Encounters South African International Documentary Festival has announced its full lineup, which includes some must-see late additions.

The Oscar and BAFTA nominated Virunga is an eco-thriller set in the DRC’s national park, a World Heritage Site that is home to the world’s last mountain gorillas. Only two days before the film’s premiere, park warden Emmanuel de Merode was gunned down after delivered damning evidence that Virunga is in grave danger. With the Congo’s fragile peace crumbling, the park and its gorillas are under threat not just from the rebel army but also from a corrupt mining company that has found oil there.

Winner of Best Documentary at Tribeca, Democrats follows Paul Mangwana of Zanu-PF and Douglas Mwonzora of opposition MDC-T, as they consult Zimbabweans across the country as part of leading the process of drafting a new constitution. With tension crackling between Mangwana’s joker and Mwonzora’s straight guy, these two unlikeliest of collaborators must cling together if they’re to weather what is about to be a massive political storm.

Late additions include:

– Oscar and BAFTA nominee Virunga, an eco-thriller set in the DRC
– Tribeca winner Democrats, an inside look at politics in Zimbabwe
– That Sugar Film – sure to create as many dietary debates as
– Tim Noakes World premiere of festival favorite Steve Kwena Mokwena’s Jazz Heart
– Biopics on South African architect Norman Eaton, Rivonia trialist Andrew Mlangeni and Ethiopian diva Asnaketch Worku

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– Originally Posted June 5, 2015