Screenings

21st Aug 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

Thuli Madonsela doc arrives on Showmax

Whispering Truth To Power, Shameela Seedat's documentary about Thuli Madonsela's last year as South Africa's public protector, is now streaming first on Showmax. A perfect fit for Women's Day, the acclaimed documentary won the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs, North America's most important documentary...

16th Aug 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

docLOVE expands to KZN

Centre for Civil Society in collaboration with docLOVE presents a Documentary Screening: JOZI GOLDA Human Catastrophe, A Toxic City, An Unlikely ActivistThe story about the gold mining industry in Johannesburg and the radioactive waste left behind. The mines of Johannesburg have produced...

12th Aug 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

DocLOVE August: Buddha in Africa

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SCREENING OF BUDDHA IN AFRICA Enock Alu, a Malawian teenager growing up in a Chinese Buddhist orphanage, feels torn between his African roots and Chinese upbringing. Once the star performer with dreams of becoming a martial arts...

15th May 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

docLOVE May/June – “An Insignificant Man”

Invitation: docLOVE May/June - AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN by Khusboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, “An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they ...

12th May 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

Encounters Opening Night Film Announced

The 21st Encounters South African International Documentary Festival has announced the opening night film as well as a host of the most talked about non-fiction films from the past year. Fresh from the world’s leading festivals, Encounters has secured the rights to screen 2019’s...

2nd Apr 2019 In Festivals, Member Projects, Screenings By DFAEditor

The Sound of Masks to Screen at Hot Docs

Atanásio Nyusi, a compelling storyteller and legendary Mapiko dancer, takes us on a visually dramatic journey through Mozambique’s past and present. The Sound of Masks, directed and produced by DocfilmSA member Sara Gouveia, is a beautifully moving ode to the cultures of Mozambique told primarily...

20th Mar 2019 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

docLOVE March 2019: Someone to Blame

Join docLOVE for a free screening of the SAFTA-nominated documentary, Someone to Blame The Ahmed Timol Inquest, by director Enver Samuel. Someone to blame The Ahmed Timol Inquest, weaves a compelling narrative that draws on the 2017 re-opening of the inquiry on...

23rd Oct 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

docLOVE reboot

DFA docLOVE invites you to a free screening of NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD by Kurt Orderson 25 October, 2018: Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education, 67-69 Main Road, Mowbray 6 November 2018: in partnership with Development Afrika Stratagem at Guga S’thebe Centre, Langa. 6 November 2018: The Bertha Movie House, Isisvivana Centre,...

2nd Oct 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

SABC commemorates Ahmed Timol with two documentaries

SABC3 will be commemorating the 47th anniversary of Ahmed Timol by screening two documentaries in memory of the anti-apartheid activist in the month of October. Ahmed Timol, 29 year school teacher from Roodepoort and member of the then banned South African Communist Party accompanied by Saleem Essop, medical student, were...

12th Sep 2018 In News, Screenings By DFAEditor

New four-part Oscar Pistorius documentary

Amazon has picked up “Pistorius,” a four-part documentary about the South African runner who killed his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Originally made as a feature-length documentary, Amazon will roll it out exclusively around the world on Prime Video as a series. The project was made...