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Taapsee Pannu, Kanika Dhillon Team Again for Netflix Original Action-Thriller Film ‘Gandhari,’ ‘Joram’ Filmmaker Devashish Makhija to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Indian film star Taapsee Pannu and writer-producer Kanika Dhillon are teaming again with Netflix original action-thriller film “Gandhari.” Acclaimed filmmaker Devashish Makhija, whose last film “Joram” played several festivals including Rotterdam, Sydney, Busan, Durban and Mumbai, will direct. “‘Gandhari’ promises a riveting storyline filled with relentless determination and intense personal stakes, set against the backdrop of gripping mystery and high-powered action.

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Rushlake Media Takes World Sales Rights to Nigerian Collective’s ‘Vagabond Queen’ Ahead of Toronto World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Cologne and Nairobi-based sales agent Rushlake Media has acquired world sales rights to “The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos,” the feature debut of the Nigerian filmmaking group the Agbajowo Collective which will have its world premiere in the Centerpiece section of the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Based on real-life events that took place in 2016 and 2017 during violent, forced evictions from Lagos’ Otodo Gbame fishing community, the film tells the story of Jawu, a young mother from a waterfront slum who stumbles upon a horde of corrupt blood money marked for a real-estate development that threatens her home.

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Funding the African Content Boom, Cracking the Distribution Riddle and Women Making Waves: 8 Takeaways From the 15th Durban FilmMart

Christopher Vourlias The 15th edition of the Durban FilmMart, which ran July 19 – 22 in South Africa’s sun-splashed coastal mecca, wrapped on a high note this week with an invigorating sense of possibility among the industry professionals making the trek from all corners of the continent. The future of film finance in Africa, the prospects of pan-African collaboration and the pressing need to build a sustainable industry in the face of climate change were all on the agenda.

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Teddy Award Winner Babatunde Apalowo Preps ‘Londoner,’ an Immigrant’s Story of Identity, Belonging and Shattered Dreams

Christopher Vourlias Nigerian filmmaker Babatunde Apalowo, who won the Teddy Award at last year’s Berlin Film Festival for his gay romance “All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White,” is prepping his next feature. “Londoner,” which won the Red Sea Film Fund Award for best fiction feature at the recently wrapped Durban FilmMart, is the story of a Nigerian man whose life unravels after he arrives in the U.K. to be reunited with his wife and daughter.

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‘Acts of Man,’ ‘Africa AI,’ ‘We Had the Moon!’ Among Top Prize Winners at Durban FilmMart Award Ceremony

Christopher Vourlias South African supernatural crime series “Acts of Man” took home the biggest cash prize Monday night at the Durban FilmMart award ceremony, while the South African documentaries “Africa AI” and “We Had the Moon!” were among the projects that took home multiple awards at the close of a spirited week in Durban. “Acts of Man” scooped the Known Inner Circle Award, which was handed out by the recently launched venture from South Africa’s Known Associates Group (KAG) and Canada’s Inner City Films (ICF) and Circle Blue Entertainment (CBE).

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Rotterdam Winner Cyrielle Raingou Finds French Backing for Fiction Debut ‘I’m Coming for You’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Rotterdam Film Festival winner Cyrielle Raingou (“Le Spectre de Boko Haram”) has secured French backing for “Pour toi je reviendrai” (I’m Coming for You), which tells the story of a single mother in northern Cameroon who joins forces with a radical group of women after being cast out of her community. Raingou is pitching the project this week at the Durban FilmMart. The film will be produced by Raingou and Alice Abah for the director’s Cameroon-based shingle Je Capture Ma Réalité, along with French producer Jean-Marie Gigon’s SaNoSi Productions.

