Encounters Film Festival · Bristol, England · Est. 1995
Awards
History
A record of award winners from 2000 to the present - if you spot any inaccuracies please let us know (email hello@encounters.film). Encounters is a qualifying festival for the BAFTAs, BIFA, the European Film Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards.
2025
30th Anniversary Edition
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last People |  |
Nicolás Pindeus | Austria | Brief Grand Prix |
Jury citation "A powerful, moving story... full of cinematic value, with beautiful, assured direction and an incredible cast. A resonant, timely, mini-masterpiece." | ||||
| We Had Fun |  |
Linda Lô  |
France | Brief Grand Prix — Special Mention |
Jury citation "Great performances, full of joy and heart, paying off with a tense, nuanced end. Beautifully directed. Real deal talent." | ||||
| Two Black Boys in Paradise |  |
Baz Sells | UK | Animated Grand Prix |
Jury citation "A bold and beautiful film... daring and tender." | ||||
| Incident |  |
Bill Morrison  |
USA | Documentary Grand Prix |
Jury citation "Urgent, unflinching and unforgettable." | ||||
| There Will Come Soft Rains |  |
Elham Ehsas  |
UK/Afghanistan | Best of British — Live Action |
Ehsas previously competed at Encounters 2023 | ||||
| Alo |  |
Xenia Glen  |
UK | Best of British — Live Action — Special Mention |
Jury citation "Catapults you into a different perspective with clever form and storytelling. A brilliant short." | ||||
| Dédé (Ancestor) |  |
Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume | UK | Best of British — Animation |
Jury citation "Fresh exploration of the divine feminine within the artist's Bété ancestry... rare technique executed beautifully." | ||||
| Notes From Planet Three |  |
Simon Ellis  |
UK | Children's Jury Award |
| Full of Sh*t | Clarissa Kumala | UK | DepicT! Award | |
| Hunting |  |
Lea Favre  |
Switzerland | Audience Award |
2024
Hiatus year
No festival took place in 2024.
2023
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flores del otro patio |  |
Jorge Cadena  |
Colombia/Switzerland | Brief Grand Prix |
| Sensitive Content |  |
Narges Kalhor  |
Germany/Iran | Brief Grand Prix — Special Mention |
| Todas mis cicatrices se desvanecen en el viento |  |
Angélica Restrepo  & Carlos Velandia |
Colombia | Animated Grand Prix |
| Jill, Uncredited |  |
Anthony Ing | UK | UK Award |
Jury citation "Birthed a new persona for its protagonist, who was almost always there, but rarely noticed before." | ||||
| The Archive: Queer Nigerians |  |
Simisolaoluwa Akande  |
UK | UK Award — Special Mention |
| The Möbius Trip |  |
Simone Smith  |
UK | UK Award — Special Mention |
| Jellyfish and Lobster |  |
Yasmin Afifi  |
UK | Audience Award / Best of British Jury Award |
| Mushka |  |
Andreas Deja  |
USA | Children's Jury Award |
| Farm Life | Daniel Simpkins | UK | DepicT! Award | |
2022
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Solutions |  |
Arne Hector, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes & Minze Tummescheit | Brazil/Germany | Brief Grand Prix |
Jury citation "Interrogates the past in the present, clash between classical portraiture and contemporary class structures." | ||||
| Love, Dad |  |
Diana Cam Van Nguyen  |
Czech Republic | Animated Grand Prix |
| The Bayview |  |
Daniel Cook | UK | British Award |
| Sweet Little Despair |  |
Carolina Petro  |
UK/Colombia | South West Jury Award |
Petro also won Brief Best of British 2013 (Rosemary Jane) — double winner across 9 years; returned as juror in 2023 | ||||
| Suburb |  |
Miles Jezuita  |
UK | UK Student Award |
Jury citation "A journey into the dead of night... distinct visual style alongside a jazzy soundtrack." | ||||
| BabyThump |  |
Ian Killick | UK | UK Audience Award |
| Monsieur Le Butch |  |
Jude Dry  |
USA | International Audience Award |
2021
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonder Meer |  |
Meltse Van Coillie  |
Belgium | Brief Grand Prix |
| Farce |  |
Robin Jensen  |
Denmark | Animated Grand Prix |
| Staying (Aros Mae) |  |
Zillah Bowes  |
UK | Brief Best of British — Special Mention |
| Acorde | Tiago Teixeira | Portugal | DepicT! Award | |
