NFVF at Cannes

This year, as well as the first rate SA Pavilion, the NFVF will commemorate the 10th Anniversary of its attendance at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival with a conference themed "South Africa, your co-production partner of choice, and content on offer". To be held at the Eden Hotel in Cannes on Monday 18 May, the conference will include the NFVF and its partners the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), and Durban's own Avalon Group, as well as international buyers, industry colleagues and producers from other filmmaking countries.

"One of our objectives in hosting this event is to present some of South Africa's best projects to the international market," said Eddie Mbalo, NFVF CEO. Projects that will be presented at the conference include 31 Million Reasons, Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky), In the Shadow of a Saint, Otello Burning, Skin (pictured), Khumba and The Consequence.

The Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to take place from Wednesday 13 until Sunday 24 May 2009.