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Encounters South African International Documentary Festival Honoured at the SAFTAs with Outstanding Provincial Contributor Award

Encounters South African International Documentary Festival last night (29 September) was honoured at the SAFTAs with the Outstanding Provincial Contributor Award, an honour given to an “individual, group or a particular initiative that has contributed significantly towards developing the film and television industry in a respective province”.

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ENCOUNTERS 2023 celebrates 25 years and opens with MILISUTHANDO the most ‘talked about’ new voice in South African filmmaking (22 June)

ENCOUNTERS 2023 celebrates 25 years and opens with MILISUTHANDO the most ‘talked about’ new voice in South African filmmaking (22 June)

“Premiering this film at home after so many years of brewing and cooking, my only hope is that it will add to the canon of a cinema that softens our understanding of the hardest parts of who we are as a people. And it is with love, as much love as we could muster, that my team and I share this story with South Africans.” – Milisuthando Bongela

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