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The 44th edition of the festival was held from 20 to 30 July 2023. It showcased 90 films from 54 countries around the world. [1] Sira, a co-production between Burkina Faso, Senegal, France and Germany by Apolline Traoré, opened the festival on 20 July; whereas Banel & Adama, a French-Malian-Senegalese romantic drama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy, closed the festival on 30 July. [2]
The largest film festival in Africa is the biennial Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) held in Burkina Faso. In the tables below, "mixed" in the Details column, indicates that the festival screens films of different formats and genres (feature and short films, fiction and documentaries).
In 2013, Sokhulu starred in her first feature film, Felix, and played the role of the mother of an aspiring teenage saxophonist. She got nominated for best actress at SAFTA and Africa Movie Academy Awards. [2] The film also won awards at Durban International Film Festival, where it was described as "a worthy contender with any Hollywood ...
The festival included 150 screenings of feature films, documentaries and short films in 15 different venues in Durban. The Festiveal was opened with the world premiere of The Journeymen which took place in The Playhouse. Part of the 37th DIFF was the 11th Wavescape Film Festival, which showed 21 films with a focus on outdoor activities.
Pens en pootjies (in Afrikaans) and other South African films. This is a chronology of major films produced in South Africa or by the South African film industry.There may be an overlap, particularly between South African and foreign films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either South African produced or strongly associated with South African ...
Her films have premiered at international film festivals, including Toronto, Winterthur, Rotterdam and Durban. [4] She had won awards for her filmmaking at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival and at the Ann Arbor Film Festival , as well as being a member of the Official Competition jury at the 42nd Göthenburg International Film ...
The film had its worldwide premiere at the Durban International Film Festival in September 2020. It also premiered at the 18th Tofifest International Film Festival 2020 in Poland. [4] [5] [6] The film won the Best South African Film Award at the 2020 Durban International Festival (DIFF). [7] [8]
The 45th edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place from July 18 to 28. African feature films in contention include Sonti by Terrence Aphane, The Village Next To Paradise by Mo Harawe, and Who Do I Belong To by Meryam Joobeur. Our Father directed by Biodun Stephen premiers at the ICFF film festival