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In an out-of-the-way corner of a metropolis, they reveal their world to the watcher and share moments from their lives, which are inextricably bound up with the nature around them. https://www.encounters.film/in-the-woods daily 0.75 2021-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628593515708-WGZ9MCVIQLNMFSYRXWHO/in+the+woods%2C+Sara+Grguri%C4%87.jpeg IN THE WOODS - IN THE WOODS DIRECTED BY SARA GRGURIC CROATIA // 2020 17 MINS Sasha and Filip are traveling to Gorski Kotar. Isolated in the midst of the global pandemic, Sasha starts to question their relationship. As her resistance towards Filip grows, her courage to say it crumbles. https://www.encounters.film/zonder-meer daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632502637962-69H8T76TNSCCZ89I2PFR/5ae92b1ffe8e-ZonderMeer_still02.jpg ZONDER MEER - ZONDER MEER DIRECTED BY MELTSE VAN COILLIE BELGIUM // 2020 14 MINS A campsite in the summer holidays, aimless days spent in the shade. Sunlight is glittering on the lake, but nobody is allowed to swim here. A boy has disappeared and may have drowned. 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Why won't he go home? https://www.encounters.film/hanging-on daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628703066483-D41SPSAMULNC6I7RJWBB/Hanging+On%2C+Alfie+Barker.jpg HANGING ON - HANGING ON DIRECTED BY ALFIE BARKER UK // 2021 10 MINS Set in Oulton, Leeds, an old coal-mining community of over 60 houses still stand. Originally made as temporary council housing, but sold onto private investors, they now sit with the threat of demolition, displacing a large number of residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ed74aa57-d1d3-40ee-af92-2b1adbab0a13/hang+brit.jpg HANGING ON - Brief Encounters Jury comments: A film that speaks to issues of gentrification of eviction, and ultimately about the strength of community. This film in particular deals with community in Leeds, but it certainly tackles a subject that's pertinent across the UK. 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She soon discovers the underlying violence of the work place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c4907210-d055-4505-9f13-755a06932281/Store.jpg STORE POLICY https://www.encounters.film/staying-aros-mae daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628774655084-VH07H0EUY5TW5R72USMY/Staying+%28Aros+Mae%29%2C+Zillah+Bowes.jpg STAYING (AROS MAE) - STAYING (AROS MAE) DIRECTED BY ZILLAH BOWES UK // 2020 19 MINS Ruth, a newly divorced gallery manager selling her city home, sees a video of a sheepdog, Mick, for sale. She visits farmer Huw and his wife Megan in the remote hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/fc045990-9765-45f9-a0f3-13966b47ca27/staying.jpg STAYING (AROS MAE) - Brief Encounters Jury comments: The Jury would also like to give a special mention to Zillah Bowes’ ‘Aros Mae’ for the sensitivity and complexity of her storytelling. 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Like a newborn, it analyses its surroundings with the primitive senses and limited knowledge it has. A test is set up to see how a dog and a humanoid robot would respond to each other. https://www.encounters.film/walk-with-kings daily 0.75 2021-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629458500906-1DBXL49DVQ7GVO74ITIV/Walk+With+Kings%2C+Guillaume+SENEZ.png WALK WITH KINGS - WALK WITH KINGS DIRECTED BY GUILLAUME SENEZ BELGIUM // 2020 14 MINS A father, reconnecting with his son, is the victim of an incident that suddenly shakes up his fragile reconstruction. https://www.encounters.film/missing-migrants daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629449213247-HUQ7DM3RNZ9XBHXDD6P5/MISSINGMIGRANTS.png MISSING MIGRANTS - MISSING MIGRANTS DIRECTED BY RAJ YAGNIK, KRES GENJIN UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 2 MINS The disappearance of a loved one is devastating for their family. 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As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy. https://www.encounters.film/know-the-grass daily 0.75 2021-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629714538678-LPE92FWONVR00X9IK6OF/Know+the+Grass%2C+Sophie+Littman.jpg KNOW THE GRASS - KNOW THE GRASS DIRECTED BY SOPHIE LITTMAN UK // 2021 14 MINS 15 year old Mattie has dreamlike premonitions which she is encouraged to ignore by her older brother. But during a trip out of town, Mattie senses her visions could have some substance: her brother's life might be in danger. https://www.encounters.film/maalbeek-1 daily 0.75 2021-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629714466258-5AIONGZOBZQ7I1HV8R2E/Maalbeek%2C+ISMA%C3%8BL+JOFFROY+CHANDOUTIS.jpeg MAALBEEK - MAALBEEK DIRECTED BY ISMAËL JOFFROY CHANDOUTIS FRANCE // 2020 15 MINS Survivor but amnesiac of the attack at Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatised event of which she has no memory. https://www.encounters.film/have-a-nice-dog daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629449657341-5XOV3UNPZ90SROJLJ4Q2/Have+a+nice+dog%2C++Jalal+Maghout.jpg HAVE A NICE DOG! - HAVE A NICE DOG! DIRECTED BY JALAL MAGHOUT GERMANY // 2020 14 MINS Trapped in Damascus, surrounded by war, a lonely man becomes increasingly lost in his fantasies of fleeing and the inner dialogues with his dog. https://www.encounters.film/annah-la-javanaise daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629448987311-GXGMWPX9GCPFGPQXW0LI/Annah+la+Javanaise%2C+Fatimah+Tobing+Rony.jpg ANNAH LA JAVANAISE - ANNAH LA JAVANAISE DIRECTED BY FATIMAH TOBING RONY INDONESIA // 2020 6 MINS In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin in Paris as his maid and model. They called her Annah la Javanaise. This is a reimagining of her story. https://www.encounters.film/ropey daily 0.75 2021-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629459178458-6QNDZG1T7HZQ9EXPVAK3/Ropey%2C+Giles+Ripley.png ROPEY - ROPEY DIRECTED BY GILES RIPLEY UK // 2020 12 MINS After the death of her husband Tom, Heather is in therapy, trying to cope with the grief. When Heather tries to kill herself, Tom turns up to stop her. Is Tom real, or a mash up of memories and trauma? Either way, he seems to be sticking around. https://www.encounters.film/an-invitation daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719240642-0VDAIN3DDWMZ1JYLBYGE/an+invitation%2CYeung+Tung%2C+Hao+Zhao.jpeg AN INVITATION - AN INVITATION DIRECTED BY HAO ZHAO AND YEUNG TUNG CHINA // 2020 13 MINS In the Summer of 2008, an 8 year old boy pays a short visit to his father in Hong Kong, applying for permanent ID. As the visit comes to an end, they find it increasingly difficult to ask what they want from each other. https://www.encounters.film/marlon-brando daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719403859-X8ZBUEDC2PELTJ3ZD6EA/Marlon+Brando%2C+Vincent+Tilanus.jpg MARLON BRANDO - MARLON BRANDO DIRECTED BY VINCENT TILANUS THE NETHERLANDS // 2020 19 MINS 15 year old Mattie has dreamlike premonitions which she is encouraged to ignore by her older brother. But during a trip out of town, Mattie senses her visions could have some substance: her brother's life might be in danger. https://www.encounters.film/its-alright daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719313828-145WYIR5XVZL0E4VYYQ6/It%27s+Alright%2C+Jor%C5%ABn%C4%97+Grei%C4%8Di%C5%ABt%C4%97.jpg IT'S ALRIGHT - IT’S ALRIGHT DIRECTED BY JORUNE GREICIUTE LITHUANIA // 2020 16 MINS In the context of their unsuccessful lives, two middle-aged people are looking for a new romance. Naive and tensed, as members of post-soviet generation, they struggle with their boundaries, absurdity, and awkwardness in everlasting search for love. https://www.encounters.film/abada daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719449345-XFOVUEI2X3VLJYB7ZHHW/Abada%2C+JEAN-BENO%C3%83T+UGEUX.jpg ABADA - ABADA DIRECTED BY JEAN-BENOÃT UGEUX FRANCE, BELIUM // 2020 13 MINS A son writes a comic book about his childhood. He sends it to his father, who has been living in the south for years. But his father doesn’t really care about reading a story where he is drawn naked in most panels. https://www.encounters.film/the-one-who-crossed-the-sea daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629904959344-YMACCIC87TDJZPR2Q7ZM/the+one+who+crossed+the+sea%2C+Jonas+Riemer.jpg THE ONE WHO CROSSED THE SEA - THE ONE WHO CROSSED THE SEA DIRECTED BY JONAS RIEMER GERMANY // 2020 11 MINS A refugee from east Germany crosses the Baltic Sea in a folding boat. Years later he finds a new home in a burgeoning nationalist movement. https://www.encounters.film/selfscratch daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629907468308-OFP0BB64XWNN2O3HJTHI/Self+Scratch%2C+Chenghua+Yang.jpg SELF-SCRATCH - SELF SCRATCH DIRECTED BY CHENGHUA YANG FRANCE // 2020 9 MINS Following a break-up, Wen sinks into melancholy. She talks to herself a lot. By understanding that it is not the love she has lost but her confidence, she will be able to reconcile with herself. https://www.encounters.film/footsteps-on-the-wind daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629905409771-MX9HQWXZPKJRI6G16NMA/Footsteps+on+the+Wind FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND - FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND DIRECTED BY GUSTAVO LEAL, FAGA MELO, MAYA SANBAR UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 7 MINS Footsteps on the Wind follows the plight of Noor and her little brother, Josef as they journey far away from home, orphaned from a devastating earthquake. The story highlights the tragic stories of unaccompanied child refugees. https://www.encounters.film/migrants daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906151168-6RVFG8WCB6U6DKC6I9P0/Migrants%2C+Hugo+Caby%2C+Antoine+Dupriez%2C+Aubin+Kubiak%2C+Lucas+Lermytte%2C+Zo%C3%A9+Devise.jpg MIGRANTS - MIGRANTS DIRECTED BY HUGO CABY, ANTOINE DUPRIEZ, AUBIN KUBIAK, LUCAS LERMYTTE, ZOÉ DEVISE FRANCE // 2020 8 MINS Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate. https://www.encounters.film/we-hope-you-wont-need-to-come-back daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906326121-2FYPFWCGSCZW6T78QZI3/We+hope+you+wont+need+to+come+back%2C+Anastazja+Naumenko WE HOPE YOU WON'T NEED TO COME BACK - WE HOPE YOU WON’T NEED TO COME BACK DIRECTED BY ANASTAZJA NAUMENKO POLAND // 2020 10 MINS A young girl immigrated. Having to function in a new environment is slowly transforming into a routine, and herself, into a modern Frankenstein's creation. The new approach and behaviour no longer match the old habits and patrimonial stereotypes. https://www.encounters.film/plantarium daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906719200-LYGWRX911OGIX957VTOW/Plantarium%2C+TOMEK+DUCKI.jpg PLANTARIUM - PLANTARIUM DIRECTED BY TOMEK DUCKI POLAND // 2020 7 MINS There is an unusual garden in a dark cave cultivated by a lonely man. One day, while he is pruning the plants he finds a little boy in a pot. The child’s nails are just as long as the offshoots of a plant. https://www.encounters.film/prince-in-a-pastry-shop daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629907096504-I5M41VPP4A0GCX6B5PH2/Prince+in+a+Pastry+Shop%2C+Katarzyna+Agopsowicz.jpg PRINCE IN A PASTRY SHOP - PRINCE IN A PASTRY SHOP DIRECTED BY KATARZYNA AGOPSOWICZ POLAND // 2020 16 MINS This philosophical parable about a couple eating cakes in a cafe touches upon fundamental issues that are close to everyone - the elusiveness of happiness, the fact that we are not always able to perceive it. https://www.encounters.film/what-resonates-in-silence daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906841876-9N3IPS2R5GDC0CXQ4HY9/What+Resonates+in+Silence%2C+Marine+Blin.jpg WHAT RESONATES IN SILENCE - WHAT RESONATES IN SILENCE DIRECTED BY MARINE BLIN FRANCE // 2020 8 MINS Hiding death doesn't make it disappear. A young girl suffers from the adults' silences and feels dispossessed of her right to mourn. https://www.encounters.film/on-the-surface daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629984816009-YPZQ0Z5AHVKCU28TMTBB/On+the+Surface%2C+Fan+Sissoko.png ON THE SURFACE - ON THE SURFACE DIRECTED BY FAN SISSOKO ICELAND // 2021 5 MINS Ada goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on raising a child in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy. Soon her swimming eases. Facing her fears is helping her heal. https://www.encounters.film/breast-cancer-now-a-love-hate-relationship daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629983286628-D8YUZ3E6WAF2CETDQD2Z/Breast+Cancer+Now+A+%27Love+Hate+Relationship%27%2C+Anna+Ginsburg.png BREAST CANCER NOW 'A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP' - BREAST CANCER NOW ‘A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP’ DIRECTED BY ANNA GINSBURG UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 1 MINS The film conveys the different journeys, and accompanying emotions, women go on with their breasts; from pride and embarrassment as their breasts develop, to their breasts attracting attention from others, to breastfeeding. https://www.encounters.film/brunch daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629986551289-ZX8F69GLSFF2H4A7DT3C/brunch%2C+Marnik+Loysen BRUNCH - BRUNCH DIRECTED BY MARNIK LOYSEN UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins (the self-proclaimed Witch Hunter General) is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny. https://www.encounters.film/what-will-survive-of-us-is-love daily 0.75 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980990852-Y24FG752NQJACWDG36PT/What+Will+Survive+of+us+is+Love%2C+Kakia+Konstantinaki.jpg WHAT WILL SURVIVE OF US IS LOVE - WHAT WILL SURVIVE OF US IS LOVE DIRECTED BY KAKIA KONSTANTINAKI GREECE // 2020 7 MINS Humans might have left the planet, but their legacy still resides on material and immaterial aspects of life on earth. Relics and reminiscences of humanity interact, fall in love and become creators in a very questionable high-resolution simulation. https://www.encounters.film/anita daily 0.75 2021-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629974330092-0S9JCQLNFL57RDUYA8RO/Anita%2C+Sushma+Khadepaun ANITA - ANITA DIRECTED BY SUSHMA KHADEPAUN INDIA, UNITED STATES // 2020 19 MINS Anita, a young Indian living in the US, returns to India for her sister's wedding. She counts on her husband's support to announce some great news. All excited, her family immediately assumes Anita is having a baby, but their joy is short-lived. https://www.encounters.film/feed-the-ghosted daily 0.75 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980357370-7TC6T14G7CNHVT3VJMDX/Feed+the+Ghosted%2C+Pia+Graf.png FEED THE GHOSTED - FEED THE GHOSTED DIRECTED BY PIA GRAF GERMANY // 2020 5 MINS In her psychedelic animated film, Pia Graf addresses media overstimulation and excessive media consumption. The figure at the centre is a glittering everyday hero in the midst of a chaotic, virtual world. https://www.encounters.film/people-person daily 0.75 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980676343-YOEV2KSUADSIFR42DB83/People+Person%2C+Rymalena.png PEOPLE PERSON - PEOPLE PERSON DIRECTED BY RYMALENA UNITED STATES // 2020 14 MINS Desperate to escape her reality, a young woman discovers a program that immerses her in her own subconscious through a myriad of virtual personas. https://www.encounters.film/into-light daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629974565374-XYVH8XO1UW41I6IAFG5S/Into+Light%2C+Sheona+McDonald.jpg INTO LIGHT - INTO LIGHT DIRECTED BY SHEONA MCDONALD CANDA // 2021 19 MINS Sheona McDonald’s documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together. https://www.encounters.film/crafty-witch daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629985123677-D1D090U11QRNZH37Z7OY/Crafty+Witch%2C+Laura-Beth+Cowley.png CRAFTY WITCH - CRAFTY WITCH DIRECTED BY LAURA-BETH COWLET UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 1 MIN After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins (the self-proclaimed Witch Hunter General) is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny. https://www.encounters.film/three-songs-for-benazir daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629968022682-WX0UL2SV7KEIXPTS5FV0/Three+Songs+for+Benazir%2C+Elizabeth+Mirzaei%2C+Gulistan+Mirzaei.jpg THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR - THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR DIRECTED BY GULISTAN MIRZAEI, ELIZABETH MIRZAEI AFGHANISTAN // 2021 23 MINS The story of Shaista, a young man who, newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the army with the responsibilities of starting a family. https://www.encounters.film/bad-mood daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629981098080-RVBZBY1I9JOOB05KF1DL/Bad+Mood%2C+Loris+Giuseppe+Nese.jpg BAD MOOD - BAD MOOD DIRECTED BY LORIS GIUSEPPE NESE ITALY // 2020 12 MINS The mother cares for seniors in their homes, where the ticking clock counts down the working day, between the frightening sounds of the heavy breathing that increase the fear of emptiness... https://www.encounters.film/push-this-button-if-you-begin-to-panic daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629981307453-XPQSZMKY8XNNZBE5UTWG/Push+This+Button%2C+Gabriel+B%C3%B6hmer.jpeg PUSH THIS BUTTON IF YOU BEGIN TO PANIC - PUSH THIS BUTTON IF YOU BEGIN TO PANIC DIRECTED BY GABRIEL BÖHMER UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 13 MINS Bartholomew Whisper went to the doctor today. There he met administrators keen on experimental surgery, and lonely MRI machines. At least the growing hole in his head was becoming quite beautiful. https://www.encounters.film/moms-hair daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629986847229-R9ABM9QZ85T9IR6XZ2AV/Mom%27s+Hair%2C+Alexey+Evstigneev.jpeg MOM'S HAIR - MOM’S HAIR DIRECTED BY ALEXEY EVSTIGNEEV RUSSIA // 2021 8 MINS At the age of four, Lisa lost all her hair to alopecia. In an effort to protect Lisa, Mom cuts her hair and makes wigs out of it. Growing up, Lisa tries to escape from the world of her mother's hair, which has become too tight. https://www.encounters.film/nanodoctor-iterations-1-to-3 daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629983611571-WCT6OCYGWCPM870T8O0N/Nanodoctor+-+Iterations+1+to+3%2C+Tim+Grabham%2C+Filipe+Cardoso.jpg NANODOCTOR - ITERATIONS 1 TO 3 - NANODOCTOR - ITERATIONS 1 TO 3 DIRECTED BY TIM GRABHAM, FILIPE CARDOSO UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES // 2020 5 MINS How is misinformation disintegrating trust and confidence in science and how is the rapid spread or migration of this misinformation causing real world crisis such as scepticism in medicine, vaccines or climate science? https://www.encounters.film/darwins-notebook daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629983112467-AR3WV170490T6E98E3JG/Darwin%27s+Notebook%2C+Georges+Schwizgebel.jpg DARWIN'S NOTEBOOK - DARWIN’S NOTEBOOK DIRECTED BY GEORGES SCHWIZGEBEL SWITZERLAND // 2020 9 MINS The return of three Anglicizied natives people to their county, or the beginning of a meeting with the modern world that will destroy them. https://www.encounters.film/nuevo-rico daily 0.75 2021-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980502688-V4X27VTBSPB3US13EI00/Nuevo+Rico%2C+Kristian+Mercado.jpg NUEVO RICO - NUEVO RICO DIRECTED BY KRISTIAN MERCADO UNITED STATES // 2020 16 MINS Nuevo Rico is a bold venture in creating Latinx-Futurism. The narrative aims to spotlight contemporary issues facing Puerto Rico; the effects of commercialization and its current colonial status. https://www.encounters.film/monachopsis daily 0.75 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980831605-MOMTOMQAXFPZ217NT163/Monachopsis%2C+Liesbet+van+Loon.jpg MONACHOPSIS - MONACHOPSIS DIRECTED BY LIESBET VAN LOON BELGIUM // 2020 11 MINS Debbie, a young woman, struggles with the feeling of being disconnected from the people around her. Until she meets Sofie with whom she bonds (too) strongly. https://www.encounters.film/cities-of-ladies daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629987031800-M3V562U4YLLCZEYYJRWU/CITIES_OF_LADIES_01_KIM_NOCE.jpg CITIES OF LADIES - CITIES OF LADIES DIRECTED BY KIM NOCE UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 6 MINS Inspired by "The Book of the City of Ladies" by C.de Pizan, the film explore todays hopes. https://www.encounters.film/souvenir-souvenir daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630053456186-9FM8HA88CAA1PWGPUMG3/Souvenir+Souvenir.png SOUVENIR SOUVENIR - SOUVENIR SOUVENIR DIRECTED BY BASTIEN DUBOIS FRANCE // 2020 15 MINS For ten years, I've pretended to make a movie out of my grandfather's Algerian war souvenirs. Today, I'm not sure I want to hear what he has to say. https://www.encounters.film/catgot daily 0.75 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630055859460-7T6XGZBWUI5XNLAYHHR1/Catgot%2C+Tsz+Wing+Ho.jpg CATGOT - CATGOT DIRECTED BY TSZ WING HO HONG KONG // 2019 3 MINS A hand-drawn abstract animation set to ‘Catgot’ by ISAN, utilising a psychedelic and hypnotising array of colours, exploding and expanding in fountains of shapes. https://www.encounters.film/trona-pinnacles daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630053878693-JQ26268IE6A6G8XKB3E2/TronaPinnacles%2C+Mathilde+Parquet TRONA PINNACLES - TRONA PINNACLES DIRECTED BY MATHILDE PARQUET FRANCE // 2020 13 MINS Gabrielle finds herself stuck near Death Valley, between two parents who no longer speak to each other. The situation seems impossible, until an unexpected event comes to unravel everything... https://www.encounters.film/the-quest-for-freedom-and-the-longing-for-belonging daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630057940442-XZUXPU7BTHVLACA9XOUR/The+Quest+for+Freedom+and+the+Longing+for+Belonging%2C+Noam+Paul.png THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND THE LONGING FOR BELONGING - THE QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND THE LONGING FOR BELONGING DIRECTED BY NOAM PAUL ISRAEL // 2020 3 MINS The name of the film is taken from the book "Liquid Love" by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. The film investigates the tension and the pendulum swing between freedom and belonging in the context of relationships. https://www.encounters.film/far-isle daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630067605279-7ZT9D2C3PU3SHUFIBSAU/Far+Isle%2C+Laura+Robinson.png FAR ISLE - FAR ISLE DIRECTED BY LAURA ROBINSON UNITED KINGDOM // 2019 7 MINS Tired of her boring life a tidal wave of change and chance meetings with new people show Fern how to view the world in a new way - revealing the joy that she had missed before. https://www.encounters.film/ties daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630055640712-OALCQVNEKCYM5DM08JNY/ties.