With UK's leading short film festival forced online, we dive into the Encounters 2020 programme and take a look at what the festival has to offer this year - including some new films from some old S/W favourites
We take a look at the Encounters 2017 programme - which includes a host of new short films from some our favourite Short of the Week featured filmmakers
Looking to address the issue of a lack of diversity within the film industry the BFI Diversity Fund & Encounters Festival have created an exciting opportunity for new and emerging filmmakers from under-represented groups to create a short film.
Ross Hogg joins us to discuss the challenges of creating a project with short film, 360˚ & installation versions as we preview this year's Encounters Film Festival
Back for its first in-person edition since 2019, the UK’s leading short film Encounters returns to Bristol with an eclectic programme of short films, industry panels and interactive experiences.
The 2018 edition of the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival is once again overflowing with S/W alum - we take a look at the new films from previously featured filmmakers and flag-up a few shorts we hope to bring to the site in the not-too-distant future.
We take a look at the 2021 Encounters Film Festival programme and pick out our highlights from this year's extensive selection of short films.
It's that time of year again, summer is drawing to a close and that can only mean one thing..
Beginning life back in 1995, when it was originally envisioned as a one-off short film event, the Encounters Short film and Animation Festival has developed into one of the world's leading lights in showcasing short films and their talented creators. A qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and a gateway to the BAFTAs and the Cartoon d'Or, if you're a short film buff and within reach of Bristol in the UK, then Encounters is a gathering you'll certainly want to be a part of.
In this hybrid-documentary, two long-time friends call each other over Skype to continue their annual Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins together and swap stories of negative encounters with men.
