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Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Sinemite is brought to you by Rushlake Media GmbH

Rushlake Media GmbH will be bringing Mohamed Kordofanis award-winning debut drama, GOODBYE JULIA, to German cinemas on August 15th. Co-produced by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, the film celebrated a successful premiere at Cannes Film Festival as the first-ever Sudanese film to be included in the official program. There Kordofani won the Prix de Liberté, which has been followed by 25 other awards to date.The film was submitted as Sudan’s candidate for the Oscars and achieved huge box office success in the Gulf States, even becoming the most successful Arabic film ever in Egypt cinemas. After being screened in cinemas worldwide, including Taiwan, France, Sweden, Italy, Australia, and the Benelux countries, we are now excited to show Goodbye Julia to German audiences this summer. The theatrical release is brought to you by the German streaming service KINO ON DEMAND, where GOODBYE JULIA will have its exclusive German VoD premiere later this year. Continue Reading

The Durban FilmMart Institute introduces the selected projects for the Pitch and Finance Forum of the 2024 Durban FilmMart (DFM), Africa’s leading co-production and finance market. Scheduled for 19 – 22 July 2024, the 15th edition of DFM, under the banner “African Visions Unleashed: From Disruption to Accountability,” will host a dynamic four-day event in Durban, South Africa.

This year, 30 compelling projects in development will participate in the Pitch and Finance Forum, a pivotal platform where filmmakers convene to network with global broadcasters, financiers, streamers, sales agents, festival programmers, and producers. This interaction is crucial for acquiring the necessary support to transition projects from development to production, ultimately bringing diverse African narratives to both regional and international audiences. Continue Reading

GRANTS AND SUBMISSIONS

Are you a filmmaker or director from Africa and the African diaspora? Film Africa accepts films of all lengths and genres, including fiction, documentary, shorts, and experimental.
Submissions will close on 30 June 2024, with the selected films notified by 30 July 2024

Apply Here: https://www.filmafrica.org/

The My Kenya My Story Mobile Film Competition is back for its 7th edition in 2024! Are you ready to be part of the cinematic movement shaping our climate agenda? Join us and share your story through the lens of your mobile device. For submission details and application form, Click : https://kenyafilmcommission.go.ke/indu…/my-kenya-my-story/

TAKE 5!

Meet Daphne Ampire, a Ugandan Award winning Screen Writer, Actress Producer and Managing Director of Floating Duck Productions Limited.

Q: What do you like most about your job as a producer?

A: As a producer, I feel like a glorified babysitter, it is extremely rewarding though, I get to push my team to the limit and have them produce to their best. The reward of seeing audiences relate to and love our work makes the long nights and days worth it.

Q: What do you consider your artistic process when it comes to making a film?

A:Story story story, when writing story, at filming story, when editing story, when marketing, story. The message is usually at the center of how I will respond, and the audiences I will draw to it. So the story, I constantly have pen and paper to keep me organized because of the chaos, I also constantly read the script to look for ideas.

Q: Why did you start making films?

A:I started making films because I fell in love with performance in high school and the entire expression of literature and art, film was the only field that made sense to express myself.

Q:What are you currently watching?

A:I am currently watching anything action-related, I love action movies.

Q:Any advice to those starting out in the film

A:Yes, tenacity, be determined and decided.