+dina+velikovskaya.jpg TIES - TIES DIRECTED BY DINA VELIKOVSKAYA GERMANY, RUSSIA // 2019 8 MINS There is a strong connection between parents and their child. A young woman leaves the parental home to see the world. But the world of her parents is so tightly connected with her that by leaving, she puts it at risk. https://www.encounters.film/abstraction daily 0.75 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a06b7280-799b-409e-8075-071ff7ea83e0/Abstraction_Michael_Salkeld__2_.jpg ABSTRACTION - ABSTRACTION DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SALKELD UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 2 MINS Short Abstract hand drawn animation. Animated to a sound track composed by the director. https://www.encounters.film/bad-seeds daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630058901385-YER10VB7OABNVA8E0CB8/Bad+Seeds%2C+Claude+Cloutier.jpg BAD SEEDS - BAD SEEDS DIRECTED BY CLAUDE CLOUTIER CANADA // 2020 6 MINS Balanced on a tightrope, Blue lives his life in fear of falling into the terrifying abyss below. But when he meets carefree Orange, he is drawn into a sensual dance that encourages him to confront his fears and heal the wounds of his past. https://www.encounters.film/breaking-bread daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630056257565-K9R5PZ3GT6RZPTVIHCTH/Breaking+Bread%2C+Yuan+Li+Elizabeth+Xu.jpg BREAKING BREAD - BREAKING BREAD DIRECTED BY YUAN ELIZABETH XU UNITED STATES // 2020 2 MINS A question of what it means to love as a God-fearing queer. https://www.encounters.film/tulip daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630068109178-4XZ4P4OOR1DJO89VCK20/Tulip%2C+ANDREA+LOVE%2C+PHOEBE+WAHL.jpg TULIP - TULIP DIRECTED BY ANDREA LOVE, PHOEBE WAHL UNITED STATES // 2020 9 MINS This stop-motion short follows Tulip, a tiny child who is born from a flower, on her adventures as she explores the garden outside her home in search of where she truly belongs. https://www.encounters.film/cat-and-bird daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630067970493-6MKCC9H80RDVO2WRBAW7/Cat+and+Bird%2C+Franke+Sachse CAT AND BIRD - CAT AND BIRD DIRECTED BY FRANKE SACHSE GERMANY // 2021 7 MINS A white bird living in a black world encounters a black cat living in a white world. The moment they meet, their backgrounds literally collide. https://www.encounters.film/pandora daily 0.75 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630055983663-4Y0J81Y8KSUB96J8KK5M/Pandora%2C+Matthias+Lerch.jpg PANDORA - PANDORA DIRECTED BY MATTHIAS LERCH GERMANY // 2020 7 MINS The film deals with different interpretations of the mythological tale and tells the story of an artificially created figure, that frees herself from her predestination. https://www.encounters.film/the-bike daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630056141843-Q6KPKRLA4R039PA1KO03/The+Bike%2C+Diana+Gong.jpg THE BIKE - THE BIKE DIRECTED BY DIANA GONG UNITED STATES // 2021 2 MINS Flaccid noses, stock images, and a bike come together to tell a story about memory and dissociation. https://www.encounters.film/coognition daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f277618c-c32e-44a2-8876-aa87a79893f8/Co-ognition%2C+Przemyslaw+Swida.jpg CO-OGNITION - CO-OGNITION DIRECTED BY PREZMYSLAW SWIDA POLAND // 2020 6 MINS A suit, a hat, a briefcase. The international attire of the corporate businessman. But what’s in his briefcase? One day, he opens it, and finds his sense of self fracturing in multiplicity. https://www.encounters.film/the-frolic daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630061322680-L5QZRYWNLXDO01JBU2B8/The+Frolic%2C+Yi-Han+Jhao.jpg THE FROLIC - THE FROLIC DIRECTED BY YI-HAN JHAO TAIWAN // 2020 4 MINS The children are having frolic with the insects on the lawn. The inspiration comes from the memory of chasing locust in my childhood. It reveals the terror, repression and conflict between children and insects, which were concealed in the frolic. https://www.encounters.film/the-hangman-at-home daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630052206536-B88FDK2DIHM6TKW8PS7H/Hangmanathome%2C+michelle+and+uri+kranot THE HANGMAN AT HOME - THE HANGMAN AT HOME DIRECTED BY MICHELLE AND URI KRANOT FRANCE, DENMARK, CANADA // 2021 14 MINS What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work? https://www.encounters.film/affairs-of-the-art daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630051846851-7G6908DT89CRHU388Z7V/Affairs+of+the+Art%2C+Joanna+Quinn.jpg AFFAIRS OF THE ART - AFFAIRS OF THE ART DIRECTED BY JOANNA QUINN UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA // 2021 17 MINS Factory worker Beryl is totally obsessed with drawing. Apart from husband Ifor, Beryl's model & muse, the whole family's addicted to something - son Colin is a technical geek & sister Beverly's a narcissistic taxidermist. Obsession is in the DNA. https://www.encounters.film/a-tiny-tale daily 0.75 2021-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630067232644-9STGXPO0UF1XKKPNE081/A+Tiny+Tale%2C+Sylvain+Cuvillier%2C+Chloe+Bourdic%2C+Theophile+Coursimault%2C+Noemie+Halberstam%2C+Maylis+Mosny%2C+Zijing+Ye A TINY TALE - A TINY TALE DIRECTED BY SYLVAIN CUVILLIER, CHLOÉ BOURDIC, THÉOPHILE COURSIMAULT, NOÉMIE HALBERSTAM, MAŸLIS MOSNY, ZIJING YE FRANCE // 2020 7 MINS A dog gets abandoned on the side of the road. Attached to a street light, he stays alone until the day he meets a young astronaut wannabe and a professional cyclist who keeps on trying to beat her highest score. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/8b5960f6-5a2d-4216-9a25-732ac1a39bde/Tiny.png A TINY TALE - Children’s Jury Award Jury comments: The winning film was selected for its vibrant colours, style of animation and appeal to young people. It felt like a comic book come to life, and I’ve never seen anything like it before. https://www.encounters.film/knot daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630058092368-Y6RR8DRRNGQSCUBIC11J/Knot%2C+Marie+Lechvallier KNOT - KNOT DIRECTED BY MARIE LECHVALLIER UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 8 MINS Balanced on a tightrope, Blue lives his life in fear of falling into the terrifying abyss below. But when he meets carefree Orange, he is drawn into a sensual dance that encourages him to confront his fears and heal the wounds of his past. https://www.encounters.film/under-the-skin-the-bark daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630061728595-FF2Z0ZUPXL6ZHUA4IREB/Under+the+skin+the+bark%2C+Franck+Dion.jpg UNDER THE SKIN, THE BARK - UNDER THE SKIN, THE BARK DIRECTED BY FRANCK DION FRANCE // 2021 9 MINS An uninspiring character decides to visit his uninspired author. https://www.encounters.film/excerpt daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630057782486-8PACHHUTWYAAS11JIV0Y/Excerpt%2C+Martin+McNally.png EXCERPT - EXCERPT DIRECTED BY MARTIN MCNALLY UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 5 MINS Excerpts from the BMAG collection are cropped, re-sequenced and bound by their commonalities, revealing connections between the past and the present and opening passages through time and space. https://www.encounters.film/peregrine daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630061460683-AG295OQTHYB9IWJRYWDZ/Peregrine%2C+Daniela+Sherer.jpg PEREGRINE - PEREGRINE DIRECTED BY DANIELA SHERER ISRAEL, UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 3 MINS "Peregrine" is an experimental animated film about obsession, instinct, and innate darkness. It explores the elegance and majesty of nature, but also its unavoidable cruelty. Inspired by the autobiographical "The Peregrine", written by A.J. Baker. https://www.encounters.film/hand daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630061584994-HYVX5CO8S24K6BNB97Y3/Hand%2C+Tsz+Wing+Ho.jpg HAND - HAND DIRECTED BY TSZ WING HO HONG KONG // 2021 6 MINS A limitless array of hands gestures, forming geometric shapes and abstract patterns, all combining to create a surreal journey, set to ‘Sekktortjek Ft. Tone’ by Mads Lindgren. https://www.encounters.film/kiko-and-the-animals daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630067386974-JG9S7TYR03YDO8BO7YP4/Kiko+and+the+animals%2C+Yawen+Kheng KIKO AND THE ANIMALS - KIKO AND THE ANIMALS DIRECTED BY YAWEN KHENG FRANCE // 2020 7 MINS Kiko is a nightmare for all the animals. He bullies them all the time, even the smallest mouse can't escape from him! How could the animals stand out and make him understand that they are just like him, capable of emotions, love, and deserve respect? https://www.encounters.film/don-vs-lightning daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409539962-5O935FE0Q0Q8I5TRQT5H/0gBBErAQ.jpeg DON VS LIGHTNING - DON VS LIGHTNING DIRECTED BY BIG RED BUTTON UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 13 MINS When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he can't decide what's worse: sadistic persecution by a capricious universe or all the unwanted attention from his neighbours. https://www.encounters.film/seeds-of-love daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630399091093-FL45FWW7Y36SMVOI4251/SEEDS_OF_LOVE%2C+Rosco+5 SEEDS OF LOVE - SEEDS OF LOVE DIRECTED BY ROSCO 5 (BEHNAM TAHERI, GIDEON BERESFORD) UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 4 MINS Clearing away the possessions of his deceased fiancé, a man finds some of her nail clippings, and throws them away. But one nail lands in a pot of earth, miraculously spawning the hand of his lost love...and so begins a strange tale of love reborn. https://www.encounters.film/my-fat-arse-and-i daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409087675-9B6SF6AVWBCNWRW4DU2M/wcqbXOhw.jpeg MY FAT ARSE AND I - MY FAT ARSE AND I DIRECTED BY YELYZAVETA PYSMAK POLAND // 2020 10 MINS One morning a girl tries on a pair of new pants, yet they don't quite fit her. More precisely, they are impossible to zip. The girl is bewildered. In the mirror she sees herself like the fattest piglet the world has seen. https://www.encounters.film/soft-animals daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421716276-JGFUN5KO72UN2RWFXHGY/Db81izNQ.jpeg SOFT ANIMALS - SOFT ANIMALS DIRECTED BY RENEE ZHAN UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 3 MINS Two ex-lovers bump into each other at a train station. https://www.encounters.film/silvering daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630416246882-TDR229F9OC9ETUOIS2TK/Silvering%2C+EILIDH+NICOL SILVERING - SILVERING DIRECTED BY EILDH NICOLL UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 6 MINS A ritualistic evening of self-care spirals into claustrophobic self-scrutiny when a woman discovers a grey hair and begins to contend with the passing of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1633099563282-07ML3BAWC9J2GS88W9C7/EFF+AWARDS+%283%29.png SILVERING - UK Student Award Jury comments: SILVERING features a really striking style of animation with a strong visual identity that expertly reflects the mood of the piece. It is so exciting and enticing to go on a whole journey within this enclosed space, within the short passage of time, after something as ordinarily mundane as a shower! The film really took us into the character’s psyche, on a short but intense ride. It was both relatable and shocking to watch everything spin out of control and then land us back in reality again. The choice of framing was really sophisticated throughout. Looking forward to seeing more from Eilidh! https://www.encounters.film/bubble daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630420147621-CNKJOBT3H0CTC4HL9ZSY/6EorXMpw.png BUBBLE - BUBBLE DIRECTED BY HAONAN WANG CHINA // 2020 14 MINS This is an urban tale of love and sacrifice set in a mysterious restaurant hidden in an alleyway. On an ordinary night, a man eats a lot of herbal plants in front of a woman, transforming himself into the woman's food. https://www.encounters.film/the-best-orchestra-in-the-world daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630408535134-10XZO02DGU8Y3JZE28I3/4t3hi0fg.jpeg THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD - THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD DIRECTED BY HENNING BACKHAUS AUSTRIA, GERMANY // 2020 14 MINS Ingbert, the sock, applies for a position as double bass player at the Vienna State Orchestra. Bad idea. https://www.encounters.film/im-fine daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409310270-X1QO0CG61P8O76S12RUE/DdD7ctaw.jpeg I'M FINE! - I’M FINE! DIRECTED BY EMMA DOXIADI GREECE, UNITED STATES // 2020 6 MINS A woman's voicemail to her mom spirals out of control. https://www.encounters.film/where-do-we-go daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419090812-RJWTHHIXYRD2NEZ18MCA/Where+Do+We+Go%2C+Barbara+Lervig.jpg WHERE DO WE GO - WHERE DO WE GO? DIRECTED BY BARBARA LERVIG UNITED KINGDOM, FAROE ISLANDS // 2021 15 MINS A woman consumed by grief ventures into the mountains with no intention of returning, but an encounter with an enigmatic old postwoman sets her life on a new path. https://www.encounters.film/man-or-tree daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630420667403-OUT0LHQXLA8KP56K2YAO/qmAv64TA.png MAN OR TREE - MAN OR TREE DIRECTED BY VARUN RAMAN, TOM HANCOCK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 4 MINS In the wilderness, a tree begins to question whether it may actually be a man tripping on hallucinogens given to him by an idiotic friend. But as the trip intensifies, it then begins to wonder that it may just be a tree after all. https://www.encounters.film/precious-bundle daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630415275480-QNQGG7PJXYD5J0NLA7PX/Precious+Bundle%2C+Kim+Angelica+Head.jpg PRECIOUS BUNDLE - PRECIOUS BUNDLE DIRECTED BY ANGELICA HEAD UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 13 MINS A daughter tries to mend her fractured relationship with her father but his attitudes create more complications than she had expected. An intriguing mix of stop-motion animation and interviews reveal a family’s mythology and complex family dynamics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/7b47db22-2dbe-4e57-8f8e-6f8d0b789d12/precious.jpg PRECIOUS BUNDLE - UK Student Award Jury comments: Competition amongst the film's in the UK student award this year was truly fierce. We certainly had a very tough deliberation on our hands. But the award this year goes to a thought-provoking documentary that deals with difficult subjects and creates conversation. This is an incredibly personal and profound story, which takes the audience on a real journey with the filmmaker. That’s uncomfortable in parts, yet revealing and emotional in equal measure. The unfolding narrative looks at complex family dynamics and tackles some sensitive issues head-on. The storytelling style is individual and innovates with form, beautifully integrating stop motion in a truly creative way. It really stayed with us a long time after viewing. The UK student Award goes to Precious Bundle by Kim Angelica Head. https://www.encounters.film/dragged-up daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418202347-Q0C6AHUFMDFWR2T6F6T6/Dragged+Up%2C+Laura+Jayne+Tunbridge.png DRAGGED UP - DRAGGED UP DIRECTED BY LAURA JAYNE TUNBRIDGE UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 19 MINS Sarah's family want her to be crowned Queen of Sheppey but she's far from a natural. In secret Sarah explores male drag and finds the confidence to finally show her family she wasn't meant to be Pageant Queen, she was born to be a King. https://www.encounters.film/anxious-body daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421053638-GRTCVQ8V688GT69DPFM7/PJlo4kPw.jpeg ANXIOUS BODY - ANXIOUS BODY DIRECTED BY YORIKO MIZUSHIRI FRANCE, JAPAN // 2021 5 MINS Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born. https://www.encounters.film/blighty daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421308941-ZZVP1C6KA17EY6SZAHK2/HQY0qJhA.jpeg BLIGHTY - BLIGHTY DIRECTED BY THEO WATKINS UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 6 MINS After enacting brutal revenge against his noisy teenage neighbours, a lonely man attempts to disappear into the warm comfort of his long-gone past. A twisted, darkly comedic vision of pursuing greener grass. https://www.encounters.film/silver-and-gold daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418572093-VCB53E92OBDTYPFLJ0VY/Silver+and+Gold%2C+Jack+Pulford.jpg SILVER AND GOLD - SILVER AND GOLD DIRECTED BY JACK PULFORD UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS A living statue waits for someone to notice her. When a potential rival teaches her to move she finds a real connection. https://www.encounters.film/farce daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630399470193-NRB9GGD41GP3VTNMEEXU/Farse%28Farce%29_RobinJensen.jpg FARCE - FARCE DIRECTED BY ROBIN JENSEN NORWAY // 2019 11 MINS A Sami man ends up in greedy and decadent claws as he tries to save both his reindeer herd and the woman he desires. An awful fable about fatal passion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1633099327273-0XGBB5TPZS8ZYG1ZYI3Z/EFF+AWARDS+%284%29.png FARCE - Animated Encounters Jury comments: The jury were given the arduous task of selecting the Animated Encounters Grand Prix award. We started off with a shortlist of around 20 films and then spent two days going back and watching those films again and discussing more. One film kept coming up again and again. We felt that film was bold and brave, beautifully crafted, thoroughly entertaining, a bit punk and didn't hold back. And so, we've decided to give the Animated Encounters Grand Prix prize to Farce by Robin Jensen https://www.encounters.film/a-simple-fcking-gesture daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630398833035-3WHQOGY0X24VYX992GAM/A+Simple+F_cking+Gesture%2C+Jesse+Shamata.jpg A SIMPLE F*CKING GESTURE - A SIMPLE F*CKING GESTURE DIRECTED BY JESSE SHAMATA CANADA // 2020 9 MINS While stuck in traffic, emotions escalate for a couple when a driver doesn't give them a "wave" after cutting in. Comparing him to all that is wrong in the world, they are terrified when he pulls over to confront them. https://www.encounters.film/eating-in-the-dark daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630401021068-7VZX3WDF6PHCQUU1N54U/EATINGINTHEDARK%2C+Inari+Sirola EATING IN THE DARK - EATING IN THE DARK DIRECTED BY INARI SIROLA UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS Through snakey dildos, and a journey through a mind bending forest, we follow Siro's quest for self discovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/8d06126d-8574-4986-9d56-879cd03da50d/eating.jpg EATING IN THE DARK - Animated Encounters Jury comments: Selecting the Best of British animation award at encounters Festival this year was an incredibly difficult decision with many great films eligible. We spent two days going over a shortlist that we drew up, and one film just just kept coming back to us that somehow got under our skin and we couldn't stop thinking about. It had a unique visual, style and aesthetic, and narratively, it was incredibly unpredictable. For those reasons we've selected Eating in the Dark by Inari Sirola as the best of British animated award. https://www.encounters.film/gunter-falls-in-love daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630408825074-UZ37XYQGRU14O6GJPYIM/aBP2zJmg.jpeg GÜNTER FALLS IN LOVE - GÜNTER FALLS IN LOVE DIRECTED BY JOSEPHINE LOHOAR SELF IRELAND // 2020 2 MINS It's Christmas Day and Gunter, a pudgy pug watches from his dog bed as his human family unwrap their presents. When an uninterested child throws an old hand-me-down family toy to the side, Gunter becomes besotted. https://www.encounters.film/acts-of-resistance-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Acts of Resistance Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/survivers daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419956863-OKTXLES3HRSJIGITRNWU/-SyUX3CA.png SURVIVERS - SURVIVERS DIRECTED BY CARLOS GÓMEZ-TRIGO SPAIN // 2020 6 MINS A dark night. A car in a parking lot. Three science-freak geeks are the only survivors of an undetermined catastrophe. An opportunity to start Humanity from scratch. But between them differences arise about when to remove the helmet that protect them. https://www.encounters.film/learning-tagalog-with-kayla daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630422011828-O2TS5NBVXLBGL8K94DV3/_xSVDmew.jpeg LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA - LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA DIRECTED BY KAYLA ABUDA GALANG UNITED STATES // 2020 4 MINS In this Tagalog lesson, Kayla will teach you conversational phrases, common expressions, and what it's like to feel sad and trapped inside your own home. https://www.encounters.film/mondo-domino daily 0.75 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630400388130-21T7L95GUUZXE9RASZ5H/MondoDomino%2C+Suki.jpg MONDO DOMINO - MONDO DOMINO DIRECTED BY SUKI FRANCE // 2021 6 MINS Trees are chainsawed to be used for a fashion show, taking us in a delirious whirlwind of chain reactions as chaotic as grotesque. https://www.encounters.film/slow daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630408209378-E0ZDQGVFX628U9FZHMP7/Slow%2C+Giovanni+Boscolo%2C+Daniele+Nozzi.jpg SLOW - SLOW DIRECTED BY GIOVANNI BOSCOLO, DANIELE NOZZI ITALY // 2020 11 MINS Since Marisa retired, her life has changed profoundly: she feels useless, abandoned, without a purpose. