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.
A teenage girl takes a step toward adulthood in contemporary Cairo.
Congratulations to the three winners of the 2025 Short film Oscars.
Hidden secrets cause tension when two estranged sisters are forced to confront each other while preparing for their ailing mother's death.
An aspiring method actor (Alex Karpovsky) finds out what can happen when preparing for a role turns into an unhealthy obsession.
**LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB** - In an ordinary Belgian village, two bored teenagers are looking for something extraordinary.
An emotional, wordless 3min short. On the outskirts of Cairo, lies an entire suburb made out of trash called Garbage City. 'Love, Dad,' explores the grueling work and persistence one father endures to put his daughter through school.
After his father’s passing, Robbie returns to London to find that his inheritance was spent by his father on a sex doll that strikingly resembles his late mother.
Aishwarya Narayanan clashes with her immigrant coach-father and questions the meaning of success while vying for a spot at the prestigious National Spelling Bee.