| The Dragon Head Tree | Jiaqi Wang  |
UK | UK Student Film Award — Special Mention | |
| Culling |  |
Matty Crawford  |
UK | UK Student Film Award — Special Mention |
2020
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filipiñana |  |
Rafael Manuel  |
UK/Philippines | Brief Grand Prix and Best of British — Live Action |
| The Tiger Who Came To Tea |  |
Robin Shaw  |
UK | Animated Grand Prix |
| David |  |
Zach Woods  |
USA | International Audience Award |
| No More Wings |  |
Abraham Adeyemi  |
UK | UK Audience Award |
| Fabulous | James Skinner | UK | DepicT! Award | |
| Gaia | Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero | UK | DepicT! Audience Award |
2019
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tent |  |
Rebecca Figenschau | Norway | Brief Grand Prix |
| Five Minutes to Sea |  |
Natalia Mirzoyan  |
Russia | Animated Grand Prix |
| Vanishing Point | Béla Baptiste  |
Germany | Immersive Grand Prix | |
| Thrive |  |
Jamie Dispirito  |
UK | Chris Collins Best of British — Live Action |
| Norteños (Grandmas) / Hors Piste |  |
Grandmas / Brunel et al | Mexico / France | Audience Award |
| My Brother Luca |  |
Carlos Algara  & Catalina Serna  |
Colombia/Mexico | Children's Jury Award |
| A Dead Canary | James Davis et al | UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Award | |
| Pale Saint |  |
Rhys Marc Jones  |
UK | UK Student Film Award |
| She Runs |  |
Qiu Yang  |
China | Brief Special Mention |
| How to Tell a True Immigrant Story | Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz  |
USA | Brief Special Mention | |
| Boiling Point |  |
Philip Barantini  |
UK | Special Mention — Notable |
Barantini later directed acclaimed single-take feature Boiling Point (2021) | ||||
2018
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauve |  |
Jeremy Comte  |
Canada | Brief Grand Prix |
Academy Award nominated Best Live Action Short 2019 | ||||
| Wildebeest |  |
Nicolas Keppens | Belgium | Animated Grand Prix |
| Kinoscope | Philippe A. Collin & Clément Léotard | France | Immersive Grand Prix | |
| 3 Centimetres |  |
Lara Zeidan | UK | Chris Collins Best of British — Live Action |
| Marfa |  |
The Brothers McLeod | UK | Best of British — Animation |
| Little River Run |  |
Ed Skrein  |
UK | Teen Jury Award |
| Tungrus |  |
Rishi Chandna  |
India | Audience Award |
| To Know Him |  |
Ted Evans | UK | Deaf Showcase Audience Award |
| Obon |  |
André Hormann & Anna Bergmann | Germany | Animated Grand Prix — Special Mention |
| I Saw the Future |  |
François Vautier | France | Immersive Grand Prix — Special Mention |
| Underwood | Geena Gasser, Saskia Tomlinson & Amon Zucker | Switzerland | Immersive Grand Prix — Special Mention | |
| V |  |
Jimmy Dean | UK | Chris Collins Best of British — Special Mention |
| Sweet Tooth | Hannah Anastasi | UK | Children's Jury — Special Mention | |
2017
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signature |  |
Kei Chikaura  |
Japan | Brief Grand Prix |
| Ugly |  |
Nikita Diakur  |
Germany | Animated Grand Prix |
| Nairobi Berries | Ng'endo Mukii  |
Kenya | Immersive Grand Prix | |
| Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |  |
Maximilien Van Aertryck & Axel Danielson | Sweden | European Live Action Award |
| Sog |  |
Jonatan Schwenk | Germany | European Animation Award |
| Films to Break Projectors |  |
Iloobia | UK | Best of British — Animation |
| The Good Mother |  |
Sarah Clift | Mexico/UK | Audience Award |
| Vudú | Alejandra M. Perrusquía | Mexico | DepicT! Award | |
| Winnow | George Lewis | UK | DepicT! RPS Cinematography Award / Random Acts Special Mention | |
| Walk | Edwin Mingard | UK | DepicT! British Special Mention |
2016
22nd edition; first year with VR/Immersive awards; David Sproxton hands over Chair to Simon Perry
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Maddie Stone |  |
Brady Hood | UK | Brief Grand Prix |
| Analysis Paralysis |  |
Anete Melece  |
Switzerland | Animated Grand Prix |
Jury citation "Colourful, bold and naïve, this impressionistic approach to life left us charmed and moved at the same time." | ||||
| Here There |  |
Alexander Stewart | USA | Animated Grand Prix — Special Mention |
