Three continents, four cities and a conference

The festival launches at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson in Rosebank (14 – 23 September) and then moves on to Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson at the V&A Waterfront (21 – 30 September). Smaller week-long festivals featuring a selection of the films on offer will also take place at Durban's Gateway Nouveau (28 September – 4 October) and Pretoria's Brooklyn Nouveau (5 – 11 October).

The three-day conference (13 –15 September) will bring together filmmakers, broadcast executives and academics to discus and debate the issues, ethics and concerns dominating the documentary genre. There will also be screenings and masterclass workshops on documentary filmmaking techniques. The conference takes place at Atlas Studios in Johannesburg.

57 films

While the festival's 57 documentary and feature films are packed with incendiary and hard-hitting human rights and social issues that impact on all of us, they have also been chosen for their entertainment value.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara, the Tri-Continental Film Festival is also screening three films on the ties between Africa and Cuba, while the voices of young people are represented in a trio of films that explore the lives of children facing war or poverty in Asia and Africa.

Film list

Opening Night

Have you heard from Johannesburg?: Apartheid and The Club of the West – Connie Field (Johannesburg and Cape Town)

African Selection:

The Glow of White Women – Yunus Valley
The City that Kills Somalians – Riaan Hendricks
Love, Communism, Revolution and Rivonia – Bram Fisher's Story – Sharon Farr
We Are Together – Paul Taylor
Keiskamma, A Story of Love – Miki Redelinghuys
Another Man's Garden – Sol De Carvalho
The Devil Came on Horse Back – Anni Sundberg and Ricki Stern
Juju Factory – Balafu Bakupa-Kayinda
F.A.W.U – Andrew Jones

Asian Selection:

Amina – Khadija Al-Salami
Enemies of Happiness – Eva Mulvad
Bilin, My Love – Shai Carmeli Pollak
They Call Me Muslim – Diana Ferroro
In The Shadow of the Palms – Wayne Coles-Janess
American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan – Jean-Daniel Lafond
Where The Sun Rises – Grace Phan
Total Denial – Milena Kaneva
The Birthday – Negin Kianfar and Daisy Mohr
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib – Rory Kennedy
Qana – Mohammadreza Abbasian
Souvenirs – Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat

Latin American Selection:

What is it Worth? – Sergio Bianchi
Revolucion – Charles Gervais
Surfing Favela – Maximiliano Ezzaoui and Natalia Bacalini
Paulo Freire A Revolutionary Thinker – Toni Venturi

Soccer:

The Rail Road All Stars – Chema Rodriguez
One Nil To Human Rights – Lauren Groenewald
Homeless FC – James Leong and Lyn Lee

Young Urban Poets:

Hip Hop Revolution – Weeam Williams
Counting Headz – Vusi Magubane and Erin Offer
Mr Devious – John Fredericks
Township Jive – Bram De Rijcker
Radio Favela – Helvecio Ratton
Rage – Newton Aduaka
Suffering and Smiling – Dan Oilman

Focus on Cuba:

The Hands of Che Guevara – Peter De Kock
Cuba: An African Odyssey – Jihan El-Tahri
Salud – Connie Field
Brothers in Arms – Jack Lewis

Children's Voices:

Winter in Baghdad – Javier Corcuera
Vanaja – Rajnesh Domalpalli
The Great Bazaar – Licinio Azevedo
Ezra – Newton Aduaka
On a Tightrope – Petr Lom

New Media:

Loose Change 2 – Dylan Avery

Ikon Short Films:

Amina: My Daughter – Makela Pululu
Blakbox Suite – Nhlanhla Masondo
And Then Us – Robyn Rorke
See Me, Hear Me – Donovan Mulligan
Biko for Beginners – Vuyisa ‘Breeze' Magubane
Grumpies – John Fredericks
Galamsey – Vivian Shuler and Sebastian Bohm

Sitting on the Fence – Janelle Scrimgeour

For programme details, schedules and more information, go to www.3continentsfestival.co.za or www.sterkinekor.com.