Encounters Festival South Africa
encounter south african international documentary festival encounter premier documentary festival africa one oldest film festival continent remains one continent solely dedicated genre festival organised encounter training development institute since inception festival advanced currency documentary country region supporting new production giving african platform international documentary th edition take place june encounter south african international documentary festival first took place since main objective develop documentary industry south africa term increasing production creating audience genre festival actively seek support promote local african film filmmaker festival international market submission fee charged international documentary south african african entry free encounter take place annually cape town johannesburg month june venue used festival cape town labium cinema va ster kinekor johannesburg festival hosted bioscope independent cinema zone rosebank nonprofit encounter training development institute also organises training workshop filmmaker encounter put great emphasis coordination educational project film laboratory gave selected firsttime director opportunity work team experienced filmmaker proposed project every year weeklong initiative ended final pitching session etv commissioned two film produced year laboratory trained emerging experienced filmmaker producing film including short mobi platform producer workshop educational platform trained emerging smme producer whilst high school programme screened film facilitated discussion high school greater cape town every year festival host incorporates number event beyond film screening world premiere usually south african film screening international guest film question answer session open public often take place master class conducted local international guest — producer writer commissioning editor sale agent distributor addressing wide range topic anything industry trend effective marketing crowd funding similarly specifically targeted towards government art culture department institute industry presentation offer festival also aim help advise small production company best practice producer workshop broaden base documentary audience encounter offer cinema ticket free entrance industry programme student young professional disadvantaged background encounter implement annual audience award best south african best international film decided popular vote film eligible honour funding permitted festival implement jury award prize money category film included ‘in competition’ year encounter collaborated partnered international festival market commissioning editor sale agent festival host programmer international festival forged relationship foreign correspondent report festival paper example guardian major documentary festival selecting african content also programme encounter partnership collaboration include film transit international since filmstransit canada 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