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628593515708-WGZ9MCVIQLNMFSYRXWHO/in+the+woods%2C+Sara+Grguri%C4%87.jpeg Filmmaker Q&A's Great Outdoors Q&A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629907096504-I5M41VPP4A0GCX6B5PH2/Prince+in+a+Pastry+Shop%2C+Katarzyna+Agopsowicz.jpg Filmmaker Q&A's Human Nature Q&A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490467104-SBLT8MHFTVUMCSFPL438/My+Grandmother+Is+an+Egg+-+Still+1.jpg Filmmaker Q&A's The Past Within Q&A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Filmmaker Q&A's - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/mexed daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630416021013-JJOZCMOEIAITLOVQXRWL/mexed%2C+lissi+simpson MĖXED - MĖXED DIRECTED BY LISSI SIMPSON UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 15 MINS The mixed race ethnic group is the fastest growing, yet least represented. This is a collective biracial female journey, via poetry & dance, about learning to love the 'frizz' and abandon well-embedded stigmas placed on natural, afro-hair types. https://www.encounters.film/some-manifestations-of-the-south daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418740176-1Q354D0HDDW59PBG9H6E/Some+Manifestations+of+the+South%2C+Zhiyi+Wang.jpg SOME MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SOUTH - SOME MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SOUTH DIRECTED BY ZHIYI WANG UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA // 2020 16 MINS A young man who lives in south China runs an errand service: visiting and cleaning ancestors' cemeteries of his clients on their behalf on festivals and anniversaries. He received a special assignment just after he decided to wind up this business. https://www.encounters.film/once-familiar daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418899172-ILYTX4UAWV63ZJG8LPN9/Once+Familiar%2C+Rub%C3%A9n+Gonz%C3%A1lez.png ONCE FAMILIAR - ONCE FAMILIAR DIRECTED BY RUBÉN GONZÁLEZ UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 11 MINS A girl awakens in the middle of an unknown forest. Seeking a way out, she begins to follow someone in the distance only to discover they are her mirror image. https://www.encounters.film/love-is-just-a-death-away daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419728184-3KZQW3SZ80B2W03KHTWS/FWkC2Irg.png LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY - LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY DIRECTED BY BÁRA ANNA STEJSKALOVÁ CZECH REPUBLIC // 2020 11 MINS A tender story about finding love even amid utter decay. https://www.encounters.film/miss-fortunate daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630400608601-3CYXP8LEDH86WBT1XW7H/Miss_Fortunate%2C+Ella+Jones MISS FORTUNATE - MISS FORTUNATE DIRECTED BY ELLA JONES UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 15 MINS Scarlet's mum has died, leaving her with two cats, a huge tax bill and a crush on a boy she can't talk to. A comedy-drama about grief, in which a young woman loses her mother, and finds herself. https://www.encounters.film/two-girls-and-a-boat daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630401329847-VTTV87073ZHML4D9Z029/Two+Girls+and+a+Boat.jpeg TWO GIRLS AND A BOAT - TWO GIRLS AND A BOAT DIRECTED BY ALEXSI DELIKOURAS FINLAND // 2021 13 MINS Twins Jade and Kaisa are going rowing on a beautiful Finnish summer day. Social media influencer Jade actually has something else in mind, and the trip doesn't end as planned. https://www.encounters.film/sauna-security daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409723718-FQ0HGNVI5ZBQMKLHBD6L/zzd92zRg.jpeg SAUNA SECURITY - SAUNA SECURITY DIRECTED BY NILS KNOBLICH GERMANY // 2021 8 MINS A group of naked people sits in a sauna and sweats. The sauna masters ensure peace and order. But when the violations of the rules escalate, the sauna masters take drastic measures, which ultimately not only endanger the guests. https://www.encounters.film/night-of-the-living-dread daily 0.75 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630407776151-Q554JRM7SOHZUODC6SS5/night+of+the+living+dead.jpeg NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD DIRECTED BY IDA MELUM UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 11 MINS When a power cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine, she finds herself haunted by some unwanted visitors. https://www.encounters.film/the-dragon-head-tree daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419220421-TPSEWLZ7I2L1K7XTHOS1/The+Dragon+Head%2C+Jiaqi+Wang.png THE DRAGON HEAD TREE - THE DRAGON HEAD TREE DIRECTED BY JIAQI WANG UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA // 2020 7 MINS This film is about a magical creature from the ideal world. It's about how she was caught and eaten, and how she became a symbol for people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/bbea6291-4355-4a9f-9d33-30536ea80d3e/dragon+head+tree.png THE DRAGON HEAD TREE - UK Student Award Jury comments: THE DRAGON HEAD TREE is a beautiful piece of animation that displays both imagination and skill. The film creates a world that is rich in character and pathos. While its use of colour, soundscape, and shape builds a sense of timelessness that stays in the audience’s mind long after viewing. The soundscape is worthy of particular note, it is beautifully crafted and feels thoughtful and innovative. While the story hooks the audience in from the start and takes them on a powerful journey that resonates. This work displays confidence and talent and we are excited to see what Jiaqi Wang does next. They are definitely an interesting voice and one to watch. https://www.encounters.film/peter-the-penguin daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630420378548-4KIQB0RPAIUODSHY7IY2/tDFW841A.jpeg PETER THE PENGUIN - PETER THE PENGUIN DIRECTED BY ANDREW RUTTER UNITED KINGDOM // 2019 9 MINS Starting off as a very British comedy of social embarrassment before it veers off into something very weird and deeply unsettling. Grotesque, grimly funny, utterly absurd, yet genuinely nightmarish. Meeting new family has never been so strange. https://www.encounters.film/owen daily 0.75 2022-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630416345450-LGIXTJZ9GUBQVZPDJRPS/Owen%2C+ARLO+O%E2%80%99CALLGHAN.jpg OWEN - OWEN DIRECTED BY ARLO O’CALLAGHAN // SHOT AND EDITED BY CAMERON JAIMES UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 8 MINS Our transgender friend explores his experiences in life as a member of the trans community, as well as the significance of hair and gender identity expression within modern day society. https://www.encounters.film/sweet-nothing daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421524682-HZYBE13OL34I2Y8JI89O/7OuSIr0A.png SWEET NOTHING - SWEET NOTHING DIRECTED BY JOANA FISCHER, MARIE-CHRISTINE KENOV SWITZERLAND // 2021 4 MINS Rosa is sunbathing in her garden on a hot summer afternoon. https://www.encounters.film/man-up-in-lockdown daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630415100755-6CZU0YBOJE34B88VIFSF/Man+Up+in+Lockdown%2C+Ruicheng+Liang.jpg MAN UP IN LOCKDOWN - MAN UP IN LOCKDOWN DIRECTED BY RUICHENG LIANG UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 20 MINS Exploring non-binary identity, a digital drag king born in the pandemic strikes out to get their job back on stage while a second lockdown threatens. This moving film examines what it means to be an artist, driven by a creative urge to perform. https://www.encounters.film/culling daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419532171-QJWTKFUAN09DE5NU4XU9/Culling%2C+Matty+Crawford.png CULLING - CULLING DIRECTED BY MATTY CRAWFORD UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 14 MINS A young man tries to save a cow from slaughter, whilst two boys trawl through treacherous and desolate terrain, escaping an invisible threat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/79f36422-1653-4e65-999d-86d564c59305/Culling.jpg CULLING - UK Student Award Jury comments: CULLING creates a tense and unsettling atmosphere from the opening frame. With its stark black and white photography, sharp editing and folk horror aesthetic, this is a confident and assured piece of work that lingers long in the memory and marks the filmmaking team out as fresh new talents to watch. https://www.encounters.film/asian-brass daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490738937-9WZE4KQ7TWJ6QYYACQBB/Asian+Brass%2C+Guyuan+Ma.jpg ASIAN BRASS - ASIAN BRASS DIRECTED BY GUYUAN MA UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA // 2021 24 MINS It's an elegy written for the hometown. Ping, a high school teacher, overwhelmed by disappointing trivial matters in daily life, become able to see her dead grandpa in the old house awaiting demolished. https://www.encounters.film/our-perpetual-now daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490852451-7SJPCWD07UH8VO75RNPX/Our+Perpetual+Now%2C+Jorge+Aguilar+Rojo.png OUR PERPETUAL NOW - OUR PERPETUAL NOW DIRECTED BY JORGE AGUILAR ROJO UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 8 MINS A man editing one last conversation out of his memories in order to say goodbye to the woman he loved and is now gone. https://www.encounters.film/in-the-space-you-left daily 0.75 2021-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630491202221-NQIZN307VXFI3KQ7NPTQ/In+The+Space+You+Left%2C+Christine+Saab+%281%29.png IN THE SPACE YOU LEFT - IN THE SPACE YOU LEFT DIRECTED BY CHRISTINE SAAB UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 23 MINS From the confines of her home in England, a filmmaker embarks on a digital quest to track down an old friend who disappeared years ago in Japan. A film about missed connections in the digital age. https://www.encounters.film/crumbs-of-life daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492613663-63E1LIERO72T0DCV8306/tJe7MNlQ.jpeg CRUMBS OF LIFE - CRUMBS OF LIFE DIRECTED BY KATARZYNA MIECHOWICZ POLAND // 2020 7 MINS Absurd adventures of three people inhabitating the same small town by the sea. Una lives a quiet life with her hairy partner; the idyll is interrupted when, for unknown reasons, she starts feeling a peculiar anxiety about her own foot. https://www.encounters.film/grannys-sexual-life daily 0.75 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE - GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE DIRECTED BY URŠKA DJUKIĆ, ÉMILIE PIGEARD SLOVENIA, FRANCE // 2021 13 MINS A trip into grandmother's youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1636727735554-KFUE759SKHWSH4YZ479K/EFF+AWARDS+%285%29.png GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE - Animated Encounters Jury comments: This film was incredibly powerful and thought provoking. The perfect combination of a challenging topic presented in a playful style. It’ll be one of those films we will always remember. https://www.encounters.film/sushi-noh daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492791485-H6GYV1NJPTJZBV8O5NTH/U9ldrtdg.jpeg SUSHI NOH - SUSHI NOH DIRECTED BY JAYDEN RATHSAM HUA AUSTRALIA // 2021 18 MINS Trapped in the care of her lonely uncle, a young girl’s nightmares about a bizarre kitchen appliance manifest into reality. https://www.encounters.film/boobs daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492264067-HIAWG6OLAF6VYF4QU04Q/IxAqGcYg.jpeg BOOBS - BOOBS DIRECTED BY MARIE VALADE CANADA // 2021 8 MINS On a bittersweet day, a young woman is confronted with weird paper breasts that appear on her chest. She must now learn to live with them. https://www.encounters.film/mad-in-xpain daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg MAD IN XPAIN - MAD IN XPAIN DIRECTED BY COKE RIOBOO SPAIN // 2020 13 MINS Absurd adventures of three people inhabitating the same small town by the sea. Una lives a quiet life with her hairy partner; the idyll is interrupted when, for unknown reasons, she starts feeling a peculiar anxiety about her own foot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/5fe08004-d041-47e4-be20-f79ba7779522/mad.png MAD IN XPAIN - Animated Encounters Jury comments: We loved the ingenuity of this film – all the visual metaphors and bold statements! A huge amount of work has gone into it, making it very entertaining and thought provoking. https://www.encounters.film/homebird daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490333546-K1ZNGU6MRM1T4VKQ13BP/Homebird%2C+Ewa+Smyk.jpg HOMEBIRD - HOMEBIRD DIRECTED BY EWQ SMYK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind. https://www.encounters.film/my-grandmother-is-an-egg daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490546401-RSNV6NH0VN1QHGR10RGJ/My+Grandmother+Is+an+Egg+-+Wu-Ching+Chang.jpg MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EGG - MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EGG DIRECTED BY WU-CHING CHANG UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN // 2021 9 MINS My grandmother was a T'ung-yang-hsi. It is the traditional practice of pre-arranged marriage, selling a young girl to another family to be raised as a future daughter-in-law. Egg is life per se. Eggs are fragile, but at the same time tough. https://www.encounters.film/squish daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492428455-C9A4SXGMZM9XUBYJD192/15-jIHxA.jpeg SQUISH - SQUISH DIRECTED BY XAVIER SERON BELGIUM // 2020 20 MINS With Flo away on a business trip, Tom is left in charge of their five-year-old son, Sam. When Tom forgets Samâ's guitar lesson, he grabs the boy, rushing to avoid Floâ's wrath. The car comes out of the garage at full speed. He just crushed something. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/544811fa-ba63-42b9-9bfc-88f6d8e55da6/squish.png SQUISH - Brief Encounters Jury comments: This is a film that is captivating from the first frame to the last. On my first viewing I was unsure whether to be angry or not and at whom, but I couldn’t stop watching. This film demonstrates a clear confidence from Xavier Seron and a very distinctive style, homages and all. Snappy dialogue, measured performances and great creative choices. This film demands you watch it more than once, then it opens up a great debate. Amazing! https://www.encounters.film/digidystopia-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Digi-Dystopia Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/rituals-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Rituals Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/great-outdoors-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Great Outdoors Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/the-space-between-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png The Space Between Us Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/wet-soppy daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1627899340598-P6GTK9W1Z2IZGCFHJSYJ/HUMAN+NATURE+-+Wet+%26+Soppy.jpg WET & SOPPY - WET & SOPPY DIRECTED BY Cliona Noonan IRELAND // 2020 5 MINS A weather-tormented man who just wants to dry his underwear is forced to use the local laundromat each evening instead of his garden washing line. But another customer is watching him from afar. https://www.encounters.film/human-nature-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Human Nature Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/precious daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/693d1c45-9341-44df-8dbb-d26f02401f29/Precious%2C+Paul+Mas.jpg PRECIOUS - PRECIOUS DIRECTED BY PAUL MAS FRANCE // 2020 14 MINS Julie can't fit into her school. The arrival of Emile, an autistic child, will change the game... https://www.encounters.film/industry-roundtables-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a036edcf-4caa-491b-b58a-21825f21e42d/1-1.png Industry Roundtables BFI NETWORK Masterclass: How to Budget an Animated Short with Producer Chris Hees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/13306d04-e316-4155-a47a-3a08ba28ed47/Square.png Industry Roundtables BFI Film Academy LABS: Break Into Film: Find Your Route into the Screen Industries in the South West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/89e982e8-7108-4a67-b5a3-543d8d74fc8c/logo.jpg Industry Roundtables Women and Short Film: China and the UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1626961112127-V2B8HBQA5PUWVC5BUD87/Eye2.png Industry Roundtables Meet the UK Film Festivals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1626960843513-KIURVBI084BK7KTADURT/Eye.png Industry Roundtables Meet the Alliance of British Animation Exhibitors (ABAE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1626942759745-53H3NI72NW3SUW1OL3TS/Mouth2.png Industry Roundtables Meet the North American Film Festivals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1626954850439-MDGEF1LO33PUGZCP3891/Mouth.png Industry Roundtables Meet the European Film Festivals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630415100755-6CZU0YBOJE34B88VIFSF/Man+Up+in+Lockdown%2C+Ruicheng+Liang.jpg Industry Roundtables Demystifying Casting with Backstage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0f3311c6-918b-490e-be94-ebb37c1435ba/Encounters+Roundtable+Group+shot.png Industry Roundtables Stornaway.io Roundtable on Interactive filmmaking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f8cb42b8-1ba2-4ca3-9bb7-6604c764add9/ScreenSkills+-+Animation+Building+Blocks-high+%281%29.gif Industry Roundtables ScreenSkills Animation Building Blocks https://www.encounters.film/screenskills-animation-building-blocks daily 0.75 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631095823701-IYHQQVFNVCUGXTO670QT/ScreenSkills_Master_logo_COLOUR.jpg Screenskills Animation Building Blocks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/the-past-within-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png The Past Within Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/another-thing-coming-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Another Thing Coming Q&A - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/its-a-family-affair-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png It's A Family Affair Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/immersive-encounters daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/5c5f78bb-59d3-44bd-a1ac-105f4ca6f9fb/Screenshot+2021-09-10+at+14.22.47.png Immersive Encounters Stornaway.io Interactive Film Showcase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/fc0e8e9f-0540-4d2d-b1df-71ba2a548ebd/lost+and+found.jpg Immersive Encounters Stornaway.io Interactive Student Film Showcase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d3e9fa49-76f6-462b-8563-9fd5d3314c94/Encounters+Roundtable+Group+shot.png Immersive Encounters Stornaway.io Roundtable on Interactive filmmaking...coming soon https://www.encounters.film/stornawayio-roundtable daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://www.encounters.film/stornawayio-films daily 0.75 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631204349767-5HIAFPFP66VRRS4V5PLQ/Picture1.png Stornaway.io Films - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/stornawayio-student-films daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://www.encounters.film/comedy-1-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Comedy 1 Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/sparks-fly-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Sparks Fly Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/late-lounge-1-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Late Lounge 1 Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/this-is-me-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png This Is Me Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/elemental-moods-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Elemental Moods Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/bfi-network-masterclass daily 0.75 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631700912502-UUADKRABST071OB642EP/BFI_NETWORK_LOTTERY_LOGO_POS.png BFI Network Masterclass: How to Budget an Animated Short with Producer Chris Hees - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631700943630-4VIU5BRCS1GHWFHCWWVO/Logo.png BFI Network Masterclass: How to Budget an Animated Short with Producer Chris Hees - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/only-human-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png Only Human Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/spotted-yellow daily 0.75 2021-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632050990335-WUDQ778ONOB7L8H0R76Y/41764680eb48-MKE08507.jpg SPOTTED YELLOW - SPOTTED YELLOW DIRECTED BY BARAN SARMAD IRAN // 2020 12 MINS Roya is a young girl with a yellow spot on her face. One day she feels the signs of a real giraffe in her life. And her normal life is slowly changing. https://www.encounters.film/the-body-politic-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png The Body Politic Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/four-cups-of-coffee-or-three daily 0.75 2021-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632050675983-9V3GATQ70CQQ8G8KHPAE/031e020f0899-4_Cups_of_Coffee_or_3__2_.png FOUR CUPS OF COFFEE OR THREE - FOUR CUPS OF COFFEEE OR THREE DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LACH POLAND // 2020 12 MINS A sleepless night and a mysterious growth on her hand leads to one woman’s existential crisis. https://www.encounters.film/breaking-ground daily 0.75 2021-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632052161206-4VKPCSQXRYEEIWCGMNQM/9ada9fa90bed-Still_Photo_1__Breaking_Ground__1_.jpg Breaking Ground - BREAKING GROUND DIRECTED BY INES GIRIHIRWE RWANDA // 2020 13 MINS After another incident with her husband, a mistreated woman seeks old adventures from her neighbours house where she decides to change the course of her life. https://www.encounters.film/break-into-film daily 0.75 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631884857290-PF1G587WG5PVVKGC0PQ6/BFI+Film+Academy+Lottery_MONO+POS.png Break Into Film - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631884882687-P5NB2EEKTTKP8H028EEH/WS_black+copy.png Break Into Film - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/demystifying-casting-backstage daily 0.75 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631781179972-8UL7ECBFXHHG6MW9QSY2/BAckstage.png Demystifying Casting with Backstage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.encounters.film/gyroscope daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/72198ac2-0e34-4253-aa62-846b30a1f2e6/Gyroscope_Still_1.jpg GYROSCOPE - GYROSCOPE DIRECTED BY GABRIEL BÖHMER UK // 2021 3 MINS A young child finds magic and adventure when searching for a mysterious gyroscope in his grandparents' home. Created for Olovson, the new solo project by Grammy Award winning musician Jacob Olofsson. https://www.encounters.film/coffin daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1627900104069-C0I5ZEEC7GBIJ3FKW3RW/IF+WALLS+COULD+SPEAK+-+Coffin.png COFFIN - COFFIN DIRECTED BY YUANQING CAI, NATHAN CRABOT, HOUZHI HUANG, MIKOLAJ JANIW, MANDIMBY LEBON and THEO TRAN NGOC FRANCE // 2020 5 MINS A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China. https://www.encounters.film/the-better-angels daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/985f2652-9c91-4a85-95b6-da0cf27e6a33/The+Better+Angels%2C+Michael+Cusack.jpg THE BETTER ANGELS - THE BETTER ANGELS DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CUSACK AUSTRALIA // 2021 13 MINS A young soldier trying to escape the horrors of war, finds an abandoned house and within its walls the stories of what might have been. https://www.encounters.film/if-walls-could-speak-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png If Walls Could Speak Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/meet-the-north-american-festivals daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://www.encounters.film/shtum daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d9badcbf-a90e-400d-a407-01e8f0c2b3c4/Shtum%2C+Anna+Theil.jpg SHTUM - SHTUM DIRECTED BY ANN THIEL GERMANY // 2020 8 MINS After the fall of the Wall, Anna plunges into her exciting youth in Berlin until events from the past catch up with her. The film is about family secrets and the resulting silence. https://www.encounters.film/meet-the-uk-festivals daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://www.encounters.film/jeijay daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/fc590941-dac9-4caf-8d45-8bd7455e8f4a/JeiJay%2C+Petra+Stipetic%2C+Maren+Wiese.png JEIJAY - JEIJAY DIRECTED BY PETRA STIPETIC AND MAREN WIESE GERMANY // 2021 8 MINS Jeijay begins where most romantic movies end. The film is about two people who try to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own little home, more and more of the happy facade of their love life comes. https://www.encounters.film/its-raining-its-pouring daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/24860e8e-e6b3-41e7-a8ce-59e03eff7833/It%27s+Raining%2C+It%27s+Pouring2.png IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING - IT’S RAINING, IT’S POURING DIRECTED BY RONAN MACKENZIE UK // 2019 4 MINS Structured like the human mind, the film is akin to a diary filled with fragments of feelings and experiences of an old man attempting to reconstruct his identity due to memory loss caused by illness. https://www.encounters.film/grey-to-green daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/433721a8-cd65-4576-97ee-9d1f3ee3add9/Grey+to+Green%2C+Marcus+Sanchez.jpg GREY TO GREEN - GREY TO GREEN DIRECTED BY MARCOS SANCHEZ REPUBLIC OF KOREA // 2020 4 MINS Animation turns old home movies into a nostalgic dream about growing up. https://www.encounters.film/meet-the-abae daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://www.encounters.film/hide daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg HIDE - HIDE DIRECTED BY DANIEL BENJAMIN GRAY HUNGARY // 2020 11 MINS Two brothers play hide and seek. As one counts, the other hides in a small cabinet. Seconds pass, then minutes, years. A heartrending and prescient story about family and disconnect, in a world that is increasingly fragmented and unrecognizable. https://www.encounters.film/one-of-a-kind-qa daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1631182489218-5CMPF100YE3K3SEEXBIH/aa_logo_full.png One of a Kind Q&A - Presented in partnership with the Aardman Academy. https://www.encounters.film/the-visit daily 0.75 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f51bc002-5c42-4e7d-a278-1274dcbffa4f/The+Visit%2C+Morrie+Tan.jpg THE VISIT - THE VISIT DIRECTED BY MORRIE TAN SHU ZHEN SINGAPORE // 2021 9 MINS A young girl visits her father in prison. 