Last Saturday, DFA representatives Kastarine kgola and Thihangwi Ramutsindela attended the Free Film School in Cape Town. They also highlighted docLOVE’s upcoming screening. Join us for the screening of the film Black Mambas on 19 Feb 2025 at Bertha House Mowbray, Cape Town.

RCLA 2025. Virtual Edition Rough Cut Lab Africa returns for its 8th edition, running from the 31 May to 29 June 2025. The call for submissions is now open until the 4th of April. Submit here: #RCLA #FilmAfrica #NFVF #opencall #doccie

This #FilmmakerFriday we celebrate Khalid Shamis! 🙌 Founder and Director of Rough Cut Lab Africa, he is proud to have opened their call for submissions for the 8th edition. Closes: 4th of April. Khalid will be doing jury duty for one of @FESPACO1 2025 selections

Join us! Join us! 🙌 Looking for a community to engage with? Why not join with docNATURE? We are calling all DFA members to join our docNATURE subcommittee. Register Here: #DFA #Doccie

So your documentary is complete, NOW WHAT!? Find out where to host it online, how to monetise it & how to get it seen! Join us as industry experts share available opportunities and practical knowledge. 19 February 6pm - 7:30PM SAST.

Today we celebrate Tarha Mckenzie. A Multitalented Programme Manager for the @TheDocSociety supported @ClimateStoryza Southern Africa, is the @Encountersdoc Festival Manager, the @Electric_South Programme & Distribution Manager, & "Mother City" Distribution Manager.

Final Call for @_itffa film submissions. The International Tourism Film Festival of Africa (ITFFA) hosts its annual film awards in June for all Tourism related doccies, advertisements and short films. Applications close 31 January 2025. Apply here:

@whickerawards Film & TV Funding is awarded annually to an emerging filmmaker from anywhere in the world with the most promising pitch for a director-led documentary. Applications Close - 31st January 2025 (23:59 GMT) Apply Here:

Chicken & Egg Films are currently accepting applications for the 2025 Research & Development Grant. 📝 The application deadline is Feb 4, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST. Apply Here:

Project submissions for the 16th Durban FilmMart (DFM) open on 06 November 2024 and close on 19 January 2025. Apply here:

🎬 Happy Holidays from the Documentary Filmmakers Association of South Africa! 🌟 Thank you to our members for inspiring us with your passion for storytelling. May this season bring rest, joy & big dreams for 2025! 🎉✨ #HappyHolidays #DFAFamily #SouthAfricaFilm

On today's Friday Filmmaker, we celebrate DFA member Isa-Lee Jacobson. Her documentary film, 'The Apartheid Killer', was nominated in the Best TV Feature category at the International Documentary Association's Awards. #Documentary #Apartheid #Film #SouthAfrica

Calling all South African Filmmakers! Submissions for NFVF Funding applications for Film festivals and Markets attendance have been extended. Submit here: #NFVF #Funding #Filmfestival #SouthAfricanFIlmmakers #Filmmakers #SouthAfrica

Congratulations to DFA member @Simonwoodfilm and his partner, Dr. Meghna Singh—a researcher and visual artist whose latest project, 'The Four Floors of Faneuil Hall' recently earned an Honorable Mention at the @IDFAfestival Forum Awards. #FilmmakerFriday #IDFA #ElectricSouth

DOK.fest München is the largest of its kind in Germany and an important platform for documentary film in Europe. Submissions are now open for the festival that will take place in May. Apply here:

🎉 CELEBRATING OUR DFA MEMBER TINY MUNGWE We're thrilled to share that our DFA member, Tiny Mungwe, has been appointed as Artistic Consultant for the Locarno Film Festival's Open Doors programme! #LoveSAFilm #FilmmakerFriday #LocarnoFilmFestival #Locarno #AfricanFilmmakers

The IDFA Bertha Fund is the only fund in the world dedicated solely to stimulating and empowering the creative documentary sector in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania. Submissions Close: 10 December 2024 Apply Here:

On today's FILMMAKER FRIDAY Profile, we look at Enver Samuels & his new documentary series TRUTH BE TOLD.

On today's FILMMAKER FRIDAY we congratulate our filmmakers Miki Redelinghuys, Pearlie Joubert & Kethiwe Ngcobo for their documentary 'Mother City', which won the award for Best African Documentary - Africa International Film Festival 2024 (AFRIFF)

We, the Documentary Filmmakers Assos of SA call on global media, film, & cultural bodies to cut ties with Israel. Urgent action is needed to end war crimes, protect media workers, and address the crisis in Palestine. #FreePalestine #MediaFreedom #StopIsrael