Joburg Film Festival
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Most recent | 6th: 28 February – 3 March 2024 |
| Artistic director | Timothy Mangwedi (2024) |
| Website | joburgfilmfestival |
The Joburg Film Festival (JFF) is an international annual film festival held at various venues in Johannesburg, notably Rosebank, Melrose Arch and Sandton Gauteng, South Africa.
History
Joburg Film Festival was founded in 2016.[1] Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 and 2022 editions were skipped.[2] The 5th edition was held from 31 January – 5 February 2023.[3]
Description
Joburg Film Festival (JFF) is an international annual film festival held at various venues in Johannesburg ("Joburg"), Gauteng, South Africa.[4][5][6] The festival is supported by the South African satellite television broadcast company MultiChoice.[1][7][8]
Program
The festival features a film screening schedule, an industry program with panel discussions, talks and masterclasses, an educational youth program, a social event, and a commercial content market JBX.[3]
Awards
The awards announced for 2025 are Best Feature Film, Best African Film, Best Documentary and Best Joburg Produced Film (only Joburg-based filmmakers are eligible for this prize).[5]
Past award winners
- Independent Feature 2023 - The Cloud and the Man (Manikbabur Megh) by Abhinandan Banerjee - Fiction 97 minutes.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Joburg Film Festival 2016. 1ere édition" (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 8 August 2024. 28 October - 5 November 2016.
- ↑ Omobolade, Ojo A.; Afape, Tunmise (12 February 2024). "News. The Joburg Film Festival (JFF) set to return for the sixth edition of its annual festival this February". thecreativesnote.substack.com. The Creatives Note. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- 1 2 "Joburg Film Festival 2023. 5ème édition" (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ "Joburg Film Festival. Our stories - Our gold". joburgfilmfestival.co.za. Joburg Film Festival. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Joburg Film Festival". filmfreeway.com. FilmFreeway. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ Joburg Film Festival at IMDb
- ↑ "The Joburg Film Festival 2016". thebioscope.co.za. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2024. 28 October to 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "The Joburg Film Festival 2019". joburg.co.za. Retrieved 8 August 2024.. 19-24 November 2019
- ↑ Film Festival. 2023 Awards. International Feature Film /2023 Joburg Film Festival at IMDb