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Sao Paulo Industry Driver Spcine Builds Ties With Africa
With the exception of Nigeria’s Nollywood, which produces an average of 2,500 films a year, Africa’s “potential as a film powerhouse remains largely untapped” despite great strides in production, according to a Unesco report.
Brazil’s Spcine, the city of São Paulo’s film-TV body, is hoping to change the status quo. Since it launched the country’s first international film incentive policy in 2019, Spcine has played a vital role in fostering the Brazilian audiovisual industry worldwide. In 2020, it spearheaded a strategy to strengthen ties with the African continent, particularly in markets with the strongest growth potential, led by Nigeria and South Africa. The move makes sense, given that Brazil is home to the largest black population outside of Africa and the third-largest in the world, with over 79 million Afro-descendants.
In 2022, Spcine participated in key audiovisual events in Africa, particularly the Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso and in Nigeria where it took part in targeted meetings and visits, seeking to close business deals and strategic partnerships with distribution and production studios, training institutes, film schools and festival heads.
More recently, Spcine sent a delegation to the Durban FilmMart in South Africa, held between July 20 and 30, 2023, which highlights the foundations of the African film industry.
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Un honor ser parte del Jurado de la 44ª edición del festival Durban International Film Festival, que se lleva a cabo del 20 al 30 de Julio de 2023.
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Holidays 7.18
Holidays
Anti-Bigot Day
Billy Joel Day (New York)
Boxer 718 Day
Chrysanthemum Day
Constitution Day (Uruguay)
Global Lifting Awareness Day
Hug a Fat Bald Person Day
Insurance Nerd Day
International Day of the Vaquita Marina
International Laquita Marina Day
Jane Austen Day (Indiana)
Lollapalooza Day
Make A List of the People You Love Day
National Hamiltons Day
National Black Men’s Mental Health Day
National Dapper Your Data Day
National Emma Day
National Hamiltons Day
National Monica Day
National Mortgage Brokers Day
National Peyton Day
Nelson Mandela International Day (a.k.a. Mandela Day; UN)
Perfect Family Day
Perfect 10 Day
President’s Day (Botswana)
Pyramids Day
718 Day (New York)
Shawm Day (French Republic)
Tony the Tiger Day
Weinermobile Day
World Listening Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Brewers Day
National Caviar Day
National Sour Candy Day
National Tropical Fruit Day
St. Anou, Bishop of Metz's Day (patron saint of brewers; a.k.a. St. Arnulf, Arnould, St. Arnold)
Independence & Related Days
Constitution Day (Uruguay; 1830)
Prsänëa (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]
Vietnam (Becomes U.N. member; 1977)
3rd Thursday in July
Get To Know Your Customers Day [3rd Thursday of each Quarter]
Latitude Festival (Suffolk, UK) [3rd Thursday thru Sunday]
National Dole Whip Day [3rd Thursday]
Protect Swimmers Day [3rd Thursday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
Weekly Holidays beginning July 18 (3rd Week of July)
Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week (thru 7.28)
Festivals Beginning July 18, 2024
Chincoteague Island Blueberry Festival (Chincoteague Island, Virginia) [thru 7.20]
Cookin' on Kampeska (Watertown, South Dakota) [thru 7.20]
Delaware State Fair (Harrington, Delaware) [thru 7.27]
Durban International Film Festival (Durban, South Africa) [thru 7.28]
Fantasia International Film Festival (Montreal, Canada) [thru 8.4]
Jazz in Marciac (Marciac, France) [thru 8.4]
Jerusalem Film Festival (Jerusalem, Israel) [thru 7.27]
Johnson County Peach Festival (Clarksville, Arkansas) [thru 7.20]
Lexington Restaurant Week (Lexington, Kentucky) [thru 7.28]
Miami Valley Steam Threshers Show (Plain City, Ohio) [thru 7.21]
N.C. Peach Festival [Candor, North Carolina) [thru 7.20]
New Horizons International Film Festival (Wrocław, Poland) [thru 7.28]
Picklesburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [thru 7.21]
Porter Peach Festival (Porter, Oklahoma) [thru 7.20]
Port Fish Days (Port Washington, Wisconsin) [thru 7.20]
Riverfront Food Truck Festival (Hartford, Connecticut) [thru 7.20]
Taste of Galesburg (Galesburg, Illinois)
Taste of Park Ridge (Park Ridge, Illinois) [thru 7.20]
Venice International Festival of Contemporary Dance [Biennale Danza] (Venice, Italy) [thru 8.3]
Verbier Festival (Verbier, Switzerland) [thru 8.4]
Feast Days
Arnulf of Metz (a.k.a. Arnoldus; Christian; Saint) [Belgium; brewers] *
Bernd Fasching (Artology)
Bobby Henderson Day (Pastafarian)
Bruno of Segni (Christian; Saint)
Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, U.S. only)
Day of Arstat and Copper Woman (Everyday Wicca)
Eadburh (a.k.a. Edburga) of Bicester (Christian; Saint)
Eid-e-Ghadir (Iran)
Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England)
Feast of Saint Arnoldus (Belgium)