Jury citation "A tender reflection on everyday life as meandering as real life is." | ||||
| OS Love |  |
Luc Gut | Switzerland | Animated Grand Prix — Special Mention |
Jury citation "Embracing the new vocabulary that an operating system supplies. A witty depiction reflecting everyday struggles of working in front of the computer screen." | ||||
| Stems |  |
Ainslie Henderson | UK | YellowDog Best of British — Animation |
Jury citation "A gig that gives an insight of the dramatic existence of animated stop-motion characters. A short and tragic statement, which leaves no-one indifferent." | ||||
| Three Women Wait for Death |  |
Isabelle Sieb  |
UK | Chris Collins Best of British — Live Action |
| E.W.A. |  |
Gigi Ben Artzi | Ukraine/Israel | Brief European Award |
| Don't Lose Your Head |  |
Karolina Specht | Poland | Animated European Award |
Jury citation "A bold graphic narration, full of dynamic and multi-screened interactions, which demanded the audience's full attention throughout otherwise you might lose your head." | ||||
| 9 Days From My Window in Aleppo |  |
Issa Touma, Thomas Vroege & Floor van der Meulen | Netherlands/Syria | EFA Nomination |
Jury citation "Both timely and timeless. A film about a homeland, a wasteland and wanting to stay but needing to leave." | ||||
| Balcony |  |
David Dell'Edera | Hungary | Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
Jury citation "A film that catches you by surprise. Building an uncanny tension that leads to an unexpected catharsis almost luring the jury to join in." | ||||
| Home|Aamir | Erfan Saadati, Toby Coffey & Rufus Norris | UK | VRlet Grand Jury Prize (Immersive) | |
| Simon | James Louis Hedley | UK | VRlet Best Director | |
| Four-Ye Fan | Song Huayang | China | VRlet Best Visual Effects | |
| Drift Miss Love | Cheng Yiyi | China | VRlet Best Documentary | |
| Detective | Dong Aihui | China | VRlet Best Feature Film | |
| Impacts | Petra Balekić | Croatia | DepicT! Award / Random Acts Award | |
Jury citation "Profound and universal message, with bold visuals and outstanding soundtrack, managing to speak volumes in such a short timeframe." | ||||
| Living | Ben Mankin (dir.) & Will Baldy (DoP) | UK | DepicT! RPS Cinematography Award | |
Jury citation "With perfectly realised and brilliantly composed images, this short succeeds in telling a story succinctly and powerfully." | ||||
| Pig Dream | Lee Churlish | UK | DepicT! British Special Mention | |
Jury citation "Powerful images and compelling sense of the horrific... considerable potential." | ||||
| [Not recorded in ceremony script] | DepicT! Shooting People Audience Award | |||
| Red Light |  |
Toma Waszarow  |
Poland | Audience Award |
| Cats & Dogs |  |
Jesús Peréz & Gerd Gockell | Spain/Germany | Children's Award |
| Tiny Encounters | Dani Abram, Lauren Orme, Michael Ostrolenk & Christopher Wright (Cardiff Animation Nights) | UK | Encounters / Show Me The Animation ANIJAM Award | |
| New project (unproduced) | Marley Morisson | UK | Widening the Lens Pitching Award — 1st | |
| New project (unproduced) | Candice Onyeama | UK | Widening the Lens Pitching Award — 2nd | |
| New project (unproduced) | Ako Mitchell & Jen Nkiru | UK | Widening the Lens Pitching Award — Joint 3rd | |
2015
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Below the Skin |  |
Jennifer Reeder  |
USA | Brief Grand Prix |
| My Dad |  |
Marcus Armitage | UK | Animated UWE European New Talent |
| Over |  |
Jorn Trelfall | UK | Chris Collins Best of British — Live Action |
| Pa. |  |
Kapitolina Tvcetkova | Online Audience Award | |
| Cookie Tin Banjo |  |
Peter Baynton  |
UK | Music Video Award |
Baynton also won Children's Animation Jury 2010 (Save Our Bacon) — double winner. From 2020 to 2022 he directed The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse with Charlie Mackesy, winning the Academy Award for Best Short Animation, the BAFTA for Best British Short Animation and four Annie awards | ||||
| The Atom Station | Nick Jordan | UK | Documentary Award | |
2014
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Million Miles Away |  |
Jennifer Reeder |
USA | Brief Grand Prix |
