Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) announces 2022 lineup

The Oscar-Qualifying Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), South Africa’s longest-running film festival, has announced complete lineup for 2022 festival, which takes place in Durban (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) from July 21-30.

Presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is widely regarded as one of the leading film festivals on the African continent and a vital event on the international film calendar.

The South Africa’s longest-running film festival contributes to expanding filmmaker networks, attracts local and international media, creates public awareness of South African and African cinema, and promotes and celebrates African cinema that highlights the possibilities of local film production and stimulates the growth of the film industry.

The 2022 Durban International Film Festival opens with the screening of the feature movie “1960” directed by King Shaft and Michael Motumbo at the CinceCentre, Suncoast Casino, on Thursday July 21, at 6pm. The movie follows a retired singer, who revisits her past to help with an investigation.

Durban International Film Festival 2022 lineup

The Durban International Film Festival has announced lineup in three competition sections:

• Features
• Documentaries
• Shorts

Features

A lineup of 25 feature movies have been selected to go on screen in the Features program section of the 2022 Durban International Film Festival, or DIFF22.

• “1960” (South Africa), Directed by King Shaft, Michael Motumbo / Opening Film
• “2 Thirds of a Man”, Directed by Earl Shaun Kopeledi
• “A Taste of Our Land” (Rwanda), Directed by Yuhi Amuli
• “Balloon Animal” (United States), Directed by Em Johnson
• “Bangarang” (Kenya), Directed by Robin Odongo
• “Bantù Mama” (Dominican Republic), Directed by Ivan Herrera
• “Collision Course” (Nigeria), Directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters
• “Dark Matter” (Turkey), Directed by Iman Tahsin
• “Dealer” (Belgium), Directed by Jeroen Perceval
• “Donkeyhead” (Canada), Directed by Agam Darshi
• “Dostojee” (India), Directed by Prasun Chatterjee
• “Good Madam” (South Africa), Directed by Jenna Cato Bass
• “Juwaa” (Belgium), Directed by Nganji Mutiri
• “Klondike” (Ukraine), Directed by Maryna Er Gorbach
• “Nostalgia” (Italy), Directed by Mario Martone
• “Playing Through” (United States), Directed by Balbinka Korzeniowska
• “Public Toilet Africa” (Ghana), Felix (Kofi) Ofosu-Yeboah
• “Ring Wandering” (Japan), Directed by Masakazu Kaneko
• “Skeletons” (South Africa), Directed by Jade Bowers
• “Streams” (Tunisia), Directed by Mehdi Hmili
• “The Crossing” (Burkina Faso), Directed by Irene Tassembedo
• “The Stranger” (Palestine), Directed by Ameer Fakher Eldin
• “Tug of War” (Tanzania), Directed by Amil Shivji
• “Valley of a Thousand Hills” (South Africa), Directed by Bonie Sithebe
• “You’re My Favourite Place” (South Africa), Directed by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka / Closing Film

Documentaries

A lineup of 20 documentary feature films have been selected to go on screen in the Documentaries program section of the 2022 Durban International Film Festival, or DIFF22.

• “Adam & Ida – Almost a Fairytale” (Germany), Directed by Jan Tenhaven
• “African Moot” (South Africa, Finland), Directed by Shameela Seedat
• “Batata” (Lebanon), Directed by Noura Kevorkian
• “Black Mambas” (Germany), Directed by Lena Karbe
• “Forgotten Dreams” (Egypt), Directed by Marwa El Sharkawy
• “Girl, Taken” (South Africa), Directed by Francois Verster, Simon Wood
• “Kash Kash – Without Feathers We Can’t Live” (Germany), Directed by Lea Najjar
• “Lesotho, The Weeping Motherland” (South Africa), Directed by Lwazi Duma
• “uMkhumbane In Me – Madala Kunene” (South Africa), Directed by Malcolm Sonnyboy Nhleko
• “Music Is My Life” (South Africa), Directed by Mpumi Supa Mbele
• “N-Ice Cello: Tale of the Ice Cello” (Italy), Directed by Corrado Bungaro
• “No Simple Way Home” (South Africa, Kenya), Directed by Akuol de Mabior
• “No U-Turn” (France, Nigeria, South Africa), Directed by Ike Nnabue
• “Portraits of the Future” (Argentina), Directed by Virna Molina
• “Sonnyboy- The Making of a sound man” (South Africa), Directed by Malcolm Nhleko
• “The Double Futures of Athlone” (South Africa), Directed by Premesh Lalu
• “Taamaden” (Cameroon), Directed by Seydou Cissé
• “The Talking Guitar – Themba Mokoena” (South Africa), Directed by Malcolm Sonnyboy Nhleko
• “The Delights” (Argentina), Directed by Eduardo Crespo
• “Wind Blows in the Border” (Brazil), Directed by Laura Faerman, Marina Weis

