Documentary Filmmakers' Association Blog

DSTV Film Talent Competition

2011-12-12T11:18:00.001+02:00

Enter your beautifully crafted short film in the DStv Film Talent Celebration completion.This competition will be focusing on the ability of South African filmmakers totell wonderful authentic stories through very short films. The competition willbe challenging specifically those filmmakers who overcame the limits of timeand continued to display their craft as talented story tellers. The length ofthe films has to be between three and ten minutes. This is a nationwide shortfilm competition for South African filmmakers which is open to any genre offilm as long as you believe that your film is a high impact offering.
Competition closes: 29 February 2012. No submission fee required. As with allcompetitions MultiChoice standard terms and conditions apply, these areincluded in the entryform.

CALL FOR DFA DELEGATION TO HOT DOCS 2012

2011-12-07T15:46:00.001+02:00

Hot Docs is North America's largestdocumentary film festival, and next year it runs in Toronto from 26 April to 6May 2012. For more information on Hot Docs and its programme, please go to www.hotdocs.ca.

After a small DFA delegation attendedHot Docs 2011, and reported back on the enormous gains they made from being atsuch an international gathering of like minded filmmakers, the DFA decided thatit would like to enable a larger delegation to benefit in 2012. Because of ourgood working relationships with the Department of Trade and Industry, the NFVFand Hot Docs, the DFA is now in a position to put out a call to all registeredDFA members currently working on documentary film projects to apply to be apart of the DFA Hot Docs 2012 delegation.

10 DFA members will be selected andtheir travel and accommodation will be covered by the Department of Tradeand Industry's EMIA scheme. In addition to this being an opportunity topromote members' completed films and/or projects, the NFVF will have a strongpresence at Hot Docs 2012 and will offer a dedicated stand, present a brochureon the South African projects, host an evening function and will facilitate ameeting with the Hot Docs Blue Ice Documentary Film Fund.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must have been registered members of the DFA for at leastone year.
Applicants must be applying separately to Hot Docs to attend TheForum, the Doc Shop or to receive funding through the Hot Docs Blue IceDocumentary Film Fund. Kindly see www.hotdocs.ca for the requirements forthose applications.
Applicants must be in a position to actually attend Hot Docs 2012.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Complete the EMIA form
Draft a one to two page summary of your project, which must includethe budgeted amount for the project (and the amount raised to date) and anindication of whether you have broadcasters attached.
Your contact details
Please email the complete EMIA form, your project information andcontact details to info@docfilmsa.com with 'DFA HOTDOCS DELEGATION' in the subject line

DEADLINE

Saturday 31 December 2011. Successful applicants will be notified by the 15th of February 2012 at the latest.

Imam and I Middle East Premiere

2011-12-05T11:11:00.001+02:00

Imam and I Middle East Premiere at the 8th Dubai International FilmFestival

Imam and I is the debut feature length documentary byindependent South African filmmaker Khalid Shamis and will be screening at thisyear’s DIFF in Dubai, UAE. Imam and I will represent South Africa as the onlySouth African documentary at the festival. Click here to watch the trailer or the promo below.