| Patterns |  |
Miklos Keleti  |
Hungary | Brief UWE European New Talent |
| Crocodile |  |
Gaëlle Denis | UK | Channel 4 Best of British — Live Action |
| Marilyn Myller |  |
Mikey Please  |
UK | Channel 4 Best of British — Animation |
| The Planets |  |
Andy Martin | UK | Children's Jury Award |
| All the Same (Tous les Mêmes) | Henry Scholfield  |
UK | Music Video Award | |
| Notes on Blindness |  |
Peter Middleton & James Spinney | UK | Documentary Award |
| Drive Home | Jess Cope | UK | Audience Award |
2013
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbit Ever After |  |
Jamie Stone  |
UK | Brief Grand Prix |
| Rosemary Jane | Carolina Petro |
UK/Colombia | Brief Best of British | |
Petro also won South West Jury Award 2022 (Sweet Little Despair) — double winner across 9 years | ||||
| Anomalies |  |
Ben Cady | UK | Animated Best of British |
| Behind the Journey | Bristol Sprout | UK | Brief Best of South West | |
| Winter Trees | Karni & Saul  |
UK | Animated Best of South West | |
| Beat |  |
Aneil Karia  |
UK | Brief UWE European New Talent |
| Stardust |  |
Mischa Rozema | Netherlands | Music Video Award |
| Cool Unicorn Bruv |  |
Ninian Doff | UK | DepicT! Award |
Doff later directed music videos for Gorillaz and Run the Jewels; feature film Boyz in the Wood (2019) | ||||
| A Thing | Chintan Gohil | UK | DepicT! RPS Cinematography Award | |
| Return | James Young | UK | DepicT! British Special Mention | |
| Home |  |
Thomas Gleeson | UK | Audience Award |
| Fear of Flying |  |
Conor Finnegan | Ireland | Children's Jury Award |
2012
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premature |  |
Gunhild Enger | Norway | Brief Grand Prix |
| On This Island |  |
Matthew Knott | UK | Brief Best of British |
| I Am Tom Moody |  |
Ainslie Henderson | UK | Animated Best of British |
Henderson also won Best of British Animation 2016 (Stems) — double winner | ||||
| Cutting Loose | Finlay Pretsell  & Adrian McDowell  |
UK | Documentary Award | |
| Kuhina | Joni Mannisto | Finland | Animated UWE European New Talent | |
| The Fat Cat | Mole Hill | UK | DepicT! Award | |
| When Rabbits Fly |  |
Helgi Jóhannsson & Halldór Ragnar Halldórsson | Iceland | Audience Award |
| Head Over Heels |  |
Timothy Reckart  |
UK/USA | Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
Academy Award nominated Best Animated Short 2013 | ||||
| Much Better Now |  |
Philipp Comarella & Simon Griesser | Switzerland | Children's Jury Award |
2011
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unter Null (Below Zero) | Ulrike Vahl | Germany | Brief Grand Prix | |
| Slow Derek |  |
Dan Ojari | UK | Animated Grand Prix / Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
| Jam Today |  |
Simon Ellis |
UK | Brief Best of British |
Ellis also won Best of British 2007 (Soft) — double winner | ||||
| A Morning Stroll |  |
Grant Orchard  |
UK | Animated Best of British |
Academy Award winner Best Animated Short 2012 — Encounters headline alumni story | ||||
| I'll Tell You |  |
Rachel Tillotson | UK | Brief Best of South West |
| On the Bus | Naomi Zahl & Matt Morris | UK | Animated Best of South West | |
| Declaration of Immortality (Deklaracja Nieśmiertelności) |  |
Marcin Koszałka | Poland | Documentary Award |
| The Back Water Gospel |  |
Bo Mathorne | Denmark | Animated UWE European New Talent |
| The Laundrette | Tim Bassford | UK | Shooting People DepicT! Audience Award | |
| Worlds Apart | Michael Zachary Huber | USA | Children's Animation Jury Award | |
| How to Pick Berries (Miten Marjoja Poimitaan) |  |
Elina Talvensaari  |
Finland | Bristol Short Film Nomination — European Film Awards 2012 |
2010
Encounters Short Film Festival
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby |  |
Paul Negoescu | Romania | Brief Grand Prix |
| Forgiving Your P.E. Teacher | Warren Malone | UK | Brief Best of British | |
| Connect |  |
Samuel Abrahams | UK | Brief South West Jury Award |
| Unearthing the Pen | Carol Salter | Uganda | Documentary Award | |
| Inka Bola |  |
Cisinki / Jarczyk / Garcia / Marchix / Oul'chen / Pujalte | France | 4Mations Newcomer in Animation Award |
