Talents Durban
Presented at the DFM annual market
Talents Durban is a training and development programme that brings together Africa’s rising film professionals – screenwriters and directors with fiction, documentary, animation, and hybrid projects in development (this includes all media formats such as film, television series, web series, and content for mobile platforms).
Talents Durban is an initiative of Berlin International Film Festival and is part of six international initiatives of Berlinale Talents. Talents Durban was founded in 2007 as a partnership between the Durban International Film Festival and Berlinale. Since 2019, Talents Durban has become a project of the Durban FilmMart Institute.
Application Information
Applications are currently closed.
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Deadline: 17 March 2023
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The Programmes
Storytelling Lab selects three features, three shorts and three TV/Web series currently in development. The stories are given advanced consultation and mentoring by three script editors, as well as participating in scriptwriting workshops.
Doc Lab is a hands-on training programme in which three Talents Durban participants who submitted documentary projects are given expert mentorship.
Animation Lab is open to screenwriters and animation directors with animation projects. The lab will focus on character development, visual development, and the business of animation in Africa.
Talent Press offers mentorship for emerging African film critics and journalists.
As well as focused mentorships, industry-specific expert masterclasses, workshops, and a creative platform for self-expression and networking
2023 Participants
Fiction Features
Josh Omondi (Kenya)
- Jua Kali - Director & Screenwriter
Kaelo Iyizoba (Nigeria)
A Nollywood Story - Director & Screenwriter
Parthiben Chellapermal (Mauritius)
The Other one country (Au pays de l'Autre) - Director & Screenwriter
Rafeeqah Galant (South Africa)
Aya - Director & Screenwriter
Fiction Shorts
Isabelle Christiane KOURAOGO (Morocco)
Curfew (COUVRE-FEU) - Director & Screenwriter
Kwazikwenkosi Ntombela (South Africa)
Slow Fruit - Screenwriter & Director
Tarek El Sherbeny (Egypt)
Rotten Blood (دم فاسد) - Director
Faycal Leonce Soura (Burkina Faso)
Join Us (NA AN FÊ) - Director & Screenwriter
Documentary
Camélia Gadhgadhi (Algeria)
Bitter Seed - Director
Ntombizodwa Masuku (Zimbabwe)
Half A Tribe - Director & Screenwriter
Babucarr Manka (Gambia)
Standing Up - Director & Screenwriter
Fezeka Mkhabela (South Africa)
Kazi: To Be Born and To Die A Woman - Screenwriter & Director
Linda Mkhize (South Africa)
Izintombi Zomkhonto: Flowers of the Revolution - Director
Animation
Stanley Nwaturuocha (Nigeria)
The Song Maiden - Director
Garth Sanders (South Africa)
Mysteries at the Majestic - Director
Moreti Seepi (South Africa)
Chronicles of Z and Z (Adventures of Z and Z) - Director
Episodic
Katya Aragão (Sao Tome & Principe)
Out of Options - Director & Screenwriter
Thandi Nicola Nayma Tshifhiwa Sebe (South Africa)
The Rainforest Witch (Nha Fim di Mundo) - Screenwriter & Actor
Okoko Nyumbaiza (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The Masters of Elegance - Screenwriter & Director
Talent Press (Film Critic/ Journalist)
Gbenato Carolle Tonoukouen (Benin)
Film Critic & Journalist
Tonderai Cosmas Chiyindiko (Zimbabwe)
Film Critic & Journalist
Gaël Hounkpatin (Benin)
Film Critic & Journalist
Seyi Lasisi (Nigeria)
Film Critic & Journalist
Past Projects
Past projects can be accessed in the ‘Archive‘
Application Information
Applications are currently closed.
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