DURBAN–The 10th edition of the Durban FilmMart, the industry program of the Durban Intl. Film Festival, was perhaps its biggest yet, and the popularity of new strands such as the Durban Does …
Netflix quietly took meetings with African producers throughout the week in Durban, underscoring the growing global demand for African content. That wasn’t the case even a few years ago, when foreign buyers “would not even take the time” to consider local content, said Betty Sulty-Johnson, VP of content distribution at international urban media company Trace.
” In African filmmaking, the future is now.The first edition of Durban Does Docs, a DFM strand devoted to documentary filmmaking, stressed the need for more engagement and development to reach local audiences. “I think the particular disconnect with documentary is more a result of distribution and access than desire,” said Hot Docs’ Nataleah Hunter-Young, the documentary programmer for this year’s Durban film fest.
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