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The woman on the left has curly hair and glasses, wearing a black sweater with red and white stripes. The man on the right has short hair, wearing a blue blazer, and gesturing with his right hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/4c345903-f255-43d8-a850-1994c3fc5a45/6F9A1198.jpg 2022 gallery Three people seated at a panel discussion, with microphones and water bottles on the tables in front of them. The woman in the middle is wearing a black sweater with red, white, and gray stripes, and glasses, smiling at the man on the right. The woman on the left is wearing glasses, a navy blue top, and has a lanyard around her neck, looking towards the panelists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/5cefca70-07c8-4b2d-8bcc-d20a90813344/6F9A1209.jpg 2022 gallery A man wearing glasses and a blue blazer speaking at a podium in front of gray curtains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/44a3f42e-9baa-402d-b2a3-acf8a0c61463/6F9A1214.jpg 2022 gallery Two women smiling, one presenting an award plaque to the other during an event, with a blue background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/30533e2b-dfcc-4f65-8dc8-b299e6e2bd7d/6F9A1225.jpg 2022 gallery Audience clapping and smiling at an indoor event or presentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/b595c658-c435-4bc0-b52a-c7b735e6c9d9/6F9A1227.jpg 2022 gallery Audience members sitting in a theater, smiling, clapping, and enjoying a live event or performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0e7f7ca9-4385-4dfa-86ff-e6624999e26f/6F9A1228.jpg 2022 gallery Two women smiling, one presenting an award plaque to the other at a formal event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f5d05f16-520c-4d4e-ac70-fc6dfa5b1806/6F9A1239.jpg 2022 gallery A group of three people having a conversation. One woman in a maroon sweater facing away from the camera, one man in a brown jacket and glasses smiling in the center, and a man in a blue suit and glasses on the right. They are indoors with a dark background and a bright light overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c6e76302-49b9-41ec-8596-190fc7b9896e/6F9A1241.jpg 2022 gallery Two men talking inside a dark theater or auditorium, one holding a jacket, with rows of empty seats behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/56163ee3-f9dd-44bc-a554-6c41652b3e20/6F9A1253.jpg 2022 gallery Three women laughing and talking at a social gathering, holding cups, with a blurry background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0a079652-439d-4f55-898e-3055fbfcdef3/6F9A1254.jpg 2022 gallery A young woman with curly hair, wearing a headband and black turtleneck, holding a glass of red wine, engaged in conversation at a social gathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/2948e33b-1c67-49ee-9b6b-65736d5daf42/6F9A1269.jpg 2022 gallery A man with a beard and light brown hair, wearing a dark shirt, smiling while talking to others at an outdoor nighttime gathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ff3ea607-51ea-4866-a757-9501879c50f7/6F9A1274.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with dark skin, wearing a leopard print scarf and gold jewelry, is engaged in conversation with a man whose face is not visible. The woman appears to be speaking, with a serious expression, in a social setting with other people in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c3b0b0d5-8517-4e23-8dbf-865072a1ac78/6F9A1301.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with short hair, glasses, and a black jacket holding a coffee cup, speaking to a group of people in an indoor setting with potted plants and a brick wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/4d4a9113-d5bd-41df-be06-dac3bf7dd0c8/6F9A1306.jpg 2022 gallery People socializing at a gathering, holding cups, smiling, and engaged in conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/402d04ab-f50a-4ff5-89f7-83020cbc2172/6F9A1324.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with blonde hair, glasses, and a brown jacket sitting at a table with a microphone and a glass of water, gesturing with her right hand during a presentation or speech. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0a12d975-e204-4e33-9969-9d31f8bcaea4/6F9A1326.jpg 2022 gallery A woman laughing and speaking into a microphone at a panel or event, wearing a black beanie and a camouflage jacket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/04ad495a-7d3c-4d1e-bcb4-4c63e24b043e/6F9A1329.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with long brown hair, wearing green earrings and a patterned jacket, speaking at a panel with a microphone, sitting in front of a white curtain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/87423af7-cc65-429f-8aeb-fca7cdb73c8a/6F9A1331.jpg 2022 gallery Three women sitting at a panel table with microphones, speaking to an audience in a conference room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c194aafc-b8e1-4c75-9823-c8c7ac917d3b/6F9A1349.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with short red hair wearing a green and blue plaid shirt, gesturing with her hands during a presentation or speech, with a blurred projection screen in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/84ce5de6-b8f4-4279-8ecb-c33c3deaa3c4/6F9A1352.jpg 2022 gallery A person wearing a red t-shirt with 'Encounters Film Festival' on the back, standing and facing a panel of speakers at a conference or panel discussion, with an audience seated in front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/b4390ec6-a8f3-4c5d-9b8a-a1142a3ffcd4/6F9A1366.jpg 2022 gallery A group of four women conversing with each other at a social gathering, with some holding drinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/8a1c5515-cba0-461f-9685-80ce19c6732e/6F9A1370.jpg 2022 gallery Group of people engaged in conversation at a social gathering, with a woman in a plaid jacket and leopard print scarf talking in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d66b868e-3fcd-4a3a-8c72-0aedbf4ec426/6F9A1381.jpg 2022 gallery A group of women engaged in a conversation in a cozy indoor setting with warm lighting and exposed brick walls. The woman in the center has blonde hair styled in an updo, and she is attentively listening to another woman on the right who is speaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/9ece7adf-b934-4b9d-b833-cdf222dcfde9/6F9A1386.jpg 2022 gallery A group of women engaging in a conversation at an indoor event, with three women in focus, one is speaking and gesturing with her hands while others are looking at their phones, smiling and listening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/5e56f043-42bd-4990-9643-0299c037b669/6F9A1393.jpg 2022 gallery Multiple women engaged in conversation at a social gathering in a rustic, brick-walled space with wooden beams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e22b6b09-1c42-4735-b767-f9bbef9cc93d/6F9A1402.jpg 2022 gallery Young woman in red T-shirt speaking to a group indoors with a brick wall and window in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f710e8ba-abcb-4744-ab42-2f0d285063bd/6F9A1409.jpg 2022 gallery A woman is talking to another woman indoors, both wearing red T-shirts; other people are visible in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/bd2903ac-7b6f-4d60-a850-1446c9086a6e/6F9A1414.jpg 2022 gallery A person wearing a red T-shirt with the text and logo of the Encounters Film Festival, seen from the back, attending a social event with others in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/7b8aff39-0ab2-40db-b37e-c13826974e04/6F9A1424.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with long dark hair and a red sweater smiling and talking to another woman with curly hair, who is out of focus, in a room with a lamp in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/03b2c1c5-e680-4a16-8b55-ebf7e71bee96/6F9A1428.jpg 2022 gallery Three women sitting at a table in a cafe, engaged in conversation, with cups of coffee on the table. The woman in the center has glasses and reddish hair, the woman on the left has dark hair and a black beanie, and the woman on the right has reddish hair in a pink sweater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/cbda91ae-9a5c-4a57-9844-115f40aaae0e/6F9A1453.jpg 2022 gallery Audience watching a presentation at the Encounters Film Festival with a large screen displaying the event's logo and sponsors, in an indoor venue with white curtains and wooden beams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/43cc0135-0dda-440e-9bb8-8390e6104ae8/6F9A1457.jpg 2022 gallery Two people sitting on stage, laughing and having a conversation, with a table holding a laptop and a water bottle in front of them, and an audience blurred in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/32b98f87-a290-4212-bffc-b0ccbeba4c0f/6F9A1460.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with purple hair wearing a yellow sweater, sitting and talking in an indoor setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1914e486-8882-4670-a0f8-e772dfe9bc5f/6F9A1464.jpg 2022 gallery A man and a woman seated on stage during a panel discussion at a conference, with an audience in front of them. The man is speaking and gesturing with his hands, and has a laptop on his lap. The woman is listening attentively. Behind them is a projector screen displaying event information and sponsors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/4bd0b18b-7725-433b-9288-d908df7086ba/6F9A1492.jpg 2022 gallery A film festival panel discussion on stage with two speakers seated and an audience watching. The stage has a large screen displaying 'Encounters Film Festival' with sponsors and funders logos. The venue has exposed wooden beams, draped white curtains, and a disco ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/bd8fd57d-c7b7-42ed-83b0-c67e4bf9e2e7/6F9A1502.jpg 2022 gallery Group of people seated in a row during an event, with a focus on a smiling man wearing glasses and a beige hoodie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1d9206e9-6509-46f1-a335-66754c794b9f/6F9A1506.jpg 2022 gallery A man with a mohawk hairstyle, wearing glasses on his head, holding a microphone and speaking at an indoor event with people in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/933c78da-4ab3-4cac-b30a-c0643f263e20/6F9A1525.jpg 2022 gallery A woman lying on a blue air mattress, wearing yellow 3D glasses, headphones, and a red T-shirt with white abstract patterns, surrounded by cables and black bags on a dark carpeted floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a9cc266e-62ad-413a-9500-cb71431b3fbb/6F9A1552.jpg 2022 gallery Three young women standing in an auditorium, all wearing matching red t-shirts with a black and white abstract design. They are smiling and facing the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/cd204286-d042-4bc7-8347-4bdcfd207181/6F9A1583.jpg 2022 gallery People socializing at an indoor event or party, some holding drinks, with a colorful mural and decorations in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/bae12b9a-297d-41a9-b242-4a504f79cfc6/6F9A1597.jpg 2022 gallery Two people, a woman with long red hair and a man with shoulder-length blond hair and glasses, are talking at a social event, each holding a glass of beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d7d70465-0540-4b1d-a86e-7ba2125b4e87/6F9A1600.jpg 2022 gallery Group of people socializing at a party or event, with smiles and drinks, in an indoor venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/faeaca65-8c75-406d-aa42-5e45524cb054/6F9A1602.jpg 2022 gallery A young woman with a white beanie hat and a black scarf talking to another woman with blonde hair, holding a glass, at a social gathering or party in a dimly lit indoor setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/40a0826b-45eb-4f89-84eb-29ba1fb5041c/6F9A1611.jpg 2022 gallery People gathered at a social event or party, talking and holding drinks, with a DJ or music setup in the background and colorful lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e29bb63f-c09b-4014-a27e-8f9665569e8b/6F9A1634.jpg 2022 gallery Group of seven diverse people standing together at an indoor event with colorful decor, a disco ball, and vibrant pink lighting in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ca4096df-dea8-48bf-b852-921ff11d4e62/6F9A1639.jpg 2022 gallery Three people talking at a crowded bar or club, holding drinks, with colorful lighting and people in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ee9cf454-28d8-4a9c-95a7-f28a7e89ee80/6F9A1666.jpg 2022 gallery Three young adults, two men and one woman, are engaged in a conversation at a social event, each holding green glass bottles. The woman has long, wavy blonde hair and is looking at one of the men with an expressive face, while the men are focused on her. The background is blurred and dark, indicating an indoor setting with dramatic lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/20b61028-831d-441a-9f7f-6fbfef26639a/6F9A1690.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with curly black hair holding a drink, wearing a plaid brown jacket, engaged in conversation with a man with long hair tied back, wearing a checkered blazer, in a dimly lit social setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/dd0ae075-1882-4d66-b861-77ee7ea58fa0/6F9A1694.jpg 2022 gallery A diverse group of people socializing indoors, with one man in the foreground smiling and wearing a black beanie and leather jacket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/fee4ea6a-4a26-4127-b3a4-ca0adf1e113b/6F9A1698.jpg 2022 gallery Group of diverse young adults socializing at a party, holding drinks, with a vibrant colorful mural and a disco ball in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/edfd21b3-6790-41bc-adb7-f585a954c4de/6F9A1701.jpg 2022 gallery People talking at a nighttime outdoor event, with one person holding a glass of beer and others holding drinks, and a bright light shining overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/760f3254-170c-45ba-a13a-bc0602f86f74/6F9A1703.jpg 2022 gallery A lively crowd of people socializing at an indoor event, with a disco ball hanging from the ceiling and colorful lighting creating a vibrant atmosphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0ade6665-4124-4b38-88a7-f3db8dbb0465/6F9A1723.jpg 2022 gallery A man with a beard and bald head holding a microphone at an awards ceremony, wearing a colorful floral shirt, with a large screen behind him displaying "2022 Awards Announcement Ceremony." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/40c7e625-fa06-43ff-92a6-944c489bd83a/6F9A1747.jpg 2022 gallery A group of diverse people attending an indoor event, some holding drinks, with a woman in a plaid jacket in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/14e6e9f0-3251-4413-a53b-62f9252d9183/6F9A1751.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with blonde hair wearing a black jacket with ornate silver embroidery, holding a microphone and a smartphone, standing on stage with a colorful background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1621ea63-2700-46b7-aae0-635ba8bc6dc3/6F9A1754.jpg 2022 gallery A woman with blonde hair, holding a microphone in one hand and a phone in the other, smiling on stage with pink and purple lighting in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f974e32b-161d-4924-8a20-2a78d82321d8/6F9A1760.jpg 2022 gallery Two men are on stage, one speaking into a microphone and the other holding a smartphone, with a dark background and faint logos projected behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/3a120fe2-f153-4778-bccf-aeecb70f9615/6F9A1763.jpg 2022 gallery Two men on stage, one holding a microphone, with a blurred backdrop and a bright light shining to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/b28cc515-f1b3-4b38-bf42-53495aa12697/6F9A1772.jpg 2022 gallery A large group of people gathered in a dark room with a stage, listening to speakers at a presentation or event. 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FERGUSON UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 15 MINS A haunting and atmospheric story of the fractured relationship of three unreliable narrators when they are faced with a reality-destroying moment of spectral possession. Based upon the book, “Bitterhall” by Helen McClory. https://www.encounters.film/will-my-parents-come-to-see-me daily 0.75 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e3417384-f390-481b-9ea5-56e7a84bf718/Will+My+Parents+Come+to+See+Me+-+Mo+Harawe.jpg WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME - WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE ME DIRECTED BY MO HARAWE AUSTRIA, GERMANY, SOMALIA // 2022 28 MINS In a prison in Somalia. There, decisive hours have dawned for young Farah. Organizational machinery starts up around him. Farah is examined by a doctor, instructed by the bailiff, and looked after by an imam. He is waiting for his parents to visit. https://www.encounters.film/lux-noctis daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e6f7927f-3197-4601-a23c-9a1cd6985d11/Lux+Noctis+-+Damiana+Acu%C3%B1a.JPG LUX NOCTIS - LUX NOCTIS DIRECTED BY DAMIANA ACUÑA UNITED STATES, MEXICO // 2021 12 MINS In a post-apocalyptical-matriarchal community, Lina faces her trial to bring light or perish to the darkness. Mara’s compassion pushes Lina to create an unprecedented light. https://www.encounters.film/a-human-certainty daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/16b37151-8f54-47c5-a9ca-e268767e91af/a+human+certainty+-+Morgan+Quaintance.jpg A HUMAN CERTAINTY - A HUMAN CERTAINTY DIRECTED BY MORGAN QUAINTANCE UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 21 MINS Voices from the past haunt A Human Certainty, whose entangled threads link its multifarious narratives of suffering: a recent break-up; the romantic sweep of mid-century pop music; Weegee’s crime-scene photography; and images taken by the artist’s grandmother, a spirit medium, on her travels in Asia and Africa. Here, Quaintance’s montage becomes a codec for assembling these disparate threads, and for making sense of mortality and loss in all its forms. https://www.encounters.film/babythump daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a22a38b7-b1df-4caf-b9e6-417f644ed62f/BabyThump+-+Ian+Killick.jpg BABYTHUMP - BABYTHUMP DIRECTED BY IAN KILLICK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 11 MINS A couple, Donny and Marie, awake one morning to find a baby has appeared in their apartment. Unsure what to do, and bewildered by the intrusion, they seek guidance from the eccentric Dr.Hoofenhoffer. The advice they receive is.........unexpected. https://www.encounters.film/molar daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a32f50b2-d459-4d1f-b3c6-d3d9dfb0e8cd/Molar+-+Tiago+Teixera.jpg MOLAR - MOLAR DIRECTED BY TIAGO TEIXEIRA UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS A short folk horror tale set in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest. Soundtrack by Baron Saturday and Sound Design by Sam Mason ('Censor', 'Flux Gourmet'). https://www.encounters.film/train-again daily 0.75 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/65c07fff-f103-4bca-af8f-49c66eee72b6/Train+Again+-+Peter+Tscherkassky.jpg TRAIN AGAIN - TRAIN AGAIN DIRECTED BY PETER TSCHERKASSKY AUSTRIA // 2021 20 MINS Tscherkassky flits through the history of the filmic avant-garde, conceiving his work as a centrifuge of quotations from the pantheon of visionary cinema. He conjures heaven and hell, embarking on a collision course bound for the apocalyptic. https://www.encounters.film/stones daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/2be1f66e-456b-4e47-a728-464039197b53/Stones+-+Joseph+Brett.jpg STONES - STONES DIRECTED BY JOSEPH BRETT UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 7 MINS A brother and sister’s reunion picnic at a stone circle in the English countryside is disrupted by the arrival of an uninvited guest. https://www.encounters.film/youre-not-home daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6ab7c055-ec69-4a24-b406-0d658b89d2d6/You%27re+Not+Home+-+Derek+Ugochukwu.png YOU'RE NOT HOME - YOU’RE NOT HOME DIRECTED BY DEREK UGOCHUKWU IRELAND // 2021 11 MINS When an ominous mould appears in their room, two African brothers seeking asylum are faced with a dark entity lurking within their direct provision centre. https://www.encounters.film/while-we-were-here daily 0.75 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f2160975-436e-409d-a610-8d331c4d84eb/While+We+Were+Here+-+Sun%C4%8Dica+Fradeli%C4%87.jpg WHILE WE WERE HERE - WHILE WE WERE HERE DIRECTED BY SUNČICA FRADELIĆ CROATIA // 2022 15 MINS Briefly depicted fragments from the characters' lives, through summer and winter, as each of them suffers a loss. https://www.encounters.film/all-the-crows-in-the-world daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1f7bf2d4-6afe-402d-8bb8-30410d4bf8f7/All+the+Crows+in+the+World+-+Yi+Tang.png ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD - ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD DIRECTED BY YI TANG HONG KONG // 2021 14 MINS 18-year-old Shengnan is invited to a mysterious party by her cousin. The party is filled with greasy middle aged Chinese men. Among these people, Jianguo is so