Joburg Film Festival

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Joburg Film Festival
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Founded2016
Most recent6th: February 28 - March 3, 2024
Artistic directorTimothy Mangwedi (2024)
Website joburgfilmfestival.co.za
7th: March 11–16, 2025

The Joburg Film Festival (JFF) is an international annual film festival held at various venues in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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History

Joburg Film Festival was founded in 2016. [1] Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 and 2022 editions were skipped. [2] The 5th edition was held from January 31 - February 5, 2023. [3]

Description

Joburg Film Festival (JFF) is an international annual film festival held at various venues in Johannesburg ("Joburg"), Gauteng, South Africa. [4] [5] [6] The festival is supported by the South African satellite television broadcast company MultiChoice. [1] [7] [8]

Program

The festival features a film screening schedule, an industry program with panel discussions, talks and masterclasses, an educational youth program, a social event, and a commercial content market JBX. [3]

Awards

The awards announced for 2025 are Best Feature Film, Best African Film, Best Documentary and Best Joburg Produced Film (only Joburg-based filmmakers are eligible for this prize). [5]

Past award winners

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