The Watchlist (February 2022)
If you're looking for proof of how making short films can further your career, check out this playlist of features and series from our previously featured filmmakers.
If you're looking for proof of how making short films can further your career, check out this playlist of features and series from our previously featured filmmakers.
When their undocumented mother goes missing, college-bound Erik must assume care of his younger sister Nora.
Paulette Harwood, a 90-year-old former Radio City Music Hall Corps de Ballet soloist, teaches the final classes in a school she's run for sixty years.
As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations. The Audience Award Winner at Palm Springs Shortfest.
Jenna and Fi must raise a robot ‘baby’ under observation before receiving a licence to start a family. But will they get the result they want, and deserve?
In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue. As adolescence approaches, questions about one's gender identity collide with the indifference that prevails within the household.
Three 11 year old boys buy a sex robot with the aim of losing their virginity. However, when their innocence means they decide not to use the robot for its "intended purpose", they now have to choose what to do with her.
With award season upon us, it's time for our annual Short Awards. Check out the 15 nominated films and even vote for your favorite - in our Audience Choice award.
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.
Two children amble through a strange and still summer afternoon in a world which seems to exist only for them.