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3rd Apr 2019 In News, Professional Development By DFAEditor

Encounters Rough Cut Lab Call

In partnership with Refinery Cape Town and the South African Guild of Editors (SAGE), the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival invites South African filmmakers to submit their documentary films for the 2nd Encounters Rough Cut Lab. The festival will be held in Cape Town...

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20th Mar 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

docLOVE March 2019: Someone to Blame

Join docLOVE for a free screening of the SAFTA-nominated documentary, Someone to Blame The Ahmed Timol Inquest, by director Enver Samuel.  Someone to blame The Ahmed Timol Inquest, weaves a compelling narrative that draws on the 2017 re-opening of the inquiry on...

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25th Nov 2018 In Member Projects, News By DFAEditor

New release from Kevin Harris

Sunday 25th November – SABC 2 – 09.00 am 2 x 48 minute documentary series to be broadcast by SABC TV 2: Part 1 – “The Call” – Sunday 25th November, 09.00 am [Sunday morning “Issues of Faith” strand]; Part 2 “Deliverance” – Sunday 2nd December, 09.00 am [Sunday morning...

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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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