Durban International Film Festival | Event

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Daring, innovative and controversial films and filmmakers from around the world will take the spotlight at the Durban International Film Festival which takes place from 22 July to 1 August.

The festival programmers have scoured the globe for films that excite, thrill, raise awareness and provoke.

These films will be presented in over 200 screenings at venues across Durban and in surrounding communities.

Alongside the screenings of films, the festival offers an extensive workshop and seminar programme, as well as training and industry events.

The festival is particularly pleased that, in a difficult funding climate, the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) has come aboard as a principal funder.

The festival will open with the world premiere of Khalo Matabane's State Of Violence, a powerful tale of revenge, history and memory.

The closing film is Josh Appignanesi's hilarious comedy, The Infidel, about a British Muslim who discovers that he was born Jewish.

Between these two outstanding films, film-lovers will find daring films from new talents, superb new works by established masters, award-winners from around the world, and an unprecedented number of world premieres of new South African films

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