Encounters Short Film Festival
Brief Encounters, Animated Encounters
Encounters offers an important platform for both new and established filmmakers to showcase their work and is the place to be inspired, to talk technology, share ideas and make new connections. It is the UK's biggest short film festival and third largest in Europe, with screenings, special events, workshops and masterclasses and parties.
(Formerly the Brief Encounters and Animated Encounters Short Film Festivals)
(Formerly the Brief Encounters and Animated Encounters Short Film Festivals)
14th edition
2008 | 18 - 23 November
Auf der Strecke
On the Line
Germany | 2007 | 29:45
Director: Reto Caffi
A department store security guard is racked by guilt after not helping the victim of a fight in the subway.
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Cabaret Kadne
Spain | Jun 2008 | 4:50
Directors: Anna Solanas, Marc Riba
Otto and Lola, two cabaret artists, fill their lives with their passion: acting.
9
Der Verdacht
Suspect
Germany | Jan 2008 | 26:00
Director: Felix Hassenfratz
Southern German province. Conny’s world crumbles when her husband is suspected of murder by the villagers.
6
Eel Girl
New Zealand | 2008 | 5:00
Director: Paul Campion
In a secure military laboratory, a scientist has become obsessed with a half human half eel girl he is studying.
4
Into the Woods
United Kingdom | Oct 2008 | 5:42
Director: Matt Taabu
A misunderstanding between a family and a non-English speaking stranger leads to far-reaching consequences.
Isabelle au bois dormant
Sleeping Betty
Canada | 2007
Director: Claude Cloutier
Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. The king appeals to his subjects to wake her, and several respond: Uncle Henry VIII, Aunt Victoria, an ...
6
Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight
United Kingdom | Jul 2007 | 6:06
Director: Felix Massie
Keith Reynolds leaves his hat in his car. This isn’t the only mistake he makes today.
2
The Life Size Zoetrope
United Kingdom | Sep 2007 | 6:33
Director: Mark Simon Hewis
The morose life story of one man told via a one-take live action shot of a human zoetrope containing the film.
1
Little Dinosaurs
United Kingdom | Jan 2008 | 1:12
Director: Dana Dorian
A five-year-old Scottish boy discusses the best way for a group of small dinosaurs to stop a big dinosaur from picking on them.
2
Madame Tutli-Putli
Canada | 2007 | 17:00
Directors: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.
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Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Smáfuglar (2 Birds)
Små Skred (Small Avalanches)
Eel Girl
Tango Lola
Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight
Into the Woods
Whore
Smáfuglar (2 Birds)
Små Skred (Small Avalanches)
Eel Girl
Tango Lola
Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight
Into the Woods
Whore
Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action Animation Documentary
Experimental Music videoCompetition and rewards
International competition National/regional competition
No cash awards No screening fees
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