11th Encounters South African International Documenatry Festival 2009

The 11th Encounters South African International Documenatry Festival 2009 is happening from 2 – 19 July 2009 at the Nu Metro cinemas, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.

"Encounters International Documentary Festival has become a pivotal event in the South African film calendar. The 2009 programme of over 40 films combines the work of a host of top international and local filmmakers. A record 14 South African films, made by the best and the brightest local filmmaking talent, make their World débuts, and another two have their South African Premières at Encounters.

For the past 11 years Encounters was the first platform to showcase major feature documentary films .Since its inception Encounters has screened over 1,241 films - 270 International titles and 130 South African titles - and has commissioned 44 films, with record attendance figures to date of 98,612.

This year there is an array of international work from Afghanistan, UK, USA, Canada, Cuba, Senegal, France, Egypt, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Cameroon and Belgium."

For details about the films and screening schedules please log on to the Encounters website at http://www.encounters.co.za/

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