28th Durban International Film Festival : 20 June 1-July 2007|
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SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL EVENTS Audience development and filmmaker development are the two pillars supporting the seminars, workshops and special events DIFF workshop programme. This year's events are again free, and most are open to the public. Activities include skills development programmes and discussion fora which offer a focus on film industry issues and a networking opportunity for all participants. DIFF sincerely thanks all contributors to the workshop programme. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES National: The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) will maintain a presence at the festival and will be available for meetings on application at the BAT Centre Festival Desk, or contact 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Provincial: The General Manager, Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism KwaZulu-Natal (DACT), Mr Mnguni, invites comments/submissions on the role the Provincial Department could play in support of film and video in the province. Contact Eben Otto EthekwiniOffice DACT bellemina@polka.co.za, 031 309 7559/ 082 574 9281 (office hours). CLOSED WORKSHOPS Thursday 21 June: 14:00 16:00 NFVF Round Table with KZN Training Providers The NFVF will meet with KZN training providers to unpack learner outcomes into occupational skills requirements. Provider participation will inform the current research towards better aligning skills development provision with industry. This session will be repeated with Producers on Friday. Facilitated by the National Film and Video Foundation's TusiFokane (Head: Policy and Research) and Ncedisa Nkonyeni(Researcher). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Friday 22 June: 10:00 12:00 NFVF Round Table with KZN Producers The NFVF will conduct a similar consultation with Producers to determine current and future industry skills needs. Both training and producer round-tables will inform the current study around skills and skills development within the industry. Facilitated by National Film and Video Foundation's TusiFokane (Head: Policy and Research) Karabo Lediga (Researcher). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. AVC Video Production Workshop The Audio Visual Centre (UKZN) conducts an intensive 4-day Video Production Workshop for first timers from local community organisations. Now in its 6th year this workshop covers camera technique, composition, scripting and video editing and will be augmented with inputs by visiting filmmakers.
OPEN WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND SPECIAL EVENTS (Free and open to the public unless noted)
Thursday 21 June: 13:00 14:30 Sampling Short Films A screening and discussion of four short films: Amambuka Westrike (South Africa ), Bully Beef (Belgium/South Africa), Kadogo (Belgium ) and The T-Shirt Tricko (Czech Republic ). Facilitated by the Media and Cultural Studies Programme. Venue: E142 Screening Room, Memorial Tower Building , Howard College Campus, UKZN. Enquires: 031 260 2505. Friday 22 June: 10:00 12:00 Stop-Frame Animation with ICEBOX A two-part workshop covering the conceptual process of stop animation and a practical session covering the technical processes of creating animation. The practical session will involve each participant creating their own animation. Participation for the practical session is limited, so booking is essential. Venue: Vega the Brand Communications School , Westville. Enquiries: Dean Henning 031 266 2595. Friday 22 June: 12:00 15:00 SABC: The Business of Television Production Aimed at strengthening production houses, SABC Industry Development presents business management aspects of film and television production. Facilitated by SABC Industry Development's Eddie Manzingana, David Makubyane, Kamscilla Naidoo, and LindaniDlomo in partnership with SEDA (Small Enterprise Development Agency). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Saturday 23 June: 14:00 21:00 DFO Youth in Film Day Celebrating Youth Durban Film Office coordinates a day of free events which features music by Prokid, Sliko and others, plus the screening of selected DIFF short films and documentaries. Venue: BAT Centre, Main Hall. Enquires: 031 332 0451. Saturday 23 June: 11:45 13:45 Film and Censorship Includes Kevin Aduaka (Elvis Pelvis) , Mohammad Atebbai (Men At Work) , Morten Kaplers (AFR ), Rob Van Alkemade (What Would Jesus Buy?) , Nina Davenport (Operation Filmmaker) and Ivan Kavanagh (The Solution) . Facilitated by DingiNtuli(South Africa ). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Saturday 23 June: 14:00 16:00 Writing about Film Journalists and academics discuss the role of the film critic in popular and academic culture. Includes an introduction to the African Guild of Film Critics. Oliver Barlet Africultures.com (Journalist, France), Peter Machen (Film Journalist, Writer), Keyan Tomaselli(Founder member KZN Film Commission, Centre for Culture and Media Studies, UKZN) Nashen Moodley (Film Journalist, Manager: Durban International Film Festival), Frank Ukadike (Author, Nigeria) and Janet Van Eeden (Film Journalist, Writer). Facilitated by David Moore (Author, UKZN). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Saturday 23 June: 16:00 Book Launches Encountering Modernity: 20th Century South African Cinemas by Keyan Tomaselli(Unisa Press and Rosenburg Publishers), and Black and White In Colour edited by Viviane Bickford-Smith and Richard Mendelsohn (Double Story Press). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Sunday 24 June: 10:30 12:00 The Art of Reversioning and Repurposing SABC is sitting on a gold mine of archive material. This focused workshop will assist producers and filmmakers in understanding how the processes of reversioning and repurposing can maximize the rich archive resources of this country. Facilitated by Jacquie Hlongwane-Papo of the SABC Reversioning unit. Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Durban International Film Festival 2007 10
