Joburg Film Festival

Joburg Film Festival
LocationJohannesburg, South Africa
Founded2016
Most recent6th: February 28 - March 3, 2024
Artistic directorTimothy Mangwedi (2024)
Websitejoburgfilmfestival.co.za
7th: March 11–16, 2025

The Joburg Film Festival (JFF) is an international annual film festival held at various venues in Johannesburg, 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 January 31 - February 5, 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

References

  1. ^ a b "Joburg Film Festival 2016. 1ere édition" (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. Retrieved August 8, 2024. 28 October - 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ Omobolade, Ojo A.; Afape, Tunmise (February 12, 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 October 24, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Joburg Film Festival 2023. 5ème édition" (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "Joburg Film Festival. Our stories - Our gold". joburgfilmfestival.co.za. Joburg Film Festival. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Joburg Film Festival". filmfreeway.com. FilmFreeway. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  6. ^ Joburg Film Festival at IMDb
  7. ^ "The Joburg Film Festival 2016". thebioscope.co.za. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2024. 28 October to 5 November 2016.
  8. ^ "The Joburg Film Festival 2019". joburg.co.za. Retrieved August 8, 2024.. 19-24 November 2019
  9. ^ Film Festival. 2023 Awards. International Feature Film /2023 Joburg Film Festival at IMDb

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