennifer Mostert (South Africa)
Cold Stone Jug, directed by William Collinson and Ashleigh Nash (South Africa)
Dances of Red, directed by Oshosheni Hiveluah and produced by Tapiwa Mahaka (Namibia)
Hawa Hawaii, directed by Amirah Mohamed Tajdin and produced by Wafa Mohamed Tajdin (Kenya)
Nyanga Sky, directed by Matthew Griffiths and produced by Rafeeqah Galant (South Africa)
The Story of a Kiss, directed by Ahmed Amer and produced by Wael Sayed El Ahl (Egypt)
The Train of Salt and Sugar, directed by Licinio De Azevedo and produced by Pandora Cunha Telles (Portugal/Mozambique)
Tree of Crows, directed by Stephen Abbott and produced by Eduan van Jaarsveldt (South Africa)
The Wound, directed by John Trengove and produced by Elias Ribeiro (South Africa)
Documentary selection
Afterglow, directed and produced by Amber (Arya) Lalloo (South Africa)
Alex On Seventh, directed by Engelbert Phiri and produced by Guy Bragge (South Africa)
Alison, directed by Uga Carlini and produced by Amy Nelson(South Africa)
Beyond the Barricades, directed by Zanele Muholi and produced by Joost Verheij (South Africa)
The Colonel’s Stray Dogs, directed by Khalid Shamis and produced by Steven Markovitz (South Africa)
Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc, directed by Iman Kamel and produced by Talal Al-Muhanna(Egypt)
Home Expulsion, directed and produced by Kayambi Musafiri (Rwanda)
In search of African Duende: The Uganda Flamenco Project, directed by Caroline Kamya and produced by Keren Cogan (Uganda)
Kula: A Memory in Three Acts, directed and produced by Inadelso cossa (Mozambique)
The Sound of Masks, directed by Kofi Zwana and produced by Sara Gouveia (South Africa)
Visit the Durban FilmMart website for more information.
