News and New Additions to the Encounters Film Festival

Strong Island director, Yance Ford to join Encounters

Encounters is thrilled to announce that Strong Island director, Yance Ford will be joining the Festival this year.

Screenings of Strong Island: 

Tues, 6 June at 8:15pm + Q&A, Labia Theatre, Cape Town

Sun, 11 June at 5:30pm, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Virtual Encounters to open in Johannesburg this weekend!

Encounters, in partnership with the Goethe Institut, is thrilled to present its first instalment of Virtual Encounters in Johannesburg this weekend.

Come check out the latest in all things VR from 2 June – 4 June

Goethe Institut

Exhibition Opening Hours

2 June 10am – 8pm
3 June 10am – 6pm
4 June 10am – 6pm

119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg

Panelists for Black Filmmakers Forum now confirmed

Encounters is thrilled to announce the panellists for the Black Filmmakers Forum discussion: Sylvia Vollenhoven, Vuyokazi Matu and  Weeam Williams will be in conversation about the role of broadcasters and how their support or lack thereof affects us on a local and international level.

Sun, 11 June

1pm – 2pm

Workshop 17, 17 Dock Road, V&A Waterfront

R50 entrance, DFA members FREE

Encounters guest director, Jan Gassmann, to engage with film students

Visiting Encounters guest director, Jan Gassmann, will conduct a master class at the University of Cape Town entitled "Working on the frontier: In between fiction and non-fiction"

Non-UCT students welcome to attend but please RSVP to Julia Cain [log in to unmask]za before 1 June 2017

Wed, 7^th June

9am – 11am Screening of Europe, She Loves

11am - 1pm Master Class

AC Jordan Building, 4A

Upper Campus

University of Cape Town 

Encounters Industry Events Day in Johannesburg announced

Encounters, in partnership with the Goethe Institut, will be hosting an industry events day in Johannesburg. The event is free and the Festival encourages filmmakers, industry and students to attend.

Please see the programme below:

10:00 – 10:30      Gauteng Film Commission presentation

10:30 – 11:30      Uprize! case study by filmmaker Sifiso Khanyile

11:45 – 12:15      Shaun Wilson (Awaken VR)

12:15 – 13: 15    Nairobi Berries VR filmmaker Ng'endo Mukii

1:15                      Goethe Institut reception

Goethe Institut

119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg

Award winning Kenyan artist and filmmaker Ng'endo Mukii in conversation about VR

Award-winning filmmaker, animator and photographer Ng'endo Mukii, in conversation with New Dimensions series producer Steven Markovitz, about the driving forces behind her film Nairobi Berries, how Virtual Reality can open up a whole new world of storytelling possibilities for filmmakers and the present VR landscape in Africa.

Saturday 3^rd June

12:15pm - 13:15pm

Goethe Institut

119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg

Last Men in Aleppo, Firas Fayyad will not be joining Encounters this year

Encounters has just had confirmation that Last Men in Aleppo director, Firas Fayyad will no longer be joining the Festival this year. 

Last Men in Aleppo is a Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance this year and not to be missed!

Screenings of Last Men in Aleppo: 

Sun, 4 June at 5pm, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Tues, 6 June at 7pm, Bioscope, Johannesburg

Wed 7 June at 8:45 pm, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Sat 10, 11 June at 8:30pm, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Whose Streets? directors to engage with youth

“A small group of dedicated people can change the world”

Join Whose Streets? directors Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan as they present a workshop on how citizen journalism and activism from the ground up, can change attitudes and spark movements.

Sun 4 June

14:45 - 16:00

Workshop 17, 17 Dock Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town