Durban International Film Festival

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Durban International Film Festival

DIFF2012 Poster
Location	Durban, South Africa
Founded	1979
Founded by	Teddy Sarkin, Ros Sarkin
Most recent	2023
No. of films	171 in 2012 edition
Website	ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za

The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It was founded in 1979 by Teddy Sarkin and Ros Sarkin. Presented by Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, it is the oldest and largest film festival in Africa and presents over 200 screenings celebrating the best in South African, African and international cinema. Most of the screenings are either African or South African premieres. The festival also offers filmmaker workshops, industry seminars, discussion forums, and outreach activities that include screenings in township areas where cinemas are non-existent, and much more, including Talent Campus Durban and a Durban FilmMart co-production market.

Since 2005, DIFF serves as the South African launch for the Wavescape Surf Film Festival.

Talent Campus Durban, in cooperation with the Berlinale Talent Campus, was a new initiative in 2008. and ran its fifth edition in 2012.

Durban FilmMart, a co-production finance forum, launched in 2010. It is run in partnership with the City of Durban's Durban Film Office.