As part of the Friends of the Festival initiative, many individuals and organisations showed their sympathy and pledged both money and in-kind donations to Encounters.
Izulu Lami (My Secret Sky), Madoda Ncayiyana’s award-winning feature film debut, follows two children who journey to the city from their rural homestead after their mother’s death.
Eleven-year old Sobahle Mkhabase star from KwaZulu-Natal recently scooped the Best Actress award at the Tarifa International Pan African Film Festival in Spain.
