MAGDALENE REDDY
Acting General Manager
DURBAN FILMMART
Margret Mncadi Avenue, Durban
http://www.durbanfilmmart.co.za/
The Durban FilmMart is Africa’s premier finance and co-production market. The DFM provides selected African filmmakers with projects in development an opportunity to pitch film projects to leading financiers and content buyers. The DFM is produced by the Durban FilmMart Institute which was created to provide effective programmes and services in order to promote, support and facilitate investment in the African film industries, so that African film industry professionals and products are competitive and celebrated globally. The Durban FilmMart Institute aims to: Raise the visibility of projects from the African Continent and create networking opportunities with potential co-producers and other industry partners. Facilitate funding for promising projects and accelerate the financing of participating projects through transnational cooperation. Stimulate the production of African content and promote international co-production opportunities. Encourage project collaboration between African filmmakers. Act as a feeder stage for established co-production markets across the globe.