Sunday 24 June: 12:00 13:45 SABC: Presenting a Drama Proposal with Winning Effect SABC's DIFF 2006 presentation focused on how to write a great drama proposal (see the presentation on www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/DIFF-2006-SABC This year's in-depth workshop concentrates on the practicalities of pitching and presenting a written proposal for SABC drama programmes. Facilitated by Mmabatho Kau, Head of Story (Drama), Content Hub. Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Sunday 24 June: 14:00 16:00 NFVF open session with KwaZulu-Natal (1) Covering training and bursary processes. Facilitated by the National Film and Video Foundation's Karen Son (Chief Financial Officer), Pretty Samuels (Training and Development Co-Ordinator), TusiFokane (Head: Policy and Research), and Ncedisa Nkonyeni(Researcher). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Monday 25 June: 12:00 14:00 I Am What I Am Life in Front of the Camera A seminar with America The Beautiful' s protagonists; Gerren Taylor, teen-super-model; mother, Michelle Taylor and director Darryl Roberts. Of special interest to youth and people who work with youth. Worksheets will be used to develop strategies to positively cope with identity and difference under the pressure of media manipulation. Gerren will appear in MTN Durban Fashion Week 27-30 June. Facilitated by Tiffany Prior (CEO, Ice Models). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Monday 25 June: 12:00 14:00 Imagination Lab Documentary Filmmaking Workshop Screening of SenzeniNa (Tsietsi, My Hero) and discussion with filmmaker Portia Rankoane (South Africa ). Venue: Ekhaya MultiArts Centre, KwaMashu Enquires: 031 266 2595. Monday 25 June: 14:00 16:00 NFVF Open Session with KwaZulu-Natal (2) Covering training and bursary processes. Facilitated by the National Film and Video Foundation's Karen Son (Chief Financial Officer), Pretty Samuels (Training and Development Co-ordinator), TusiFokane (Head: Policy and Research), and Ncedisa Nkonyeni(Researcher). Venue: Ekhaya MultiArts Centre, KwaMashu Enquires: 031 266 2595. Monday 25 June: 15h00 17h00 2008 SABC INPUT Conference in South Africa Special presentation and update ahead of next year's Input (In ternational Pu blic T elevision) Conference in Johannesburg . This event is the only international showcase that focuses specifically on the innovative programmes produced by public as opposed to commercial broadcasters. Input is a week long showcase where the rules of broadcasting are challenged and redefined. Facilitated by Sylvia Vollenhoven, Southern Africa Input National Coordinator and hosted by the SABC Content Hub. www.input-tv.org; sylvia@input2008.org.za; 083 413 1446. Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Tuesday 26 June: 10:00 15:00 So You Want to be a Filmmaker? An extensive introductory workshop for youth. Presented by the Women of the Sun. This workshop is an introduction to the industry particularly targeted at women who are exploring the possibility of entering the film and TV industry, but do not know where to start or how the industry works. It will give participants the opportunity to explore where they would fit in within the industry (www.wos.org.za). Facilitated by Heather Setzen and Eve Rantseli. Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Durban International Film Festival 2007 11
Tuesday 26 June: 12:00 14:00 Imagination Lab Documentary Filmmaking Workshop Screening of documentary film El Ejido, The Law Of Profit and discussion with filmmaker Jawad Rhalib (Belgium ). Venue: Ekhaya MultiArts Centre, KwaMashu 031 266 2595. Tuesday 26 June: 15:30 17:00 Fostering Film Foundations Introducing Durban Youth In Film Society an umbrella collective for young aspiring filmmakers with aims to identify and conquer filmmaking challenges in this province. Includes screening of Sins of the City . Guest speaker Maganthrie Pillay. Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 3586. Tuesday 26 June: 12:00 14:00 Approaching the Breakthrough A conversation between filmmakers Sylvestre Amoussou (Africa Paradise), Harrikrisna Anenden (The Cathedral ), Khaled Elayyan (Alkasaba Theatre & Cinematheque , Palestine ), Kamaran Naidu (Broken Promises 2 ) and those about to step into the creative field. Facilitated by producer Liza Aziz, Damelin College . Venue: Room 3 (Studio) Damelin Campus, 115 Jan Smutts Highway , Mayville. Enquires: 031 268 9400. Wednesday 27 June: 11:00 14:00 The Creative Life Filmmakers discuss filmmaking. Golam Rabbany Biplob (On The Wings Of Dreams ) and Makena Diop (Dreams Of Dust ). Venue: Imagination Lab, Westville/Vega the Brand School Enquires: 031 266 2595. Thursday 28 June: 12:00 14:00 Imagination Lab Documentary Filmmaking Workshop Screening of documentary film The Mother's House and discussion with filmmaker Francois Verster. Venue: Ekhaya MultiArts Centre, KwaMashu Enquires: 031 266 2595. Thursday 28 June: 12:00 16:00 ICEBOX Workshops: 12:00 13:00 Basic Circuit Bending : Bleeps and sweeps aplenty as electro-acoustic artist Dean Henning (aka Captain Asthma) discusses and demonstrates how simple, low-cost technology (including toys) can be re-purposed for musical performance. 