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One of the events aligned on the Tenth Annual BRICS 2018 Summit – a conference of international relations in the presence of Heads of State or Government of its five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and Africa South – is the BRICS Festival film to be held at the Playhouse July 22-27 as part of the Durban Festival in July.
Although the epicenter of the 2018 BRICS summit is in Sandton, Johannesburg, national events are being held across the country to encourage delegates to explore the breadth and diversity of our country.
Durban is proud to host the 2018 BRICS Film Festival which will be held in the Playhouse, which will host delegates from all member states – mainly carefully selected leaders in the film and creative industries. The idea of a film festival and a forum on the theme of cinema was born from the 2015 BRICS summit, during which an agreement was signed between the BRICS governments on cooperation in the field of culture.
Companion event at other city film events taking place during the mid-year holiday season: Durban International Film Festival; Durban FilmMart; Wavescapes and the Congress of Filmmakers of Nature and the Environment (NEWF)
Each BRICS Member State will hold a day dedicated to the presentation of five of its best recent films – whatever their genre. The films will be free and open to the public and will be in the Playhouse Drama: Monday, July 23 is South Africa; Tuesday 24 is Russia; Wednesday 25 is India; Thursday 26 is China and Friday 27 is Brazil.
Two of the five films that will be screened each day will be entries of competition – with the best films of the festival, chosen by a panel of experts from each member country and rewarded at a closing event on Friday, July 27th.
The two feature films from South Africa will be Beyond the River (based on the moving story of Piers Cruickshanks and Siseko Ntondini at the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon) and Five Fingers for Marseille (a former dishonored hero returns to establish a quiet life only to find a new threat to face in this South African West); as well as The Whale Caller (located in the seaside town of Hermanus and based on a novel by Zakes Mda, is an enchanting tale of isolation, craze and human connection); Comatose (which revolves around two brothers and sisters in conflict over the future of their comatose mother, testing their family ties and asking tough questions about euthanasia) and Skulls of my People (a deeply touching documentary about important about the genocide of 1904-1908 of the population of Nama, San and Herero in Namibia).
Special Mention, is one of the entries of China – a first film made especially for the festival.
Also on Monday, there is an industry forum at the Elangani Hotel during the Durban FilmMart in collaboration with the Independent Black Filmmakers Collective (IBFC). The themes of the BRICS film forum on Monday 23 July are the opportunities and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution for content creators in the BRICS markets; to present ideas on the creative, political, legal, financial and institutional framework for the creation of a BRICS treaty and co-production and audiovisual / co-production fund; the opportunities and challenges of content creation, the distribution of collaborative content development among BRICS filmmakers; and the financing, production and distribution of content that can travel between the five BRICS countries.
The festival opens on an opening gala concert at the Playhouse Opera on Sunday, July 22, marrying the performance with short films from each of the BRIC member states.
A carefully presented program allows artists in Durban to represent the Member States through music, song and dance. Featured by LeAnne Manas and Tony Kgoroge, the artists include Shembe group, Amazebra Indlamu and musician Mbuso Khoza representing South Africa; the fabulous KZN Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Christopher Chen representing China performing the Grand Pas de deux of Act 2 of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky; the renowned Nateshwa Dance Company and dancer Kathak Manesh Maharaj representing India; dancers Casey Swales and Rachel Abrahams performing a Russian ballet representing Russia; dancers Angelique Allison and Ryan Hammond doing the Brazilian Samba representing Brazil; with the support of Playhouse Dance Residency with Smeetha Maharaj at the helm, featuring their Brazilian Bollywood and Samba routines. The gala evening is led by Ralph Lawson and produced by the Playhouse Company, an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture.
The films of the inaugural evening will honor Nelson Mandela's centenary. The films will be short films of five minutes and five minutes produced by the respective countries under the direction of a South African production company, Via-Vollenhoven and Appollis Independent. The theme of the films is "Mandela" and the film of each country reflects the uniqueness of the country, as well as how each member country relates to Nelson Mandela and its impact on leadership, politics, humanity, culture and unity. . The gala evening is led by Ralph Lawson and produced by the Playhouse Company, an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture.
As a member of BRICS, South Africa, through the Department of Arts and Culture Third BRICS Film Festival. The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), as the national film fund, will implement the festival.
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