October 11
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October 12
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The Activation
Reel to Reality Film Festival presents the 2025 film festival in partnership with The National Film and Video Foundation.
This year, the festival turns towards an outdoor film festival as a means of social connection and community, by blending African and African diasporic stories with nature, escapism and multi-disciplines, to curate an immersive, community centred experience through an outdoor film festival, anchored by brilliant films from across the world!
Taking place on the 11th and 12th of October in Johannesburg at Lang de Moun Mon and the 18th of October in Cape Town at The Granddaddy Boutique Hotel.
The Brand
Reel to Reality Festival is an annual film festival run by Behind Her Lens Visuals, that aims to spotlight films made by filmmakers of African descent, and within the African diaspora at large, to showcase the past, present and future of storytelling through strong voices in film.
The festival aims to grant visibility and distribution avenues to emerging voices and stories of African descent, across socio-political divides. Every year, the festival focuses on curating a program that brings about a real cultural and social experience, to provide unique cinema-watching experiences that are missing from mainstream media.
After 4 incredible years of film festival hosting in various venues and spaces, we widen our curation abilities to uncharted territories with an outdoor film festival in 2025, to celebrate 5 years of African Cinema. This year, we turn towards Outdoor film festivals as a social connection and disconnection from tech, which has proven benefits for mental health. We intend on blending African cinema, community, nature, escapism and multi-disciplines to curate an immersive, profoundly human and communal centred experience through an outdoor film festival, anchored by 31 brilliant films from across the world!
The 2025 edition, curated by Mbali Mashaba and her expert curatorial team, features 31 brilliant films from across the world, blending African cinema with nature, escapism, and multi-disciplinary art forms to create an immersive, profoundly human, and community-centered experience. This isn’t just festival evolution—it’s a cultural revolution.
Where : Lang de Moon Mon, 69 Mons Road, Observatory
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When : 11 October – 12 October, 5pm – 10.30pm
Bookings : Purchase your ticket for R150 here.
