• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Encounters logo

2004 (6th) Encounters SA Int'l Doc Film Festival

Africa's premier documentary event.

  • INTRO
    • 10 Years of Democracy
    • Booking Information
    • Schedule
  • NEWS
  • FILMS
  • GUESTS
  • INPUT
  • INDUSTRY
    • Close Encounters
    • Black on White
    • DCF
    • Input
  • PROGRAMME (PDF)
  • CURRENT FEST
  • Cookie Policy (ZA)
You are here: Home / Schedule

Schedule

Cape Town Schedule

OPENING NIGHT

Fri 16 8pm
Capturing the Friedmans
OPENING NIGHT IS BY INVITATION ONLY CINE 4
CINE 4 CINE 1 CINE 6
Sat 17 6pm Hush 6.15pm Story of a Beautiful Country 6pm Tania Raised Us
7.45pm Imelda 8pm Kuxa Kanema 7.30pm The Last Victory
9.45pm Touching the Void 9.30pm Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine 9.15pm Keeping it Real & I used to be a Film Maker
Sun 18 6pm Cinderella of the Cape Flats 6.15pm Meaning of the Buffalo 6pm Ikhaya
7.45pm Through the eyes of my Daughter 7.45pm Umgidi 8pm Belonging
Mon 19 6pm Riding Giants 6.15pm Death in Gaza 6pm Art of Survival
8pm A Fisherman’s Tale & IKON 7.45pm Citizen King 7.45pm Hot Wax
Tue 20 6pm Home of the Brave – Land of the Free & The King and Dick 6.15pm No. 17 & Detail 6pm Corn in Parliament
7.30pm Metallica: Some kind of Monster 8pm Kuxa Kanema 8pm Beyond Reason
Wed 21 6pm Control Room 6pm Ask Me, I am Positive 6pm Justice
7.45pm The Corporation 7.45pm Bus 174 8pm Hopes on the Horizon
Thur 22 6pm Archives 6pm The Five Obstructions & Perfect Human 6pm To Live is Better than to Die
8.30pm Capturing the Friedmans 8.15pm Born into Struggle 7.30pm The House of Saud
10.15pm Riding Giants 10.15pm Mix 10.15pm Nick goes to Nollywood
Fri 23 6pm Freedom is a Personal Journey & Voice Over 6.15pm Death in Gaza 6pm Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk
7.45pm Haiti: The end of the “Chimeres”? 8pm Beneath the Stars 8.15pm Lucky Jack: Three attempts to stop smoking
10pm Touching the Void 10pm Hot Wax 10.30pm Imelda
Sat 24 10am INPUT:Session 1 10am INPUT:Session 3
2pm INPUT:Session 2 2pm INPUT:Session 4
6pm Metallica: Some kind of Monster 6pm Memories of Rain 6pm S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
8.30pm South African Love Story – Walter and Albertina Sisulu 8.45pm Home of the Brave – Land of the Free & The King and Dick 8pm Beyond Reason
10.15pm Touching the Void 10pm Shining Stars, Rusty Red 10.30pm Spirits of the Uhadi
Sun 25 10am INPUT:Session 5 10am INPUT:Session 7
2pm INPUT:Session 6 2pm INPUT:Session 8
6pm The Man who loved Haugesund 6.15pm Bus 174 6pm Hopes on the Horizon
7.30pm The House of Saud 8.30pm Hush 8.45pm Meaning of the Buffalo
Mon 26 6pm Riding Giants 6pm Through the eyes of my Daughter 6pm Lucky Jack: Three attempts to stop smoking
8pm Capturing the Friedmans 7.45pm No. 17 & Detail 8.15pm Corn in Parliament
Tue 27 6pm The Corporation 6.15pm Archives 6pm S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
8.45pm Haiti: The end of the “Chimeres”? 8.15pm Kuxa Kanema 8pm South African Love Story – Walter and Albertina Sisulu
Wed 28 6pm Citizen King 6pm Tania Raised Us 6.15pm Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk
8.30pm Capturing the Friedmans 7.30pm Justice 8.15pm The Last Victory
Thur 29 6pm No. 17 & Detail 6.15pm Haiti: The end of the “Chimeres”? 6.15pm Belonging
7.45pm Metallica: Some kind of Monster 8pm Death in Gaza 7.45pm The Corporation
Fri 30 6pm Ikhaya 6.15pm Story of a Beautiful Country 6.15pm A Fisherman’s Tale & IKON
7.30pm Memories of Rain 8pm South African Love Story – Walter and Albertina Sisulu 8pm To Live is Better than to Die
10.15pm Touching the Void 9.45pm Nick goes to Nollywood 9.45pm Mix
Sat 31 6pm Control Room 6.15pm Spirits of the Uhadi 6pm Keeping it Real & I used to be a Film Maker
7.45pm Home of the Brave – Land of the Free & The King and Dick 7.45pm Beneath the Stars 7.15pm Freedom is a personal Journey & Voice Over
9.15pm Riding Giants 9.45pm Shining Stars, Rusty Red 8.45pm Umgidi
Sun 1 6pm The Man who loved Haugesund 6pm Imelda 6.15pm The Five Obstructions & Perfect Human
7.30pm Citizen King 8pm Cinderella of the Cape Flats 8.15pm Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Johannesburg Schedule

