{"id":5378,"date":"2017-10-25T14:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2017-10-25T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:36:27","slug":"encounters-2018-call-for-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/10\/25\/encounters-2018-call-for-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Encounters 2018 &#8211; Call For Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Submissions are open for the\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>20th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>31 May &#8211; 10\u00a0June 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cape Town &amp;\u00a0Johannesburg\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.encounters.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.encounters.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Encounters.jpg?resize=400%2C339\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Encounters.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Encounters.jpg?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The organisers of Encounters are calling for feature, mid-length and short documentary film entries from South African and International filmmakers for the 2018\u00a0edition of the Festival.<\/p>\n<p>A nominal submission fee of USD15 is charged for International entries.<br \/>\nAfrican film submissions are exempt.<\/p>\n<p>Awards:<br \/>\nAudience Award for Best South African film<br \/>\nAudience Award for Best International film<br \/>\nPlease note that we will be pleased to consider works in progress \/ rough cuts if your film will be ready in time for the Festival itself (31 May\u00a0&#8211; 10\u00a0June 2018).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The deadline for submissions is 1\u00a0March 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SA\/African:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.encounters.co.za\/submit-african-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.encounters.co.za\/submit-african-documentary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>International submissions: paywall:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.encounters.co.za\/paywall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.encounters.co.za\/paywall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions are open for the\u00a0 20th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 31 May &#8211; 10\u00a0June 2018 Cape Town &amp;\u00a0Johannesburg\u00a0 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\u00a0edition of the Festival. A nominal submission fee of USD15 is charged&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/10\/25\/encounters-2018-call-for-submissions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Encounters 2018 &#8211; Call For Submissions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[141],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festival","tag-encounters","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}