| The Gentleman's Guide to Villainy | Aidan McAteer | Canada/Ireland | DepicT! Award | |
| Save Our Bacon | Peter Baynton | UK | Children's Animation Jury Award |
2009
Encounters Short Film Festival
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Margarets Boulevard |  |
Kazik Radwanski | Canada | International Jury Award |
| Light and Dark | Tom Stubbs & Michael Smith | UK | South West Award | |
| Miracle Fish |  |
Luke Doolan | Australia | UK Film Council Audience Award |
Academy Award nominated Best Live Action Short 2010 | ||||
| The Secret of Tressette | Lucio Cremonese | Italy | Online Audience Award | |
| Cherry on the Cake / Conversation | Hyebin Lee (NFTS) & Laure Fernandez (UWE) | UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Creative Filmmaking | |
| Two to Salsa | Juan Pablo | UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Cinematography | |
| El Empleo |  |
Santiago 'Bou' Grasso  |
Argentina | Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
| Pigeon: Impossible |  |
Lucas Martell  |
USA | Children's Jury — Animation |
| Circus | Ruben Broekhuis | Netherlands | Children's Jury — Live Action | |
| Edward's Turmoil | Kim Albright  |
UK | Teenage Jury Award | |
2008
Encounters Short Film Festival
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis |  |
Mads Matthiesen  |
Denmark | International Jury Award |
Matthiesen later directed The Model and major European features | ||||
| September |  |
Esther May Campbell  |
Bristol, UK | Best of British |
| Leaving | Richard Penfold & Sam Hearne | Bristol, UK | ITV West Award / SW Screen Audience Award | |
| Enough | Tor Kristoffersen | Leeds, UK | DepicT! Award | |
| Breaking the Mould | Rebecca Manley & Luca Paulli | UK | Shooting People DepicT! Audience Award | |
| What's Virgin Mean? | Michael Davies  |
Bristol, UK | NFTS DepicT! Award | |
| Island to Isla | Jem Garrard | UK | Kodak NAHEMI Cinematography | |
| Skhizein |  |
Jérémy Clapin  |
France | Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
| Varmints |  |
Marc Craste | UK | Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
| This is Jo3 | Once Were Farmers | Scotland, UK | Cartoon d'Or Nomination | |
2007
Encounters Short Film Festival — first year of merged festival
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tube with the Hat |  |
Radu Jude  |
Romania | International Jury Award |
| The Itch | Joel Green | UK | International Newcomer Award in Animation | |
| Young Offender | Isabel Anderton | UK | ITV West Award | |
| Operator | Matthew Walker | UK | DepicT! Award | |
| Isabella | Geoffrey Taylor | Bristol, UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Creative Filmmaking | |
| Bigboy-74 | Thomas Marshall | UK | BBC New Filmmakers | |
| Les Couillus (Home Team) | Mirabelle Kirkland | Canada | UK Film Council Audience Award | |
| A Short Collection of Hilary Flamingo's Dream Vocations | Harriet Fleuriot | UK | SW Screen Audience Award | |
| Nijuman No Berei (200,000 Phantoms) |  |
Jean-Gabriel Périot  |
France | Animate! Artist Award |
| Pushkin |  |
Trevor Hardy | UK | Cartoon d'Or Nomination |
2006
Encounters Short Film Festival — Brief Encounters + Animated Encounters merge
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tricko (The T-Shirt) |  |
Hossein Martin Fazeli | Czech Republic | International Jury Award |
| Dreams and Desires: Family Ties |  |
Joanna Quinn  |
UK (Cardiff) | Best of British |
| The Genie in a Tin of Ravioli |  |
Claude Barras  |
Switzerland | International Newcomer Award in Animation |
Barras later directed My Life as a Courgette (Academy Award nominated Best Animated Feature 2017) | ||||
| Flighty | Leigh Hodgkinson | UK | DepicT! Award for Animation | |
| And the Red Man Turned Green | Ruth Meehan | Ireland | DepicT! Award for Live Action | |
| With Dickinson and I | Miles Carter | UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Creative Filmmaking | |
| Cubs | Tom Harper  |
UK | BBC New Filmmakers | |
Harper later directed Wild Rose and The Aeronauts; served as Encounters jury member 2009 | ||||
| The End of the Sentence | Marisa Zanotti | UK | UK Film Council Audience Award | |
| Benjamin's Struggle | James Breese | UK | SW Screen Audience Award | |
