Eighteen Projects by African Filmmakers Selected for Durban FilmMart at 34th Durban International Film Festival

Eighteen film projects by African filmmakers have been selected for the finance forum of the Durban FilmMart (DFM) which takes place from July 19 to 22 during the 34th Durban International Film Festival held July 18 to 28 in Durban South Africa.

The Durban FilmMart (DFM) is a co-production and finance market and is a joint program of the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). DFM provides filmmakers from across Africa a valued opportunity to pitch projects to financiers, distributors, sales agents and potential co-producers, and participate in meetings, project presentations and a series of master classes and workshops on latest industry trends.

Selected Documentaries

Blindness (South Africa): Directed by Sarah Ping Nie Jones and produced by Jean Meeran  
Behind the Falls (South Africa): Directed by Rowan Pybus and produced by  Sydelle Willow Smith
Miners Shot Down (South Africa): Directed/Produced by Rehad Desai, produced/written and co-directd by Anita Khanna and produced by Brian Tilley 
Not Just a Stripper (South Africa): Directed and produced by Izette Mostert 
GTI – Paradise in Hell (Rwanda): Directed and produced by Yves Montand 
Searching for Janitou (Algeria): Directed by Mohamed el Amine Hattou and produced by Anusha Nandakumar and co-produced by Claire Mazeau-Karoum 
Unearthed (South Africa): Directed and produced by Jolynn Minnaar
We Want Development (Kenya): Directed by Phillipa Ndisi-Hermann and produced by Atieno Odenyo 

Selected Fiction Projects

Andani and the Mechanic (South Africa): Directed and produced by Sara Blecher 
Black Sunshine (Ghana): Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu and co-produced by Julio Chavezmontes and Angele Diabang
Five Fingers for Marseilles (South Africa): Directed and produced by Michael Matthews and written and produced by Sean Drummond 
Free the Town (Kenya): Directed by Nikyatu Jusu and produced by Vincho Nchogu 
Life More or Less (Nigeria): Directed by Julius Morno and produced by Kinsley Madueke 
Njangi- Fifty Fifty (Cameroon): Directed and produced by Victor Viyuoh 
Sea Monster (South Africa): Directed by Anthony Silverston and co-produced by  Stuart Forrest and Mike Buckland 
Solidarity (Zambia): Directed by Rungano Nyoni and produced by Juliette Grandmont 
The Bill (South Africa): Directed by Nosipho Dumisa and produced by Travis Taute 
Whiplash (South Africa): Directed by Meg Rickards and produced by Jacky Lourens 

The 4th edition of the Durban FilmMart takes place from July 19-22 2013, during the 34th edition of the DIFF (18-28 July 2012).

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Julius Morno (Life More or Less – Nigeria); Victor Viyuoh (Njangi- Fifty Fifty – Cameroon); Rehad Desai (Miners Shot Down – South Africa); Izette Mostert (Not Just a Stripper – South Africa); Phillipa Ndisi-Hermann (We Want Development – Kenya); Nikkia Moulterie

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