Feast of Teneu
Fionn Mac Cumhail (Celtic Book of Days)
Frederick of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)
Giacomo Balla (Artology)
Hunter S. Thompson (Writerism)
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Artology)
Jabotinsky Day (Israel) [29 Tammuz]
Leroy (Muppetism)
The Lunch of the Forward Goblins (Surprisingly Fairies Only; Shamanism)
Marina of Aguas Santas (Christian; Saint)
Maternus of Milan (Christian; Saint)
Nebet-Het (Birthday of Nephthys, Egyptian Goddess of Beer)
Nephthy’s Day (Egyptian Goddess of Death; Pagan)
Odulph (Christian; Saint)
Pambo (Christian; Saint)
Philastrius (Christian; Saint)
Rabelais (Positivist; Saint)
Symphorosa and her Seven Sons (Christian; Martyrs)
Theneva (Christian; Saint)
Theodosia of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Thomas Morton Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Vitulatio (Feast to Vitulatio, Ancient Roman Goddess of Exultation, joy & life)
Water Pistol Day (Pastafarian)
William Makepeace Thackery (Writerism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Day of Bad Omens (Ancient Rome) [1 of 2]
Prime Number Day: 199 [46 of 72]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [41 of 57]
Premieres
Aliens (Film; 1986)
Arachnophobia (Film; 1990)
Bad Boys II (Film; 2003)
The Betty Boop Limited (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1933)
Bosko’s Holiday (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
The Bowling Ally-Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1942)
City Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1952)
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (Novel; 1962)
Closer, by Joy Division (Album; 1980)
Consider the Oyster, by M.F.K. Fisher (Food Essays; 1941)
Copy Cat (Animated Antics Cartoon; 1941)
The Dark Knight (Film; 2008)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (Film; 1956)
Day Nurse (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)
Don’t Bother to Knock (Film; 1952)
Entourage (TV Series; 2004)
Eureka (TV Series; 2006)
Friends with Benefits (Film; 2011)
George of the Jungle (Film; 1997)
God Only Knows, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
I Love to Sings (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)
Johnny English (Film; 2003)
Jurassic Park III (Film; 2001)
The Mahagonny Songspiel, by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill (Song; 1927)
Mamma Mia! (Film; 2008)
The Minute and a 1/2 Man (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1959)
Mrs. Brown (Film; 1997)
The Nun’s Story (Film; 1959)
Pink Blue Plate (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1971)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (Animated Film; 2014)
Porco Rosso (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1992)
RWBY (Anime Series; 2013)
Sex Tape (Film; 2014)
Sketches of Spain, by Miles Davis (Album; 1960)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn (Science book; 1962)
Symphony No. 8 in D Minor, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Symphony; 1956)
Tweet and Lovely (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)
UHF, by Weird Al Yankpvic (Soundtrack Album; 1989)
Used Cars (Film; 1980)
Wouldn’t It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
Today’s Name Days
Answer, Arnold, Arnulf, Friedrich, Ulf (Austria)
Emil, Emilian (Bulgaria)
Bruno, Emilija, Frederik, Ljuba (Croatia)
Drahomíra (Czech Republic)
Arnolphus (Denmark)
Eerika, Erika (Estonia)
Riikka (Finland)
Frédéric (France)
Arnulf, Friedrich, Ulf (Germany)
Aimilianos, Emilianos (Greece)
Frigyes (Hungary)
Calogero, Giusta (Italy)
Rozālija, Roze, Rozīte (Latvia)
Eimantė, Ervinas, Kamilis, Tautvilas (Lithuania)
Arnulf, Ørnulf (Norway)
Arnold, Arnolf, Erwin, Erwina, Kamil, Karolina, Robert, Roberta, Szymon, Unisław, Wespazjan (Poland)
Anna (Russia)
Kamila (Slovakia)
Federico, Marina (Spain)
Fredrik, Fritz (Sweden)
Alfie, Alfred, Avery, Federica, Federico, Fred, Freda, Freddie, Freddy, Fréddy , Freed, Frederic, Frédéric, Frederich, Federik, Frederick, Frédérick, Frederico, Fredrick, Fredy (Universal)
Fred, Freda, Freddie, Freddy, Frederica, Frederick, Frederico, Fredrick, Fredy (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 200 of 2024; 166 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 29 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 13 (Guy-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 12 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 11 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 20 Red; Sixday [20 of 30]
Julian: 5 July 2024
Moon: 90%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 3 Dante (8th Month) [Rabelais]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 29 of 94)
Week: 3rd Week of July
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 28 of 31)
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Holidays 7.18
Holidays
Anti-Bigot Day
Billy Joel Day (New York)
Boxer 718 Day
Chrysanthemum Day
Constitution Day (Uruguay)
Global Lifting Awareness Day
Hug a Fat Bald Person Day
Insurance Nerd Day
