Durban Film Mart

Who is eligible to submit projects into the DFM Content Shop?
Projects in which either the producer, director, or writer is an African citizen. Proof of African citizenship or birth must be provided through a certified copy of a valid African passport/ birth certificate.
Africans living in the Diaspora, but who still have African citizenship or have proof of birth in Africa;
NB: Non-African industry professionals - producers, directors, and writers - with projects looking for African partners can apply to be a Producers’ Forum delegate. Admission to the Producers’ Forum is by registration and payment of a registration fee.
When is the deadline for submissions?
25 February 2022
What are the submission requirements?
The Durban FilmMart will select African and African Co-Production projects that are completed (ready to be presented) or in post-production from 2019-2022 in the following categories:
• Fiction Feature Films (minimum runtime of 55 minutes) ready to screen or in advanced post-production stages;
• Fiction Short Films (up to 55 minutes) ready to screen or in advanced post-production stages;
• Documentary Films (both feature and short length) ready to screen or in advanced post-production stages;
• Series (Web and Television) ready to screen or in advanced post-production stages.
• Animation Fiction Feature Films (minimum runtime of 55 minutes) ready to screen or in advanced post-production stages;
• Animation Fiction Short Films (up to 55 minutes) ready to screen or in advanced post-production stages;
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Is there a fee associated with submission to the content shop?
No, the DFM does not require a submission fee.

Will the selected projects be shown to the public?
Projects will be presented exclusively to a selected group of international programmers, sales companies, broadcasters, distributors, exhibitors, and talent agents. Projects will be presented on our partner platform INCOPRODUCTION (or other).

For more information regarding INCOPRODUCTION please visit

http://incoproduction.com/en/page/how_does_it_work

Will the Durban FilmMart be responsible for arranging meetings during the DFM?

No, all person’s with access to the Content Shop will arrange their own meetings using the INCOPRODUCTION.

Does the DFM retain any rights to the projects?

No, all rights belong to the owner of the project. We will include projects in our official Digital Catalogue.

How many projects can upload a user?
There is no limit of how many projects a user can upload at any given time and we will always allocate the equal maximum time of adjudication for each.

Will the Durban FilmMart share the projects on our social media platforms or marketing campaigns?
The DFM will not share the projects on social media however use of project information and images associated with selected projects will be used for marketing purposes. DFM will present all project information and images in the DFM official Digital Catalogue.

Will the DFM guarantee selected projects will be viewed by those with access to The Content Shop will be watched?

The DFM cannot guarantee that every project will be viewed, however we can confirm that all the information presented is enough to encourage users to watch. The DFM will market the films to the registered delegates to ensure that the Content Shop is active .