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.
Paul is the custodian of a nuclear missile silo, living alone in the vast underground structure. More interested in his passion - painting and sculpting the missile - than his duties, he gets a lousy performance review that threatens his job.
Childhood friends, Adam and James, are both back in town for Thanksgiving. After a long night drinking with their hometown crew, the estranged friends decide to hike up the hill where they used to hang out in time past.
Paul is the custodian of a nuclear missile silo, living alone in the vast underground structure. More interested in his passion - painting and sculpting the missile - than his duties, he gets a lousy performance review that threatens his job.
An alpha female spirals when trying to navigate her challenging calendar while infected by a disgusting case of Pink Eye
A gay couple finally have a chance for a shared future when everything gets turned on its head.
Minhal Baig joins us to discuss her journey from short film to feature as Hala becomes the first narrative fiction film acquisition for Apple TV+
Cicadas come out of the ground for a party at the end of their lives.
A warrior in exile, bearing a fated weapon, enters the ruins of a dead city to unlock a mysterious power known as the Red Veil.
A bottom-dollar racer makes a sinister bargain with a mysterious benefactor who holds a grisly interest in the sport’s potential for carnage.
