August and September will be a period for Ethiopian filmmaker, Tamara Mariam Dawit, who has the African premiere of her documentary Finding Sally, at Encounters International Documentary Film Festival (20-30 August) and the Durban International Film Festival (10-20 September), and she is pitching her latest film project, Mehal Sefari, at the finance forum in the… Continue reading Ethiopian Film “Finding Sally” has African Premiere At Encounters & Durban International Film Festival
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Teboho Edkins’ Documentary “Days of Cannibalism” For African Premiere At Encounters & DIFF
South African, Berlin-based filmmaker Teboho Edkins’s cross-genre documentary Western, Days of Cannibalism will have its joint African Premiere at the Encounters South African Documentary Film Festival on Friday 28 August at 8pm and at the Durban International Film Festival from 10 to 20 September. Days of Cannibalism, which had its World Premiere at the Berlinale… Continue reading Teboho Edkins’ Documentary “Days of Cannibalism” For African Premiere At Encounters & DIFF
Encounters Announces Opening Night Film And More Of The Hottest 2019’s Acclaimed Documentaries
The 21st Encounters South African International Documentary Festival has announced the opening night film as well as a host of the most talked about non-fiction films from the past year. Fresh from the world’s leading festivals, Encounters has secured the rights to screen 2019’s most acclaimed documentaries, movies that put you in places as diverse… Continue reading Encounters Announces Opening Night Film And More Of The Hottest 2019’s Acclaimed Documentaries
Nouveau Hosts 20th South African International Documentary Festival And Sponsors Encounters Youth Experience Award
An extraordinary non-fiction experience awaits South African audiences at Ster-Kinekor cinemas at Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg, and the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town this June. The highly anticipated Encounters annual festival makes its way to the screens and the hearts of non-fiction fanatics from 31 May to 10 June. Encounters, the leading Creative Documentary Festival… Continue reading Nouveau Hosts 20th South African International Documentary Festival And Sponsors Encounters Youth Experience Award
Encounters 2018 – Call For Submissions
Submissions are open for the 20th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 31 May – 10 June 2018 Cape Town & Johannesburg www.encounters.co.za The organisers of Encounters are calling for feature, mid-length and short documentary film entries from South African and International filmmakers for the 2018 edition of the Festival. A nominal submission fee of USD15 is charged… Continue reading Encounters 2018 – Call For Submissions
Encounters Documentary Festival Announces 2017 Line-Up
From Oscar- nominated I Am Not Your Negro to Sundance winner Winnie and Nick Broomfield’s brutally realistic film of Whitney Houston – Whitney: Can I Be Me – these are just some of the most talked about documentaries on the international and South African circuits to be screened at the prestigious and much anticipated Encounters South African International Documentary Festival next month. The line-up consists of over… Continue reading Encounters Documentary Festival Announces 2017 Line-Up