Shorts

A lineup of 72 short movies in 9 thematic categories (Drama, Documentary, Social and Culture, LGBTQIA+, Animation, Social Issues, Political, History, Children) have been selected to go on screen in the Shorts program section of the 2022 Durban International Film Festival, or DIFF22.

• “1961” (Cameroon), Directed by Stella Tchuisse
• “Amagama Ka Nokutela”, Directed by Zimisele Ngubane, Asanda Sizani
• “Beauty for Ashes” (South Africa), Directed by Kurt Otabenga Orderson
• “Chienne (Bitch)” (Belgium), Directed by Bertille Z. Estramon
• “BLACKINDIA”, Directed by Haider Khan
• “Blind Spot” (Tunisia), Directed by Lotfi Achour
• “Burros” (United States), Directed by Jefferson Stein
• “Brownsville Bred” (United States), Directed by Elaine Del Valle
• “BLVCK GOLD” (Australia), Directed by Ez Eldin Deng
• “CAI-BER” (Egypt), Directed by Ahmed Abdelsalam
• “Calf” (South Africa), Directed by Lee Brown
• “Candidato 34” (Canada), Directed by Ryan Marley
• “Chameleon” (France), Directed by Stéphane Olijnyk
• “Coming Home” (South Africa), Directed by Julia Maria Diana Jansch
• “Cupids” (United States), Directed by Zoey Martinson
• “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore” (United States), Directed by Mmabatho Montsho
• “Diiyeghan Naii Taii Tr’eedaa” (United States), Directed by Princess Daazhraii Johnson
• “Dream Writer” (South Africa), Directed by Nathan Rice
• “Herdsboy” (Nigeria), Directed by Nwamaka Chikezie
• “Identity” (South Africa), Directed by Siphakamiso Mafuleka
• “I Love You, Customer” (Republic of Korea), Directed by SeoYoon Kim
• “Kunde” (India), Directed by Ayappa KM
• “KZN’s Hidden Treasure & Reflections on Heritage (KwaShandu)” (South Africa), Directed by Silindile Nokukhanya Sithole
• “Yae: Blind Samurai Woman” (United States), Directed by Akiko Izumitani
• “Voices from Under a Dark Cloud” (South Africa), Directed by Joëlle Madeleine CHESSELET, Lloyd Ross
• “When the Swallows Fly Away” (Belgium), Directed by PINS Sébastien
• “Voices” (United Kingdom), Directed by Abbie Lucas
• “Uprooted: The Plantemic” (Canada), Directed by Betty Xie
• “Employee of the Month” (Nigeria), Directed by Goga Clay
• “Granny’s Sexual Life” (France, Slovenia), Directed by Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard
• “Ukutshalwa (The Planting)” (South Africa), Directed by Lwanda Mahanjana
• “Troll Girl” (South Africa), Directed by Kay Carmichael
• “Total Disaster” (United States), Directed by Keil Orion Troisi, Molly Gore
• “Lalito 10” (United States, Guatemala), Directed by Jordan Matthew Horowitz
• Little Sky (Canada, United States), Directed by Jess X. Snow
• “Listen To Me” (Spain), Directed by Paula Armijo
• “Magdalene’s Lies” (South Africa), Directed by Julie Laurenz
• “Maverick” (South Africa), Directed by Luthando Mngomezulu
• “Meat” (Uganda), Directed by Asher Rosen
• “MIER “The Ant”” (South Africa), Directed by Oliver North
• “Miette” (Canada), Directed by Maude Bouchard
• “Mother Shoal” (South Africa), Directed by Kirsten Horne
• “Nefarious Creatures” (South Africa), Directed by Xolelwa Nhlabatsie, Camilo Zain Saloojee
• “Oyasumi- Lullaby of Flame” (Japan), Directed by Arisa Wakami
• “Pango” (South Africa), Directed by Tami Marriott
• “Perm” (Korea), Directed by Shekh Al Mamun
• “Pili Ka Moʻo” (United States), Directed by Justyn Ah Chong
