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.

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.

[1] Sira, a co-production between Burkina Faso, Senegal, France and Germany by Apolline Traoré, opened the festival on 20 July; whereas Banel & Adama, a French-Malian-Senegalese romantic drama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy, closed the festival on 30 July.

[4] 1960, a South African drama film by King Shaft and Michael Mutombo, opened the festival, whereas You’re My Favourite Place by Jahmil X.T.