Call For Short Film Scripts

Do you have a short film script?

Grant de Sousa (Director from Embassy Productions) and Tyrone Rubin (from Picturescope Films), are looking for a short film script of between 8 and 15 minutes that is of world class standard. It should be realistically achievable. It can be artistic but the priority is an exceptional story. It can be any genre, i.e. comedy, epic or heart warming, etc. as long is it plays off in the real world and appeals to a broad target audience. Characters should be three-dimensional and the dialogue excellent.

The aim is to use the short film as part of my film-making portfolio and I will buy the script, which is chosen to be produced, from the writer and give writing credit to the writer. Please send a Non-Disclosure Agreement before you send them your script, synopsis or concept.


Writers may contact:
Grant: grantdesousa@gmail.com / 084 503 4839 (http://www.grantdesousa.com)
Tyrone: tyrone@picturescope.com / 082 876 4977 (www.picturescope.com)


(Source - Durban Filmmakers Guild) 

Read about the African Metropolis Short Film Project at DIFF

African Metropolis Short Film Project Premieres at DIFF

This year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) will host the premiere of the African Metropolis Short Film Project - seven short films from seven African directors shot in seven African cities. There will be Question and Answer sessions with directors and producers after the screenings on 20 and 21 July, as well as a panel discussion on 21 July.

The African Metropolis Short Film Project is an initiative of the Goethe-Institut South Africa and South African executive producer Steven Markovitz, with support from Guaranty Trust Bank and the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam.

“African Metropolis held its first workshop at DIFF last year,” says Markovitz. “The festival is a great incubator for creative ideas, and a great platform for networking and sharing ideas. We are all delighted to be able to present seven finished short films at the same time just one year later.”

The short films are set in Lagos (Director: Folasakin Iwajomo), Abidjan (Philippe Lacôte), Kinshasa (Carole Maloba), Dakar (Marie KA), Johannesburg (Vincent Moloi), Cairo (Ahmed Ghoneimy) and Nairobi (Jim Chuchu). The filmmakers’ work shows the face of a modern and cosmopolitan Africa and challenges longstanding clichés about the continent.

Peter Machen, Manager of DIFF, says: “We are delighted to host the world premiere of the African Metropolis Short Film Project, which explores and promotes young directing talent from different capitals of the continent. This idea fits perfectly with our own goal of highlighting the emerging African film industry.”

Dates & Venues: 

Film screenings, followed by Q&A:

20 July / Musgrave Sterkinekor / 17H00

21 July / Blue Waters Hotel / 16H00

23 July / Ohlange School Hall, Inanda / 16H00

Panel discussion:

21 July / South Deck Room, 11th floor, Blue Waters Hotel / 09H00

Sundowner:

21 July / Tsogo Sun Elangeni Hotel, Pooldeck / 18H00

 (Source - DIFF) 

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