different. https://www.encounters.film/sierra daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/91563fd1-a46d-4bd6-b1e8-2758d8f61094/Sierra+-+Sander+Joon.jpg SIERRA - SIERRA DIRECTED BY SANDER JOON ESTONIA // 2022 15 MINS A father and his son are losing the folk race. In order to win, the boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world. https://www.encounters.film/currents-perpendicolare-avanti daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/01d68625-7046-439c-8d26-6538ef705ffc/Currents+-+Perpendicolare+Avanti+-+Federica+Foglia.jpg CURRENTS / PERPENDICOLARE AVANTI - CURRENTS / PERPENDICOLARE AVANTI DIRECTED BY FEDERICA FOGLIA CANADA // 2021 18 MINS The film explores the dynamics of inhabiting the in-between space of multiple countries and temporalities through visual and sound abstraction, interlacing and recycling pre-existing film materials and fragments of otherwise anonymous orphan films. https://www.encounters.film/hideous daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/28f7ec6e-6d42-4d89-a82d-0ffb12a4f19f/Hideous+-+Yann+Gonzalez.png HIDEOUS - HIDEOUS DIRECTED BY YANN GONZALEZ UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 22 MINS Popstar Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame and blood. A three-part musical short. https://www.encounters.film/love-dad daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/009a2f54-aeba-4b6f-b086-f1db3f738e7a/Love+Dad+-+Diana+Cam+Van+Nguyen.jpg LOVE, DAD - LOVE, DAD DIRECTED BY DIANA CAM VAN NGUYEN CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA // 2021 13 MINS The author rediscovers love letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. https://www.encounters.film/amok daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d6c63f37-609a-4c65-b9aa-27b8b38206ca/Amok+-+Bal%C3%A1zs+Turai.jpg AMOK - AMOK DIRECTED BY BALÁZS TURAI HUNGARY, ROMANIA // 2022 14 MINS After losing his fiancée and his good looks in a freak accident, Clyde must confront his inner demon. https://www.encounters.film/the-sky-oscillates-between-eternity-and-it-immediate-consequences daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/9a8f23b8-71e0-42bd-8be7-1db1a4894b5c/The+Sky+Oscillates+Between+Eternity+and+Its+Immediate+Consequences+-+Nadim+Choufi.png THE SKY OSCILLATES BETWEEN ETERNITY AND ITS IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES - THE SKY OSCILLATES BETWEEN ETERNITY AND ITS IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES DIRECTED BY NADIM CHOUFI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, LEBANON // 2021 18 MINS Two protagonists in a future smart city show how the city runs on controlling time by exploiting and selecting life cycles of organisms, including humans, and environments as a whole. https://www.encounters.film/something-in-the-garden daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a48eaf4c-92cf-4841-9778-f339ff1a0da8/Something+in+the+Garden+-+Marcos+S%C3%A1nchez.jpeg SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN - SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN DIRECTED BY MARCOS SÁNCHEZ CHILE // 2021 6 MINS It's nighttime and the stillness of suburbia is interrupted by a strange presence. A creeping being lurks in the dark and a curious young man decides to confront it. https://www.encounters.film/places-well-breathe daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/786ab235-5e9d-46ca-94ee-a1a31cc40922/Places+We%27ll+Breathe+-+Davor+Sanvincenti.jpg PLACES WE'LL BREATHE - PLACES WE’LL BREATHE DIRECTED BY DAVOR SANVINCENTI CROATIA // 2022 22 MINS An audiovisual essay that advocates imagination through a travelogue of constructed and anonymous landscapes. It is a note about the future that speaks about loss, exploration, presence, vigilance, responsibility, struggle and freedom. https://www.encounters.film/boddyssey daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/8cc68aa0-3172-446f-a382-625ad78f719a/Boddyssey+-+Jonas+Bienz.jpg BODDYSSEY - BODDYSSEY DIRECTED BY JONAS BIENZ SWITZERLAND // 2020 4 MINS A journey through a surreal landscape covered with human skin. 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They share their world with pesky little bugs, but one day, they squash them all. In response the creatures start to run dry. https://www.encounters.film/impossible-figures-and-other-stories daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/bae3ca41-92ad-41fe-8fe4-0b78f982b700/Impossible+figures+and+other+stories+I+-+Marta+Pajek.jpg IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES AND OTHER STORIES I - IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES AND OTHER STORIES I DIRECTED BY MARTA PAJEK POLAND, CANADA // 2021 16 MINS An ominous ticking sound triggers an explosion. Wandering deserted city streets, an elegant elderly woman recalls what was and what could have been. https://www.encounters.film/steakhouse daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6e809351-c74e-4426-951a-de5cfd268b30/Steakhouse+-+%C5%A0pela+%C4%8Cade%C5%BE.jpg STEAKHOUSE - STEAKHOUSE DIRECTED BY ŠPELA ČADEŽ SLOVENIA, GERMANY, FRANCE // 2021 9 MINS The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time? https://www.encounters.film/supper daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f54614c8-787e-4160-8674-0d8382d709f9/Supper+-+D%C3%A1niel+B%C3%A1r%C3%A1ny.jpg SUPPER - SUPPER DIRECTED BY DÁNIEL BÁRÁNY HUNGARY // 2022 15 MINS During a dysfunctional family dinner, oppressed family members battle their oppressors. The battle for domination leads to a monstrous outcome. https://www.encounters.film/machines-of-loving-grace daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/62a2e879-227d-45d5-8e45-d533c08847d1/Machines+of+Loving+Grace+-+Viktor+Schimpf.jpeg MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE - MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE DIRECTED BY VIKTOR SCHIMPF GERMANY // 2022 22 MINS The programmer Frances develops an artificial intelligence software which she can talk to. They become friends and the A.I. learns to sing, dream and work for her. One day the A.I. develops it's own political consciousness and begins to help people. https://www.encounters.film/born-in-damascus daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1c8a6024-fe03-4ef9-8ff5-cd9ca1036ac3/Born+in+Damascus+-+Laura+Wadha.jpg BORN IN DAMASCUS - BORN IN DAMASCUS DIRECTED BY LAURA WADHA UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 15 MINS After ten years apart, a Scottish filmmaker tries to reconnect with her closest cousin. Once so similar, their paths were separated by war. As they piece together memories of Syria, they begin to wonder - ‘What happened to our family?’ https://www.encounters.film/flying-potato-and-other-misunderstandings daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6979bf83-e0a3-4565-8a3a-337e4e7af799/Flying+Potato+and+Other+Misunderstandings+-+Elina+Oikari.jpg FLYING POTATO AND OTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS - FLYING POTATO AND OTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS DIRECTED BY ELINA OIKARI FINLAND // 2021 14 MINS A filmmaker tells about her vision of directing a neo-western about two newcomers in Finland. When violence on the imaginary frontier escalates in the form of a flying potato, the ‘fictitious’ figures begin to speak about their real experiences. https://www.encounters.film/my-home daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/2f4e51b0-e1c0-4bcc-8795-c2abac29a6cb/My+Home+-+Azar+Saiyar.jpg MY HOME - MY HOME DIRECTED BY AZAR SAIYAR FINLAND // 2022 12 MINS "A bee stung me on my finger. It happened yesterday in the yard of a kindergarten, even though I am not in kindergarten anymore.” Fragmented memories of childhood and adulthood blend together in a song that an unknown narrator is humming. https://www.encounters.film/on-xerxes-throne daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0a90d58c-07e7-4e6b-b783-d09f3355dafb/On+Xerxes%27+Throne+-+Evi+Kalogiropoulou.jpg ON XERXES' THRONE - ON XERXES’ THRONE DIRECTED BY EVI KALOGIROPOULOU GREECE // 2022 16 MINS A dystopian workplace at the Perama shipyard: a ban on physical contact has turned human interaction into otherworldly simulations. https://www.encounters.film/chthonios daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/bfdf6a1a-45f6-4e9f-8b16-7ff2ce664835/Chthonios+-+Maria+Steinmetz.jpg CHTHONIOS - CHTHONIOS DIRECTED BY MARIA STEINMETZ GERMANY // 2022 4 MINS A mythical deity transforms from a zoomorphic figure into an anthropomorphic one and lands in an age of scientific progress. https://www.encounters.film/seagull1 daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/920001be-9c4d-4659-9a8e-edab0ce9ec7e/Seagull+-+Dean+Puckett.jpg SEAGULL - SEAGULL DIRECTED BY DEAN PUCKETT UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night https://www.encounters.film/its-raining-frogs-outside daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/7cd0ff99-aa3e-4576-b364-7cbe90797687/It%27s+Raining+Frogs+Outside+-+Maria+Estela+Paiso.png IT'S RAINING FROGS OUTSIDE - IT’S RAINING FROGS OUTSIDE DIRECTED BY MARIA ESTELA PAISO PHILIPPINES // 2021 14 MINS The world is about to end. Maya is forced to go home to the province of Zambales. There, she confronts her childhood house that terrorizes her as frogs rain outside. https://www.encounters.film/old-windows daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/3540c2bf-1878-4e87-b8a0-ca174e650863/Old+Windows+-+Paul+Holbrook.png OLD WINDOWS - OLD WINDOWS DIRECTED BY PAUL HOLBROOK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 18 MINS A struggling cafe owner's seemingly mundane life takes a dramatic turn when a mysterious, elderly stranger stops by for tea and cake. https://www.encounters.film/salvation-has-no-name daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ef1328d7-8d6a-43da-a359-211236e27a35/Salvation+Has+No+Name+-+Joseph+Wallace.jpg SALVATION HAS NO NAME - SALVATION HAS NO NAME DIRECTED BY JOSEPH WALLACE UNITED KINGDOM, CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE // 2022 17 MINS A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray. https://www.encounters.film/yummy-mummy daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/fa676b22-2016-4bea-9168-f88e2c448b04/Yummy+Mummy+-+Gabriela+Staniszewska.jpg YUMMY MUMMY - YUMMY MUMMY DIRECTED BY GABRIELA STANISZEWSKA UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 14 MINS Ignored throughout her pregnancy, Lilith senses her identity is being smothered by her burgeoning motherhood. Her anxieties begin to have physical manifestations-and she starts to fall apart-literally. https://www.encounters.film/backflip daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/97a4b981-67de-4212-b116-af8bc89170e1/Backflip+-+Nikita+Diakur.jpg BACKFLIP - BACKFLIP DIRECTED BY NIKITA DIAKUR GERMANY, FRANCE // 2022 12 MINS Attempting a backflip is not safe. You can break your neck, or land on your head, or land badly on your wrists. None of that is nice, so my avatar does the trick. https://www.encounters.film/orthodontics daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ed265636-7ef2-40c0-8d24-1788eb3e55cd/Orthodontics+-+Mohammadreza+Mayghani.jpg ORTHODONTICS - ORTHODONTICS DIRECTED BY MOHAMMADREZA MAYGHANI IRAN // 2021 14 MINS Amitis is a teenage girl who always has an orthodontics headgear and is under the pressure of orthodontic treatment. She suddenly does a strange thing to her friend, Sarah. https://www.encounters.film/bus-film daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a2e1877e-e6b2-4645-81cc-37eac2a83791/Bus+Film+-+Chris+Childs.jpg BUS FILM - BUS FILM DIRECTED BY CHRIS CHILDS UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 3 MINS On route to a London protest, a group of activists play strange mind games with each other. Meanwhile, a bizarre creature is run over by a bus. https://www.encounters.film/squish-1 daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c1b8754e-b921-4578-b497-50cb78ad15c4/Squish+Tulapop+-+Saenjaroen.jpg SQUISH! - SQUISH! DIRECTED BY TULAPOP SAENJAROEN THAILAND, SINGAPORE // 2021 17 MINS Squish! is a meditation; filtered through both old and foreseeable technology informed by Thai animation history and contemporary culture, and a constant process of constructing and deforming new selves to simulate ‘movements’. https://www.encounters.film/carbon-copy daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a42114f6-1945-4c0c-b46d-7b50f5e49657/Carbon+Copy+-+Jade+Ayino.jpg CARBON COPY - CARBON COPY DIRECTED BY JADE AYINO UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS I created this film to reach out to those that are deemed as Other; to be the representation and celebration of what is deemed Other. I wanted to reach out to people that have shared the same experiences and have the confidence to say “me too”. https://www.encounters.film/mab-hudel daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a6415b79-d738-4f0e-b52d-b2787c1d6b69/Mab+Hudel+-+Edward+Rowe.png MAB HUDEL - MAB HUDEL DIRECTED BY JADE AYINO UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 11 MINS Enys works the family farm with his widowed mother and grandmother. An exceptional rugby player, Enys leads his team to the final of The Cornwall Cup, all the while living with the pressures of his fathers legacy and a secret relationship. https://www.encounters.film/where-was-i daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/cbeb36c3-98fb-40fb-99a2-a75c842cfdf4/Where+Was+I+-+Kae+Bahar.png WHERE WAS I? - WHERE WAS I? DIRECTED BY KAE BAHAR UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 15 MINS A young poet finds himself at rock bottom with nothing left to lose, he is given two choices to change his life. https://www.encounters.film/iris daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/07e84fd5-cea2-4ee9-bc8b-062752c13799/Iris+-+Sam+Anghelides.png IRIS - IRIS DIRECTED BY SAM ANGHELIDES ENGLAND, WALES // 2021 10 MINS When a young man receives terrible news before a planned outing, he embarks on a journey both physically and mentally to understand how to process his emotions and deal with sudden grief. https://www.encounters.film/the-piss-witch daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6ffccd17-804d-4fc6-8eca-a68b9dc79b53/The+Piss+Witch+-+Jason+Barker.png THE PISS WITCH - THE PISS WITCH DIRECTED BY JASON BARKER UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 7 MINS They call her Wizzers to remind her that she has boobs. Clare tries to ignore them but still they just won’t leave her alone. Then a woman with a beard walks past. Everyone says “don’t look, it’s the witch” and Clare has an idea. https://www.encounters.film/sweet-little-despair daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/721d8b16-2d6c-4b40-800a-89d060013245/sweet+little+despair+-+Carolina+Petro.jpg SWEET LITTLE DESPAIR - SWEET LITTLE DESPAIR DIRECTED BY CAROLINA PETRO UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 14 MINS Suffering form sleep depravation, Lynsey’s day spirals out of control. https://www.encounters.film/well-wishes-my-love-your-love daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1021c1e2-74ac-40d1-86b8-c83fed7b34c3/Well+Wishes+My+Love%2C+Your+Love+-+Gabriel+Gabriel+Garble.jpg WELL WISHES MY LOVE, YOUR LOVE - WELL WISHES MY LOVE, YOUR LOVE DIRECTED BY GABRIEL GABRIEL GARBLE SWEDEN // 2022 9 MINS A boy lends his companion a prosthetic arm for the day. As the moon inches closer and closer towards the sun, the boy sees something in the water... https://www.encounters.film/nazarbazi daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/92db28d0-47cb-4f07-ab9d-420c0d622cbb/Nazarbazi+-+Maryam+Tafakory.jpg NAZARBAZI / نظربازی - NAZARBAZI / نظربازی DIRECTED BY MARYAM TAFAKORY IRAN, UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 19 MINS Nazarbazi [the play of glances] is a film about love and desire in Iranian cinema where depictions of intimacy and touch between women and men are prohibited. https://www.encounters.film/dear-passengers daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c4c44fa6-1d1a-4ded-abff-8aa776a38c05/Dear+Passengers+-+Madli+L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne.png DEAR PASSENGERS - DEAR PASSENGERS DIRECTED BY MADLI LÄÄNE ESTONIA // 2022 11 MINS A lonely traveller embarks on a journey to find relief for a hidden yearning. Her restless longing spreads around and forces fellow passengers to face their own desires and disappointments. https://www.encounters.film/strangers daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/4b1aca54-aed2-47cf-b60a-2e24e1150730/Strangers+-+Nora+Longatti.jpg STRANGERS - STRANGERS DIRECTED BY NORA LONGATTI SWITZERLAND // 2021 20 MINS In an anonymous city, a person collapses, appearing to have lost consciousness. Some strangers pass by, others embrace her. In a solitary quest for intimacy, blinded by a world of indifference, her gaze, her body are staggering. https://www.encounters.film/fence daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c54050a4-a70a-4468-9904-0c7fdd36f47a/Fence+-+Hilke+R%C3%B6nnfeldt.jpeg FENCE - FENCE DIRECTED BY HILKE RÖNNFELDT DENMARK, GERMANY // 2021 12 MINS A fence is built between Denmark and Germany to separate wild boars from farm pigs, to avoid the spreading of a virus. Ebba wakes up next to her girlfriend, the reminiscence of her dream about separation and longing for unity takes a toll on them. https://www.encounters.film/urban-solutions daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1a7fccb0-f4ec-4f0c-9d2f-820f5b1a8d50/Urban+Solutions+-+Arne+Hector%2C+Luciana+Mazeto%2C+Vinicius+Lopes%2C+Minze+Tummescheit.jpg URBAN SOLUTIONS - URBAN SOLUTIONS DIRECTED BY ARNE HECTOR, LUCIANA MAZETO, VINÍCIUS LOPES, MINZE TUMMESCHEIT GERMANY // 2022 30 MINS A doorman dreams in front of a surveillance monitor, when images of a 19th century artist emerge, and with them all the nightmares of a country's past. https://www.encounters.film/curupira-and-the-machine-of-the-destiny daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/5dec54a7-9df3-4d3a-9d65-20dea866d1f4/Curupira+and+the+machine+of+the+destiny+-+Janaina+Wagner.jpg CURUPIRA AND THE MACHINE OF THE DESTINY - CURUPIRA AND THE MACHINE OF THE DESTINY DIRECTED BY JANAINA WAGNER BRAZIL, FRANCE // 2021 25 MINS An encounter between the entity Curupira, a devil who protects the forests of Brazil, and the incarnated ghost of Iracema, a 14-year-old prostitute. https://www.encounters.film/dawta daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/89722975-1354-4b66-8d62-aca15251e4d0/Dawta+-+Jessica+Ashman.jpg DAWTA - DAWTA DIRECTED BY JESSICA ASHMAN UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 7 MINS Inspired by a family history of trans-racial fostering, concepts of inherited trauma and the work of Octavia Butler, Dawta is about escaping the past through the imagining of a utopian future for Black women. https://www.encounters.film/tennis-ball-on-his-day-off daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/3fe082c7-0fad-44c4-9be4-a34da1fdb6e9/Tennis+Ball+on+His+Day+Off+-+Julian+Glander.png TENNIS BALL ON HIS DAY OFF - TENNIS BALL ON HIS DAY OFF DIRECTED BY JULIAN GLANDER UNITED STATES // 2021 3 MINS While leaving a voicemail to his grandma, a tennis ball ponders the passage of time and tries to find meaning and identity outside of his work. https://www.encounters.film/suruaika daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0c9df534-d32a-4886-8f77-a16be5e5f045/Suruaika+-+Vlad+Ilicevici%2C+Radu+Pop.png SURUAIKA - SURUAIKA DIRECTED BY VLAD ILICEVICI, RADU POP ROMANIA // 2022 9 MINS Kipu is a luxury chauffeur in a dark city, where the streets are full of cars and black cats. After he accidentally runs over the entire family of a little cat called Suruaika, Kipu adopts her. And as his love for Suruaika grows, so does her body. https://www.encounters.film/pressed daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/55c09cfc-e768-4551-9be3-9bc8e28decfe/Press%28ed%29+-+Senne+Driesen.jpg PRESS(ED) - PRESS(ED) DIRECTED BY SENNE DRIESEN BELGIUM // 2022 9 MINS Every single day the same infinite struggles. We are trapped in our repetitive work pattern. A dead end street with no way out, what kind of valuable work do we do? https://www.encounters.film/phlegm daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1bcf7882-affb-4720-b1f1-9ae0212e9e18/Phlegm+-+Jan-David+Bolt.jpg PHLEGM - PHLEGM DIRECTED BY JAN-DAVID BOLT SWITZERLAND // 2021 6 MINS Oscar's late. In the surrounding skyscrapers hands are shaken and contracts are signed. That's the last thing he needs right now. Where do these damned snails come from? https://www.encounters.film/blocks daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f317fd25-ae2a-4b90-965a-85e8318c26aa/Blocks+-+Adri%C3%A1n+Jaff%C3%A9.jpg BLOCKS - BLOCKS DIRECTED BY ADRIÁN JADDÉ GERMANY // 2022 3 MINS All blocks move to the rhythm until one steps out of line. This metaphor shows how traditional masculinity affects personal development while growing up. https://www.encounters.film/the-camderina-diner daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/576bdd93-bc56-45a3-912c-b3857eaf99c4/Camderina+Diner+-+Luke+Willis.png THE CAMDERINA DINER - THE CAMDERINA DINER DIRECTED BY LUKE WILLIS UNITED STATES // 2022 3 MINS Lady Camden, RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 runner up, is a struggling waitress in a greasy spoon diner. She does her best to keep up with increasing demands until a catastrophe forces her to break free from the daily grind. https://www.encounters.film/primal-therapy daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/19f7a602-b4de-4810-85cc-18be70c4e8ea/Primal+Therapy+-+Santtu+Salminen.jpg PRIMAL THERAPY - PRIMAL THERAPY DIRECTED BY SANTTU SALMINEN FINLAND // 2021 20 MINS Jussi, 48, is totally worn-out. A failed marriage, lost connection with his son and a professional downswing have driven him into a mental slump. Jussi’s young and athletic supervisor Aleksi has taken note of this and offers to help. https://www.encounters.film/depict daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/47ae6fe6-3e70-4b2e-84f9-731798c9684a/depict.png https://www.encounters.film/happy-new-year-jim daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/4fb1db97-b3e4-41ac-8eb1-64dd5beb591e/Happy+New+Year%2C+Jim+-+Andrea+Gatopoulos.jpg HAPPY NEW YEAR, JIM - HAPPY NEW YEAR, JIM DIRECTED BY ANDREA GATOPOULOS ITALY // 2022 9 MINS It's New Year's Eve. Jim and Morten are playing videogames all night long, like every day. But Morten tonight is uncomfortable. https://www.encounters.film/virtual-voice daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/4088f6d8-113f-4f74-b1d1-d9bbea66566d/Virtual+Voice+-+Suzannah+Mirghani.jpg VIRTUAL VOICE - VIRTUAL VOICE DIRECTED BY SUZANNAH MIRGHANI SUDAN, QATAR // 2021 7 MINS Suzi doll is an ego-warrior. The director’s online avatar, marching to the algorithms of social media. She is lit by temporary outrage. A trending indignation. A passion that is fashion. A politics of the popular. Her activism is abstract. https://www.encounters.film/hysteresis daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/8ca4fb4a-b17b-4628-8691-ab1d7ce788f7/Hysteresis+-+Robert+Seidel.jpg HYSTERESIS - HYSTERESIS DIRECTED BY ROBERT SEIDEL GERMANY // 2021 5 MINS HYSTERESIS explores the lag between recording analogue drawings by Robert Seidel and projecting them onto a queer performer Tsuki to create dense feedback loops, using an AI to mediate these transformative re-presentations. https://www.encounters.film/at-little-wheelie-three-days-ago daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/3858f30d-a084-495b-83b1-4bcb52844165/At+Little+Wheelie+Three+Days+Ago+-+Andrew+Stephen+Lee.jpg AT LITTLE WHEELIE THREE DAYS AGO - AT LITTLE WHEELIE THREE DAYS AGO DIRECTED BY ANDREW STEPHEN LEE UNITED STATES // 2022 18 MINS When a soul-shaking viral video shudders through town, a jobless father struggles to keep hold of his existence. https://www.encounters.film/the-fourth daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/0e666300-e72b-41e3-8271-c8e6e6d507f2/The+Fourth+-+Johnny+Kirk.jpg THE FOURTH - THE FOURTH DIRECTED BY JOHNNY KIRK UNITED STATES // 2022 12 MINS Eager to celebrate the 4th of July, a group of young black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday. https://www.encounters.film/rootless daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/5fba5b61-9d9c-48ea-81f5-0328283828d2/Rootless+-+Gabriella+A.