{"id":7280,"date":"2018-07-26T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2018-07-26T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:31:50","slug":"durban-filmmart-awards-2018-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/durban-filmmart-awards-2018-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban FilmMart Awards 2018 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a bumper year for this year\u2019s Durban FilmMart (DFM), the industry development programme of the eThekwini Municipality\u2019s Durban Film Office and Durban International Film Festival (Centre for Creative Arts, UKZN), which ended with an awards ceremony at the Southern Sun Maharani Hotel in Durban, South Africa on Monday, July 23.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the DFM\u2019s awards ceremony, Toni Monty, Head of the Durban Film Office and the Durban FilmMart, said, \u201cAs one of the most important, film industry events and film finance platforms on the continent, we are really pleased that we have grown the DFM substantially this year with 877 delegates attending. We had over 40\u00a0countries participating this year, of which 19 were from Africa.\u00a0\u00a0A total number of 52 projects were pitched to potential partners, financiers, filmmakers, producers, distributors and agents during countless meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key to the value that the Durban FilmMart provides filmmakers are the many meetings and networking sessions that are held between delegates over the four days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe important work we do to enable the film-makers, would not be possible without our partners and sponsors,\u201d said Monty, \u201cAnd we would like to thank our partner markets, development organisations and funding bodies with deep gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work we do at this Mart supports the DIFF and DFO\u2019s vision to dynamically grow the industry and bring African cinema to its own people and to global platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eighteen official DFM film projects in development were presented at the Finance Forum through the sponsorship of the Industrial Development Corporation and the National Film and Video Foundation.<\/p>\n

Supported by Berlinale Talents, the Goethe-Institut and the German Embassy and\u00a0in cooperation with Fipresci,\u00a0Durban Talents was able to host 16 young filmmakers, and 3 Talents Press.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hosted a number of scriptwriters\u2019 labs including Jumpstart which is supported by Produire au Sud, France and the Realness Script Writing Residency. Hot Docs Canada, mentored 11 documentary projects in development and six CineFam Africa television series projects were mentored by Caribbean Tales, Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize the important role that the eThekwini Municipality, the principal funder of the DFM plays in its success,\u201d continued Monty. \u201cThe City\u2019s involvement actively enables the economic growth of the industry, and we thank them for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DFM hosted a number of delegations this year including the in bound delegation through the Department of Trade and Industry, the BRICS Film Festival delegation through the Department of Arts and Culture. Special\u00a0thanks\u00a0must go to the Canadian High Commission and US Embassy and the French Institute (IFAS), NFVF and KZN Film Commission for their support in bringing in delegates.<\/p>\n

The Awards\/Grants:<\/strong><\/p>\n