Contributors named in these pieces also appear across our repertory and sound-mixing coverage. See who wrote what on the people page.

Clarifications

A few working definitions, so nobody has to guess what we mean when we credit a name or describe a screening.

Credited, not anonymous

Every byline on this page belongs to a real person with a stated role. If someone projected the print, ran the door or wrote the breakdown, their name appears next to the work. We do not publish under house pseudonyms, and we do not attribute a screening note to "the crew" when one person wrote it.

What counts as a contributor

Projectionists, festival volunteers, film-school graduates, directors and colourists who sit for a transcript, and regular viewers who send in a written note. A single screening diary qualifies. A forwarded poster does not.

Roles are specific

We name the actual job rather than a general title. Someone who threads 35mm reels and watches the gate is listed as a projectionist, not as "part of the team". A volunteer who managed the midnight queue in Braamfontein is credited for that shift, not for the whole festival.

Fact-checking before publication

Technical claims about projection, sound mixing or grading are checked with the person who made them before a piece goes live. Where a detail cannot be confirmed, we say so in the text instead of quietly smoothing it over.

Returning voices

The same names reappear across repertory seasons, sound-mixing discussions and audience-behaviour notes. That is deliberate: a contributor who has been in the booth for a season writes differently about it than someone who visited once.

Opinions stay with the writer

A viewing diary reflects one person's evening in one room. It is not a verdict on a film, a venue or a festival. Where a contributor criticises queue handling or a snack-bar decision, that criticism is theirs and is signed as such.

Questions about a credit, a correction or a role listed here can go to info@enneadcineplex.com or by phone at +27140199629. Post reaches us at 57293 Fortuin Crossing, North Werner, GP 0188.