+Moses.png ROOTLESS - ROOTLESS DIRECTED BY GABRIELLA A. MOSES UNITED STATES // 2022 15 MINS A recently adopted 8-year-old refugee spends a day preparing for her first red carpet appearance with her new pop star mother when she is haunted by reminders of the life she left behind and awakened to the fragility of her new one. https://www.encounters.film/mulika daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f6b2210a-abba-4838-8f86-0a9c37a3410b/Mulika+-+Maisha+Maene.jpg MULIKA - MULIKA DIRECTED BY MAISHA MAENE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO // 2022 14 MINS An 'afronaut' emerges from the wreckage of his spaceship in the crater of Mount Nyiragongo. As he descends into the city below, encountering the people of present-day Goma, he begins to understand what he must do to change the future for his people. https://www.encounters.film/zoon daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/989344d0-edb7-4ba8-8910-92e4e073ff2a/Zoon+-+Jonatan+Schwenk.jpg ZOON - ZOON DIRECTED BY JONATAN SCHWENK GERMANY // 2022 4 MINS Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins. https://www.encounters.film/four-pills-at-night daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/9271f546-463f-4f42-a726-623cec1e97d7/Four+pills+at+night+-+Leart+Rama.jpg FOUR PILLS AT NIGHT - FOUR PILLS AT NIGHT DIRECTED BY LEART RAMA KOSOVOS, SWITZERLAND // 2021 25 MINS With a film to shoot in the near future, a director develops more than a professional bond with his actor. https://www.encounters.film/deep-blue daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/2afd2971-4fbf-4998-bc28-6e8463d525d5/Deep+Blue+-+Franie-%C3%89l%C3%A9onore+Bernier.jpeg DEEP BLUE - DEEP BLUE DIRECTED BY FRANIE-ÉLÉONORE BERNIER CANADA // 2021 10 MINS A hotel phone rings. A woman answers. It is the sea calling. https://www.encounters.film/yugo daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/57d4ab36-2791-4edb-9ceb-54c3eb692a25/Yugo+-+Carlos+G%C3%B3mez+Salamanca.jpg YUGO - YUGO DIRECTED BY CARLOS GÓMEZ SALAMANCA FRANCE, COLOMBIA // 2021 10 MINS The itinerary of a woman and a man forced to leave their native countryside questions the capitalist and liberal economic development of Latin America and its consequences on humans beings, through the environmental and societal changes it generates https://www.encounters.film/trap daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/aa5eb496-3146-43f0-8412-9554b0b68703/Trap+-+Anastasia+Veber+1.PNG TRAP - TRAP DIRECTED BY ANASTASIA VEBER RUSSIA, LITHUANIA // 2021 20 MINS Sasha fights for his classmate's girlfriend. His sister Marina works as a teacher in the daytime and dances on the raves at nights. Their existence in modern Russia seems to be a trap. https://www.encounters.film/i-am-good-at-karate daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/04ded90e-cdeb-4448-af93-8c577824ddde/I+am+good+at+karate+-+Jess+Dadds.jpg I AM GOOD AT KARATE - I AM GOOD AT KARATE DIRECTED BY JESS DADS UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 11 MINS A short film following a young teenager with mental health issues, who is passionate about karate. Shot on location, on a mixture of colour and hand processed black and white 16mm, the film sits in a space between documentary and fiction. https://www.encounters.film/joy daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/452f5f4e-133c-4ace-baa5-702bba82b3b8/Joy+-+Alexandra+Brodski.jpeg JOY - JOY DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRA BRODSKI UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 20 MINS JACOB, a resident in child detention is desperate to get back to the outside world. When he meets fellow inmate JOY, a mysteriously magnetic 10-year-old girl, he finds an unexpected sense of belonging which will sooner take a weirder turn. https://www.encounters.film/we-know-a-better-word-than-happy daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e4b0314e-a2d6-49d5-af2c-24286d9ace90/We+know+a+better+word+than+happy+-+Helen+McCrorie.jpg WE KNOW A BETTER WORD THAN HAPPY - WE KNOW A BETTER WORD THAN HAPPY DIRECTED BY HELEN McCRORIE UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS Following lockdown, children from Maryhill in Glasgow express their rights to outdoor play and learning. The Children's Wood was established through ten years of community activism. Through play we learn to cope. https://www.encounters.film/garrano daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/8d596416-82e8-4142-acca-3c91db4450ed/Garrano+-+David+Doutel%2C+Vasco+S%C3%A1.jpg GARRANO - GARRANO DIRECTED BY DAVID DOUTEL & VASCO SÁ PORTUGAL, LITHUANIA // 2022 14 MINS A Garrano horse is forced to pull a heavy load under a blazing sun; young boy Joel discovers a man who is about to set a forest on fire. https://www.encounters.film/bald daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ec7b2b78-d0af-4944-9450-a0e0c7e160c1/Bald+-+Luke+Bather.png BALD - BALD DIRECTED BY LUKE BATHER UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS At age 8, Jeff Reynolds was confirmed to be the world's baldest man and spent a quiet, lonely childhood ashamed of that. Now an adult, Jeff's baldness has become the extraordinary catalyst for a burgeoning community in search of lunar wisdom. https://www.encounters.film/a-period-piece-1 daily 0.75 2023-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628174199890-IYXHYOKRC7WJ1O1XKDVU/A+Period+Piece%2C+Shuchi+Talati.jpg A PERIOD PIECE - A PERIOD PIECE DIRECTED BY SCHUCHI TALATI UNITED STATES // 2020 12 mins Geetha finally has sex with Vehd one afternoon but things quickly turn messy when period blood stains her pristine couch and a fight erupts mid-coitus, causing her pent-up feelings spill over. https://www.encounters.film/confessions-of-an-english-ant-eater daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ed5506d7-fa9f-4096-8d3c-e9537c25cf6f/Confessions+of+an+English+Ant-Eater+-+Alex+Crumbie.jpg CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH ANT-EATER - CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH ANT-EATER DIRECTED BY ALEX CRUMBIE UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS A surreal short animation about Thomas, a boy who becomes addicted to eating ants – despite the warnings of his parents. Narrated in verse, the work playfully explores themes such as childhood rebellion and addiction. https://www.encounters.film/like-the-ones-i-used-to-know-1 daily 0.75 2023-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628174343131-7AXC6GS8NX7U7YHY29BN/Like+the+One%27s+I+Used+to+Know%2C+Annie+St-Pierre.jpg LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW - LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW DIRECTED BY ANNIE ST-PIERRE CANADA // 2020 18 MINS A messy, warm, and lived-in family drama about a man picking up his kids from his ex wife's family Christmas party. https://www.encounters.film/run-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628174495584-0X1TVYLAPWOHT7XIB4XY/Run_RuthGreenberg3.jpg RUN - RUN DIRECTED BY RUTH GREENBERG UK // 2020 10 MINS A woman goes out on her morning run. As she crosses her city and into a park, she deflects the everyday micro-aggressions of passing men. On a track through the woods, she encounters a walker and tries to ignore her instinct that he is a threat. Too late, she realises they are alone and there is nowhere to run https://www.encounters.film/blind-spots-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628774905532-JXMO4FSQTKZCS549C2JW/BLind+Spots.jpg BLIND SPOTS - BLIND SPOTS DIRECTED BY LUIS SCHUBERT GERMANY // 2021 9 MINS An international film crew in the first overtime hour, shortly before sunrise. The hired intimacy coordinator interrupts the filming of a sex scene due to an unarranged move by the actor, which the director has secretly instructed. A conflict arises. https://www.encounters.film/the-pastors-wife-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d4be2da1-60ea-422a-96bd-9255446b2978/1.+Key+Image+-+Rosana+Kemppi+Lead+Actress+.jpg THE PASTOR'S WIFE - THE PASTOR’S WIFE DIRECTED BY ARTTU KAPULAINEN FINLAND // 2020 15 MINS Roosa Heinonen is heading for her first lead role in a historical drama film called The Pastor. Arriving to the film set, she confronts an unpleasant surprise. This film is a dark comedy about ethics witin positions of power. https://www.encounters.film/umbilical-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628175473947-5A4HGIS53V7FKXZX3IYG/Umbilical%2C+Elpida+Stathatou.jpg UMBILICAL - UMBILICAL DIRECTED BY ELPIDA STATHATOU UK, GREECE // 2020 13 MINS The story of a young woman's struggle to separate from her religious upbringing. As she battles her traumatic past she discovers exactly how far she will go to reconcile her internalised doubts. https://www.encounters.film/rules daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6c3edcdc-a982-4d53-b117-01caaf2d36e0/Rules+-+Jeanette+Jeanenne.jpg RULES - RULES DIRECTED BY JEANETTE JEANENNE UNITED STATES, PANAMA // 2021 7 MINS plural noun: rules; noun: Rules one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere. "The rules of the game were understood." https://www.encounters.film/lemongrass-girl-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628175768400-IR82M8VZ09ESRNXO60MP/Lemongrass+Girl%2C+Pom+Bunsermvicha.jpg LEMONGRASS GIRL - LEMONGRASS GIRL DIRECTED BY POM BUNSERMVICHA THAILAND // 2021 18 MINS According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside-down underneath an open sky. A young production manager on a film set is tasked to carry out this tradition. https://www.encounters.film/monsieur-le-butch daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/9389c0d6-ce02-4f54-a05c-7f598d68263c/Monsieur+Le+Butch+-+Jude+Dry.jpg MONSIEUR LE BUTCH - MONSIEUR LE BUTCH DIRECTED BY JUDE DRY UNITED STATES // 2021 12 MINS When Jude ends up unexpectedly living at home in their 30s, they must deal with a lovingly opinionated Jewish mother who doesn't quite get the whole trans thing. https://www.encounters.film/rehearsal-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628175937381-8O983LFFXJOJBZMUNLKN/Rehearsal%2C+Michael+Omonua.jpg REHEARSAL - REHEARSAL DIRECTED BY MICHAEL OMONUA NIGERIA // 2021 14 MINS How do you stage a miracle healing? Boundaries dissolve between church and theatre, faith and credibility. https://www.encounters.film/alsit-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628176101145-3MX2MZUXX3DKYBSRLQJP/Al-Sit%2C+Suzannah+Mirghani.jpg AL-SIT - AL-SIT DIRECTED BY SUZANNAH MIRGHANI SUDAN, QATAR // 2020 20 MINS In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa. https://www.encounters.film/in-the-woods-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628593515708-WGZ9MCVIQLNMFSYRXWHO/in+the+woods%2C+Sara+Grguri%C4%87.jpeg IN THE WOODS - IN THE WOODS DIRECTED BY SARA GRGURIC CROATIA // 2020 17 MINS Sasha and Filip are traveling to Gorski Kotar. Isolated in the midst of the global pandemic, Sasha starts to question their relationship. As her resistance towards Filip grows, her courage to say it crumbles. https://www.encounters.film/motherclucker daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/ebcaa6b2-1dd5-4d4c-9759-cb901500b469/Motherclucker+-+Greg+McLeod.jpg MOTHERCLUCKER - MOTHERCLUCKER DIRECTED BY GREG MCLEOD UNITED KINGDOM // 2022 5 MINS Cockadoodledoo https://www.encounters.film/a-little-bit-of-paradise-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628593592261-TOJURHCKK0S2F7U56KUJ/A+Little+Bit+of+Paradise%2C+Andrzej+Cichocki.jpg A LITTLE BIT OF PARADISE - A LITTLE BIT OF PARADISE DIRECTED BY ANDRZEJ CICHOCKI POLAND // 2020 19 MINS It is a film about a Silesian family. In an out-of-the-way corner of a metropolis, they reveal their world to the watcher and share moments from their lives, which are inextricably bound up with the nature around them. https://www.encounters.film/the-thing-that-ate-the-birds-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628593695398-BQIIBE0B6EAL79R30VY9/The+Thing+That+Ate+The+Birds%2C+Sophie+Mair%2C+Dan+Gitsham.jpg THE THING THAT ATE THE BIRDS (Copy) - THE THING THAT ATE THE BIRDS DIRECTED BY DAN GITSHAM AND SOPHIE MAIR UK // 2021 12 MINS Head Gamekeeper Abel discovers the Thing that is eating his Grouse and brings the horror back home to his already crumbling relationship with his wife. https://www.encounters.film/zonder-meer-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632502637962-69H8T76TNSCCZ89I2PFR/5ae92b1ffe8e-ZonderMeer_still02.jpg ZONDER MEER - ZONDER MEER DIRECTED BY MELTSE VAN COILLIE BELGIUM // 2020 14 MINS A campsite in the summer holidays, aimless days spent in the shade. Sunlight is glittering on the lake, but nobody is allowed to swim here. A boy has disappeared and may have drowned. Little Lucie is trying to understand what is going on around her. https://www.encounters.film/lilith-and-eve daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/89854029-0808-4aa2-9556-4ef8d2bb893e/Lilith+%26+Eve+-+Sam+de+Ceccatty.jpg LILITH & EVE - LILITH & EVE DIRECTED BY SAM DE CECCATTY UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 7 MINS This is a short comedy animation and feminist re-imagining of the Adam and Eve myth, in which Eve accidentally bumps into Lilith, Adam's first wife and equal. https://www.encounters.film/bend-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628680092583-OF4QUA04DMG584Q3Y75D/Bend%2CGeorgia+Goggin.jpg BEND - BEND DIRECTED BY GEORGIA GOGGIN UK // 2020 8 MINS At a party, Maggie encounters the father of the boy who assaulted her teenage daughter, testing her instinct to 'rise above' to its limit. https://www.encounters.film/a-quiet-man-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628675063554-2IHWGTGF4KXO9DKRS2NX/ZonderMeer_still06.jpg A QUIET MAN - A QUIET MAN DIRECTED BY NYIMA CARTIER FRANCE // 2021 14 MINS From the 17th floor of an office building, Pierre is staring out the window: down below, a colleague who was dismissed that morning has been sitting on a bench for hours, alone in the cold. Why won't he go home? https://www.encounters.film/i-am-afraid-to-forget-your-face-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628702921863-OWVG5MVG37YH2NYDWG56/I+am+Afraid+to+Forget+You+Face%2C+Sameh+Alaa.jpg I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE - I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE DIRECTED BY SAMEH ALAA EGYPT // 2020 15 MINS After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes. https://www.encounters.film/the-cook daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/9a82a9d0-e694-4813-bd18-fc69d50d0b5e/The+Cook+-+Vincent+Bossel.jpg THE COOK - THE COOK DIRECTED BY VINCENT BOSSEL SWITZERLAND // 2022 3 MINS A young chef cooks up a mysterious dish... https://www.encounters.film/le-saboteur daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e4c7d29e-2256-455c-aae0-c13417df25a4/Le+Saboteur+-+Anssi+Kasitonni.jpg LE SABOTEUR - LE SABOTEUR DIRECTED BY ANSSI KASITONNI FINLAND // 2022 12 MINS An ex-saboteur gets back in the game and every trick will be exposed! A short action film about the joint adventure of indie filmmaking - with all the special effects. https://www.encounters.film/store-policy-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628702995179-M9MQB4FDMIUT87ZVUXIN/StorePolicy%2C+Sarah+Arnold.png STORE POLICY - STORE POLICY DIRECTED BY SARAH ARNOLD FRANCE // 2020 17 MINS Lea begins a summer job as a cashier in a large supermarket chain. She soon discovers the underlying violence of the work place. https://www.encounters.film/hanging-on-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628703066483-D41SPSAMULNC6I7RJWBB/Hanging+On%2C+Alfie+Barker.jpg HANGING ON - HANGING ON DIRECTED BY ALFIE BARKER UK // 2021 10 MINS Set in Oulton, Leeds, an old coal-mining community of over 60 houses still stand. Originally made as temporary council housing, but sold onto private investors, they now sit with the threat of demolition, displacing a large number of residents. https://www.encounters.film/the-town-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628773929182-3TND0A4CO2BOWEX93JBM/The+Town.jpeg THE TOWN - THE TOWN DIRECTED BY LINDIWE MAKGALEMELE SOUTH AFRICA // 2021 15 MINS Lesedi spends her days throwing stones at passing cars and hoping for something to happen. Unexpectedly, a car breaks down leading her to fear that she is responsible. Still, a transient connection is formed between Lesedi and the reluctant visitor. https://www.encounters.film/sunrise-in-my-mind-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628774586563-CE2DIQSRVFR6D60YNT7I/Sunriseinmymind%2CDanech+San.jpg SUNRISE IN MY MIND - SUNRISE IN MY MIND DIRECTED BY DANECH SAN CAMBODIA // 2020 14 MINS Pich, a young woman working late at night at a beauty salon, gives into her restrained interest in Lay, a young man who spends his evenings driving Phnom Penh's streets by motorbike as a delivery man. https://www.encounters.film/hide-1-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg HIDE - HIDE DIRECTED BY DANIEL BENJAMIN GRAY HUNGARY // 2020 11 MINS Two brothers play hide and seek. As one counts, the other hides in a small cabinet. Seconds pass, then minutes, years. A heartrending and prescient story about family and disconnect, in a world that is increasingly fragmented and unrecognizable. https://www.encounters.film/staying-aros-mae-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628774655084-VH07H0EUY5TW5R72USMY/Staying+%28Aros+Mae%29%2C+Zillah+Bowes.jpg STAYING (AROS MAE) - STAYING (AROS MAE) DIRECTED BY ZILLAH BOWES UK // 2020 19 MINS Ruth, a newly divorced gallery manager selling her city home, sees a video of a sheepdog, Mick, for sale. She visits farmer Huw and his wife Megan in the remote hills. https://www.encounters.film/brutalia-days-of-labour daily 0.75 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/3b8e90f0-1b51-4b15-bf55-44616cc4608f/Brutalia%2C+days+of+labour+-+Manolis+Mavris.png BRUTALIA, DAYS OF LABOUR - BRUTALIA, DAYS OF LABOUR DIRECTED BY MANOLIS MAURIS GREECE, BELGIUM // 2021 25 MINS Perfectly identical girls, dressed in military uniforms, work day and night. A matriarchal family. An oligarchic society. What would happen if we replace bees with humans? https://www.encounters.film/red-aninsri-or-tiptoeing-on-the-still-trembling-berlin-wall-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628774771781-1OSU71269TED4I2P11OA/Red+Aninsri%2C+Ratchapoom+Boonbunchachoke.jpg RED ANINSRI; OR, TIPTOEING ON THE STILL TREMBLING BERLIN WALL - RED ANINSRI; OR, TIPTOEING ON THE STILL TREMBLING BERLIN WALL DIRECTED BY RATCHAPOOM BOONBUNCHACHOKE THAILAND // 2020 30 MINS The queer espionage film made in the tradition of Cold-War-era Thai dubbed film. A ladyboy prostitute-cum-spy is assigned a mission to disguise as a cis-masculine gay to acquire important information from a student activist. https://www.encounters.film/ieva-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629457660374-RL8T5Q3HTNYQRQI3CK6X/Ieva%2C+Vytautas+Plukas%2C+Domas+Petronis.jpg IEVA - IEVA DIRECTED BY VYTAUTAS PLUKAS AND DOMAS PETRONIS LITHUANIA // 2020 14 MINS Inside a lab, a robot is created. Like a newborn, it analyses its surroundings with the primitive senses and limited knowledge it has. A test is set up to see how a dog and a humanoid robot would respond to each other. https://www.encounters.film/walk-with-kings-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629458500906-1DBXL49DVQ7GVO74ITIV/Walk+With+Kings%2C+Guillaume+SENEZ.png WALK WITH KINGS - WALK WITH KINGS DIRECTED BY GUILLAUME SENEZ BELGIUM // 2020 14 MINS A father, reconnecting with his son, is the victim of an incident that suddenly shakes up his fragile reconstruction. https://www.encounters.film/ropey-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629459178458-6QNDZG1T7HZQ9EXPVAK3/Ropey%2C+Giles+Ripley.png ROPEY - ROPEY DIRECTED BY GILES RIPLEY UK // 2020 12 MINS After the death of her husband Tom, Heather is in therapy, trying to cope with the grief. When Heather tries to kill herself, Tom turns up to stop her. Is Tom real, or a mash up of memories and trauma? Either way, he seems to be sticking around. https://www.encounters.film/maalbeek-1-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629714466258-5AIONGZOBZQ7I1HV8R2E/Maalbeek%2C+ISMA%C3%8BL+JOFFROY+CHANDOUTIS.jpeg MAALBEEK - MAALBEEK DIRECTED BY ISMAËL JOFFROY CHANDOUTIS FRANCE // 2020 15 MINS Survivor but amnesiac of the attack at Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatised event of which she has no memory. https://www.encounters.film/dustin-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629465540120-Y5GWMIF7WWW8YQLO1MM9/Dustin%2C+Na%C3%AFla+Guiguet.jpeg DUSTIN - DUSTIN DIRECTED BY NAÏLA GUIGUET FRANCE // 2020 20 MINS In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy. https://www.encounters.film/know-the-grass-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629714538678-LPE92FWONVR00X9IK6OF/Know+the+Grass%2C+Sophie+Littman.jpg KNOW THE GRASS - KNOW THE GRASS DIRECTED BY SOPHIE LITTMAN UK // 2021 14 MINS 15 year old Mattie has dreamlike premonitions which she is encouraged to ignore by her older brother. But during a trip out of town, Mattie senses her visions could have some substance: her brother's life might be in danger. https://www.encounters.film/science-around-us-1 daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1b08d15a-9505-44c0-b8f5-17e699aee4f0/Science+Around+Us+-+Arif+Abdillah.JPG SCIENCE AROUND US (Copy) - SCIENCE AROUND US DIRECTED BY ARIF ABDILLAH THE NETHERLANDS, INDONESIA // 2021 20 MINS After finding out that his father was admitted into hospital and refuses medical treatment in Indonesia, Budi has to convince his father to take medical treatment while trying to clean up his wild party in The Netherlands. All in 20 minutes. https://www.encounters.film/four-cups-of-coffee-or-three-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632050675983-9V3GATQ70CQQ8G8KHPAE/031e020f0899-4_Cups_of_Coffee_or_3__2_.png