FestivalSouth AfricaChecked 15 Oct 2026 · rechecked 17 Oct 2026
Durban International Film Festival
Durban IFF
Closes 15 Jan 2027
Friday 15 January 2027
Rechecked on the official page, 17 Oct 2026. Deadlines confirmed on the festival's own site: early bird 23 November, final deadline 15 January 2027, with notification on 4 May.
Official page: https://ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za/about-us/submissions/
- Who can apply
- African feature fiction and documentaries; shorts and student films from any country
- You get
- Screening at DIFF, Southern Africa's only Oscar-qualifying festival, and its awards
- Entry fee
- Not published
- Making
- Fiction feature, Documentary, Short, Animation
- Stage
- Finished film
- Type
- Festival
Dates
- Opens Submissions open
- Earlier deadline Early bird deadline
- Closes Regular (final) deadline
- Selection news Notification date
- Event 48th festival, 15–25 July 2027
Who can apply
African feature fiction and documentaries; shorts and student films from any country
Limited to Africa. The test is where the film is made or the money is spent.
What you get
Screening at DIFF, Southern Africa's only Oscar-qualifying festival, and its awards
Amounts stay in the currency the organiser uses. Caps, totals and alternatives are listed as published; don’t add them up.
What it costs
The official page didn’t state an entry fee when we read it on 17 Oct 2026. That isn’t the same as free: check the form before you count on it.
What to bring
- DCPDelivery cost, not a condition that every applicant own a DCP already.
Terms to read first
| Rights | South African premiere excludes prior local cinema, TV or online availability. |
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