What I’ve been watching: Morgan Morris

What I’ve been watching: Morgan Morris

Film: MAYOR Director: David Osit Year: 2020 ‘MAYOR’ is almost the antithesis to ‘What Walaa Wants’, the 2018 doccie on a strong-minded young woman trying to forge her own path – in the face of her family’s objections – in a refugee camp on the West Bank. If on the...
The Colonel’s Stray Dogs

The Colonel’s Stray Dogs

The DFA warmly congratulates Khalid Shamis whose tour de force The Colonel’s Stray Dogs will premiere at Hot Docs this week on the 29 April 2021.   Synopsis For over 40 years Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and Colonel Gadaffi’s enemy...
Farewell Milly Takalani Mulaudzi

Farewell Milly Takalani Mulaudzi

It is with shock and deep sadness that the DFA board learned this morning of Milly Takalani Mulaudzi’s sudden passing. Milly was an integral part of the DFA board since 2019 and last year her exemplary leadership as the South African Screen Federation (SASFED)...
Opportunity: Film Festival Curator

Opportunity: Film Festival Curator

The Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education is seeking to contract someone experienced with African film to curate and run a two-day African Film Festival towards the end of May. This is a short-term contract for the month of May. The intention of the festival is to...
My Octopus Teacher wins Best Documentary at the 2021 Baftas

My Octopus Teacher wins Best Documentary at the 2021 Baftas

The critically acclaimed South African documentary, My Octopus Teacher won in the Best Documentary category at the British Academy Film Awards held in London, last night, 11 April 2021. The EE Baftas took place the weekend of 10 and 11 April 2021 and were hosted...