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37th Durban International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
The Journeyman

Founded
  
1979

Location
  
Durban, South Africa

Festival date
  
16–26 June 2016

Website
  
www.durbanfilmfest.co.za

The 37th Durban International Film Festival took place from the 16th to 26th of June 2016. The festival included 150 screenings of feature films, documentaries and short films in 15 different venues in Durban. The Festiveal was opened with the world premiere of The Journeymen which took place in The Playhouse. Part of the 37th DIFF was the 11th Wavescape Film Festival, which showed 21 films with a focus on outdoor activities.

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Competition

The following feature films were selected for the competition:

The following documentaries were selected for the competition:

Awards

The following prizes were awarded:

  • Best Feature Film - The Violin Player
  • Best South African Feature Film - Tess
  • Best Direction - Ciro Guerra for Embrace Of The Serpent
  • Best Cinematography - Chris Lotz for The Endless River
  • Best Screenplay - Ciro Guerra and Thoedor Koch-Grunberg for Embrace of The Serpent
  • Best Actor - Mohsen Namjoo for his performance in Radio Dream
  • Best Actress - Christia Visser for her role as Tess
  • Best Editing - Linda Man for Tess
  • Artistic Bravery - Neon Bull by Gabriel Mascaro
  • Best Documentary - Martha & Niki
  • Best South African Documentary - The Journeymen
  • Best Short Film - Grandma's Day (Dzie'n Babci) by Milosz Sakowski
  • Best African Short Film - New Eyes by Hiwot Admasu
  • Best South African Short Film - eKhaya (Home) by Shubham Mehta
  • Audience Choice Award - Nakom by Kelly Daniela Norris and T.W. Pittman
  • Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award - Noma by Pablo Pineda

    • References

    37th Durban International Film Festival Wikipedia
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