FOUR CUPS OF COFFEE OR THREE - FOUR CUPS OF COFFEEE OR THREE DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LACH POLAND // 2020 12 MINS A sleepless night and a mysterious growth on her hand leads to one woman’s existential crisis. https://www.encounters.film/spotted-yellow-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632050990335-WUDQ778ONOB7L8H0R76Y/41764680eb48-MKE08507.jpg SPOTTED YELLOW - SPOTTED YELLOW DIRECTED BY BARAN SARMAD IRAN // 2020 12 MINS Roya is a young girl with a yellow spot on her face. One day she feels the signs of a real giraffe in her life. And her normal life is slowly changing. https://www.encounters.film/an-invitation-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719240642-0VDAIN3DDWMZ1JYLBYGE/an+invitation%2CYeung+Tung%2C+Hao+Zhao.jpeg AN INVITATION - AN INVITATION DIRECTED BY HAO ZHAO AND YEUNG TUNG CHINA // 2020 13 MINS In the Summer of 2008, an 8 year old boy pays a short visit to his father in Hong Kong, applying for permanent ID. As the visit comes to an end, they find it increasingly difficult to ask what they want from each other. https://www.encounters.film/its-alright-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719313828-145WYIR5XVZL0E4VYYQ6/It%27s+Alright%2C+Jor%C5%ABn%C4%97+Grei%C4%8Di%C5%ABt%C4%97.jpg IT'S ALRIGHT - IT’S ALRIGHT DIRECTED BY JORUNE GREICIUTE LITHUANIA // 2020 16 MINS In the context of their unsuccessful lives, two middle-aged people are looking for a new romance. Naive and tensed, as members of post-soviet generation, they struggle with their boundaries, absurdity, and awkwardness in everlasting search for love. https://www.encounters.film/the-lighting daily 0.75 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/2159a061-c3be-4c0e-a902-f705ead78119/The+Lighting+-+Chihying+Musquiqui.jpg THE LIGHTING - THE LIGHTING DIRECTED BY CHIHYING MUSQUIQUI GERMANY, TAIWAN, TOGO // 2021 21 MINS The film aims to revisit and clarify the issue of discrimination rooted in technological development and image production through an interdisciplinary exploration https://www.encounters.film/marlon-brando-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719403859-X8ZBUEDC2PELTJ3ZD6EA/Marlon+Brando%2C+Vincent+Tilanus.jpg MARLON BRANDO - MARLON BRANDO DIRECTED BY VINCENT TILANUS THE NETHERLANDS // 2020 19 MINS 15 year old Mattie has dreamlike premonitions which she is encouraged to ignore by her older brother. But during a trip out of town, Mattie senses her visions could have some substance: her brother's life might be in danger. https://www.encounters.film/abada-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629719449345-XFOVUEI2X3VLJYB7ZHHW/Abada%2C+JEAN-BENO%C3%83T+UGEUX.jpg ABADA - ABADA DIRECTED BY JEAN-BENOÃT UGEUX FRANCE, BELIUM // 2020 13 MINS A son writes a comic book about his childhood. He sends it to his father, who has been living in the south for years. But his father doesn’t really care about reading a story where he is drawn naked in most panels. https://www.encounters.film/three-songs-for-benazir-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629968022682-WX0UL2SV7KEIXPTS5FV0/Three+Songs+for+Benazir%2C+Elizabeth+Mirzaei%2C+Gulistan+Mirzaei.jpg THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR - THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR DIRECTED BY GULISTAN MIRZAEI, ELIZABETH MIRZAEI AFGHANISTAN // 2021 23 MINS The story of Shaista, a young man who, newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the army with the responsibilities of starting a family. https://www.encounters.film/in-the-big-yard-inside-the-teeny-weeny-pocket daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/18e421ab-a59f-46be-a000-f1e671d16716/In+the+Big+Yard+Inside+the+Teeny-Weeny+Pocket+-+Yoko+Yuki.jpg IN THE BIG YARD INSIDE THE TEENY-WEENY POCKET - IN THE BIG YARD INSIDE THE TEENY-WEENY POCKET DIRECTED BY YOKO YUKI JAPAN // 2022 6 MINS When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they're actually watching me. A charming animation rhyme that weaves together the many days of observing, recording, and experimenting. https://www.encounters.film/neon-phantom daily 0.75 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6fac1504-e0e6-4b72-871d-d63a5edafc16/Neon+Phantom+-+Leonardo+Martinelli.jpg NEON PHANTOM - NEON PHANTOM DIRECTED BY LEONARDO MARTINELLI BRAZIL // 2021 20 MINS A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that all would be like a musical film. https://www.encounters.film/anita-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629974330092-0S9JCQLNFL57RDUYA8RO/Anita%2C+Sushma+Khadepaun ANITA - ANITA DIRECTED BY SUSHMA KHADEPAUN INDIA, UNITED STATES // 2020 19 MINS Anita, a young Indian living in the US, returns to India for her sister's wedding. She counts on her husband's support to announce some great news. All excited, her family immediately assumes Anita is having a baby, but their joy is short-lived. https://www.encounters.film/into-light-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629974565374-XYVH8XO1UW41I6IAFG5S/Into+Light%2C+Sheona+McDonald.jpg INTO LIGHT - INTO LIGHT DIRECTED BY SHEONA MCDONALD CANDA // 2021 19 MINS Sheona McDonald’s documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together. https://www.encounters.film/breaking-ground-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1632052161206-4VKPCSQXRYEEIWCGMNQM/9ada9fa90bed-Still_Photo_1__Breaking_Ground__1_.jpg BREAKING GROUND - BREAKING GROUND DIRECTED BY INES GIRIHIRWE RWANDA // 2020 13 MINS After another incident with her husband, a mistreated woman seeks old adventures from her neighbours house where she decides to change the course of her life. https://www.encounters.film/warsha daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/6356e6c1-4817-47c0-ba3a-d6666da510e6/Warsha+-+Dania+Bdeir.jpg WARSHA - WARSHA DIRECTED BY DANIA BDEIR FRANCE, LEBANON // 2021 16 MINS A crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. https://www.encounters.film/dinners-ready daily 0.75 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/695317f0-b9c4-4c29-a6f9-75d22e676469/Dinner%27s+Ready+-+Elizabeth+Xu.jpg DINNER'S READY - DINNER’S READY DIRECTED BY ELIZABETH XU UNITED STATES // 2021 4 MINS Women belong in the kitchen! Women don't belong in the kitchen! Well someone has to do the dishes. And who's that someone if we're both women? https://www.encounters.film/alternative-economies daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/c71876e8-e6ba-4d16-9a99-948a67b787c1/Alternative+Economies+-+Rehana+Zaman.jpg ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES - ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES DIRECTED BY REHANA ZAMAN UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 28 MINS Discusses the imperialist exploits of the Disney character Scrooge McDuck, and the apparently radical yet deeply compromised promises of crypto­currency. Between these two strands, possibilities for an alternative network of exchange are sought. https://www.encounters.film/the-bayview daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d22bd81c-b1dc-4edd-9730-94821b23de25/The+Bayview+-+Daniel+Cook.jpg THE BAYVIEW - THE BAYVIEW DIRECTED BY DANIEL COOK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 18 MINS An intimate glimpse into the lives of a mobile fishing community, through the eyes of an extraordinary woman who has turned her home into an unofficial fishermen’s mission. https://www.encounters.film/becoming-male-in-the-middle-ages daily 0.75 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/e836e183-8d1b-4758-8081-ec1047f7e8f1/Becoming+Male+in+the+Middle+Ages+-+Pedro+Neves+Marques.jpg BECOMING MALE IN THE MIDDLE AGES - BECOMING MALE IN THE MIDDLE AGES DIRECTED BY PEDRO NEVES MARQUES PORTUGAL // 2022 22 MINS Mirene and André, and Carl and Vicente, are both couples in their mid-thirties. While Mirene and André struggle with their fertility, Vicente undergoes an experimental procedure, implanting an ovary in his body in the hopes of having a child. https://www.encounters.film/shtum-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d9badcbf-a90e-400d-a407-01e8f0c2b3c4/Shtum%2C+Anna+Theil.jpg SHTUM - SHTUM DIRECTED BY ANN THIEL GERMANY // 2020 8 MINS After the fall of the Wall, Anna plunges into her exciting youth in Berlin until events from the past catch up with her. The film is about family secrets and the resulting silence. https://www.encounters.film/coffin-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1627900104069-C0I5ZEEC7GBIJ3FKW3RW/IF+WALLS+COULD+SPEAK+-+Coffin.png COFFIN - COFFIN DIRECTED BY YUANQING CAI, NATHAN CRABOT, HOUZHI HUANG, MIKOLAJ JANIW, MANDIMBY LEBON and THEO TRAN NGOC FRANCE // 2020 5 MINS A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China. https://www.encounters.film/jeijay-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/fc590941-dac9-4caf-8d45-8bd7455e8f4a/JeiJay%2C+Petra+Stipetic%2C+Maren+Wiese.png JEIJAY - JEIJAY DIRECTED BY PETRA STIPETIC AND MAREN WIESE GERMANY // 2021 8 MINS Jeijay begins where most romantic movies end. The film is about two people who try to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own little home, more and more of the happy facade of their love life comes. https://www.encounters.film/the-better-angels-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/985f2652-9c91-4a85-95b6-da0cf27e6a33/The+Better+Angels%2C+Michael+Cusack.jpg THE BETTER ANGELS - THE BETTER ANGELS DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CUSACK AUSTRALIA // 2021 13 MINS A young soldier trying to escape the horrors of war, finds an abandoned house and within its walls the stories of what might have been. https://www.encounters.film/the-visit-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/f51bc002-5c42-4e7d-a278-1274dcbffa4f/The+Visit%2C+Morrie+Tan.jpg THE VISIT - THE VISIT DIRECTED BY MORRIE TAN SHU ZHEN SINGAPORE // 2021 9 MINS A young girl visits her father in prison. The glass in-between would never separate them anyways. https://www.encounters.film/gyroscope-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/72198ac2-0e34-4253-aa62-846b30a1f2e6/Gyroscope_Still_1.jpg GYROSCOPE - GYROSCOPE DIRECTED BY GABRIEL BÖHMER UK // 2021 3 MINS A young child finds magic and adventure when searching for a mysterious gyroscope in his grandparents' home. Created for Olovson, the new solo project by Grammy Award winning musician Jacob Olofsson. https://www.encounters.film/grey-to-green-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/433721a8-cd65-4576-97ee-9d1f3ee3add9/Grey+to+Green%2C+Marcus+Sanchez.jpg GREY TO GREEN - GREY TO GREEN DIRECTED BY MARCOS SANCHEZ REPUBLIC OF KOREA // 2020 4 MINS Animation turns old home movies into a nostalgic dream about growing up. https://www.encounters.film/annah-la-javanaise-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629448987311-GXGMWPX9GCPFGPQXW0LI/Annah+la+Javanaise%2C+Fatimah+Tobing+Rony.jpg ANNAH LA JAVANAISE - ANNAH LA JAVANAISE DIRECTED BY FATIMAH TOBING RONY INDONESIA // 2020 6 MINS In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin in Paris as his maid and model. They called her Annah la Javanaise. This is a reimagining of her story. https://www.encounters.film/missing-migrants-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629449213247-HUQ7DM3RNZ9XBHXDD6P5/MISSINGMIGRANTS.png MISSING MIGRANTS - MISSING MIGRANTS DIRECTED BY RAJ YAGNIK, KRES GENJIN UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 2 MINS The disappearance of a loved one is devastating for their family. Many families of missing migrants will never find out how or where they died, even if a body has been recovered and identified. https://www.encounters.film/have-a-nice-dog-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629449657341-5XOV3UNPZ90SROJLJ4Q2/Have+a+nice+dog%2C++Jalal+Maghout.jpg HAVE A NICE DOG - HAVE A NICE DOG! 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Years later he finds a new home in a burgeoning nationalist movement. https://www.encounters.film/footsteps-on-the-wind-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629905409771-MX9HQWXZPKJRI6G16NMA/Footsteps+on+the+Wind FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND - FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND DIRECTED BY GUSTAVO LEAL, FAGA MELO, MAYA SANBAR UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 7 MINS Footsteps on the Wind follows the plight of Noor and her little brother, Josef as they journey far away from home, orphaned from a devastating earthquake. The story highlights the tragic stories of unaccompanied child refugees. https://www.encounters.film/migrants-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906151168-6RVFG8WCB6U6DKC6I9P0/Migrants%2C+Hugo+Caby%2C+Antoine+Dupriez%2C+Aubin+Kubiak%2C+Lucas+Lermytte%2C+Zo%C3%A9+Devise.jpg MIGRANTS - MIGRANTS DIRECTED BY HUGO CABY, ANTOINE DUPRIEZ, AUBIN KUBIAK, LUCAS LERMYTTE, ZOÉ DEVISE FRANCE // 2020 8 MINS Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate. https://www.encounters.film/we-hope-you-wont-need-to-come-back-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906326121-2FYPFWCGSCZW6T78QZI3/We+hope+you+wont+need+to+come+back%2C+Anastazja+Naumenko WE HOPE YOU WON'T NEED TO COME BACK - WE HOPE YOU WON’T NEED TO COME BACK DIRECTED BY ANASTAZJA NAUMENKO POLAND // 2020 10 MINS A young girl immigrated. Having to function in a new environment is slowly transforming into a routine, and herself, into a modern Frankenstein's creation. The new approach and behaviour no longer match the old habits and patrimonial stereotypes. https://www.encounters.film/what-resonates-in-silence-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906841876-9N3IPS2R5GDC0CXQ4HY9/What+Resonates+in+Silence%2C+Marine+Blin.jpg WHAT RESONATES IN SILENCE - WHAT RESONATES IN SILENCE DIRECTED BY MARINE BLIN FRANCE // 2020 8 MINS Hiding death doesn't make it disappear. A young girl suffers from the adults' silences and feels dispossessed of her right to mourn. https://www.encounters.film/wet-soppy-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1627899340598-P6GTK9W1Z2IZGCFHJSYJ/HUMAN+NATURE+-+Wet+%26+Soppy.jpg WET & SOPPY - WET & SOPPY DIRECTED BY Cliona Noonan IRELAND // 2020 5 MINS A weather-tormented man who just wants to dry his underwear is forced to use the local laundromat each evening instead of his garden washing line. But another customer is watching him from afar. https://www.encounters.film/plantarium-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629906719200-LYGWRX911OGIX957VTOW/Plantarium%2C+TOMEK+DUCKI.jpg PLANTARIUM - PLANTARIUM DIRECTED BY TOMEK DUCKI POLAND // 2020 7 MINS There is an unusual garden in a dark cave cultivated by a lonely man. One day, while he is pruning the plants he finds a little boy in a pot. The child’s nails are just as long as the offshoots of a plant. https://www.encounters.film/prince-in-a-pastry-shop-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629907096504-I5M41VPP4A0GCX6B5PH2/Prince+in+a+Pastry+Shop%2C+Katarzyna+Agopsowicz.jpg PRINCE IN A PASTRY SHOP - PRINCE IN A PASTRY SHOP DIRECTED BY KATARZYNA AGOPSOWICZ POLAND // 2020 16 MINS This philosophical parable about a couple eating cakes in a cafe touches upon fundamental issues that are close to everyone - the elusiveness of happiness, the fact that we are not always able to perceive it. https://www.encounters.film/selfscratch-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629907468308-OFP0BB64XWNN2O3HJTHI/Self+Scratch%2C+Chenghua+Yang.jpg SELF-SCRATCH - SELF SCRATCH DIRECTED BY CHENGHUA YANG FRANCE // 2020 9 MINS Following a break-up, Wen sinks into melancholy. She talks to herself a lot. By understanding that it is not the love she has lost but her confidence, she will be able to reconcile with herself. https://www.encounters.film/precious-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/693d1c45-9341-44df-8dbb-d26f02401f29/Precious%2C+Paul+Mas.jpg PRECIOUS - PRECIOUS DIRECTED BY PAUL MAS FRANCE // 2020 14 MINS Julie can't fit into her school. The arrival of Emile, an autistic child, will change the game... https://www.encounters.film/feed-the-ghosted-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980357370-7TC6T14G7CNHVT3VJMDX/Feed+the+Ghosted%2C+Pia+Graf.png FEED THE GHOSTED - FEED THE GHOSTED DIRECTED BY PIA GRAF GERMANY // 2020 5 MINS In her psychedelic animated film, Pia Graf addresses media overstimulation and excessive media consumption. The figure at the centre is a glittering everyday hero in the midst of a chaotic, virtual world. https://www.encounters.film/nuevo-rico-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980502688-V4X27VTBSPB3US13EI00/Nuevo+Rico%2C+Kristian+Mercado.jpg NUEVO RICO - NUEVO RICO DIRECTED BY KRISTIAN MERCADO UNITED STATES // 2020 16 MINS Nuevo Rico is a bold venture in creating Latinx-Futurism. The narrative aims to spotlight contemporary issues facing Puerto Rico; the effects of commercialization and its current colonial status. https://www.encounters.film/people-person-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980676343-YOEV2KSUADSIFR42DB83/People+Person%2C+Rymalena.png PEOPLE PERSON - PEOPLE PERSON DIRECTED BY RYMALENA UNITED STATES // 2020 14 MINS Desperate to escape her reality, a young woman discovers a program that immerses her in her own subconscious through a myriad of virtual personas. https://www.encounters.film/monachopsis-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980831605-MOMTOMQAXFPZ217NT163/Monachopsis%2C+Liesbet+van+Loon.jpg MONACHOPSIS - MONACHOPSIS DIRECTED BY LIESBET VAN LOON BELGIUM // 2020 11 MINS Debbie, a young woman, struggles with the feeling of being disconnected from the people around her. Until she meets Sofie with whom she bonds (too) strongly. https://www.encounters.film/what-will-survive-of-us-is-love-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629980990852-Y24FG752NQJACWDG36PT/What+Will+Survive+of+us+is+Love%2C+Kakia+Konstantinaki.jpg WHAT WILL SURVIVE OF US IS LOVE - WHAT WILL SURVIVE OF US IS LOVE DIRECTED BY KAKIA KONSTANTINAKI GREECE // 2020 7 MINS Humans might have left the planet, but their legacy still resides on material and immaterial aspects of life on earth. Relics and reminiscences of humanity interact, fall in love and become creators in a very questionable high-resolution simulation. https://www.encounters.film/bad-mood-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629981098080-RVBZBY1I9JOOB05KF1DL/Bad+Mood%2C+Loris+Giuseppe+Nese.jpg BAD MOOD - BAD MOOD DIRECTED BY LORIS GIUSEPPE NESE ITALY // 2020 12 MINS The mother cares for seniors in their homes, where the ticking clock counts down the working day, between the frightening sounds of the heavy breathing that increase the fear of emptiness... https://www.encounters.film/push-this-button-if-you-begin-to-panic-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629981307453-XPQSZMKY8XNNZBE5UTWG/Push+This+Button%2C+Gabriel+B%C3%B6hmer.jpeg PUSH THIS BUTTON IF YOU BEGIN TO PANIC - PUSH THIS BUTTON IF YOU BEGIN TO PANIC DIRECTED BY GABRIEL BÖHMER UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 13 MINS Bartholomew Whisper went to the doctor today. There he met administrators keen on experimental surgery, and lonely MRI machines. 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As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy. Soon her swimming eases. Facing her fears is helping her heal. https://www.encounters.film/crafty-witch-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629985123677-D1D090U11QRNZH37Z7OY/Crafty+Witch%2C+Laura-Beth+Cowley.png CRAFTY WITCH - CRAFTY WITCH DIRECTED BY LAURA-BETH COWLET UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 1 MIN After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins (the self-proclaimed Witch Hunter General) is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny. https://www.encounters.film/a-period-piece-1-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1628174199890-IYXHYOKRC7WJ1O1XKDVU/A+Period+Piece%2C+Shuchi+Talati.jpg A PERIOD PIECE - A PERIOD PIECE DIRECTED BY SCHUCHI TALATI UNITED STATES // 2020 12 mins Geetha finally has sex with Vehd one afternoon but things quickly turn messy when period blood stains her pristine couch and a fight erupts mid-coitus, causing her pent-up feelings spill over. https://www.encounters.film/brunch-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629986551289-ZX8F69GLSFF2H4A7DT3C/brunch%2C+Marnik+Loysen BRUNCH - BRUNCH DIRECTED BY MARNIK LOYSEN UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 5 MINS After years of prosecuting and torturing innocent women, Hopkins (the self-proclaimed Witch Hunter General) is about to get his just desserts at the hands or rather the magical finger of Winny. https://www.encounters.film/moms-hair-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1629986847229-R9ABM9QZ85T9IR6XZ2AV/Mom%27s+Hair%2C+Alexey+Evstigneev.jpeg MOM'S HAIR - MOM’S HAIR DIRECTED BY ALEXEY EVSTIGNEEV RUSSIA // 2021 8 MINS At the age of four, Lisa lost all her hair to alopecia. 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But the world of her parents is so tightly connected with her that by leaving, she puts it at risk. https://www.encounters.film/catgot-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630055859460-7T6XGZBWUI5XNLAYHHR1/Catgot%2C+Tsz+Wing+Ho.jpg CATGOT - CATGOT DIRECTED BY TSZ WING HO HONG KONG // 2019 3 MINS A hand-drawn abstract animation set to ‘Catgot’ by ISAN, utilising a psychedelic and hypnotising array of colours, exploding and expanding in fountains of shapes. https://www.encounters.film/pandora-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630055983663-4Y0J81Y8KSUB96J8KK5M/Pandora%2C+Matthias+Lerch.jpg PANDORA - PANDORA DIRECTED BY MATTHIAS LERCH GERMANY // 2020 7 MINS The film deals with different interpretations of the mythological tale and tells the story of an artificially created figure, that frees herself from her predestination. https://www.encounters.film/the-bike-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630056141843-Q6KPKRLA4R039PA1KO03/The+Bike%2C+Diana+Gong.jpg THE BIKE - THE BIKE DIRECTED BY DIANA GONG UNITED STATES // 2021 2 MINS Flaccid noses, stock images, and a bike come together to tell a story about memory and dissociation. https://www.encounters.film/breaking-bread-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630056257565-K9R5PZ3GT6RZPTVIHCTH/Breaking+Bread%2C+Yuan+Li+Elizabeth+Xu.jpg BREAKING BREAD - BREAKING BREAD DIRECTED BY YUAN ELIZABETH XU UNITED STATES // 2020 2 MINS A question of what it means to love as a God-fearing queer. https://www.encounters.film/abstraction-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/a06b7280-799b-409e-8075-071ff7ea83e0/Abstraction_Michael_Salkeld__2_.jpg ABSTRACTION - ABSTRACTION DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SALKELD UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 2 MINS Short Abstract hand drawn animation. 