CONVIDADOS 2024 - África
Andrea Voges
Andrea Voges is the Festival Manager and Head of Programming for the Durban International Film Festival. Over the last 18 years, she has worked for Joburg Film Festival and Red Sea International Film Festival. She served as a Project Coordinator for the South African-United Kingdom Seasons - an intergovernmental initiative to promote arts and culture between these two nations. In 2021, she joined the Realness Institute and Urucu Media as Programmes Manager and Sales & Distribution Manager respectively. In 2022, Andrea joined the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra’s project management team and coordinated festival distribution for STEPS, a documentary production company. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and is a Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy alumnus.
Durban International Film Festival
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is widely regarded as a leading film festival in Africa. We consider the festival as a potential venue partner that will foster the collaborative exchange that allows a showcase of Brazilian films in Africa and African film in Brazil. This exchange will contribute to the knowledge spread among creative, thus indulging the start of more collaboration between filmmakers from both sides. At each edition, the festival, which is held in conjunction with the Durban Filmmart, offers several professionals gathering events where filmmakers discover new potential collaboration partners in both development, production, and post-production.