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Encounters training and industry events line up --
Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:16
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The Encounters Training and Industry Programme, a part of the Encounters International Documentary Film Festival which takes place from 4 to 14 June in Johannesburg and Cape Town, is supported by a number of festival funders and partners. These include the National Film and Video Foundation, The Bertha Foundation, Al Jazeera, WESGRO, HCI Foundation, What on, Backsberg Estate Cellars, Big Fish and the Danish Film Institut.
WESGRO Presentation
Monica Rorvik, film and media promotion manager for Western Cape tourism, investment and trade promotion agency (WESGRO), discusses services offered by the agency.
Date: 5 June
Time: 14h00 14h30
Venue: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Road, Green Point, Cape Town
RSVP: festival@encounters.co.za
National Film and Video Foundation Industry Engagement
The National Film and Video Foundation present their Audience Development Research findings.
Date: 5 June
Time: 14h45 16h00
Venue: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Road, Green Point, Cape Town
RSVP: festival@encounters.co.za
Personal Visions: Riaan Hendricks, Steve Kwena Mokwena and Lebogang Rasethaba
Join Dr. Litheko Modisane of the University of Cape Town s Centre for Film and Media in discussing the makings of art and a career with three of South Africa s finest documentary auteurs.
Date: 6 June
Time: 15h00
Venue: Labia Cinema, Cape Town
RSVP: festival@encounters.co.za
The A-Z of Democrats Masterclass by Camilla Nielsson
This Masterclass is an exceptional opportunity to join Nielsson as she revisits her process in creating her film Democrats, from financing what seemed to be the most un-commercial of concepts, to premiering a documentary which would take this Zimbabwean story around the world.
Date: 13 June
Time: 10h00 13h00
Venue: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Road, Green Point, Cape Town
Admission: R50 (free to film students and HDIs)
RSVP: festival@encounters.co.za
Filmmakers in Conversation
The South African Guild of Editors (SAGE) talks to Khalid Shamis (SAGE member), and producer Steven Markovitz, about their collaboration with Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka on the Toronto award-winning Beats Of The Antonov.
Date: 13 June
Time: 14h00
Venue: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Road, Green Point, Cape Town
Admission: SAGE members and Inreach free (please RSVP); Public: R50; Students and affiliates: R30
Please RSVP by 11 June by emailing your details and the name of the event to events.ct@editorsguildsa.org
1001 Stories Masterclass by Francois Verster
In this Master Class, Verster will explore the creative possibilities in alternative documentary narratives and styles and how to get these alternative points of view noticed in the commercial-minded marketplace.
Date: 14 June
Time: 10h00 12h00
Venue: Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking, The Foundry, 74 Cardiff Road, Green Point, Cape Town
Admission: R50 (free to film students and HDIs)
RSVP: festival@encounters.co.za
Al Jazeera Pitching Forum and Information Session
Encounters, in partnership with Al Jazeera, is hosting the Al Jazeera Pitching Forum, taking place in Johannesburg during the 17th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. Encounters will also host an Al Jazeera information and networking session before the Pitch Forum begins, with Head of Investigative Programmes, Diarmuid Jeffreys. Attendees are welcome to stay for the pitching forum thereafter.
Date: 10 June
Time: 09h00
Venue: Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Ave (Entrance on Newport Road), Parkwood, Johannesburg
RSVP: festival@encounters.co.za
Visit the Encounters website for more information.
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