| Empire |  |
Edouard Salier | France | Animate! Artist Award |
| T.O.M | Tom Brown & Daniel Gray | UK | Cartoon d'Or Nomination | |
| Coucou Clock | Audrey Fobis & François Cailleau | France | Cosgrove Hall Films Children's Jury Award | |
2005
Brief Encounters + Animated Encounters — separate festivals, final year before merger
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susie | Cathy Snelling | UK | Best of British (Brief Encounters) | |
| Indians | Sam Hearn & Richard Penfold | UK | ITV West Award | |
| Susie | Catherine Snelling | UK | Jameson Short Film Award | |
| Ascension | Myriam Thyes | Germany | DepicT! Award | |
| Screen Kiss | Steven Sander | UK | Orange DepicT! Audience Award | |
| Double Helix | Andrew Visser | UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Creative Filmmaking | |
| Oh My God | John Bryant  |
UK | UK Film Council Audience Award | |
| In The Rough |  |
Paul Taylor | UK | Cosgrove Hall Films Children's Jury Award (Animated Encounters) |
| Loetzinn | Chris Gooch | UK | International Jury Special Mention (Animated Encounters) | |
| Flatlife |  |
Jonas Geirnaert  |
Belgium | International Jury Special Mention (Animated Encounters) |
| Through My Thick Glasses |  |
Pjotr Sapegin | Norway | Audience Award (Animated Encounters) |
2004
Brief Encounters / Animated Encounters
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alt I Alt |  |
Torbjørn Skårild | Norway | International Jury Commendation |
| Jo Jo In The Stars |  |
Marc Craste | UK | Momentum Best of British Award |
| London Fields Are Blue | Brendan Grant | UK | British Jury Commendation | |
| 6 Goats | Oliver Manzi | UK | DepicT! Award | |
| Snail | Lee Charlish | UK | Orange DepicT! Audience Award | |
| Turn | Joseph White | UK | NAHEMI/Kodak Creative Filmmaking | |
| Here At Home | Ioanna Karavela & Stephen Nugent | UK | Kodak NAHEMI Cinematography |
2003
Brief Encounters / Animated Encounters
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventy Two Faced Liar | Mark Waites | UK | Momentum Best of British Award | |
| Lazy Eye | Carol Stevens | UK | HTV South West Award | |
| Le Cheval 2:1 | Steven Scott-Hayward & Alex Kirkland | UK | DepicT! Award | |
| Wide Sky | Gabrielle Russell | UK | Kodak NAHEMI Cinematography | |
| Gone | Matthew Thompson | UK | BBC New Filmmakers |
2002
Brief Encounters / Animated Encounters
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crow (Le Corbeau) |  |
Frédéric Pellé  |
France | International Jury Award |
| One Small Leap | Edward Boase & James Walker | UK | HTV South West Award | |
| Best Man | Becky Brazil | UK | Jameson Short Film Award | |
| Leunig: How Democracy Actually Works | Andrew Horne | Australia | Pathé Five Minute Award | |
| Geoff World Destroyer | Phill Hall | UK | DepicT! Animation Award | |
| The End | Rob Crowther & Tim Clayton | UK | DepicT! Live Action Award | |
| Mulishani Mulishani | Johan Palmgren | Sweden | Rizla Audience Award |
2001
Brief Encounters / Animated Encounters
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Children | Sam Walker | UK | International Jury Commendation | |
| The Wrong Flowers | Nicola Williams | UK | Short Circuit Commendation | |
| Dog |  |
Andrea Arnold  |
UK | Jameson Short Film Award |
Arnold went on to win Academy Award Best Live Action Short 2005; served as Encounters jury member 2004 | ||||
| Can We Kiss | Pierre Olivier | France | Pathé Five Minute Award | |
| Chinese Fork-Tie | Andrew Davies | UK | DepicT! Animation Award | |
| A Night's Theft | Olivier Laubacher | France | Rizla Audience Award | |
2000
Brief Encounters / Animated Encounters — first documented year
| Film | Director | Country | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong (KHG) |  |
Gerard Holthuis | Netherlands | International Jury Award |
| The Last Dream | Emmanuel Jespers | Belgium | International Jury Commendation | |
| Telling Lies |  |
Simon Ellis |
UK | Short Circuit Special Mention |
| Robots: The Animated Docu-soap | John Williams | UK | Short Circuit Special Mention | |
| To Be Continued | Linus Tunström  |
Sweden | Pathé Five Minute Award | |
| Perdie | Faye Gilbert | UK | Atom Films Audience Award |