Call for Entries
2010 Festival dates: 12 - 29 August 2010
12th ENCOUNTERS SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2010
The organisers of ENCOUNTERS, the annual South African International Documentary Festival, are calling for entries from South African and International filmmakers for 2010 the 12th edition of the festival.
ENCOUNTERS will show a selection of documentary films from around the world, with a particular focus on South African work.
Filmmakers must guarantee, should their film be selected, that permission from the rights holder are secured for a minimum of six screenings at this Festival.
The deadline for submissions is 31st March 2010
Encounters is the only South African distributor dedicated to distributing documentaries to the South African public. Encounters promote and sell films to television, through DVDs and in cinemas.
For additional information feel free to contact Nazeer Ahmed at distribution@encounters.co.za
Best regards,
The Encounters Team
Tel: +27 21 465 4686
Fax: +27 21 461 6964
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11th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2008
23 July 2009 -
Press Release
Encounters announces Audience Award winners
The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival is proud to announce the Winners of this year’s Audience Award.
The Best South African Documentary winner is:
Fokofpolisiekar “forgive them for they know not what they do” directed by Bryan Little.
And the Best International Documentary winner is:
RIP: A remix manifesto directed by Brett Gaylor (Canada)
Fokofpolisiekar received the highest votes overall.
The audience award referee Professor Tim Dunne, Head of Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town analyzed 6245 ballot forms submitted by the Cape Town festival-goers.
“It is evident from this year’s Encounters that there is a recognizable demand for celebrated documentaries in the country. This year we experienced several sold out screenings, and held some of the most interesting Q&A’s and panel discussions”, said Festival Director Mandisa Zitha.
The Festival experienced financial difficulties prior to its commencement, before embarking upon a public campaign to raise funds for this year’s edition.
Zitha further added that, “the Festival funders, partners and Friends of the Festival really made the Festival possible. We are grateful that they showed their commitment and enthusiasm for the Festival. Of course it would all be in vain without our audience, who attended in large numbers to get their annual dose of the independent non-fiction genre”.
This year’s line-up featured many award-winning films and festival favourites. The final programme of 40 films - including 20 local documentaries, was derived from a record entry of over 600 films from around the world. Of the 8 sold out film screenings experienced during the Festival, four were local ones.
Between the 2nd and 19th July, 10,248 doccie lovers walked through the Encounters cinemas at the Nu Metro, V&A Waterfront. This is a 25% increase on last year’s attendance numbers.
The Top 5 South African Films are:
1. Fokofpolisiekar by Bryan Little
2. Rewind by Liza Key
3. For Which I am Prepared to Die by Lindy Wilson
4. Sea Point Days by Francois Verster
5. The Invincibles by Mark J Kaplan
The Top 5 International Films are:
1. RIP: A remix manifesto by Brett Gaylor
2. Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman
3. Burma VJ – Reporting From a Closed Country by Anders Hǿgsbro Ǿtergaard
4. Music from the Inside Out by Daniel Anker
5. Rough Aunties by Kim Longinotto
This Festival and its projects are supported by:
The National Film and Video Foundation, Cape Film Commission, Jan Vrijman Fund/IDFA, Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Vivien Cohen and the Human Elephant Foundation, the Africa Centre, French Embassy, British Council, High Commission of Canada, Business & Arts South Africa, Tempest Car Hire, Goodman Gallery, The Times, Exclusive Books, Nu Metro and Cape Town TV, Cape Town Magazine.
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