Marketing & Distribution part 2

Marketing & Distribution part 2

Episode 9 wraps up the series with more regarding Marekting and Distribution In this episode French-Burkinabè film distributor, festival programmer and critic Claire Diao is interviewed by DFMI Alumni, filmmaker and festival programmer, Muhummad Taymour (Egypt). Expert:French-Burkinabè Claire Diao founded the short film program Quartiers Lointains in 2013, co-founded the Pan-African film critic magazine AWOTELE in 2015, and has been the CEO of the Pan-African distribution company Sudu Connexion since 2016. Claire Diao is a programmer at large at the Lincoln Center (USA) and selects for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short film Festival (France). Host: Muhummad Tyamour, Egyptian film producer, director, and video artist born in 1985.From 2018 to 2020, Taymour worked as a producer with “Fig Leaf”, a production company based in Alexandria. In 2020, he produced the short film, “I am afraid to forget your face/ ستاشر “which won the prestigious Palme d’Or award in Festival De Cannes – Short Film Competition. This Palme d’Or award marks the first Palme d'Or award for an Egyptian film in the festival’s history. In August of 2021, Taymour founded the ‘Egyptian Film Producers Club’ (EFPC), which aimed to gather all the aspiring film producers and create a space for them to share their experiences through the club's activities. The club has also created educational programs for upcoming generations of film producers in Egypt. In 2022, he founded ‘CHAOS FILMS, an Egyptian production company based in Egypt with a focus on producing high-quality films, specifically short films. The company is currently producing it’s 4rth short film.” Beside teaching Visit our website: durbanfilmmart.com Email us: info@durbanfilmmart.com

Marketing & Distribution part 1

Episode 8 speaks to Marketing and Distribution In this episode French-Burkinabè film distributor, festival programmer and critic Claire Diao is interviewed by DFMI Alumni, filmmaker and festival programmer, Muhummad Taymour (Egypt). Expert:French-Burkinabè Claire Diao founded the short film program Quartiers Lointains in 2013, co-founded the Pan-African film critic magazine AWOTELE in 2015, and has been the CEO of the Pan-African distribution company Sudu Connexion since 2016. Claire Diao is a programmer at large at the Lincoln Center (USA) and selects for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short film Festival (France). Host: Muhummad Tyamour, Egyptian film producer, director, and video artist born in 1985.From 2018 to 2020, Taymour worked as a producer with “Fig Leaf”, a production company based in Alexandria. In 2020, he produced the short film, “I am afraid to forget your face/ ستاشر “which won the prestigious Palme d’Or award in Festival De Cannes – Short Film Competition. This Palme d’Or award marks the first Palme d'Or award for an Egyptian film in the festival’s history. In August of 2021, Taymour founded the ‘Egyptian Film Producers Club’ (EFPC), which aimed to gather all the aspiring film producers and create a space for them to share their experiences through the club's activities. The club has also created educational programs for upcoming generations of film producers in Egypt. In 2022, he founded ‘CHAOS FILMS, an Egyptian production company based in Egypt with a focus on producing high-quality films, specifically short films. The company is currently producing it’s 4rth short film.” Beside teaching Visit our website: durbanfilmmart.com Email us: info@durbanfilmmart.com

Legal Framework - IP and Entertainment Law part 2

Episode 7 continues with part 2 of introduction to IP and Entertainement Law In this episode South African entertainment lawyer and activist, Unathi Malunga will be interviewed by DFMI Alumni and filmmaker, Hallie Haller (South Africa). Expert: Unathi Malunga, a Fulbright scholar with an LLM from UCLA, Unathi’s work has been in the creative industries (she has worked as an Entertainment Lawyer then Creative Industries Consultant) and has spanned across a variety of platforms and territories leading to a full understanding of various media platforms and their most effective uses. Having moved from Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright) unlike many Entertainment Lawyers her work has not only covered the whole gambit of the creative and content industries: film, television broadcasting, music, visual arts, publishing (including web), theatre, dance, live events, sport etc. but has further incorporated many diverse aspects such as education, sponsorship and funding, rights strategies, trade exchanges, licensing programmes, product placement, drafting, negotiation and project management. She has, moreover, been involved in running Legacy Programmes – structured training and learning project-specific programmes for the disadvantaged Host: Hallie Haller Hallie Haller is a South African creative who cares about media, the future and you. Currently based in Johannesburg, Hallie is interested in cultural production that creates opportunity, fosters community and examines how we may live more meaningful lives. She has written a multitude of unpublished pieces, received hundreds of rejection letters, invested unwisely in passion projects and risked it all on hope - more than once. For love and money, she is a writer, director and creative strategist. Hallie is proudly a Brown Girls Doc Mafia member, a ForCreativeGirls mentor, a One World Media documentary fellow and an ambassador for GirlsInFilm's South African chapter. “Politics exists in the wake of culture. If you want to change the world, you’ve gotta change the culture.” - Franklin Leonard, The Blacklist. Representing: Rudeboy Collective. Girls in Film. Visit our website: durbanfilmmart.com Email us: info@durbanfilmmart.com

