Durban FilmMart partners with Sonoton Music Library

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Sonoton’s Barbara Hintermeier

THIS year’s edition of the Durban FilmMart, which runs from June 17 – 20, includes a new partnership with Sonoton, the largest independent production music library in the world.

As part of the partnership with DFM, Sonoton’s Barbara Hintermeier will be hosting an online music search workshop for filmmakers, while the company will also be sponsoring the SONOfind contest in which entrants can win an Apple iPad and other great prizes. Continue reading

Head to the ‘Berg for the Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival

Nomisupasta to perform at Smoking Dragon Festival

Nomisupasta to perform at Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival

THE Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival will take place at the Amphitheatre Backpackers’ Lodge, in the foothills of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal from June 16 to 18.

The three-day unique event combines adrenalin-packed festivities with great music in the bo-ho backpackers’ lodge overlooking the magnificent Northern Drakensberg mountain range. Continue reading

Talents Durban participants announced

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The 37th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is proud to announce the participants of the 9th edition of Talents Durban, presented in cooperation with the Berlinale Talents, an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Talents Durban is a five-day development programme consisting of workshops and seminars for African filmmakers delivered by film professionals and academics. The Talents, who are selected through a rigorous application process, will also have the opportunity to attend screenings and other events at the Festival. Continue reading

World premiere of Nobody’s Died Laughing – A Journey with Pieter-Dirk Uys at Durban International Film Festival

Pieter-Dirk Uys photo by Robert A. Hamblin

Pieter-Dirk Uys. Photo: Robert A Hamblin

Nobody’s Died Laughing, a theatrical-action-documentary that celebrates the life and work of performing artist and activist Pieter-Dirk Uys, will have its world premiere at the 37th Durban International Film Festival on Sunday, June 19 at 6pm at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Continue reading