International Day of the Vaquita Marina
International Laquita Marina Day
Jane Austen Day (Indiana)
Lollapalooza Day
Make A List of the People You Love Day
National Hamiltons Day
National Black Men’s Mental Health Day
National Dapper Your Data Day
National Emma Day
National Hamiltons Day
National Monica Day
National Mortgage Brokers Day
National Peyton Day
Nelson Mandela International Day (a.k.a. Mandela Day; UN)
Perfect Family Day
Perfect 10 Day
President’s Day (Botswana)
Pyramids Day
718 Day (New York)
Shawm Day (French Republic)
Tony the Tiger Day
Weinermobile Day
World Listening Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Brewers Day
National Caviar Day
National Sour Candy Day
National Tropical Fruit Day
St. Anou, Bishop of Metz's Day (patron saint of brewers; a.k.a. St. Arnulf, Arnould, St. Arnold)
Independence & Related Days
Constitution Day (Uruguay; 1830)
Prsänëa (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]
Vietnam (Becomes U.N. member; 1977)
3rd Thursday in July
Get To Know Your Customers Day [3rd Thursday of each Quarter]
Latitude Festival (Suffolk, UK) [3rd Thursday thru Sunday]
National Dole Whip Day [3rd Thursday]
Protect Swimmers Day [3rd Thursday]
Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]
Weekly Holidays beginning July 18 (3rd Week of July)
Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week (thru 7.28)
Festivals Beginning July 18, 2024
Chincoteague Island Blueberry Festival (Chincoteague Island, Virginia) [thru 7.20]
Cookin' on Kampeska (Watertown, South Dakota) [thru 7.20]
Delaware State Fair (Harrington, Delaware) [thru 7.27]
Durban International Film Festival (Durban, South Africa) [thru 7.28]
Fantasia International Film Festival (Montreal, Canada) [thru 8.4]
Jazz in Marciac (Marciac, France) [thru 8.4]
Jerusalem Film Festival (Jerusalem, Israel) [thru 7.27]
Johnson County Peach Festival (Clarksville, Arkansas) [thru 7.20]
Lexington Restaurant Week (Lexington, Kentucky) [thru 7.28]
Miami Valley Steam Threshers Show (Plain City, Ohio) [thru 7.21]
N.C. Peach Festival [Candor, North Carolina) [thru 7.20]
New Horizons International Film Festival (Wrocław, Poland) [thru 7.28]
Picklesburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [thru 7.21]
Porter Peach Festival (Porter, Oklahoma) [thru 7.20]
Port Fish Days (Port Washington, Wisconsin) [thru 7.20]
Riverfront Food Truck Festival (Hartford, Connecticut) [thru 7.20]
Taste of Galesburg (Galesburg, Illinois)
Taste of Park Ridge (Park Ridge, Illinois) [thru 7.20]
Venice International Festival of Contemporary Dance [Biennale Danza] (Venice, Italy) [thru 8.3]
Verbier Festival (Verbier, Switzerland) [thru 8.4]
Feast Days
Arnulf of Metz (a.k.a. Arnoldus; Christian; Saint) [Belgium; brewers] *
Bernd Fasching (Artology)
Bobby Henderson Day (Pastafarian)
Bruno of Segni (Christian; Saint)
Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, U.S. only)
Day of Arstat and Copper Woman (Everyday Wicca)
Eadburh (a.k.a. Edburga) of Bicester (Christian; Saint)
Eid-e-Ghadir (Iran)
Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England)
Feast of Saint Arnoldus (Belgium)
Feast of Teneu
Fionn Mac Cumhail (Celtic Book of Days)
Frederick of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)
Giacomo Balla (Artology)
Hunter S. Thompson (Writerism)
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Artology)
Jabotinsky Day (Israel) [29 Tammuz]
Leroy (Muppetism)
The Lunch of the Forward Goblins (Surprisingly Fairies Only; Shamanism)
Marina of Aguas Santas (Christian; Saint)
Maternus of Milan (Christian; Saint)
Nebet-Het (Birthday of Nephthys, Egyptian Goddess of Beer)
Nephthy’s Day (Egyptian Goddess of Death; Pagan)
Odulph (Christian; Saint)
Pambo (Christian; Saint)
Philastrius (Christian; Saint)
Rabelais (Positivist; Saint)
Symphorosa and her Seven Sons (Christian; Martyrs)
Theneva (Christian; Saint)
Theodosia of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Thomas Morton Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Vitulatio (Feast to Vitulatio, Ancient Roman Goddess of Exultation, joy & life)
Water Pistol Day (Pastafarian)
William Makepeace Thackery (Writerism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Day of Bad Omens (Ancient Rome) [1 of 2]
Prime Number Day: 199 [46 of 72]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [41 of 57]
Premieres
Aliens (Film; 1986)
Arachnophobia (Film; 1990)
Bad Boys II (Film; 2003)
The Betty Boop Limited (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1933)
Bosko’s Holiday (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
The Bowling Ally-Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1942)
City Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1952)
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (Novel; 1962)
Closer, by Joy Division (Album; 1980)
Consider the Oyster, by M.F.K. Fisher (Food Essays; 1941)
Copy Cat (Animated Antics Cartoon; 1941)
The Dark Knight (Film; 2008)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (Film; 1956)
Day Nurse (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)
