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chance to meet key people behind the productions.
Anand Batbileg and Tristan Göbel, two of the most promising talents in Germany’s film scene and the main actors of Goodbye Berlin, will be in Durban for a Q&A following the German Gala screening of Goodbye Berlin at The Playhouse (Drama Theatre) on Sunday (time to be confirmed).
The award-winning and family-friendly film was made by prominent film-maker Fatih Akin, who recently presented his last film at Cannes.
Talents Durban is an annual five-day training and mentorship programme that runs at DIFF, aimed at empowering 27 emerging African screenwriters and directors working on projects for film, television, web series and content for mobile platforms.
The 10th edition will take place from tomorrow to Sunday under the theme Perspectives: Seeing Things Differently, which is derived from the observation that film alone may not change the world but can show the world when it changes.
Talents Durban looks to not only highlight the stories of Africa, but to create a culture of Africans telling their own stories, and most importantly from their experience and perspective of cutting-edge and modern cinematic technology.
Furthermore, the GoetheInstitut will present New Dimensions – Virtual Reality Africa, a new package of four VR productions from Kenya, Ghana and Senegal. The works were co-produced with Cape Town-based Electric South.
To be shown at the Durban Film Mart (DFM), they allow a glimpse into the fascinating new opportunities that technology provides for visual storytelling.
The focus will include a retrospective on Kenyan cinema, and an industry programme on co-production with the African continent.
A delegation of prominent Kenyan film-makers will attend the festival to engage with the local industry. The topics of discussion will include Funding Instruments in South Africa and Kenya, and Co-producing with Kenya.