Joburg Film Festival Explained

Joburg Film Festival
Location:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Founded:	2016
Last:	6th: February 28 - March 3, 2024
Next:	7th: March 11–16, 2025
Artistic Director:	Timothy Mangwedi (2024)

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. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 and 2022 editions were skipped.^[1] The 5th edition was held from January 31 - February 5, 2023.

Description

Joburg Film Festival (JFF) is an international annual film festival held at various venues in Johannesburg ("Joburg"), Gauteng, South Africa.^{[2] [3]} The festival is supported by the South African satellite television broadcast company MultiChoice.^{[4] [5] [6]}

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.^[7]

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).

Past award winners

• Independent Feature 2023 - The Cloud and the Man (Manikbabur Megh) by Abhinandan Banerjee - Fiction 97 minutes.

External links

Videos

Notes and References

1. Web site: News. The Joburg Film Festival (JFF) set to return for the sixth edition of its annual festival this February . thecreativesnote.substack.com . Ojo A. . Omobolade . Tunmise . Afape . February 12, 2024 . The Creatives Note . 24 October 2024.
2. Web site: Joburg Film Festival. Our stories - Our gold . joburgfilmfestival.co.za . 2024-08-08 . Joburg Film Festival.
3. Web site: Joburg Film Festival . filmfreeway.com . 2024-08-08 . FilmFreeway.
4. Web site: Joburg Film Festival 2016. 1ere édition. . fr . 2024-08-08 . Africultures. Les mondes en relation.. 28 October - 5 November 2016.
5. Web site: The Joburg Film Festival 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161029091935/www.thebioscope.co.za/2016/10/21/the-joburg-film-festival-2016/ . 2016-10-29 . thebioscope.co.za . 2024-08-08 . 28 October to 5 November 2016.
6. Web site: The Joburg Film Festival 2019 . joburg.co.za . 2024-08-08 . . 19-24 November 2019
7. Web site: Joburg Film Festival 2023. 5ème édition . fr . 2024-08-08 . Africultures. Les mondes en relation..