Don’t Bother to Knock (Film; 1952)
Entourage (TV Series; 2004)
Eureka (TV Series; 2006)
Friends with Benefits (Film; 2011)
George of the Jungle (Film; 1997)
God Only Knows, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
I Love to Sings (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)
Johnny English (Film; 2003)
Jurassic Park III (Film; 2001)
The Mahagonny Songspiel, by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill (Song; 1927)
Mamma Mia! (Film; 2008)
The Minute and a 1/2 Man (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1959)
Mrs. Brown (Film; 1997)
The Nun’s Story (Film; 1959)
Pink Blue Plate (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1971)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (Animated Film; 2014)
Porco Rosso (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1992)
RWBY (Anime Series; 2013)
Sex Tape (Film; 2014)
Sketches of Spain, by Miles Davis (Album; 1960)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn (Science book; 1962)
Symphony No. 8 in D Minor, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Symphony; 1956)
Tweet and Lovely (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)
UHF, by Weird Al Yankpvic (Soundtrack Album; 1989)
Used Cars (Film; 1980)
Wouldn’t It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)
Today’s Name Days
Answer, Arnold, Arnulf, Friedrich, Ulf (Austria)
Emil, Emilian (Bulgaria)
Bruno, Emilija, Frederik, Ljuba (Croatia)
Drahomíra (Czech Republic)
Arnolphus (Denmark)
Eerika, Erika (Estonia)
Riikka (Finland)
Frédéric (France)
Arnulf, Friedrich, Ulf (Germany)
Aimilianos, Emilianos (Greece)
Frigyes (Hungary)
Calogero, Giusta (Italy)
Rozālija, Roze, Rozīte (Latvia)
Eimantė, Ervinas, Kamilis, Tautvilas (Lithuania)
Arnulf, Ørnulf (Norway)
Arnold, Arnolf, Erwin, Erwina, Kamil, Karolina, Robert, Roberta, Szymon, Unisław, Wespazjan (Poland)
Anna (Russia)
Kamila (Slovakia)
Federico, Marina (Spain)
Fredrik, Fritz (Sweden)
Alfie, Alfred, Avery, Federica, Federico, Fred, Freda, Freddie, Freddy, Fréddy , Freed, Frederic, Frédéric, Frederich, Federik, Frederick, Frédérick, Frederico, Fredrick, Fredy (Universal)
Fred, Freda, Freddie, Freddy, Frederica, Frederick, Frederico, Fredrick, Fredy (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 200 of 2024; 166 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 29 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 13 (Guy-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 12 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 11 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 20 Red; Sixday [20 of 30]
Julian: 5 July 2024
Moon: 90%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 3 Dante (8th Month) [Rabelais]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 10 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 29 of 94)
Week: 3rd Week of July
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 28 of 31)
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Manoj Bajpayee-Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub starrer Joram heads to Durban International Film Festival
Zee Studios' Joram starring Manoj Bajpayee and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub will be screened at Durban International Film Festival.
Zee Studios' next, Joram, directed by Devashish Makhija, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, recently won immense adulation at the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film has been officially selected for the Durban International Film Festival.
The film is produced by Zee Studios in collaboration with Makhijafilm, an independent production house jointly owned by Devashish himself and curator-producer Anupama Bose. The film will be in Sydney this month and Durban in the next.
A hard-hitting psychological thriller about a hunted displaced man who is on the run to protect his daughter. The film also deals with issues such as social inequalities, injustice within the tribal communities, deforestation and much more! The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Smita Tambe, and Megha Mathur in pivotal roles. Joram also features Tannishtha Chatterjee and Rajshri Deshpande in special appearances.
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Manoj Bajpayee-Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub starrer Joram heads to Durban International Film Festival : Bollywood News
Zee Studios’ next, Joram, directed by Devashish Makhija, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, recently won immense adulation at the 52nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film has been officially selected for the Durban International Film Festival. Manoj Bajpayee-Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub starrer Joram heads to Durban International Film Festival The film is produced by Zee…
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Un honor ser parte del Jurado de la 44ª edición del festival Durban International Film Festival, que se lleva a cabo del 20 al 30 de Julio de 2023.
