Encounters reveals the winners of the Backsberg Encounters Audience Awards at the 2019 South African International Documentary Festival. It has been announced today that the local documentary STROOP: JOURNEY INTO THE RHINO HORN WAR has been […]
1st: Waves This film stood out to us as a group, and we selected it as a winner because we were all so inspired by how impactful it was, in such a short amount of time […]
Thank you to everyone who has attended the Encounters Documentary Festival – they have had packed cinemas, sold out screenings, Q&As with the Directors, workshops, industry events and it’s not over yet! Encounters have added […]
119 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg SATURDAY, 8th JUNE 2019 10am – 12pm – Impact Workshop – Where Art Meets Activism Presented by Anita Khanna & Sylvia Vollenhoven. This workshop will unpack the blueprint for an Impact Strategy using examples of […]
Following the announcement of the first international titles for this year’s 21st Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, the first South African and African films are as compelling as their global counterparts. From the vivid specifics of underground Cape […]
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 […]
This year’s Encounters South African International Documentary Festival is excited to announce the first international documentaries that have been confirmed. The line-up has been chosen from the past year’s most riveting documentary cinema selected from the […]