The Documentary Filmmakers’ Association (DFA) was established to nurture and develop the interests of documentary filmmakers in South Africa.
The documentary film genre is unique. It stimulates public discourse, reflects on social, political, cultural and current events, explores history, commemorates heritage and unearths the mysteries of the universe and the planet. Documentaries tell stories of ordinary and extraordinary people and communities – they celebrate, question, investigate and reflect. The most accessible genre of filmmaking, it is often marginalised by the broadcast industry and by other sectors / genres within the film and video production industry. The DFA aims to unify documentary filmmakers and gain recognition for the genre.
It remains the only association in South Africa with the sole purpose of assisting, protecting and promoting documentary filmmakers. The DFA is key member of SASFED (The South African Screen Federation).
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DFA members have the opportunity to attend SHEFFIELD 2018 as part of the DFA’s application to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Group Export Sector Specific Assistance Scheme (SSAS).
This year the Black Filmmakers Forum continues to ask how to support and grow Black documentary filmmaking in South Africa.
Join the DFA for a vital discussion on the history, the future, the trends, challenges and opportunities, the numbers and stats, and who gets the money, if any. Liezel Vermeulen's Die Burger article will inform this lively debate.
Just Films would like to film your financially successful, Cape Town based family, for a heartwarming documentary project called, How We Live. Single parent, couple or polygamous. Adopted / biological / step / half kids? Grandparents? Aunties and uncles? Pets?
The Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund helps enable more African documentary filmmakers to tell their own stories and contribute to a new generation of the African documentary community.
South Africa took a bold step forward in its training community in 2016. For the second year in a row at the Durban FilmMart Tina-Louise Smith and Orla Garriques ran the Business Model Programme.
Sunshine Cinema, a mobile solar-powered cinema will be hosting a series of free film screenings in Durban and Qunu from 14-22 July 2016.
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