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South African Film Festival opens online this week with vibrant film, doco program
The Festival runs May 12-24 with special in-cinema closing night screenings in Sydney and Melbourne. All ticket proceeds go to programs supporting vulnerable groups in South Africa.
We’re not getting to South Africa anytime soon, so the South African Film Festival brought it here.
Three years strong, the Festival launched in Bondi in 2019, went online in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and this year will run online May 12-24 with special in-cinema closing night screenings in Sydney and Melbourne. All ticket proceeds this year go to programs supporting vulnerable groups in South Africa.
This year’s program includes documentaries, feature films and two short features.
“There’s a range of intrinsic directorial visions extrapolating South Africa’s past, present and future,” said Festival director Clare Jankelson. “Each year the focus is to find a selection of proudly South African films that brings the vibrancy of the unique South African culture and its people to our Australian, and for the first time this year, New Zealand, audiences.”
The program kicks off on Wednesday May 12 with documentary Influence, billed with world leaders Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma as stars.
“The disgraced PR powerhouse Bell Pottinger, with everything that went wrong, came to light with the probe into the severe Government corruption under the Zuma presidency,” said Clare. “The film highlights the relationship of truth and power on a global platform and shows how political spin and ‘fake news’ sway public perception.”
“This film won Best Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa in 2021 and was a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.”
The documentary bears an especially strong resonance in light of events transpiring only this week past, with the ruling African National Congress’ Secretary-General Ace Magashule, currently facing fraud and other charges, being suspended by the ANC.
With South African politics remaining a consistent theme of the Festival and ever-present in the minds of South Africans both abroad and in Australia, the focus is even stronger this year in light of an unprecedented emphasis on documentaries.
“We usually try to find a balance between feature films, documentaries and short films, but this year and due to the global pandemic, most feature film productions slowed down, and documentaries were more readily available,” said Clare. “It’s a curation of ‘fresh off the press’ features launched at international Film Festivals before local South African release, like Influence and Barakat, or past releases with accolades. The Festival offers a reminder of South Africa’s history pre and post-Apartheid together with climate and environmental references that speaks to a country rich with remarkable nature and wildlife.”
Barakat, translating to ‘blessings’ in Urdu, follows a Muslim, Malay community residing in Cape Town where the feature was also completed. Also selected for the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, Barakat was the Closing Night feature of London’s most recent Film Africa Festival.
“Barakat is produced by Nagvlug Films, it’s dynamic young Writer/Director Amy Jephta and her producing partner Ephraim Gordon,” said Clare. “They brought together a stellar cast of mostly Muslim people in order to achieve a nuanced integrity in their depictions of ordinary family life.”
“This passionate little family film with so much heart, which is in the vain of Minari, will not only appeal to the African diaspora across Australia and New Zealand, but to all communities trying to overcome the trials and tribulations of this year of a global pandemic. The film will be released at the same time as the South African release and during the time of breaking the fast in celebration of Eid-al-Fitr (commencing May 12, 2021), a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims world-wide marking the end of the fasting of Ramadan.”
One of four documentaries on the program, Blindside covers the 1974 British Lions’ boycott-breaking Apartheid-era tour of South Africa. Reflecting on the political role of, and debates around, rugby during the regime, the material will resonate with fans of Clint Eastwood’s Invictus and those who recall, fondly or not, the recent triumph of South Africa in the World Cup; reminiscent itself of the events depicted in the 2009 drama.
The nation’s Oscar entry Toorbos will also screen; a period drama set in a conservative Knysna forest community chronicling 18-year-old Karoliena’s forced marriage to a shopkeeper and transition to a new reality in a new town. Based on the Dalene Matthee novel, Toorbos too centres on the Government’s plans to imminently remove and rehouse the impoverished community.
Spanning the genre range to romantic adventure, Riding with Sugar covers pursuit of BMX success, the lead’s romance with a dancer and dreams of a happier life while Sandance! takes us across southern Africa via rehearsals by members of the San community bringing performances and healing dance as far as Botswana’s annual Kuru Dance Festival.
Gangster flick For Love and Broken Bones follows Motheo, a musician and debt collector who falls for his newest target while Mama Africa utilises five decades of archival footage to present singer Miriam Makeba’s legacy. Exiled from the country for more than 30 years, Makeba’s life took her from the US to Guinea, with her banishment heavily influencing her art.
