12-year-old Mila has a secret crush on her 40 year old neighbour and coach, Sam. When she finds out that he’s moving away to Italy for at least a year, she conceives a plan to go with him.
With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.
Nara grows up on a beach in Brazil with her best friend Tayra. Her home is a paradise which will soon be lost.
Sam is about to meet his celebrity idol... the only problem is, Sam works in a morgue... and his idol is dead.
From acclaimed indie short filmmakers, the Varava Brothers, comes the whimsical and historically accurate tale of one tumbleweed that did not tumble.
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
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A clumsy accident leads a young girl onto the streets of Mumbai in the hope of making things right. A gentle and touching father/daughter story depicted in exquisite stop-motion from Indian animation mainstay, Studio Eeksaurus.
When a robot pop princess flees her keeper she runs into the arms of a lonely scarecrow. They spend an incredible night together in a heady vortex of music and magic.
