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The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival Team wishes to send warm and comforting expressions of sympathy to the Family and Friends of Denis Goldberg. Our country has lost a dedicated fighter for a just South Africa. He was funny and generous and served the community around him with integrity and love, and in so doing has left an outstanding legacy for society.

Denis was also a patron of the Arts, painting, sculpture, music and film, he supported them al...l - especially Encounters. He featured regularly in our programme, on film and as a guest. Films screened at Encounters about his life include:

COMRADE GOLDBERG (2010), Peter Heller

LIFE IS WONDERFUUL MANDELA’S UNSUNG HEROES (2018), Nick Stadlen

THE STATE AGAINST MANDELA AND OTHERS (2019), Nicolas Champeaux & Gilles Porte

SENTENCED WITH MANDELA: THE DENIS GOLDBERG STORY (2011), Marion Edmunds (not shown at Encounters)

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FILMS OF 2020?

Doha Film Institute will be hosting a Roundtable discussion with Film Experts about what should happen to the films of 2020.

Moderated by Jovan Marjanovic, the head of Industry for SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL. The panelist includes Cara Cusumano the Festival Director of Tribeca, Carlo Chatrian Artistic Director for Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival, Giona Nazzaro a programmer and curator for Visions du Réel and Orwa Nyrabia the A...rtistic Director of IDFA.

If you are interested, please register below. They will also be dedicating time for questions from registered participants.

https://us02web.zoom.us/…/121588…/WN_LOK1wJ6vT3GDcVOhjdEOcw…

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