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23rd Oct 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

docLOVE reboot

DFA docLOVE invites you to a free screening of NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD by Kurt Orderson 25 October, 2018: Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education, 67-69 Main Road, Mowbray 6 November 2018: in partnership with Development Afrika Stratagem at Guga S’thebe Centre, Langa. 6 November 2018: The Bertha Movie House, Isisvivana Centre,...

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2nd Oct 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

SABC commemorates Ahmed Timol with two documentaries

SABC3 will be commemorating the 47th anniversary of Ahmed Timol by screening two documentaries in memory of the anti-apartheid activist in the month of October. Ahmed Timol, 29 year school teacher from Roodepoort and member of the then banned South African Communist Party accompanied by Saleem Essop, medical student, were...

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25th Sep 2018 In Funding, News, Professional Development By DFAEditor

GENERATION AFRICA

GENERATION AFRICA is a documentary film project to produce a new narrative on migration through stories made by African filmmakers. Whether on the move or at home the spotlight is on this generation of young Africans and how they see their future. The call. If You...

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12th Sep 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

New four-part Oscar Pistorius documentary

Amazon has picked up “Pistorius,” a four-part documentary about the South African runner who killed his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Originally made as a feature-length documentary, Amazon will roll it out exclusively around the world on Prime Video as a series. The project was made...

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12th Sep 2018 In Funding, News By DFAEditor

Emerging Black Filmmakers Transformation Fund Call

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) are inviting emerging black filmmakers to submit proposals for consideration under the Emerging Black Filmmakers Transformation Fund (EBFTF). Launched in 2014, the EBFTF provides financial, marketing and other related support to emerging...

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28th Aug 2018 In News, Professional Development By DFAEditor

NOTICE of DFA Annual General Meeting

In line with the DFA Constitution you are hereby notified that the Annual General Meeting will take place on 30 August 2018 @10:00-12:00  Venues will be linked via SKYPE: Johannesburg: Media 24 Offices, 69 Kingsway road, Media Park, Auckland Park Cape Town: PLEXUS offices . 6 Vine street (corner of Camp & Vine), Gardens Durban: should your office be available, please let...

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28th Aug 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

Sunshine Cinema needs films about gender rights

Are you a filmmaker passionate about gender rights in Southern Africa? We are looking for your short, feature or documentaries focusing on this theme for our upcoming screening tour from Cape Town to Kitwe .Send your synopsis and trailer link to sydelle@sunshinecinema.org no later than September 3rd 2018....

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28th Aug 2018 In Festivals, News By DFAEditor

Call for Films : Fespaco 2019

Professionals of the film and audio-visual industry are kindly informed that registration for the selection of films as part of the 26th Edition of Fespaco, due from 23rd February to 02nd March 2019, is open. The Official competition section for films by African and Diaspora directors. It...

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28th Aug 2018 In Funding, News By DFAEditor

Canada/SA co-dev incentive open

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa, have launched a dedicated incentive for the co-development of television projects between Canadian producers and South African producers. To qualify, projects must involve producers...

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