THE ADIAHA AWARD For the fourth year running Encounters in partnership with the Ladima Foundation, presents the Adiaha Award, rewarding excellence in documentary filmmaking by African women. This year, the award welcomes a new partner, DOK.fest München, Germany’s largest documentary film festival. DOK.fest will invite the winner of the Award to the next edition of… Continue reading Encounters South African International Documentary Festival Announce The Winners For 2023
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“Milisuthando” Announced As Encounters SA International Documentary Festival Opening Night Film
Celebrating its 25th year as Africa’s leading international documentary festival, year after year having proudly showcased the boldest, brightest and most compelling nonfiction films from South Africa, Africa and the world there could be no more fitting Encounters opening night offering (22 June) than Milisuthando. Fresh from its world premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film… Continue reading “Milisuthando” Announced As Encounters SA International Documentary Festival Opening Night Film
Encounters Film Festival: Entries Open for Adiaha Award Best Documentary by an African Woman
Encounters invites entries for the Adiaha Award Best Documentary by an African Woman The organisers of Encounters, Africa’s home of documentaries, in partnership once more with the Ladima Foundation, are calling for feature and mid-length documentary film entries for the Adiaha Award 2023. Encounters returns to cinemas to celebrate its 25th anniversary from 22 June… Continue reading Encounters Film Festival: Entries Open for Adiaha Award Best Documentary by an African Woman
Generation Africa Offers Films By Some Of Africa’s Finest Film Talent At Encounters 2022
Four powerful documentary films in The Generation Africa project, produced by Cape Town-based production company STEPS, are being screened at the Encounters South Africa International Documentary Film Festival which runs until 3 July at venues in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The films reflect personal experiences and connected narratives of Africans living on the continent and in the Diaspora, focussing… Continue reading Generation Africa Offers Films By Some Of Africa’s Finest Film Talent At Encounters 2022
Ladima Foundation Presents Adiaha Award At Encounters 2021
The Ladima Foundation is excited to present The Adiaha Award for Best Documentary Film by an African woman at this year’s 23rd Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. Previous winners have included Samantha Biffot for The African Who Wanted to Fly, Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann for New Moon and Tamara Mariam Dawit for Finding Sally. Adiaha means… Continue reading Ladima Foundation Presents Adiaha Award At Encounters 2021
Ladima Announces Winner Of Adiaha Award At Encounters
THE LADIMA FOUNDATION: ADIAHA AWARD 2020 PRESENTED TO FINDING SALLY The Ladima Foundation is proud to have presented the 2020 edition of the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary from an African Woman last night, Sunday August 30th at the Encounters International Documentary Film Festival. The jury was pleased to select Tamara Mariam’s Dawit personal political… Continue reading Ladima Announces Winner Of Adiaha Award At Encounters