Schedule

Johannesburg

44 Stanley Ave, Milpark, Johannesburg 2092
https://thebioscope.co.za/

The Bioscope Independent Cinema

Time Film Name Tickets
Fri 20 June
6:30 PM Mr Nobody Against Putin Get Tickets
8:30 PM Khartoum Get Tickets
Sat 21 June
3:00 PM
Redefining Desire: From Fear to Freedom Shorts Block
  • What I Do Not Know Will Not Kill Me
  • Slut Club
  • Unyagoni: Bahati’s Sex Education Journey
 Get Tickets
6:00 PM Where Zebus Speak French Get Tickets
Sun 22 June
11:00 AM
Between the Ordinary and the Uncanny Shorts Block
  • perfectly a strangeness
  • The Fries Philosopher
 Get Tickets
1:00 PM
Between Fear and Forgetting Shorts Block
  • Never Come Fetch Me
  • Fear Fokol
  • They dug a grave in my heart
 Get Tickets
3:00 PM Brief Tender Light Get Tickets
Mon 23 June
6:30 PM Didy Get Tickets
Tue 24 June
6:00 PM 6 Kings and 6 Queens W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
8:30 PM Shifting Baselines + Q&A Get Tickets
Wed 25 June
6:30 PM Womxn: Working W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
8:30 PM Normal To Me W/P Get Tickets
Thu 26 June
6:30 PM Fitting in Get Tickets
8:30 PM Sam Nzima W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
Fri 27 June
6:30 PM The Tree of Authenticity Get Tickets
8:30 PM Capturing Water + Q&A Get Tickets
Sat 28 June
3:00 PM Best of Fest 6 Kings and 6 Queens W/P
5:00 PM
More Than Meets the Eye Shorts Block
  • Sprouting + Q&A
  • Am I the Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen?
 Get Tickets
6:00 PM Roots of Resistance Shorts Block
  • The Other Side of Beauty
  • Dreams of a Revolution + Q&A
  • Medallion
  • Ahmad Alive
 Get Tickets
8:00 PM Mothers of Chibok Get Tickets
Sun 29 June
11:00 AM
Unmasking the Self Shorts Block
  • Message from Anonymous
  • At the Edge of Skin
  • Facing Forward
 Get Tickets
1:00 PM
Death by Discrimination Shorts Block
  • The Flow of Resilience
  • Onthou vi Fredo? + Q&A
 Get Tickets
3:00 PM Best of Fest Sam Nzima W/P Get Tickets
Bioscope Independent Cinema – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.
Ster Kinekor logo

177 Oxford Rd, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196
https://www.sterkinekor.com/find-cinemas/the-zone-@-rosebank

The Zone @ Rosebank Cine 5

Time Film Name Tickets
Sat 28 June
8:00 PM Anselm in 3D Get Tickets
The Zone @ Rosebank – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.

The Zone @ Rosebank Cine 8

TimeFilm NameTickets
Fri 20 June
7:15 PMIntercepted + Q&A Get Tickets
Sat 21 June
5:30 PMUnion Get Tickets
8:00 PMThe Thinking Game Get Tickets
Sun 22 June
2:00 PMMisty: The Erroll Garner Story Get Tickets
4:30 PMThe Land’s Silent Witness Shorts Block
  • Umhlaba Wokhokho + Q&A
  • Spirits of the Land + Q&A
 Get Tickets
6:30 PMBlue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story Get Tickets
Mon 23 June
8:30 PM The Brink of Dreams Get Tickets
Tue 24 June
6:15 PMAlbie: A Strange Alchemy W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
8:15 PMAbo Zaabal 89 Get Tickets
Wed 25 June
6:15 PMThe Walk Get Tickets
8:30 PMYalla Parkour Get Tickets
Thu 26 June
6:15 PMCurrents of Resilience Shorts Block
  • Guardian of the Well
  • Undercurrent
  • Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
  • Keeper
 Get Tickets
8:15 PMThis is Ballroom Get Tickets
Fri 27 June
6:15 PMAnd She Didn’t Die W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
8:30 PMYumi + Q&A Get Tickets
Sat 28 June
1:30 PMBest of the Fest
3:30 PMIn Her Name Shorts Block
  • Victoria
  • Before 16
  • Seeds from Kivu
 Get Tickets
5:30 PMMatabeleland + Q&A Get Tickets
8:00 PMYintah Get Tickets
Sun 29 June
12:00 PMThe Shadow Scholars + Q&A Get Tickets
2:00 PMHow to Build a Library + Q&A Get Tickets
5:00 PMFragments of a Forgotten Land Shorts Block
  • The Rock Speaks
  • The Sending of the Crows
  • Flowers
 Get Tickets
7:00 PMKabul Chaos + Q&A Get Tickets
The Zone @ Rosebank – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.

