42nd Durban International Film Festival (DIFF 2021)

Genre : Festival | Durban

From thursday 22 july to sunday 01 august 2021

Times : 00:00
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

The 42nd Durban International Film festival will take place in Durban, South Africa from 22 July-1 August 2021. The mission of DIFF is to develop and deliver a sustainable world-class film festival, which engages stakeholders and achieves critical acclaim by presenting a unique program that inspires, challenges and entertains an increasingly broad and diverse audience. The festival aims to offer a platform for content that is unavailable through mainstream cinema to both local and international audiences.

As a response to the Covid-19 lockdown, the 41st Durban International Festival in 2020 presented its programme online. This resulted in expanding the potential of the festival and growing newer audiences for the festival beyond Durban. Next year's edition of the Festival will be presented both online and as a live event; the latter being subject to Covid-19 protocols. This hybrid festival will provide a meeting ground for networking and engaging in a vibrant live festival environment while the online event will continue to capitalise on the newly established gains from 2020.

Presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, DIFF is widely regarded as one of the leading film festivals on the African continent and a vital event on the international film calendar. DIFF has three principal strands: the seminar and workshop component to stimulate industry development and a community outreach programme to service marginalised audiences, and the celebration of cinema through the exhibition of films.


FILMS 2021
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OPENING FILM: The Eagle's Nest (2020), Action, Thriller - 1h 31m
During a night of debauchery, best friends Paris and Samantha discover 5 million.

"Features"
A Brixton Tale (2020), DRAMA, ROMANCE - 1H 16M
A Little Bird Reminds Me (2020), FEATURE - 2H 0M
Ali's Nature (2021), FEATURE - 1H 27M
Binti (2021), FEATURE - 1H 39M
Blind Love (2021), FEATURE, ROMANCE - 1H 13M
Firebird (2021), COLD WAR, ROMANTIC - 1H 47M
Going Blind (2020), FEATURE, ROMANCE - 1H 27M
Granada Nights (2021), FEATURE - 1H 25M
Hairareb (2020), FEATURE - 1H 55M
Halal Love Story (2020), FEATURE - 1H 56M
iGilbert (2020), FEATURE - 1H 29M
In My Dream (2020), FEATURE - 1H 39M
Insearch of Light (ट्याङ्चलाक) (2021), FEATURE - 1H 3M
In The Shade Of A Leaf (2020), FEATURE - 1H 31M
Jesus Egon Christ (2021), FEATURE - 51MIN
Lost (2021), FEATURE - 2H 8M
Maria Kristu; The Buumba story. (2021), SATIRICAL DRAMA - 2H 0M
My Son (2020), FEATURE - 1H 59M
Nandi (2021), FEATURE, THRILLER - 1H 40M
Pink Lake (2020), FEATURE - 1H 20M
Placebo (2020), FEATURE - 60MIN
Pusha Pressa Phanda (2021), FEATURE - 60MIN
Red Moon Tide (2020), DRAMA - 1H 24M
Rickshaw Girl (2021), DRAMA - 1H 38M
Rio the survivor (2020), FEATURE - 1H 55M
Shaina (2020), FEATURE - 1H 37M
Sons of the Sea (2020), DRAMA - 1H 22M
Tales of the Accidental City (2021), FEATURE - 54MIN
The Eagle's Nest (2020), ACTION, THRILLER - 1H 31M
The Fisherman's Diary (2020), FEATURE - 2H 23M
The Rain falls where it will (2021), THRILLER - 1H 38M
The Sticky Side of Baklava (2020), FEATURE - 1H 28M
Uradi (2020), FEATURE - 1H 56M
Valentina (2020), DRAMA, COMEDY - 1H 35M
Zanka Contact (2020), ROMANCE, ACTION - 2H 0M