A New Country and District Six Rising From the Dust, directed by Sifiso Khanyile and Weaam Williams respectively, via contemporary commentary and archival footage chronicle the continued effects of Apartheid, with Good Hope outlining the views, aspirations and experiences of younger South Africans whose earliest memories recall the post-Apartheid nation. Life is Wonderful will look to the earlier impacts of the laws and the story of Denis Goldberg, who was convicted at the infamous Rivonia trial where Mandela, alongside Goldberg and other co-defendents, were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jozi Gold will highlight the ever-present issue of the environmental state of South Africa and the impacts of mining, with drama Tess exploring the issues of abuse and gender violence through the experiences of a sex worker who falls pregnant.
Letter Reader, one of the short features on the program, follows a 12-year-old boy who becomes his village’s letter reader.
Continuing the Festival’s commitment to ‘Education without Borders,’ all ticket proceeds will go toward a charity assisting vulnerable and young South Africans in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities. A strong motivating factor in taking the Festival online last year, Education without Borders and those of their ilk are seeking to ameliorate conditions further impacted by an as of yet very limited vaccine rollout and the highest mortality rate in Africa. An education foundation functioning in South Africa since 2002, their roles are as crucial as ever now given the extent to which COVID-19 has impacted the country with many communities now left even more bereft of requisite resources amidst lengthy lockdowns.
There resides a strong Australian-South African community surrounding the South African Film Festival’s foundations in Bondi but going online has meant the Festival bears an even greater opportunity to reach more ex-pats, community members and local film fans than before. For local residents of the South African community keenly watching what is happening overseas, some of whom have had to forestall long-awaited trips to Bloemfontein or Johannesburg, this author included, it’s a more than welcome opportunity to reconnect, re-engage, enjoy some movies and be as close to South Africa as we’re going to get right now.
The South African Film Festival screens online from Wednesday 12 May to Monday 24 May, 2021 in Australia and New Zealand with Closing Night Barakat screenings in Event Cinemas Bondi Junction and Castle Hill together with Melbourne’s Classic Cinema. Get program and ticket information at the Festival website.
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Most Controversial Films in Indian Cinema
Indian cinema has no scarcity of films which either courted major controversy or faced complete ban and were never released in the country. Interestingly, these pictures have garnered rave critical reviews and been well-received at international film festivals. From themes that deal with communal violence to homosexuality and politics, these are some of the most controversial films ever made in India.
Garm Hawa (1973)
Garm Hawa is a film based on an unpublished story by eminent Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai. In 1947, India gained independence from the British colonial rule, but it also came at a heavy price—the division of the country to India and Pakistan. Garm Hawa tells the poignant story of a Muslim businessman who is torn between staying back in India, the land of his forefathers, or joining his relatives in Pakistan. It is one of the best films to showcase the plight of the Muslims in the country in a post-partition era. The film was deferred for eight months, fearing communal violence, before it was released.
Aandhi (1975)
This political drama centres around a woman politician whose appearance was uncannily similar to that of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. This led the film to face allegations that it was based on her, especially Gandhi’s relationship with her estranged husband. However, the filmmakers had only borrowed the protagonist’s look from the Prime Minister and the rest had nothing to do with her life. Even after its release, the director was asked to remove scenes which showed the lead actress smoking and drinking during an election campaign and the film was completely banned during the national Emergency later that year.
Kissa Kursi Ka (1977)
Directed by Member of Parliament Amrit Nahata, the film is a satire on the administrative regime of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi. Kissa Kursi Ka was submitted for certification from the Central Board of Film Certification in 1975 but the country was put under Emergency the same year and so the film was banned during that entire period. All movie prints, including the masterprint, were confiscated and destroyed during the time, a move which even landed Sanjay in jail.
Bandit Queen (1994)
The biographical film is based on the life of Phoolan Devi, a feared woman dacoit who led a gang of bandits in northern India. Phoolan belonged to a poor low caste family and was married to a man three times her age. She later took to a life of crime. The film, directed by Bafta-winner Shekhar Kapur, was criticised for its excessive use of abusive language, sexual content and nudity. Despite the backlash, Bandit Queen went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
Fire (1996)
Fire is the first instalment in the Elements trilogy directed by acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta. It is considered a pathbreaking film for being the first Indian cinema to explore homosexual relationship. But on its release, it faced adverse reactions with vandals burning posters and destroying cinemas where the film was being screened. Following the scandal, Fire was retracted briefly and Mehta even led a candlelit protest in New Delhi to oppose the move.
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love, directed by Mira Nair, was banned in India with the officials stating the film’s sexual content was too harsh for Indian sensitivities. An ironic suggestion, considering the book Kama Sutra originated in India and is easily available for purchase. Protesters labelled the film as unethical and immoral, but it received widespread critical acclaim. Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love explores the relationship of four lovers in 16th-century India.
Paanch (2003)
Anurag Kashyap is a pioneer filmmaker, but also one of the most controversial in the Indian film industry. He has never shied away from broaching bold topics, which may not sit well with many in the Indian community. His directorial debut Paanch, which revolves around the life of five band members entangled in a kidnapping plot gone wrong, remains unreleased to this day. Inspired by true life incidents, the drugs, violence and sex depicted in the film was considered inappropriate for the Indian audience.