107 Central Street, Houghton, Johannesburg

Nelson Mandela Foundation

TimeFilm NameTickets
Wed 25 June
6:00 PMPut your soul on your hand and walk + intro Get Tickets
Nelson Mandela Foundation – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.
Cape Town
Labia
Labia Cinema logo

68 Orange St, Gardens, Cape Town 8000
https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1569660471

Time Film Name Tickets
Fri 20 June
6:30 PM Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story Get Tickets
8:30 PM Albie: A Strange Alchemy W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
Sat 21 June
1:30 PM Normal To Me W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
4:30 PM Womxn: Working W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
6:30 PM Yalla Parkour + Q&A Get Tickets
8:30 PM Mr Nobody Against Putin Get Tickets
Sun 22 June
12:30 PM Capturing Water + Q&A Get Tickets
2:30 PM Yintah + Panel Get Tickets
6:00 PM 6 Kings and 6 Queens W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
8:30 PM Sam Nzima W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
Mon 23 June
6:30 PM Fitting In + Q&A Get Tickets
Tue 24 June
6:30 PM The Land’s Silent Witness Shorts Block
  • Umhlaba Wokhokho + Q&A
  • Spirits of the Land + Q&A
 Get Tickets
8:30 PM Fragments of a Forgotten Land Shorts Block
  • The Rock Speaks + Q&A
  • The Sending of the Crows + Q&A
  • Flowers + Q&A
 Get Tickets
Wed 25 June
6:30 PM This is Ballroom Get Tickets
8:30 PM Redefining Desire: From Fear to Freedom Shorts Block
  • What I Do Not Know Will Not Kill Me
  • Slut Club + Q&A
  • Unyagoni: Bahati’s Sex Education Journey
 Get Tickets
Thu 26 June
6:30 PM How to Build a Library + Q&A tbc Get Tickets
9:00 PM Intercepted Get Tickets
Fri 27 June
6:30 PM Best of the Fest Get Tickets
8:30 PM The Brink of Dreams Get Tickets
Sat 28 June
12:30 PM Between Fear and Forgetting Shorts Block
  • Never Come Fetch Me + Q&A
  • Fear Fokol + Q&A
  • They dug a grave in my heart
 Get Tickets
2:30 PM Best of the Fest Get Tickets
4:30 PM Best of the Fest Get Tickets
6:30 PM Kabul Chaos + Q&A Get Tickets
Sun 29 June
2:30 PM Abo Zaabal 89 Get Tickets
4:30 PM Best of the Fest Albie: A Strange Alchemy W/P + Q&A Get Tickets
6:30 PM Best of the Fest Get Tickets
8:30 PM Best of the Fest Get Tickets
The Labia Theatre – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.
Ster Kinekor V&A
Ster Kinekor logo

V&A Waterfront, Dock Road, Cape Town 8001
https://www.sterkinekor.com/find-cinemas/v&a

