Every year since our founding in 2010, The Bioscope has proudly hosted screenings of The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. Now celebrating its 28th year as a festival, Encounters returns to The Bioscope once again with screenings at The Bioscope from 5 – 14 June. Tickets are R90. For more information on the festival as a whole, please visit: encounters.co.za
2026 SCREENINGS
SUN 14 June 11am: SHORTS BLOCK – When Things Fall Apart (with Q&A) BOOK NOW. Films Included: Broken Windows (4min) (with Q&A), Oops, I died (15min) The Spectacle (20min), Sueña Ahora (20min).
SUN 14 June 2pm: Tristan Forever BOOK NOW. For more than 30 years, Loran, a doctor from Paris has been visiting the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. Now, at the age of 50, he decides that he wants to make the island his home.
SUN 14 June 4pm: Notes From The Underground BOOK NOW. Featuring some of Cape Town’s Hip Hop talent, including Ready D, Isaac Mutant, and Mutant’s daughter, Lyrix, this powerful documentary tells the history of Cape Hip Hop, which it uses as both the medium and the message.