13:00 16:00 Aural Art Creating Sonic Sculptures? : Richard Smith (aka Kliktrak) demonstrates the compositional and artistic creative technique of real time manipulation of audio hardware. Featuring a large setup of electronic hardware instrumentation, both analogue and digital, including the Jupiter 4, TB-303, TR727 and more. A must for musicians and gearheads. Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquiries: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Dean Henning 073 177 0892. Thursday 28 June: 18h00 19h30 Harold Wolpe Lecture Mbeki Unbanned The Harold Wolpe Lecture takes place in conjunction with the first public screening of the Unauthorised Mbeki documentary that was pulled off air by the SABC last year. View additional material and meet filmmakers Ben Cashdan, RediDireko and Meril Rasmussen. Facilitated by the Centre for Civil Society, UKZN (www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs ). Venue: ElangeniHotel, 63 Snell Parade, Durban North Beach Contact: 083 425 1401 or 031 260 3195. Friday 29 June: 10:00 17:00 SASWU Presents a Day for Writers 10h00 12h00 Writing for Film; 13h00 17h00 Entertainment Law Pertinent issues related to industry transformation and entertainment law basics. Facilitated by Basil Dube (SASWU). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Friday 29 June: 10:00 13:00 Imagination Lab Student Documentary Screenings Screening of Imagination Lab student documentary films and discussion with festival guests John Fredericks (Mr Devious My Life ), VusiMagubane (Counting Headz: Sistaz in Hip Hop ), Vivian Schüler and Sebastian Böhm (The Struggle for Livelihood in Mining Communities ). Venue: Ekhaya MultiArts Centre, KwaMashu Enquires: 031 266 2595. Friday 29 June: 18:30 20:30 Mbeki Unbanned The second public screening of the Unauthorised Mbeki documentary that was pulled off air by the SABC last year. View additional material and meet filmmakers Ben Cashdan, RediDireko and Meril Rasmussen. Facilitated by the Paulo Freire Institute (PFI), University of KwaZulu-Natal (www.ukzn.ac.za/cae/pfi/ ). Venue: Hexagon Theatre, UKZN, Pietermaritzburg Enquires: Sandile Ndawonde 033-260 6233. Saturday 30 June: 10:00 11:30 Film Distribution: Getting Important Films Seen Danny Schechter (In Debt We Trust ), Ulf Hultberg (The Black Pimpernel), Dorothy Brislin (Executive Officer: Distribution, Film Resource Unit). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Saturday 30 June: 11:45 13:30 Film Funding Opportunities and Strategies Simon Field (Producer of the New Crowned Hope) , Aya Kusasa (African Caribbean Pacific (Cinema and Audio-visual Programme)), Kumaran Naidu (Broken Promises 2 ), Terrence Khumalo (International Co-Production Analyst, NFVF). Facilitated by Melissa McCarthy (author of How To Get Your Documentary Funded ). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Saturday 30 June: 13:30 16:30 Filming Cultural Diversity A discussion panel with Edward Aldridge (Tan Lines ), Sylvestre Amossou (Africa Paradise), Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda (Juju Factory) , Joe Bum-Jin (Aachiand Ssipak ), Rajnesh Domalpalli (Vanaja ), Mohsen Melliti(Me, The Other/Io, l'Alt Ro ), Marco Simon Puccioni(Shelter/Riparo ). Facilitated by Nise Malange (International Network for Cultural Diversity). Venue: BAT Centre Mission Control Room. Enquires: 031 260 2506/031 260 1704. Music Events Tickets are limited for the opening night film, early purchase is advised so as to gain access to the opening night party which features the Brian Thusiband. The closing night film includes the DIFF Awards and closing party with special guests the Omar Pene band from Senegal (their only performance in Durban ). Spanish duo Oreka Tx present live demos of the extraordinary Basque instrument the Txalapartha at the screenings of their film Nömadak TX (check page 68 for times). Their screening at Ekhaya on 24th is followed by a music workshop, with another workshop at the BAT Centre at 18h30 on 26th June. Oreka Tx also perform at the Wavescapes finale at the Bay of Plenty Lawns at 18h00 on 29th June. The Agape Orphanage Choir give special presentations at the various screenings of the film We are Together (Thina Simunye). The legendary Durban Film Office Youth in Film Music Concert takes place at the BAT Centre on 23rd June and features Prokid, Sliko, Oreka Tx and others. ICEBOX presents a workshop on electronic music on the 28th and after their screening on the 29th a party will take place at a nightclub venue to be announced soon. Saturday 30th is hip-hop day at KwaSuka Theatre with graffitiand music films, the Mr. Devious DVD launch, and live jams. Keep an ear open for other music events that will happen during DIFF.
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