Ster Kinekor V&A – Cine 11

Time Film Name Tickets
Fri 20 June
7:15 PM Shifting Baselines + Q&A Get Tickets
Sat 21 June
3:30 PM Matabeleland + Q&A Get Tickets
5:30 PM Mothers of Chibok + Q&A Get Tickets
8:00 PM Roots of Resistance Shorts Block
  • The Other Side of Beauty
  • Dreams of a Revolution + Q&A
  • Medallion
  • Ahmad Alive + Q&A
 Get Tickets
Sun 22 June
2:00 PM And She Didn’t Die W/P Get Tickets
4:30 PM The Walk Get Tickets
7:00 PM The Tree of Authenticity Get Tickets
Mon 23 June
8:15 PM Where Zebus Speak French Get Tickets
Tue 24 June
6:15 PM Brief Tender Light Get Tickets
Wed 25 June
6:15 PM The Shadow Scholars + Q&A Get Tickets
8:45 PM Khartoum + Q&A Get Tickets
Thu 26 June
6:15 PM Misty: The Erroll Garner Story Get Tickets
8:15 PM Didy Get Tickets
Fri 27 June
7:15 PM Union Get Tickets
Sat 28 June
6:00 PM The Thinking Game Get Tickets
8:00 PM Yumi Get Tickets
Sun 29 June
12:00 PM Currents of Resilience Shorts Block
  • Guardian of the Well
  • Undercurrent + Q&A
  • Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
  • Keeper
 Get Tickets
3:00 PM Awards Ceremony (Cine 12)
6:00 PM Put your soul on your hand and walk+ Panel Get Tickets
Ster Kinekor V&A, Cine 11 – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.

Ster Kinekor V&A – Cine 13

TimeFilm NameTickets
Sat 21 June
6:30 PMAnselm in 3D Get Tickets
Ster Kinekor V&A, Cine 13 – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.

Ster Kinekor V&A – Cine 7

TimeFilm NameTickets
Sat 21 June
4:30 PM Unmasking the Self Shorts Block
  • Message from Anonymous
  • At the Edge of Skin
  • Facing Forward + Q&A
 Get Tickets
6:30 PM More Than Meets the Eye Shorts Block
  • Sprouting + Q&A
  • Am I the Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen?
 Get Tickets
Sun 22 June
4:30 PM Death by Discrimination Shorts Block
  • The Flow of Resilience
  • Onthou vi Fredo? + Q&A
 Get Tickets
6:30 PM In Her Name Shorts Block
  • Victoria
  • Before 16
  • Seeds from Kivu
 Get Tickets
Sat 28 June
4:30 PM Between the Ordinary and the Uncanny Shorts Block
  • perfectly a strangeness
  • The Fries Philosopher
 Get Tickets
Sun 29 June
12:30 PMBest of the Fest
6:30 PMBest of the Fest
Ster Kinekor V&A, Cine 7 – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “Get Tickets” to book.
Bertha Movie House, Isivivani Centre

Ekuphumleni, Cape Town 7784
https://isivivanacentre.org.za/bertha-movie-house/

TimeFilm NameRSVP
Sat 21 June
2:00 PMShifting Baselines + Q&A RSVP
5:00 PMAlbie: A Strange Alchemy W/P + Q&A RSVP
Sun 22 June
4:00 PMMatabeleland + Q&A RSVP
Wed 25 June
6:00 PMAnd She Didn’t Die W/P RSVP
Thu 26 June
6:00 PMWomxn: Working W/P + Q&A RSVP
Fri 27 June
6:00 PMSam Nzima: A Journey Through His Lens W/P RSVP
Sat 28 June
3:00 PMThe Walk RSVP
5:00 PMNormal To Me W/P + Q&A RSVP
Sun 29 June
2:00 PMGreen Job Opportunities Info Session RSVP
3:00 PMCapturing Water + Q&A RSVP
Bertha Movie House – Encounters 2025 Film Festival Schedule. Click on film titles for details or on “RSVP” to book.