Hava Aaney De (2004)
Hava Aney De is an Indo-French film which works with the sensitive subject of India-Pakistan war. The Censor Board of India demanded over 21 cuts in the film, but the director Partho Sen-Gupta would hear nothing of it. Hava Aney De, therefore, was never released in India. It did win multiple awards at film events held abroad including Best Film at Durban International Film Festival and the BBC Audience Award at the Commonwealth Film Festival.
Water (2005)
Water is the third and final instalment in Deepa Mehta’s trilogy of films. It tackles the subject of ostracism and misogyny through the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi. Water was believed to show the country in a bad light, and even before filming started, right-wing activists wrecked film sets and issued suicide threats. Mehta was eventually forced to move the filming location to Sri Lanka. Not only that, but she had to change the entire cast and shoot the film under a pseudo title, River Moon.
The Pink Mirror (2006)
The Pink Mirror is the first mainstream film to have two transsexuals as protagonists. While it was a groundbreaking moment in Indian cinema, the Central Board of Film Certification had other opinions, calling the film “’vulgar and offensive”. The Pink Mirror remains banned in India but it went on to win the Jury Award for Best Feature at the New York LGBT Film Festival and the Best Film of the Festival at Question de Genre in Lille, France. You can catch the film on Netflix now.
Black Friday (2007)
Black Friday, another Anurag Kashyap venture, also faced a temporary ban. It deals with the 1993 Mumbai bombings, and the Bombay High Court decided to suspend the release until the trial was over. This meant that Kashyap had to wait for another three years until Black Friday hit cinemas. The film received praise from both international and national media with the New York Times comparing it to Academy Award nominees Salvador and Munich.
Parzania (2007)
Parzania is inspired by the true story of a 10-year-old boy, Azhar Mody who disappeared after the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre during which 69 people were killed. This is one of the many incidents which led to the Gujarat riots, one of the worst acts of communal violence the country has ever witnessed. Cinema owners in Gujarat were allegedly threatened not to screen Parzania and the film went on to face an unofficial ban in the state.
Inshallah, Football (2010)
Inshallah, Football is a documentary film about a young boy from Kashmir who dreams of becoming a famous footballer. But his ambitions are crushed when he is not allowed to travel abroad because his father is an alleged militant. Critics felt the documentary showcased the reality of violence-afflicted Kashmir, but it failed to get the green light from the authorities for release in India as they felt the film was critical of how the Indian military operated in the politically sensitive region of Kashmir.
India’s Daughter (2015)
India’s Daughter is a documentary by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin and is based on the horrific Delhi gang rape and murder of 23-year-old student Jyoti Singh in 2012. The film includes an interview with Mukesh Singh, one of the four men convicted in the case. India’s Daughter was banned in India because the rapist airs certain views on gender which show the country in a poor light. These incendiary comments were believed to disturb the peace restored after a countrywide protest following news of the rape.
Padmavati (2017)
Padmavati is the latest Hindi film to court serious controversy as some right-wing groups felt that the film misrepresents history and thus tarnishes the reputation of certain communities in Rajasthan. A bounty was also put on the director and the lead actress, who portrays the historical queen Padmavati in the film. The film was scheduled for release in December 2017 but remains shelved so far. Historians, however, have debated the real life existence of the queen, with many saying she was a fictional character in an epic poem.
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DIFF is back! And better than ever...
After a rocky last few years full of worldly challenges, online or hybrid only screening events and multiple changings of the guard. The 45th Durban International Film Festival is once again set to ignite our local silver screens with a triumphant return of offerings at the 3 main cinema chains of South Africa. With over a 100 titles on offer, plenty of workshops, community screenings and an ever growing expansion of our film family. This year is looking good with many old DIFF favourites returning, helping us feel like we reclaiming and restoring some of the old glory days...
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The 15th annual Durban FilmMart (DFM), taking place from 19th to 22nd July 2024 in Durban, also returns to the Southern Sun Elangeni. Continuing to grow from strength to strength with this year's edition appropriately themed "African Visions Unleashed: From Disruption to Accountability".