"Documentaries"
An Ordinary Country (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 51MIN
Areum Married (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 27M
As I Want (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 28M
Climate Exodus (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 3M
Downstream to Kinshasa (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 30M
El Father Plays Himself (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 45M
Hard Livings (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 35M
I Am Here (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 13M
I am Samuel (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 10M
I, Mary (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 16M
Mein Vietnam (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 10M
Morning Star (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 18M
Murder in Paris (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 39M
Ophir (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 38M
Postcard (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 24M
The Colonel's Stray Dogs (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 14M
The Last Election and other love stories (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 13M
The Last Shelter (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 25M
The Recipe for Balance (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 11M
The Sit-In (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 17M
This Rain Will Never Stop (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 42M
Threshold (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 17M
Uncle Tommy, the Man who founded Newsweek (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 1H 35M
Zinder (2021), DOCUMENTARY, AFRICA - 1H 25M

"Shorts"
Small Town Summer (2020), SHORT, DRAMA - 7MIN
A Guide To Dining Out In Nairobi (2020), SHORT - 11MIN
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (2020), SHORT - 38MIN
Al-Sit (2020), SHORT - 20MIN
Baptism (2021), SHORT - 20MIN
Belia (2021), SHORT - 10MIN
Bless You (2020), SHORT - 30MIN
Bruiser (2020), SHORT - 10MIN
Burnt. Land of Fire (2020), DOCUMENTARY - 14MIN
Butterfly & Mouse (2019), SHORT, DRAMA - 14MIN
Colorful (2021), SHORT - 9MIN
Cops and Corpses; Victim's Cry for Justice (2020), SHORT - 32MIN
Daily Massacre in Tehran (2021), SHORT - 15MIN
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma (2020), SHORT - 35MIN
Dustin (2020), SHORT - 20MIN
EJE (Blood) (2021), SHORT - 15MIN
Farewell to the Wind (2021), SHORT - 15MIN
Feeling Through (2020), SHORT - 18MIN
Five Tiger (2020), SHORT - 11MIN
Footsteps on the Wind (2021), SHORT, FAMILY DRAMA - 7MIN
Heart Attack (2020), SHORT - 14MIN
Heaven Reaches Down to Earth (2020), SHORT, DRAMA - 10MIN
Hekademia (2020), SHORT - 16MIN
H.E.N.R.I. (2021), SHORT - 7MIN
I want to make a film about women (2020), SHORT - 12MIN
Inabitável / Unliveable (2020), SHORT - 20MIN
Incident at school (2020), SHORT - 22MIN
In Seoul (2020), SHORT - 30MIN
J'ai Le Cafard (Bint Werdan) (2020), SHORT - 14MIN
Just Like Water (2021), SHORT - 13MIN
Käpt'n (2020), SHORT - 30MIN
Kata (2021), DOCUMENTARY, SHORT - 7MIN
Lake Women (2021), DOCUMENTARY - 26MIN
Lizard (2021), SHORT - 18MIN
Lockdown Lunch Club (2020), DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA - 23MIN
No More Dead Friends (2020), SHORT - 3MIN
On / Off (2020), SHORT - 7MIN
Pandemic Diaries: A New Beginning (2020), SHORT - 44MIN
Pilar (2020), SCIENCE FICTION - 9MIN
Please, Have a Seat! (2020), SHORT - 20MIN
Seeing Green (2020), DRAMA, COMEDY - 7MIN
Shaka Inkosi Yamakhosi (2021), SHORT - 15MIN
Stray (2020), SHORT - 3MIN
The Best Orchestra in the World (2020), SHORT - 14MIN
The Blind Date (2021), SHORT - 30MIN
The Dreams Of Lonely People (2021), SHORT - 24MIN
The King (2020), SHORT - 27MIN
The Maidenswood (2021), DRAMA, FANTASY - 10MIN
The Other Side (2021), SHORT - 13MIN
TukTuk (2021), DRAMA, BASED ON A TRUE STORY - 25MIN
Rehearsal (2021), SHORT - 14MIN
Removed (2020), SHORT, DOCUMENTARY - 14MIN
TIO (2021), SHORT - 13MIN
Two Sands (2020), SHORT - 7MIN
What Did You Dream? (2019), SHORT - 20MIN
Lakushon' Ilanga (When The Sun Sets) (2020), DRAMA, HISTORY - 14MIN



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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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