14th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 7 – 24 June 2012 Cape Town and Johannesburg The premier documentary Festival [...]

Khalid Shamis’ was the most popular local film and the overall audience favourite at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, [...]

Sat 25 June, V&A Waterfront : Cine 8 / 4pm : Cine 2 / 4.15pm Sun 26 June, V&A Waterfront [...]

Inside Job, the scathing Oscar-winning dissection of the global economic crisis, will have its first theatrical screening in South Africa during the 13th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, which returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg from 9-26 June 2011.

The 13th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg from 9-26 June 2011. This year’s selection has all the hallmarks of an edgy teenager, like a fascination with sex (G-Spotting), celebrity (Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work, a winner at Sundance in 2010 last year), rebellion (LennonNYC), and injustice (The Black Power Mixtape, a winner at Sundance in 2011).

Opening up the world to South Africans each year, Encounters is widely acclaimed as Africa’s most prestigious documentary festival. This year’s selection features 37 films from 14 countries and five continents, including 11 world premieres, 19 South African films and 17 international films.