The Centre for the Creative Arts (CCA) is an inter-disciplinary hub in the School of the Arts in the College of Humanities at the University of Kwazulu-Natal. The Centre plays host to four festivals which over many years have built a strong international profile for artistic excellence and for how the arts are engaged to advance social change and to strengthen South Africa’s constitutional democracy. The four festivals are:
Time of the Writer Festival
JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival
Durban International Film Festival
Poetry Africa.
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The 44th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place from 20 July to 30 July 2023. Widely regarded as one of the leading film festivals on the African continent, DIFF showcases an impressive variety of shorts, features, documentaries and student films.
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The prestigious Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award will be judged by a jury of industry professionals: Saskia Wüstefeld, Poonitha Naidoo and Jane Argall.
Saskia Wüstefeld heads up her own company based in Durban. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (UKZN), an HDE from (UCT), a Diversity Management Postgraduate Diploma (WITS), and a Masters in Business Leadership (cum laude) (UNISA). From a young age fairness and inclusion have always been important values in Saskia’s life. To further interest in this area, Saskia majored in Political Science at UKZN, where the fair and equitable treatment of workers grew into a work related passion in the fields of valuing diversity, inclusion; change management and working with teams. Complementing her career work in this field is Saskia’s membership of Amnesty International, as a committee member of the Durban group. She has always had a passion for film and been an avid supporter of the Durban International Film Festival. Since 2018 Saskia has been part of the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Documentary Award committee.
Jane Argall has been a researcher, writer, editor, and activist on human rights issues in South Africa for a long time. She has prepared the final report of the Truth Commission and has been involved in curriculum development and implementation of programs to help prisoners prepare for reintegration for the past 15 years. Currently, she is a PhD candidate, researching the questions of historical violence and trauma and how it has been and continues to be expressed in violence.
Poonitha Naidoo is a long-standing human rights activist for Amnesty International South Africa and is dedicated to social justice and medical rights advocacy. She is a member of the Forensic Genetics Policy Initiative Network of Experts, Detention Justice Forum (SA), and a founding member of the Medical Rights Advocacy Network (MeRAN). She has dual qualifications in Diagnostic Radiography and Radiotherapy (Oncology), and an LLM in Medical Law (UKZN). She pioneered the field of forensic imaging in South Africa to provide medical evidence of torture, physical abuse, and human identification.
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The 44th Durban International Film Festival is here! #DIFF2023 takes place from 20 July to 30 July 2023. Widely regarded as one of the leading film festivals on the African continent, DIFF showcases an impressive variety of local & international films.
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The time has come! Calling all film enthusiasts and big screen aficionados, the #DIFF2023 programme is finally here. Head to our website www.ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za and browse all the trailers and titles to discover more fantastic cinema this festival season. 🎥🍿🎬
The 44th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place from 20 July to 30 July 2023. Widely regarded as one of the leading film festivals on the African continent, DIFF showcases an impressive variety of shorts, features, documentaries and student films.
The 44th Durban International Film Festival, presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is presented with support from the National Film and Video Foundation, KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission, the Durban Film Office, The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Avalon Group.
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