Legal Framework - IP and Entertainment Law part 1

Episode 6 sees the start of a 2 part introduction to IP and Entertainement Law. In this episode South African entertainment lawyer and activist, Unathi Malunga will be interviewed byDFMI Alumni and filmmaker, Hallie Haller (South Africa). Expert: Creative industries. Building power, policy, equity and protection for Africa’s Creative and Cultural Industries With over two decades of executive and sector-wide experience, Unathi works at the intersection of entertainment law, policy advocacy, cultural diplomacy, and creative economy development. I bring deep experience in shaping policy, managing content and rights, and building platforms that empower underrepresented voices in the creative and cultural sector. As both a lawyer and a content strategist, Unathi supports creators, cultural institutions, broadcasters, and governments in structuring content deals, navigating IP law, and building sustainable platforms — with a strong focus on equity, clarity, and empowerment. Uanthi don’t just operate in legal spaces —She has led, contributed to and have been actively involved in industry-wide lobbying and advocacy efforts, policy reform consultations, and creative economy initiatives focused on access, equity, and social transformation, ensuring that legislation, funding models, and market frameworks reflect the lived realities of South African creatives. Unathi is also a strategist and educator — designing learning programmes, legal literacy platforms, and development initiatives that place culture at the centre of transformation. Her goal is the same: She uses law as a tool — to ensure creators are protected, heard, and empowered to thrive — not just for protection, but for inclusion and growth. My focus remains the same: to elevate Africa’s creative economy. Protecting culture. Empowering creators. Shaping industries. Host: Hallie Haller Hallie Haller is a South African creative who cares about media, the future and you. Currently based in Johannesburg, Hallie is interested in cultural production that creates opportunity, fosters community and examines how we may live more meaningful lives. She has written a multitude of unpublished pieces, received hundreds of rejection letters, invested unwisely in passion projects and risked it all on hope - more than once. For love and money, she is a writer, director and creative strategist. Hallie is proudly a Brown Girls Doc Mafia member, a ForCreativeGirls mentor, a One World Media documentary fellow and an ambassador for GirlsInFilm's South African chapter. “Politics exists in the wake of culture. If you want to change the world, you’ve gotta change the culture.” - Franklin Leonard, The Blacklist. Representing: Rudeboy Collective. Girls in Film. Visit our website: durbanfilmmart.com Email us: info@durbanfilmmart.com

Business mangement part 2 (BMC)

Episode 5 continues the coversation regarding Business Management by discussing the Business Model Canvas tool. In this episode South African Producer and Academic Tina-Louise Smith will be interviewed by DFMI Alumni and filmmaker, Moreetsi Gabang (Botswana). Expert: Tina-Louise Smith was instrumental in bringing the Business Model Canvas to South African and African film industry professionals after she experienced the power of the canvas at a four-hour HotDocs workshop in 2012. With the support of South African industry bodies and funders, with the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab and her co-director, Orla Garriques of OG & Co. Media, Tina-Louise helped to launch the first Business Model Canvas workshops at the 2015 Durban FilmMart. Tina-Louise Smith has her Master’s in Film and Television Studies and is currently researching towards her PhD in Television Studies at UCT’s Centre for Film and Media Studies. Her research explores how effectively the formulae of television crime dramas from the global north are adapted and negotiated into South African crime shows for viewers of local streaming television. Host: Moreetsi Gabang is a screenwriter and director from Botswana. He is an alumnus of Talents Durban (2017), Berlinale Talents (2018), the DFMI Business Lab 2021-22, and AuthenticA Series Lab (2023-2024). His feature film, THUPO (Initiation), currently in development, won the ScreenCraft Film Fund 2023 Award and was selected for the DFMI Jumpstart 2023 programme in partnership with DW Akademie, Produire Au Sud, and Institute Français. Moreetsi graduated valedictorian from AFDA Johannesburg, and completed his MA (First Class) after receiving the Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate International Scholarship to study at UAL: London College of Communication. His short film Motswakwa (Foreigner) was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards, while Zombie Date Night in Tlokweng won the inaugural NEFTi Africa Competition 2024 Best Film and Audience Choice Awards. He is an alumnus of the Botswana Wildlife Film School, as well as a two-time recipient of the Bessie Head Literature Awards and Shore Script 2024 Script Development Fund recipient. Moreetsi worked as an assistant writer on the international series Liar: Africa, with his most recent short film Baratani (The Hill of Lovers) winning the NEFTi All Stars 2024 Competition Best Film and Audience Choice Awards. Visit our website: durbanfilmmart.com Email us: info@durbanfilmmart.com