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“Still Shining” curated by Mia Savant on pondersavant.comCreated during this lockdown, Joas Nebe presents a short creative video for our viewing pleasure! Go see the abstract perspective and use it to look at the world in new and exciting ways!https://pondersavant.com/2020/05/21/the-room-project-magic-box-video-by-joas-nebe/INTRO:THE ROOM PROJECT: MAGIC BOX(4k, color, single channel video, 2020, 1m55s)Blooming cherry trees bewitch us for a few days when they are in full blossom. But the magic they create is fragil. Just a light breeze makes blossoms fall and takes the magic with them back on the ground.http://www.jsnebe.de/film14.htmlArtist:Joas Nebe, who holds degrees in psychology and literature, is a self taught artist, born in Hamburg but now located in South Germany. After a few years in Berlin he decided three years ago to move south close to the French and Swiss border. Important exhibits include the artist´s “Climate Change Cartoons“ on display on exhibition “Letters from the Sky” which accompanied the Durban UN conference on Climate Change 2011 in South Africa and “Machine Fair”- a film about the mechanical site of a metropolis- shown at Museum of Modern Art, Moscow as part of “Now&After” screening in 2012. Other film works has been shown at 25th Festival Les Instants Video (Biblioteca Alexandrina, Cairo), Videoformes Festival 2014 and 2015, Sustain Our Africa, Madatac 3, 4, 5, 6 Competitive Official International Selection (Madrid), Papy Gyros Nights 2016 Hong Kong/ ART_TECTURE, just to name a few.Solo shows are “Intrude Art and Life” at the Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai in 2008, where Santiago Capriccio, a short epilogue to the Philosophical Cartoon cycle was chosen to be one out of 100 non-Chinese artists to be displayed on public video screens in Shanghai for one day, 2016 “Encyclopedic”, a one night solo show at The Greenhouse, Berlin, 2016, “You Did A Bad Thing For A Good Reason”, solo show at Berlin´s Cormac Weiss Gallery, curated by Marinus Jo Dimitrov, IFEA (International Curatorial Award 2016) supported by Christopher Grape Fund; 2017 “On Nature” at 16:9 Gallery, UTCL, USA curated by Manzi Yang.2017 Joas Nebe received a M 5 ARTS stipend for his video work “The Dictionary serial” (USA). 2017 he has been awarded with the Residency by Correspondence from The Arts Territory Exchange Program, 2018 with the Social Media Residency by Peripheral Forms and the Online Residency by Coldbench (all UK).
Joas Nebe ́s curatorial works have been shown in different European countries. He developed three projects to which international video artists contributed. “The Encyclopedic Cartoons Video Project” had it ́s premiere in Berlin and has been shown since in many European countries. His second curatorial work “the Proverb Picture Project” again with participating artist from different continents and countries had it´ s premiere on VisualContainer TV in 2014. 2017 Joas Nebe developed a project about democracy, scrabble and wordlists, called “The Democracy Scrabble Project”, had it´s premiere again on VisualContainer TV and (.BOX) Video Project Room, Milan in 2018.Follow This Artist:http://www.jsnebe.de/https://joasnebe.wordpress.compondersavant | May 21, 2020 at 4:00 pm | Tags: art, joasnebe, lockdownart, stillshining, https://pondersavant.com/2020/05/21/the-room-project-magic-box-video-by-joas-nebe/
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Durban International Film Festival 2019 calls for submissions.
Durban International Film Festival 2019 calls for submissions.
The Durban International Film Festival 2019 has invited filmmakers from across the world to submit their Short, Documentary or Feature Fiction films to screen in the festival. The festival will run in the South African town from 18-28 July 2019 under the theme “Reimaging DIFFerent.”
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"Filmmaking demands extreme level of passion and madness" - Sanjib Dey
“Filmmaking demands extreme level of passion and madness” – Sanjib Dey
Sanjib Dey is in the midst of his career’s undertaking as his directorial venture ‘III Smoking Barrels’ is going through literal explosions at film festivals worldwide.
The film opened at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala recently. The world premiere of the movie took place at the 38th Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, followed by its European premiere at the 66th…
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Durban International Film Festival off to a great start
#DIFF2017@DIFFest (Durban International Film Festival) off to a great start
The city of Durban was abuzz with film activity last weekend following a successful opening to the annual Durban International Film Festival on Thursday. The opening film wowed audiences on the Opening night with chilling and emotional scenes that kept the audiences glued to the big screen at the magnificent Playhouse.
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Spotlight on SWIFT
Spotlight on Swift. @swift_safrica
Jacqui-Lee Katz, Flavia Motsisi and Zoe Chiriseri are three core board members of SWIFT. SWIFT stands for Sisters Working in Film and Television. They are a South African based NPO for women in film & TV. Sarafina Magazine sat down with Jacqui-Lee, who heads up their Social Media and Marketing committee, Flavia, who works in the Skills and Mentorship subcommittee and Zoe, who works within the…
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#Actors#Advice#Cape Town#Casting Director#Conversation#DIFF#Director#Durban#Durban International Film Festival#empowerment#Film#Flavia Motsisi#Jacqui-Lee Katz#Joburg#Non profit organisation#NPO#Organisation#Organization#SAGA#Sara Blecher#Sisters working in film and television#South Africa#South African#SWIFT#TV#Woman#Women#Zoe Chiriseri
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