Young Durban Success Story

At the CIAK Junior Film Festival Awards in Italy last month, a 14 year old Durban girl, Amber-Jay van Rooyen, won 'Best Actor/Actress' and the overall 'Best Film' as well as the UNESCO Fellini Medal awarded to the film that best embodied the spirit and culture of its country.


She has now been snapped up to take part in the 2009 Durban International Film Festival, in the Short Film Category. This will be the first public airing of her film 'Coming Home', a story telling about a young city girl who moves to the farm and battles to settle in. It is on the farm that she meets an old Zulu Sangoma who teaches her three important life lessons and is based on Amber-Jay's own experiences.

More on this local success story here.