• “Prayers for Sweet Waters” (South Africa), Directed by Elijah Ndoumbe
• “Queer Parivaar” (United States), Directed by Shiva Raichandani
• “Radio Freedom” (Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Directed by Ismar Vejzovic, Bafl Sarhang
• “Retribution” (India), Directed by Koushik Das
• “Searching Heleny” (Brazil), Directed by Esther Vital
• “Sixteen Rounds” (Uganda), Directed by Loukman Ali
• “Stranger at the Gate” (United States), Directed by Joshua Seftel
• “Supastaz” (Kenya), Directed by Oprah Oyugi, Krysteen Savane
• “Salvador Dali” (Kyrgyzstan), Directed by Eldiar Madakim
• “Sweet Little Despair” (United Kingdom), Directed by Carolina Petro
• “Tailored” (Nigeria), Directed by Rimamkongnde (Kongs) Yakubu Shamaki
• “The Caretaker” (South Africa), Directed by Dayakar Padayachee
• “The Floating World” (Japan), Directed by Fernando Souza, Pablo Curto
• “The Girl Behind the Mirror” (Brazil), Directed by Iuri Moreno
• “The Little Match Girl” (South Africa), Directed by Kim Geldenhuys
• “The Savior” (Iran), Directed by Soheila Pourmohammadi
• “The Snake Chief” (South Africa), Directed by Nick Cloete
• “The Track” (United Kingdom), Directed by Louisa Connolly Burnham
• “The Town” (South Africa), Directed by Lindiwe Makgalemele
• “Time and Tide” (South Africa), Directed by Lamar Bonhomme
• “To Kill the Birds & the Bees” (Singapore), Directed by Calleen Koh Yee Lin
• “Together” (Brazil), Directed by Pedro Conti
• “To the Sea” (Taiwan), Directed by Po-Yu LIN
• “The Zoo” (Iran), Directed by Nafiseh Zare
• “Too Rough” (United Kingdom), Directed by Sean Lìonadh

Isiphethu

The Isiphethu program is DIFF’s program responsible for community engagement workshops and screenings, a school program and an IsiZulu Masterclass series. This year the program also launches the inaugural Isiphethu International Student Film Festival.

This festival aims to create a platform and gateway for students to the big festival by exposing them to the role players in the film industry and showcasing their work on big cinema screens. The festival will take place primarily online, with a few selected films to screen at the reception on July 27th at the Suncoast Cinema. IISFF will be the role player and center focus on the continent to connect the continent and diaspora.

The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) presents the following awards:

• Best Feature Film
• Best African Feature Film
• Best South African Feature Film
• Best Documentary
• Best South African Documentary
• Best Short Film
• Best African Short Film
• Best South African Short Film
• Best Student Film (South Africa)
• Best Student Film (Global)
• Best Performer
• Best Supporting Performer
• Best Cameo Performer
• Best Screenplay
• Best Cinematography
• Best Direction
• Artistic Bravery
• Audience Choice Award
• Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award
• Artfluence DIFF Award for Human Rights
• DIFF Film in Education Award
• DIFF Award for advancing film in Education

The 2022 Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) offers live screenings for a number of movies. Once the films have been screened in cinema, they will be made available online.

Click here for the full live screening schedule.

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