Palestine ‘Exists in Our Minds’
“I wish Israel would destroy all of us, not one of us left,” says Abu Eyad. “Our revolution failed − I don’t want to return to Palestine.” The young Abu Eyad is speaking from a Palestinian refugee camp called Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon, where he lives in a state of limbo. Abu Eyad is a […]
Censors Ban South African Film for ‘Child Porn’
It was a piece of theatre, rather than a film that opened the 38th Durban International Film Festival (Diff) on Thursday night. Jahmil XT Qubeka, the director of Of Good Report, ostensibly the festival’s opening night film, was on stage, his mouth taped over. He then proceeded to burn his identity book in protest. His […]
Of Grandmasters, Sexual Identity and Lesotho’s First Feature Film – Peter Machen Talks About the Durban International Film Festival
With its range of documentary and feature films from around the world and its role as a continental film market and laboratory, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is one of the most important film festivals in Africa – certainly in South Africa. Peter Machen was recently announced as the festival’s new manager, Niren Tolsi […]