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African Noir Series ‘Acts of Man,’ Inspired by Real-Life Occult Crime Unit, Attracts Canadian, U.K. Partners (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias South African filmmakers Sheetal Magan (“Paraya”) and Sean Drummond (“Five Fingers for Marseilles”) are teaming up on what they’ve dubbed an “African noir” series inspired by the incredible true story of an “X-Files”-style occult crime unit born in the dying days of apartheid. The duo is pitching the 8 x 60′ series this week at the Durban FilmMart. “Acts of Man” is created by Magan, whose short film “Paraya” premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, and Drummond, who wrote and produced the genre-bending Western “Five Fingers for Marseilles,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Mad Solutions Takes World Rights to ‘Dear Tarkovsky,’ Palestinian Filmmaker Firas Khoury’s Follow-Up to Fiery Cairo Fest Winner ‘Alam’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Arab distributor Mad Solutions has taken world rights to Firas Khoury’s “Dear Tarkovsky,” the Palestinian filmmaker’s follow-up to his fiery Cairo Film Festival winner “Alam” (The Flag). Khoury will be introducing the project to prospective partners this week at the Durban FilmMart.

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South African Industry Ponders Its Future as Challenges Mount: ‘We’re Not Cultivating a New Generation’

Christopher Vourlias The Durban FilmMart began Friday in South Africa with the spirited, hopeful, often contentious representatives of the host nation weighing in on the highs and lows of its screen industries three decades into democratic rule. “I think this industry has always reflected a combination of anger and courage. You see the demand.

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Durban FilmMart Head Magdalene Reddy on Africa’s Financing Boom, Transformative Power of Cinema and How to ‘Create a New Vision’ for the Continent

Christopher Vourlias The Durban FilmMart returns to South Africa’s sun-splashed coast this week for its 15th edition, with the thematic banner “African Visions Unleashed” underscoring the event’s focus on the power of the continent’s creative industries and how they can be harnessed to address the day’s pressing issues while also playing a more socially responsible role. Magdalene Reddy, director of the Durban FilmMart Institute, says this year’s edition is organized around the overarching question: “How do we create a new vision for Africa?” “There’s a very transformative power in film.

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Durban Film Festival Opens With Rousing Defense of Personal Freedoms, Power of Cinema as South Africa Reflects on 30 Years of Democracy

Christopher Vourlias The 45th Durban Intl. Film Festival kicked off Thursday, as the world celebrated the birthday of freedom fighter and South Africa’s first Black president Nelson Mandela, with a rousing defense of hard-won personal liberties and an insistence that the art of cinema remains “as vital as ever.” “As we celebrate 30 years of democracy and with this 45th edition of Durban Intl.

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Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Story ‘After the Long Rains’ Follows a Kenyan Girl Determined to Break Free From Tradition

Christopher Vourlias A 10-year-old Kenyan girl determined to buck village tradition and pursue her dream of sailing to Europe is at the heart of “After the Long Rains,” a tender, coming-of-age tale from Zurich-born filmmaker Damien Hauser. The director’s third feature, which world premiered at the Red Sea Film Festival last year before screening in Rotterdam, plays this week at the Durban Film Festival, which runs July 18 – 28.

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Crimes of Both Past and Present a Common Thread for South African Filmmakers at Durban Festival

Christopher Vourlias The 45th Durban Film Festival fittingly kicks off this year on Nelson Mandela Intl. Day, a worldwide celebration of South Africa’s first Black president, whose tireless efforts to bring an end to apartheid led to the country’s first democratic elections 30 years ago. Three decades after the historic victory of Mandela’s African National Congress party, South Africans are wrestling with the progress and setbacks since their nation’s audacious transition to majority rule.

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Durban Film Fest Opener ‘Legacy’ Explores How History of Oppression Led to Broken Promises of Post-Apartheid South Africa

Christopher Vourlias Tara Moore’s “Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa,” which opens the 45th edition of the Durban Intl. Film Festival on July 18, is the South African-born, U.S.-based actor and filmmaker’s attempt to grapple with the brutal history of her homeland as it celebrates the 30th anniversary of Black majority rule.

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‘French Exit’ Producer Screen Siren Pictures Unveils Genre Label Scream Siren, Its Upcoming Slate

Screen Siren Pictures, the Canadian-based independent production company behind such recent titles as French Exit, Bones of Crows and Indian Horse, on Thursday announced the launch of Scream Siren, a new arm at the company focusing on original, genre-driven storytelling with a spotlight on female protagonists.

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Film Independent Sets Six For 2024 Episodic Directing Intensive

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named the six filmmakers selected for its third annual Episodic Directing Intensive: John Gutierrez, Lorena Lourenço, Alfonso Morgan-Terrero, Huriyyah Muhammad, Kelsey Taylor and So Young Shelly Yo.

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