17 – 27 July 2025

2024 SPEAKERS

ISIPHETHU INDUSTRY PROGRAMME

Fezile Peko

Fezile graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Local Economic Development from the University of KwaZulu Natal. He is a project manager at the Durban Film Office, a department of Economic Development Unit in the eThekwini Municipality. He is responsible for the development programmes which fund films created by emerging and experienced local filmmakers. He joined the Durban Film Office in 2013 and introduced the Micro Budget Film Fund and Development Fund which has funded more than forty films to date. Some of these have been licensed by local broadcasters and others streamed on digital platforms.