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    A S/W-Centric Guide to Encounters 2020

    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

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    Drama Anna Maguire

    Your Mother and I

    Based on a short story by Dave Eggers, Johnna's dad talks too much, and Johnna herself lives inside her head. 'Your Mother and I' looks at the small moments that belie the larger tensions between families and generations, whilst Johnna's dad recounts all the ways he and his wife changed the world. Or so he says.

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    Comedy Rosco 5

    Freelancer

    A glimpse into the world of a freelance artist (Babak Ganjei) juggling the compulsion of self-expression and the desperate need to not eat beans 12 days in a row.

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    Experimental Tom Senior

    One Nice Family Photo

    This student work captures the fluidity and vibrancy of the artist's own family in conversation through a unique sketch and watercolor animation style.

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    Drama Billy Lumby

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    The story of Shmilu, a Hasidic Jew in crisis, torn between his community and the romantic possibilities of trendy East London.

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    Comedy Tom Nicoll

    Lighting Tests

    A struggling actor agrees to help a director with some lighting tests but comes to suspect that maybe he’s just being exploited.

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    5 Holiday Ads Determined to Make You Cry

    Holiday-time is the new Super Bowl for advertisements, as marketers and filmmakers combine forces and put their best foot forward in the hope of melting your heart—all in less than 5 minutes.

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    Dark Comedy Mikey Alfred

    The Dispute

    Two best friends, from South Central Los Angeles, fantasize about living lavishly when a pre-approval letter for a credit card with no set spending limit suddenly arrives in the mail.

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    Documentary Ruth Grimberg

    Across Still Water

    A story of loss and friendship as a young man faces a world of imminent darkness.

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