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The longest-running film festival in South Africa opens its gates this week for the 31st time.

Indian Cinema takes the spotlight at 32nd DIFF

This year's festival features a lineup of classic and daringly contemporary Indian cinema.

A different view

This year's festival features a number of excellent gay-themed films in the lineup,

Wavescapes at DIFF

Rather suitably for a festival that takes place on the coast, Wavescapes looks at some of the best films about surfing.

Wind in their sails

From swaggering cricketers to nervous chefs and serial killers, there's a lot to see at the Durban film festival.

Far from a garden-variety band

There was much on-stage flailing of hair, crashing about and mayhem at Fruits and Veggies' launch of Ndaa, the Afro-punk-ska outfit's debut.

Beauty and the beast within

An all-male orgy of married Afrikaners is just one of the scenes from Skoonheid that shocked -- and impressed -- the Cannes Film Festival judge

Mugabe in black and white

The foundation for the Zimbabwean president's emergence as tyrant was laid before he was elected, according to a new documentary.

An imam who was and wasn't

It becomes apparent very early in The Imam and I that this film is not just about a murdered apartheid-era imam.

At the cutting edges of contemporary film

From July 23 to August 1, the Durban International Film Festival (Diff) unleashes more than 200 screenings at various venues around the city.