Help the DFA to keep doing Great Things!

Help the DFA to keep doing Great Things!

After more than 10 years we have decided to increase our membership fees to R400 per annum, from 1 October 2022. If you are feeling flush and can afford to pay more, or make a donation to the DFA, please do so. If you have just paid your fees at R350 and you’re...
docCHAT Encounters: Distribution Deep Dive

docCHAT Encounters: Distribution Deep Dive

DFA docCHAT: Deep Dive into Tactical Distribution and Industry Trends On 29 June during the 2022 Encounters Documentary Festival Khanyi Magubane from the DFA board hosted a docCHAT session with Rachel Gordon, documentary filmmaker and author of THE DOCUMENTARY...
Africa No Filter journalism handbook

Africa No Filter journalism handbook

Africa No Filter is challenging stereotypical news about Africa with its latest handbook Why Change the Way We Write About Africa? A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa. The handbook hopes to close the gap between mainstream and alternative stories of Africa...
DFA Annual General Meeting 2022

DFA Annual General Meeting 2022

In line with the DFA Constitution you are hereby notified that the Annual General Meeting will take place on 24 August 2021 at 15:00 – 17:00 via Zoom and in person. The venues will be Bertha House in Cape Town and in Johannesburg the venue is TBC. We will link...
NFVF SA Box Office report

NFVF SA Box Office report

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has released the annual South African Box Office Report. The report gives an overview of the performance of films released in local cinemas (also known as the box office) and provides a trend of performance over a 10-year...