OPENING NIGHT

Fri 30 8pm Capturing the Friedmans OPENING NIGHT IS BY
INVITATION ONLY
CINE 1
CINE 2 CINE 6 CINE 8
Sat 31 6pm Home of the Brave – Land of the Free & The King and Dick 6.15pm Capturing the Friedmans 6pm The Corporation
7.30pm South African Love Story – Walter and Albertina Sisulu 8pm Beneath the Stars 8.45pm No. 17 & Detail
9.30pm Metallica: Some kind of Monster 10pm Haiti: The end of the “Chimeres”? 10.15pm Nick goes to Nollywood
Sun 1 6pm S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine 6.15pm Kuxa Kanema 6pm Hot Wax
8pm The Last Victory 8pm The House of Saud 7.45pm Hush
Mon 2 6pm Imelda 6.15pm Mix 6pm Death in Gaza
8.15pm Control Room 8pm Memories of Rain 7.45pm Citizen King
Tue 3 6pm Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk 6.15pm The Five Obstructions & Perfect Human 6pm Haiti: The end of the “Chimeres”?
8pm Riding Giants 8.15pm To Live is Better than to Die 7.45pm Corn in Parliament
Wed 4 6pm Touching the Void 6pm Archives 6pm Belonging
8pm Home of the Brave – Land of the Free & The King and Dick 8.30pm Meaning of the Buffalo 8pm Story of a Beautiful Country
Thur 5 6pm Ethiopia: A Journey with Michael Buerk 6.15pm Beneath the Stars 6pm The Five Obstructions & Perfect Human
8pm Capturing the Friedmans 8.15pm The House of Saud 8.15pm To Live is Better than to Die
Fri 6 6pm Control Room 6pm S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine 6.15pm The Last Victory
7.45pm Born into Struggle 8pm Death in Gaza 8pm Touching the Void
10pm Metallica: Some kind of Monster 9.45pm Kuxa Kanema 10.15pm Hush
Sat 7 10am INPUT:Session 1 10am INPUT:Session 3
2pm INPUT:Session 2 2pm INPUT:Session 4
6pm Riding Giants 6pm Archives 6.15pm Corn in Parliament
8pm The Corporation 8pm Umgidi 8.15pm Memories of Rain
10am INPUT:Session 5 10am INPUT:Session 7
2pm INPUT:Session 6 2pm INPUT:Session 8
Sun 8 6pm Citizen King 6pm No. 17 & Detail 6.15pm South African Love Story – Walter and Albertina Sisulu
8.15pm Capturing the Friedmans 7.45pm Imelda 8pm Nick goes to Nollywood

Footer

 

COPYRIGHT RESERVED © 2026 · Site originally built by Johann Maree ·
Archives rebuilt and maintained by Salamander Web Media · Log in

Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}

Table of Contents

×
  • OPENING NIGHT
  • OPENING NIGHT
→ Table of Contents