AMANDA Evans’ film, Serpent, will open this year’s Durban International Film Festival, which runs from July 13 to 23. Continue reading
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Award-winning SA film ‘Inexba’ (‘The Wound’) premieres at DIFF
Nakhane Touré (seated) in a scene from Inexba’, which is having its South African premiere at the Durban International Film Festival. Photo: Supplied
THE South African film Inxeba (known internationally as The Wound) has won the best film award in the International New Talent Competition, at the Taipei Film Festival, ahead of its African premiere at the Durban International Film Festival at The Playhouse on Friday, July 14.
This is a latest in a string of awards for the film, which explores tradition and masculinity, and the clash between age-old rituals and modernity. Continue reading
Durban Disrupts! eThekwini Municipality supports Durban presence at NAF
Phumlani Mtiti. Photo: John Ivins Photography
Arts and Living Cultures at the eThekwini Municipality is supporting 12 Durban theatre groups at this year’s National Arts Festival, which is taking place in Grahamstown until 9 July. Continue reading
Feast of funny and thought-provoking theatre at Wits 969 Festival
The Crucifixion of Amagqwirha.
Enjoy diverse theatre for everyone at Wits Theatre’s 969 Festival, which runs from July 14 to 30 and features some of the best of Grahamstown for the ultimate mid-winter event.
The drama line-up includes works which have featured on both the Main and fringe stages at the 2017 National Arts Festival. Continue reading
Delegate registration opens for 8th Durban FilmMart
Delegate registration for Africa’s premier film finance and co-production market, the Durban FilmMart (DFM), is open.
Celebrating its 8th edition, this year’s DFM, a joint programme of the Durban Film Office (DFO), the eThekwini Municipality’s industry development unit, and the Durban International Film Festival – hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts – takes place from 14 to 17 July. It will host around 500 delegates from Africa and the world. Continue reading
‘The Wound’ to have its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival
The Wound, a film by John Trengove, will make its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, which runs until January 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, Utah. Continue reading
Fresh new theatre and dance on offer on Durban’s bustling beach
Shelby Strange is part of the Rickshaw Collective who will be performing a physical theatre piece, “Dislocation” on Saturday, January 21 at 4pm and Sunday, January 22 at 2pm. Photo: Luca Barausse
This weekend, Durban plays host to the inaugural Fresha Festival. This free fun family al-fresco theatre festival will be staged on Durban’s North Beach for three days on January 20, 21 and 22. Continue reading
Filmmakers flock to Joburg Film Festival
The inaugural Joburg Film Festival kicks off on Friday, October 28 with the world premiere of Mandela’s Gun. This glitzy event will see filmmakers from across South Africa and the globe are getting ready to descend on the city to promote their films. Continue reading
Emerging poets urged to get involved in 20th Poetry Africa Festival
THE Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban is calling for emerging poets to take part in the 20th Poetry Africa festival as Prelude Poets. Continue reading
Poetry Africa calls on pupils to enter for its schools competition
THE Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is inviting school pupils to submit their poems as part of the 20th Poetry Africa Schools Competition. Continue reading
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