20 July – Arts, Culture and Environment

Today we spoke to Mandisa Zitha - Encounters Film Festival Director. This year they have a programme of 50 films – provocative, stimulating and engaging – from South Africa and the rest of world. They will also be hosting workshops that will assist 10 documentary companies’ grow capacity so that they can operate optimally. Top industry professionals, specialists in their chosen fields, will run the three-day workshops. The documentaries will be showing in Johannesburg at NU METRO HYDE PARK started from the 13 - 22 July 2007 and here in Cape Town at NU METRO at the Waterfront from the 20th of July to the 5th of August 2007. For more information or bookings visit www.encounters.co.zaor contact (021) 461 6964.
And we also had an interview with Duane Lawrence – a Break-Dancer and the host of the SA Hip Hop Cup. Duane and his crew, Ubuntu, competed in the 2006 World Cup. On their road to the Finals, Ubuntu, had to challenge every team in the competition, including the defending World Cup champions – Korea. Ubuntu now holds the title of World Cup Champions and they just returned from Paris this month where they clinched a second spot. Their story is also featured in this year’s Encounter film festival directed by Tamsin de Beer.
Nigel Vermaas was also in the studio for the Arts update in and around the city and he also attended the memorial service of the most loved South African Actor, Bill Flynn. Flynn died last week and according to reports, he had suffered a heart attack.

Our last interview was with Vincent Moloi – a film maker. We were talking about his short film – A Pair of Boots & a Bicycle*. This film is about the significant contribution of South Africa’s black soldiers during the World War 2. And it focuses on the life and actions of one soldier called Job Maseko. Vincent has made a number of documentaries, including Men of Gold for the series Black on White, which won the Jameson Encounters Audience award 2006. He was nominated by Encounters as an African Trailblazer at MIPDOC 2007. The film will be screened on Tuesday at 6:45 PM at NU METRO at the Waterfront. For more information you can contact the Encounters at (021) 465 46 86 or visit www.encounters.co.za

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