The first global management company to
focus on African talent, Restless Talent
Management, will be hosting a
“Creative Pitch” session at this year’s 5th
edition of the Durban Film Mart (DFM), a Durban International Film Festival
(DIFF) and the Durban Film Office (DFO) developmental initiative for African
filmmakers which is funded by the City of Durban.
Organized in partnership with the festival
and with leading African broadcast distributor, Côte Ouest, “The Creative
Pitch” will take place on Monday July 21, 2014st at 2pm at the Southern Sun Elangeni hotel, South Africa, the new
location of both the DFM and DIFF. The 5th DFM is set to take place on 18 – 21 July
2014 at Durban’s Elangeni Tsogo Sun Hotel, alongside the Durban International
Film Festival which is set for 17 – 27 July.
Candidates will be randomly selected among
the filmmakers willing to pitch, and each will have three minutes to present
their best idea for a feature film or TV show in front of a panel of experts
that will include Restless Talent Management’s Tendeka Matatu and Marie
Lora-Mungai, National Film and Video Foundation’s Production and Development
Manager Thandeka Zwana, Associate Director of
the internationally renowned Sundance Documentary Film Programme Rahdi Taylor, well known South African
director Khalo Matabane, South African leading actor Tony Kgoroke, Mnet
Acquisition’s Mbalenhle Ntuli, and Côte Ouest’s Michelle Wheatley.
The filmmaker with the most promising,
interesting and ultimately best idea put forward will win a one-year
representation deal for his or her project by Restless Talent Management.
“We’ll be looking for the most original, compelling ideas for film or
television. It could be a gripping story, intriguing characters, or a fresh
point of view. We want to be surprised, challenged and entertained!” say
Tendeka Matatu and Marie Lora-Mungai.
“The Restless Talent Management Creative
Pitch session is an example of the types of lucrative opportunities filmmakers
can obtain for their ideas in film or television. We are excited to see what
this year’s filmmakers will propose and see their ideas eventually turn into
something tangible,” say Durban Film Office’s Toni Monty.
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