DFM Pitch and Finance Forum
Presented at the DFM annual market
Each year, through an open application process and two independent selection panels, the Durban FilmMart Institute selects 20-30 official African fiction and documentary projects in development to present to a panel of potential co-producers, sales agents, broadcasters and film funds. The Pitch and Finance Forum consists of public pitching, one on one meetings with decision makers and individual mentorship leading up to the market.
DFM 2023 - Official Projects
Animation
Azania Rises (Season 1)
Animated Series (South Africa)
Farayi Chinyanga Director and Producer
Boy Boi
Animated Fiction Series (Kenya)
J. Njogu Macharia Co-Producer and Director
Between Heaven and Earth
Animated Fiction Feature (Tunisia)
Nadia Rais Director
Between Heaven and Earth
Animated Fiction Feature (Tunisia)
Sarra Ben Hassen Producer
my BIG name
Aminated Fiction Short (South Africa)
Lebogang Sekwelenkwe Director
my BIG name
Animated Fiction Short (South Africa)
Busisiwe Ntintili Producer
NALEDI
Animated Fiction Short (South Africa)
Lola Aikins Director
Spiky to the Core
Animated Fiction Feature (Egypt)
Nermeen Salem Director and Producer
Sola
Animated Fiction Series (South Africa)
Thandiwe Mlauli Director and producer
The Passport of Mallam Ilia
Animation Feature length fiction (Nigeria)
Ferdinand Adimefe Producer
Documentary
Beyond Fela (formerly The Darker Side Of Afrobeats)
Documentary Series (Nigeria)
Aderonke Adeola Producer and Director
Cirta
Documentary Feature (Tunisia)
Olfa Ben Achou Producer
Cirta
Documentary Feature (Tunisia)
Saif Chida Director
Djeliya, Memory Of Manding
Documentary Feature (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Sénégal)
Mamounata Nikièma Producer
Djeliya, Memory Of Manding
Documentary Feature (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Sénégal)
Boubacar Sangaré Director
Eaglette - A Superstar Erased
Documentary Feature (South Africa)
Thandi Davids Producer
Eaglette - A Superstar Erased
Documentary Feature (South Africa)
Beverley Ditsie Director
Flying Like A Bird
Documentary Feature (Morocco)
Hicham Falah Producer
Flying Like A Bird
Documentary Feature (Morocco)
El Mahdi Lyoubi Director
Foreign
Documentary Feature (Ivory Coast)
Laurent Bitty Producer
Foreign
Documentary Feature (Ivory Coast)
Joël Akafou Director
In My Father’s House
Documentary Feature (Morocco)
Merieme Addou Producer
In My Father’s House
Documentary Feature (Morocco)
Rachida Elgarni Director
The Circuit
Documentary Feature (Cameroon)
Martinel Nemalieu Producer
The Circuit
Documentary Feature (Cameroon)
Arice Siapi Director
Wildfire
Documentary Feature (South Africa)
Zahra Moloo Director
Wildfire
Documentary Feature (South Africa)
Sergeo Kirby Producer
Fiction
Big Tree
Fiction Feature (Uganda)
Flavia Mary Bukojja Producer
Big Tree
Fiction Feature (Uganda)
Dilman Dila Director
Blackass
Fiction Feature (Nigeria)
Tolulope Ajayi Director
Blackass
Fiction Feature (Nigeria)
Chioma Onyenwe Producer
Coconut
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Bongiwe Selane Producer
Coconut
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Dineo Lusenga Producer
Every Stitch A Lonely Thread
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Tiny Mungwe Producer
Coconut
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Karabo Lediga Director
Every Stitch A Lonely Thread
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Jannous Nkululeko Aukema Director
Gaslight
Fiction Series (South Africa)
Emma Tollman Director /Producer
Granny Lee
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Shant Joshi Producer
Graft
Fiction Feature (Zimbabwe)
Sue-Ellen Chitunya Producer
Granny Lee
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Roelof Storm Producer
Graft
Fiction Feature (Zimbabwe)
Naishe Nyamubaya Director
Granny Lee
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri Producer
Granny Lee
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Gabe Gabriel Director
Granny Lee
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Ian Gabriel Director
Kahawa Black (Black Coffee)
Fiction Feature (Kenya)
Juliana Kabua Producer
Kahawa Black (Black Coffee)
Fiction Feature (Kenya)
Esteri Tebandeke Director
Abany' Omama (Some Mothers)
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Minehle Luthuli Director/producer
Nomvelo And The Wolf
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Leanne Gail Kumalo Producer
Nomvelo And The Wolf
Fiction Feature (South Africa)
Lindokuhle Langa Director
Pharming
Fiction Series (South Africa)
Meren Reddy Producer
Pharming
Fiction Series (South Africa)
Joshua Rous Director
2023 Awards
| AWARDS | NAME OF AWARD |
| CASH AWARDS | |
| Red Sea Fund | Red Sea Film Fund Award |
| National Film and Video Foundation | Best Fiction grant Best Non-fiction grant Best Overall Pitch grant |
| TRT | TRT Award |
| IDA | IDA Award |
| Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund | Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Award |
| The Whickers | The Whickers Bursary Award |
| PROGRAMME PARTICIPATION | |
| Cinemart | The Cinemart Award |
| DOK.fest München | The DOK.fest München Award |
| Dok Leipzig | The DOK Leipzig Award |
| IDFA | IDFA Spotlight Award |
| Sorfund | The Sorfund Award |
| Miradas Doc | Miradas Doc Award |
| Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival | Special GZDOC Invitation |
| FIDA DOC | The FIDA DOC Award |
| Produire au Sud | Produire au Sud Award |
| Animation – Fagukesi | Digital Lab Africa Award |
| Sheffield Documentary Film Festival | Sheffield DocFest Award |
| JCC Carthage Pro | JCC Carthage Pro |
| MENTORSHIP | |
| OIF | OIF – ACP – EU Award |
| TALENTS DURBAN | |
| DFMI | DFM Talents Durban Award |
2021 Winners
Application Information
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