Encounters Festival

🌍 Next Gen Rising is leading Cape Town’s youth change-makers! 💥 Ready to amplify powerful stories that inspire change in our communities! #NextGenRising #YouthForChange #GreenFutureNow #CapeTownYouth

🎬 Throwback to Sunshine Cinema pop-ups in Philippi & Gugulethu–Manenberg! Youth connected climate change to their own realities — proving that empowering young voices means empowering the planet. 🌍✨ @SunshineCinema #NextGenRising #YouthVoices #ClimateStories

🎬 Throwback to 23 Aug – Hanover Park! Youth & community watched 3 shorts + Temperature Rising, joined a panel, & shared solutions on climate justice & resilience. 🌍💡🌱 #NextGenRising #ClimateStories #YouthLeadership

🌍 Throwback to 20 Aug – Hout Bay! Love in a Bowl, youth explored climate change, resilience & green job opportunities 🌱💡 A tour of the farm showed how green jobs can transform lives & communities. 🌿 #NextGenRising #ClimateAction #GreenJobs #YouthResilience

Throwback to 19 August 🌍📲 At the Homecoming Centre in District Six, Sade Donnell led our Social Media for Influence & Change workshop. #NextGenRising #SocialMediaForChange #CapeTownYouth

Throwback! 🎬✨ Our first community screening at the District Six Homecoming Centre brought together 30 youth for films, roundtable talks & a powerful panel with activist-filmmaker Gabriel (Temperature Rising). 🌍🔥 #NextGenRising #ClimateStories #YouthVoices

🌍✨ On Aug 9 we gathered 46 youth @BerthaMovieHous , Khayelitsha for film screenings + round table talks. They named the climate issues in their communities & shared solutions—showing real readiness to act for a sustainable future! 💡🌱 #NextGenRising #ClimateAction

🌱 Today at @District6Museum , 30 youth from Love in a Bowl, Project 90 by 2030 & Feed the Future for Life join #NextGenRising for films, panels & workshops on climate action + community change. Closed screening — but we’ll share their stories soon! 🌍

“Africa produces less greenhouse gases than any other continent, but faces some of the worst impacts of the climate crisis.” 🌍 📍 Venue: Way of Life, Mandela Park, Khayelitsha 🗓 Date: Saturday, 16 August 2025 ⏰ Time: 09:00 #NextGenRising @SunshineCinema #ClimateStories

Be part of a day that sparks conversation, reflection, and action for a sustainable future.  @SunshineCinema Pop-Up is coming to Gugulethu–Manenberg this Friday, 15 Aug! 📷 Africa’s Forest – exploring the rich beauty and urgency of our continent’s green spaces. #NextGenRising

@SunshineCinema Pop-Up in Gugulethu–Manenberg! 📷Join us on this Friday, 11am at the Oliver Kahn Safe-Hub for two powerful short films: 📷 Africa’s Forest – a journey into the heart of our continent’s green lungs 📷 Between the Rains – a poetic reflection #NextGenRising

📽️ Thank You for the Rain screening 🌧️ Join us & @SunshineCinema on 9 Aug at Philippi Art Centre for a powerful doc following Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer-turned-activist, as he fights climate change from the ground up. 🎬 Don’t miss this! #NextGenRising #ClimateAction #YouthVoices

9 August at the @BerthaMovieHous House for a powerful day of climate action, storytelling, and youth-led conversation. Witness stories of resilience, activism, and climate justice. Told through the eyes of young changemakers. #NextGenRising #CommunityScreening #YouthForClimate

Big congrats to Xander Vander, co-editor of Never Come Fetch Me, for winning the Ronelle Loots Award for Best Edited South African Short at @EncountersDoc! The jury praised its masterful rhythm & precision.

Big congrats to Kutelani Rasikhuthyma, co-editor of And She Didn't Die, for winning the Ronelle Loots Award for Best Edited South African Feature at @EncountersDoc! The jury praised its masterful rhythm & precision.

Big congrats to Khalid Shamis, co-editor of And She Didn't Die, for winning the Ronelle Loots Award for Best Edited South African Feature at @EncountersDoc! The jury praised its masterful rhythm & precision.

Big congrats to Dan Canyon, co-editor of Never Come Fetch Me, for winning the Ronelle Loots Award for Best Edited South African Short at @EncountersDoc! The jury praised its masterful rhythm & precision.

Happy weekend! Wrote some reviews on films that screened at @EncountersDoc You can read them at the @TalentsDurban website talentpress.org and anticipate reviews from Durban Film Festival soon!

🎬✨ It’s a wrap for the 27th Edition of Encounters! From sold-out documentaries to Best of the Fest screenings — you made this year one for the books. Until next time — keep believing in the power of documentary. 💛 #EncountersDocFest #ThankYou #27thEdition #ItsAWrap

Due to overwhelming love (and a little tech hiccup), How To Build A Library returns for another screening Sun, 6 July📍 Ster-Kinekor Nouveau Rosebank Don’t miss your chance to experience this favourite on the big screen! #EncountersDocFest #HowToBuildALibrary #EncoreScreening