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When: Thursday, 09 June 2011 to Sunday, 26 June 2011
Where: V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Categories: Annual Festivals / Film Festiva

South Africa's only film festival devoted exclusively to documentaries, Encounters: South African International Documentary Film Festival was first held in 1999, and visits Johannesburg before its showing in Cape Town. It features screenings, panel discussions and workshops for aspiring film-makers.

Monty Python, Corporate Greed, Osama's Driver, Our Rugby Heroes, Berlusconi, Drug Barons, Jozi, Afrikaans and Township kids are all at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival - celebrating 12 years of thought-provoking entertainment this August. Encounters is the premier Documentary Festival on the African continent and a major event on the film circuit calendar. Documentaries have the power to take audiences into other worlds, hold a mirror up to humanity and lift the veil on our perceptions of ourselves and others.

Doc features are now a global phenomenon and this year filmgoers are offered an exceptional and varied selection of 50+films - many award winning titles, fresh from international festivals, and 8 that will receive their World Premières at Encounters.

Venues: Nu Metro, V&A Waterfront Nu Metro Cinemas and The Classic On Broadway, Long Street