Deadline for the eighth edition of Talents Durban, the mentorship, training and networking component of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) for young filmmakers and film critiques, is April 13.
The announcement from the secretariat of the programme said that industry talents who intend to share knowledge and experiences within the film industry at the festival should sign up and complete their application on-line before the closing date.
The project, which is in collaboration with Berlinale Talents, will take place between July 17 and 21 at the 36th DIFF that will begin on July 16 and close on July 27.
Selected participants, 40 of them from across Africa, will have access to screenings throughout the festival and through participating in conversations with experts from around the world.
Talents Durban, the organisers said, seeks to boost the already rising flow of current filmmaking in Africa.
This edition will consist of master classes led by leading experts in filmmaking, panel discussions by the key industry players, networking opportunities with fellow Talents Durban participants and over 600 delegates of the DIFF and Durban FilmMart as well as numerous project-orientated skills development programmes.
The participants will also be given a chance to forge relationships with their global counterparts in an intensive programme of seminars, hands-on training, workshops and industry networking activities, as well as having access to hundreds of film screenings at the 36th DIFF.
“Combined, these elements will set off a chain reaction of perpetual motion in the contemporary African film industry that will continue to expand and thrive,” said the organisers.
Talents Durban is made possible by the KZN Department of Economic Development and Tourism, the German Embassy, the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission, the Goethe-Institut and the Gauteng Film Commission.
