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Nouveau and at the Isivivani Centre in Khayelitsha. The full schedule of screenings is available on the Encounters website. The festival runs concurrently in Cape Town and Johannesburg until

June 10.

Khanzi says a key part of Encounters is giving back to the next generation of film-makers through master-classes and workshops set up for the duration of the programme with a full list available under the industry tab on the Encounters website.

“It’s important for us to do outreach and establish an appetite for films and garner an audience. What is also important for us is to keep the festival going through funding and this year for the first time we’ve tried crowdfunding so that we can keep costs down,” says Khanzi.

Contributions towards the crowdfunding can be made on the Encounters website.

What excites Khanzi most about the women’s slate, however, is the presence of international hip-hop artist M.I.A. who brings her documentary Matangi/maya/ M.I.A. to the festival.

“It’s her first time in South Africa, and obviously we’re so happy she’s going to be screening her film with us. There’s going to be a Q and A during the two screenings in Cape Town, one of which will be in Khayelitsha and moderated by Zolani from Freshlyground,” says Khanzi.

Matangi/maya/m.i.a. showcases home videos the rapper filmed during her travel in her homeland of Sri Lanka during her twenties after her family fled to England as refugees due to civil war.

The film documents her rise to fame and insistence that she be taken seriously by world media on the war in Sri Lanka. It also tells how she dealt with being the daughter of one of the founders of the Sri Lankan Tamil Resistance Movement. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.