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Durban FilmMart Head on Why This Year’s Event Is ‘Looking Inward’ as African Screen Industries Strive to ‘Create Solutions’ on Their Own Terms (opens the original)
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The Durban FilmMart returns for its 17th edition with a full slate of conversations and events looking to build on the legacy of innovation, disruption and industry-defining discussions at what is arguably the most influential film market on the continent. Running from Oct. 9 – 12, this year’s event is organized around the theme “Shifting Worlds, Turning Toward Ourselves,” a focus that Durban FilmMart Institute director Magdalene Reddy says was inspired by the pioneering Senegalese filmmaker Ous
African Finance Rising, Distribution Doldrums and Other Hot-Button Topics on the Agenda at This Year’s Durban FilmMart (opens the original)
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As the fall festival season winds down, the temperature will be heating up next month in Durban, South Africa, where the 17th Durban FilmMart takes place from Oct. 9 – 12. This year’s event arrives amid surging hopes but lingering anxieties for an African industry at a crossroads. For the continent’s filmmakers, there’s plenty of cause for optimism. Long marginalized or pigeonholed by festival programmers, African cinema has achieved an undeniable foothold in the main programming strands of A-cl
EbonyLife’s Mo Abudu on TIFF Premiere ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ and ‘the Consequences of the Decisions We Take as Women’ (opens the original)
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Nigerian super-producer Mo Abudu returns to the red carpet at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival this week, where “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives,” premiering in the TIFF Centrepiece strand, marks the fifth official selection in Toronto for her EbonyLife Films production banner. Based on Lola Shoneyin’s 2010 debut novel, which was later adapted for the stage, the film is set within a seemingly harmonious polygamous household anchored by Baba Segi, a wealthy patriarch with three wives, seven
‘Totém’ Director Lila Avilés Wraps Production on ‘Cábula,’ Releases First Look (EXCLUSIVE) (opens the original)
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Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés (“Totém”) has wrapped production on her next feature film, “Cábula,” and shared an exclusive first-look image with Variety. The director presented the film during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which took place from Sept. 4 – 6. Set in the fictional Mexican town of Mexicalpan, “Cábula” follows Toña, a dedicated and deeply compassionate teacher who is committed to nurturing her students’ creativity. When an invitation to represent their community takes Toña and her
Global Africa Hub at TIFF Market Seeks to Boost Visibility — and Deals — for African Filmmakers in Toronto: ‘It’s Our Moment’ (opens the original)
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The first-ever Toronto film market, running as part of the Toronto Film Festival, will have a robust contingent of African filmmakers, executives and industry professionals on the ground. Producers at TIFF: The Market look to capitalize on the festival’s historically strong position as a platform for some of the continent’s most diverse and exciting talents. Charles Tremblay, who heads up the market, says the event is “is designed to build on the festival’s legacy of creating access and opportun
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