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This moving film examines what it means to be an artist, driven by a creative urge to perform. https://www.encounters.film/precious-bundle-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630415275480-QNQGG7PJXYD5J0NLA7PX/Precious+Bundle%2C+Kim+Angelica+Head.jpg PRECIOUS BUNDLE - PRECIOUS BUNDLE DIRECTED BY ANGELICA HEAD UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 13 MINS A daughter tries to mend her fractured relationship with her father but his attitudes create more complications than she had expected. An intriguing mix of stop-motion animation and interviews reveal a family’s mythology and complex family dynamics. https://www.encounters.film/mexed-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630416021013-JJOZCMOEIAITLOVQXRWL/mexed%2C+lissi+simpson MĖXED - MĖXED DIRECTED BY LISSI SIMPSON UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 15 MINS The mixed race ethnic group is the fastest growing, yet least represented. This is a collective biracial female journey, via poetry & dance, about learning to love the 'frizz' and abandon well-embedded stigmas placed on natural, afro-hair types. https://www.encounters.film/silvering-2 daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630416246882-TDR229F9OC9ETUOIS2TK/Silvering%2C+EILIDH+NICOL SILVERING - SILVERING DIRECTED BY EILDH NICOLL UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 6 MINS A ritualistic evening of self-care spirals into claustrophobic self-scrutiny when a woman discovers a grey hair and begins to contend with the passing of time. https://www.encounters.film/owen-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630416345450-LGIXTJZ9GUBQVZPDJRPS/Owen%2C+ARLO+O%E2%80%99CALLGHAN.jpg OWEN - OWEN DIRECTED BY ARLO O’CALLAGHAN // SHOT AND EDITED BY CAMERON JAIMES UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 8 MINS Our transgender friend explores his experiences in life as a member of the trans community, as well as the significance of hair and gender identity expression within modern day society. https://www.encounters.film/dragged-up-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418202347-Q0C6AHUFMDFWR2T6F6T6/Dragged+Up%2C+Laura+Jayne+Tunbridge.png DRAGGED UP - DRAGGED UP DIRECTED BY LAURA JAYNE TUNBRIDGE UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 19 MINS Sarah's family want her to be crowned Queen of Sheppey but she's far from a natural. In secret Sarah explores male drag and finds the confidence to finally show her family she wasn't meant to be Pageant Queen, she was born to be a King. https://www.encounters.film/culling-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419532171-QJWTKFUAN09DE5NU4XU9/Culling%2C+Matty+Crawford.png CULLING - CULLING DIRECTED BY MATTY CRAWFORD UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 14 MINS A young man tries to save a cow from slaughter, whilst two boys trawl through treacherous and desolate terrain, escaping an invisible threat. https://www.encounters.film/silver-and-gold-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418572093-VCB53E92OBDTYPFLJ0VY/Silver+and+Gold%2C+Jack+Pulford.jpg SILVER AND GOLD - SILVER AND GOLD DIRECTED BY JACK PULFORD UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS A living statue waits for someone to notice her. When a potential rival teaches her to move she finds a real connection. https://www.encounters.film/some-manifestations-of-the-south-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418740176-1Q354D0HDDW59PBG9H6E/Some+Manifestations+of+the+South%2C+Zhiyi+Wang.jpg SOME MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SOUTH - SOME MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SOUTH DIRECTED BY ZHIYI WANG UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA // 2020 16 MINS A young man who lives in south China runs an errand service: visiting and cleaning ancestors' cemeteries of his clients on their behalf on festivals and anniversaries. He received a special assignment just after he decided to wind up this business. https://www.encounters.film/once-familiar-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630418899172-ILYTX4UAWV63ZJG8LPN9/Once+Familiar%2C+Rub%C3%A9n+Gonz%C3%A1lez.png ONCE FAMILIAR - ONCE FAMILIAR DIRECTED BY RUBÉN GONZÁLEZ UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 11 MINS A girl awakens in the middle of an unknown forest. Seeking a way out, she begins to follow someone in the distance only to discover they are her mirror image. https://www.encounters.film/where-do-we-go-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419090812-RJWTHHIXYRD2NEZ18MCA/Where+Do+We+Go%2C+Barbara+Lervig.jpg WHERE DO WE GO - WHERE DO WE GO? DIRECTED BY BARBARA LERVIG UNITED KINGDOM, FAROE ISLANDS // 2021 15 MINS A woman consumed by grief ventures into the mountains with no intention of returning, but an encounter with an enigmatic old postwoman sets her life on a new path. https://www.encounters.film/the-dragon-head-tree-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419220421-TPSEWLZ7I2L1K7XTHOS1/The+Dragon+Head%2C+Jiaqi+Wang.png THE DRAGON HEAD TREE - THE DRAGON HEAD TREE DIRECTED BY JIAQI WANG UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA // 2020 7 MINS This film is about a magical creature from the ideal world. It's about how she was caught and eaten, and how she became a symbol for people. https://www.encounters.film/homebird-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490333546-K1ZNGU6MRM1T4VKQ13BP/Homebird%2C+Ewa+Smyk.jpg HOMEBIRD - HOMEBIRD DIRECTED BY EWQ SMYK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind. https://www.encounters.film/my-grandmother-is-an-egg-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490546401-RSNV6NH0VN1QHGR10RGJ/My+Grandmother+Is+an+Egg+-+Wu-Ching+Chang.jpg MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EGG - MY GRANDMOTHER IS AN EGG DIRECTED BY WU-CHING CHANG UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN // 2021 9 MINS My grandmother was a T'ung-yang-hsi. It is the traditional practice of pre-arranged marriage, selling a young girl to another family to be raised as a future daughter-in-law. Egg is life per se. Eggs are fragile, but at the same time tough. https://www.encounters.film/asian-brass-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490738937-9WZE4KQ7TWJ6QYYACQBB/Asian+Brass%2C+Guyuan+Ma.jpg ASIAN BRASS - ASIAN BRASS DIRECTED BY GUYUAN MA UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA // 2021 24 MINS It's an elegy written for the hometown. Ping, a high school teacher, overwhelmed by disappointing trivial matters in daily life, become able to see her dead grandpa in the old house awaiting demolished. https://www.encounters.film/our-perpetual-now-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630490852451-7SJPCWD07UH8VO75RNPX/Our+Perpetual+Now%2C+Jorge+Aguilar+Rojo.png OUR PERPETUAL NOW - OUR PERPETUAL NOW DIRECTED BY JORGE AGUILAR ROJO UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 8 MINS A man editing one last conversation out of his memories in order to say goodbye to the woman he loved and is now gone. https://www.encounters.film/in-the-space-you-left-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630491202221-NQIZN307VXFI3KQ7NPTQ/In+The+Space+You+Left%2C+Christine+Saab+%281%29.png IN THE SPACE YOU LEFT - IN THE SPACE YOU LEFT DIRECTED BY CHRISTINE SAAB UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 23 MINS From the confines of her home in England, a filmmaker embarks on a digital quest to track down an old friend who disappeared years ago in Japan. A film about missed connections in the digital age. https://www.encounters.film/a-simple-fcking-gesture-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630398833035-3WHQOGY0X24VYX992GAM/A+Simple+F_cking+Gesture%2C+Jesse+Shamata.jpg A SIMPLE F*CKING GESTURE - A SIMPLE F*CKING GESTURE DIRECTED BY JESSE SHAMATA CANADA // 2020 9 MINS While stuck in traffic, emotions escalate for a couple when a driver doesn't give them a "wave" after cutting in. Comparing him to all that is wrong in the world, they are terrified when he pulls over to confront them. https://www.encounters.film/seeds-of-love-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630399091093-FL45FWW7Y36SMVOI4251/SEEDS_OF_LOVE%2C+Rosco+5 SEEDS OF LOVE - SEEDS OF LOVE DIRECTED BY ROSCO 5 (BEHNAM TAHERI, GIDEON BERESFORD) UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 4 MINS Clearing away the possessions of his deceased fiancé, a man finds some of her nail clippings, and throws them away. But one nail lands in a pot of earth, miraculously spawning the hand of his lost love...and so begins a strange tale of love reborn. https://www.encounters.film/farce-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630399470193-NRB9GGD41GP3VTNMEEXU/Farse%28Farce%29_RobinJensen.jpg FARCE - FARCE DIRECTED BY ROBIN JENSEN NORWAY // 2019 11 MINS A Sami man ends up in greedy and decadent claws as he tries to save both his reindeer herd and the woman he desires. An awful fable about fatal passion. https://www.encounters.film/mondo-domino-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630400388130-21T7L95GUUZXE9RASZ5H/MondoDomino%2C+Suki.jpg MONDO DOMINO - MONDO DOMINO DIRECTED BY SUKI FRANCE // 2021 6 MINS Trees are chainsawed to be used for a fashion show, taking us in a delirious whirlwind of chain reactions as chaotic as grotesque. https://www.encounters.film/miss-fortunate-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630400608601-3CYXP8LEDH86WBT1XW7H/Miss_Fortunate%2C+Ella+Jones MISS FORTUNATE - MISS FORTUNATE DIRECTED BY ELLA JONES UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 15 MINS Scarlet's mum has died, leaving her with two cats, a huge tax bill and a crush on a boy she can't talk to. A comedy-drama about grief, in which a young woman loses her mother, and finds herself. https://www.encounters.film/eating-in-the-dark-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630401021068-7VZX3WDF6PHCQUU1N54U/EATINGINTHEDARK%2C+Inari+Sirola EATING IN THE DARK - EATING IN THE DARK DIRECTED BY INARI SIROLA UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 10 MINS Through snakey dildos, and a journey through a mind bending forest, we follow Siro's quest for self discovery. https://www.encounters.film/two-girls-and-a-boat-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630401329847-VTTV87073ZHML4D9Z029/Two+Girls+and+a+Boat.jpeg TWO GIRLS AND A BOAT - TWO GIRLS AND A BOAT DIRECTED BY ALEXSI DELIKOURAS FINLAND // 2021 13 MINS Twins Jade and Kaisa are going rowing on a beautiful Finnish summer day. Social media influencer Jade actually has something else in mind, and the trip doesn't end as planned. https://www.encounters.film/night-of-the-living-dread-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630407776151-Q554JRM7SOHZUODC6SS5/night+of+the+living+dead.jpeg NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD DIRECTED BY IDA MELUM UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 11 MINS When a power cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine, she finds herself haunted by some unwanted visitors. https://www.encounters.film/slow-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630408209378-E0ZDQGVFX628U9FZHMP7/Slow%2C+Giovanni+Boscolo%2C+Daniele+Nozzi.jpg SLOW - SLOW DIRECTED BY GIOVANNI BOSCOLO, DANIELE NOZZI ITALY // 2020 11 MINS Since Marisa retired, her life has changed profoundly: she feels useless, abandoned, without a purpose. The meeting with a secret organization of pensioners reveals to her one of the greatest mysteries in the history of mankind: road traffic. https://www.encounters.film/the-best-orchestra-in-the-world-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630408535134-10XZO02DGU8Y3JZE28I3/4t3hi0fg.jpeg THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD - THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD DIRECTED BY HENNING BACKHAUS AUSTRIA, GERMANY // 2020 14 MINS Ingbert, the sock, applies for a position as double bass player at the Vienna State Orchestra. Bad idea. https://www.encounters.film/gunter-falls-in-love-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630408825074-UZ37XYQGRU14O6GJPYIM/aBP2zJmg.jpeg GÜNTER FALLS IN LOVE - GÜNTER FALLS IN LOVE DIRECTED BY JOSEPHINE LOHOAR SELF IRELAND // 2020 2 MINS It's Christmas Day and Gunter, a pudgy pug watches from his dog bed as his human family unwrap their presents. When an uninterested child throws an old hand-me-down family toy to the side, Gunter becomes besotted. https://www.encounters.film/my-fat-arse-and-i-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409087675-9B6SF6AVWBCNWRW4DU2M/wcqbXOhw.jpeg MY FAT ARSE AND I - MY FAT ARSE AND I DIRECTED BY YELYZAVETA PYSMAK POLAND // 2020 10 MINS One morning a girl tries on a pair of new pants, yet they don't quite fit her. More precisely, they are impossible to zip. The girl is bewildered. In the mirror she sees herself like the fattest piglet the world has seen. https://www.encounters.film/don-vs-lightning-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409539962-5O935FE0Q0Q8I5TRQT5H/0gBBErAQ.jpeg DON VS LIGHTNING - DON VS LIGHTNING DIRECTED BY BIG RED BUTTON UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 13 MINS When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he can't decide what's worse: sadistic persecution by a capricious universe or all the unwanted attention from his neighbours. https://www.encounters.film/im-fine-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409310270-X1QO0CG61P8O76S12RUE/DdD7ctaw.jpeg I'M FINE! - I’M FINE! DIRECTED BY EMMA DOXIADI GREECE, UNITED STATES // 2020 6 MINS A woman's voicemail to her mom spirals out of control. https://www.encounters.film/sauna-security-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630409723718-FQ0HGNVI5ZBQMKLHBD6L/zzd92zRg.jpeg SAUNA SECURITY - SAUNA SECURITY DIRECTED BY NILS KNOBLICH GERMANY // 2021 8 MINS A group of naked people sits in a sauna and sweats. The sauna masters ensure peace and order. But when the violations of the rules escalate, the sauna masters take drastic measures, which ultimately not only endanger the guests. https://www.encounters.film/are-you-ok-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630414847257-QVJ5CZPMD8ECH1ZW7DYV/Are+You+Okay%2C+Mattis+Adar+Ohana+Goks%C3%B8yr.jpg ARE YOU OK - ARE YOU OK DIRECTED BY MATTIS OHANA GOKSØYR NORWAY // 2021 5 MINS Sara experiences another woman's orgasm and gets a new view on life. https://www.encounters.film/love-is-just-a-death-away-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419728184-3KZQW3SZ80B2W03KHTWS/FWkC2Irg.png LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY - LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY DIRECTED BY BÁRA ANNA STEJSKALOVÁ CZECH REPUBLIC // 2020 11 MINS A tender story about finding love even amid utter decay. https://www.encounters.film/survivers-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630419956863-OKTXLES3HRSJIGITRNWU/-SyUX3CA.png SURVIVERS - SURVIVERS DIRECTED BY CARLOS GÓMEZ-TRIGO SPAIN // 2020 6 MINS A dark night. A car in a parking lot. Three science-freak geeks are the only survivors of an undetermined catastrophe. An opportunity to start Humanity from scratch. But between them differences arise about when to remove the helmet that protect them. https://www.encounters.film/bubble-2 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630420147621-CNKJOBT3H0CTC4HL9ZSY/6EorXMpw.png BUBBLE - BUBBLE DIRECTED BY HAONAN WANG CHINA // 2020 14 MINS This is an urban tale of love and sacrifice set in a mysterious restaurant hidden in an alleyway. On an ordinary night, a man eats a lot of herbal plants in front of a woman, transforming himself into the woman's food. https://www.encounters.film/peter-the-penguin-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630420378548-4KIQB0RPAIUODSHY7IY2/tDFW841A.jpeg PETER THE PENGUIN - PETER THE PENGUIN DIRECTED BY ANDREW RUTTER UNITED KINGDOM // 2019 9 MINS Starting off as a very British comedy of social embarrassment before it veers off into something very weird and deeply unsettling. Grotesque, grimly funny, utterly absurd, yet genuinely nightmarish. Meeting new family has never been so strange. https://www.encounters.film/man-or-tree-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630420667403-OUT0LHQXLA8KP56K2YAO/qmAv64TA.png MAN OR TREE - MAN OR TREE DIRECTED BY VARUN RAMAN, TOM HANCOCK UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 4 MINS In the wilderness, a tree begins to question whether it may actually be a man tripping on hallucinogens given to him by an idiotic friend. But as the trip intensifies, it then begins to wonder that it may just be a tree after all. https://www.encounters.film/anxious-body-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421053638-GRTCVQ8V688GT69DPFM7/PJlo4kPw.jpeg ANXIOUS BODY - ANXIOUS BODY DIRECTED BY YORIKO MIZUSHIRI FRANCE, JAPAN // 2021 5 MINS Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born. https://www.encounters.film/blighty-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421308941-ZZVP1C6KA17EY6SZAHK2/HQY0qJhA.jpeg BLIGHTY - BLIGHTY DIRECTED BY THEO WATKINS UNITED KINGDOM // 2020 6 MINS After enacting brutal revenge against his noisy teenage neighbours, a lonely man attempts to disappear into the warm comfort of his long-gone past. A twisted, darkly comedic vision of pursuing greener grass. https://www.encounters.film/sweet-nothing-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421524682-HZYBE13OL34I2Y8JI89O/7OuSIr0A.png SWEET NOTHING - SWEET NOTHING DIRECTED BY JOANA FISCHER, MARIE-CHRISTINE KENOV SWITZERLAND // 2021 4 MINS Rosa is sunbathing in her garden on a hot summer afternoon. https://www.encounters.film/soft-animals-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630421716276-JGFUN5KO72UN2RWFXHGY/Db81izNQ.jpeg SOFT ANIMALS - SOFT ANIMALS DIRECTED BY RENEE ZHAN UNITED KINGDOM // 2021 3 MINS Two ex-lovers bump into each other at a train station. https://www.encounters.film/learning-tagalog-with-kayla-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630422011828-O2TS5NBVXLBGL8K94DV3/_xSVDmew.jpeg LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA - LEARNING TAGALOG WITH KAYLA DIRECTED BY KAYLA ABUDA GALANG UNITED STATES // 2020 4 MINS In this Tagalog lesson, Kayla will teach you conversational phrases, common expressions, and what it's like to feel sad and trapped inside your own home. https://www.encounters.film/boobs-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492264067-HIAWG6OLAF6VYF4QU04Q/IxAqGcYg.jpeg BOOBS - BOOBS DIRECTED BY MARIE VALADE CANADA // 2021 8 MINS On a bittersweet day, a young woman is confronted with weird paper breasts that appear on her chest. She must now learn to live with them. https://www.encounters.film/squish-2 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492428455-C9A4SXGMZM9XUBYJD192/15-jIHxA.jpeg SQUISH - SQUISH DIRECTED BY XAVIER SERON BELGIUM // 2020 20 MINS With Flo away on a business trip, Tom is left in charge of their five-year-old son, Sam. When Tom forgets Samâ's guitar lesson, he grabs the boy, rushing to avoid Floâ's wrath. The car comes out of the garage at full speed. He just crushed something. https://www.encounters.film/crumbs-of-life-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492613663-63E1LIERO72T0DCV8306/tJe7MNlQ.jpeg CRUMBS OF LIFE - CRUMBS OF LIFE DIRECTED BY KATARZYNA MIECHOWICZ POLAND // 2020 7 MINS Absurd adventures of three people inhabitating the same small town by the sea. Una lives a quiet life with her hairy partner; the idyll is interrupted when, for unknown reasons, she starts feeling a peculiar anxiety about her own foot. https://www.encounters.film/sushi-noh-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630492791485-H6GYV1NJPTJZBV8O5NTH/U9ldrtdg.jpeg SUSHI NOH - SUSHI NOH DIRECTED BY JAYDEN RATHSAM HUA AUSTRALIA // 2021 18 MINS Trapped in the care of her lonely uncle, a young girl’s nightmares about a bizarre kitchen appliance manifest into reality. https://www.encounters.film/mad-in-xpain-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg MAD IN XPAIN - MAD IN XPAIN DIRECTED BY COKE RIOBOO SPAIN // 2020 13 MINS Absurd adventures of three people inhabitating the same small town by the sea. Una lives a quiet life with her hairy partner; the idyll is interrupted when, for unknown reasons, she starts feeling a peculiar anxiety about her own foot. https://www.encounters.film/grannys-sexual-life-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE - GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE DIRECTED BY URŠKA DJUKIĆ, ÉMILIE PIGEARD SLOVENIA, FRANCE // 2021 13 MINS A trip into grandmother's youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century. https://www.encounters.film/the-whale daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg THE WHALE - THE WHALE DIRECTED BY HENNING M. LEDERER 2020 1 MIN 18 SECS A beautifully illustrated animation inspired by the tale of Captain Ahab chasing the legendary whale, Moby Dick. https://www.encounters.film/book-depict-shorts daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://www.encounters.film/preselectors-2023 daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/3c8a7448-0f49-44c6-a345-33122adad9a5/2023+preselectors+.jpg 2023 Preselector announcement - Make it stand out Image credits (left-to-right, top-to-bottom) : Annabel Bai Jackson, Florian Fernandez, Patrycja Loranc, Theo Panagopoulos, Alonso Aguilar, Monica Wat, Jonathan Bygraves, Milo Clenshaw, Philippa Walusimbi, Isaac Holmes. https://www.encounters.film/escape daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg ESCAPE - ESCAPE DIRECTED BY ANTON DUSHKIN RUSSIA // 2018 1 MIN 27 SECS Simple everyday routines provide an escape from distress in this animated tale of careworn housewife. https://www.encounters.film/traumanovelle daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg TRAUM(A)NOVELLE - TRAUM(A)NOVELLE DIRECTED BY FRANCESCO FARALLI ITALY // 2018 1 MIN 15 SECS Why going to the hairdresser is becoming a nightmare… https://www.encounters.film/portrait-of-a-painter daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg PORTRAIT OF A PAINTER - PORTRAIT OF A PAINTER DIRECTED BY EUAN GILMOUR UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 15 SECS A creatively blocked artist discovers her most recent painting has a darker nature then she expected. https://www.encounters.film/head-over-heels daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg HEAD OVER HEELS - HEAD OVER HEELS DIRECTED BY LEONID GRIGURKO RUSSIA // 2018 1 MIN 24 SECS An Earth girl experiences an unearthly dream. https://www.encounters.film/torn daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg TORN - TORN DIRECTED BY LIAM HARRIS 2015 1 MIN 24 SECS An intense breakdown of a family seen through the eyes of a child. https://www.encounters.film/echo daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg ECHO - ECHO DIRECTED BY AIMIE WILLEMSE UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS A girl exploring an abandoned tunnel alone, hears someone… or something else in the dark with her. https://www.encounters.film/the-frozen-people daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg THE FROZEN PEOPLE - THE FROZEN PEOPLE DIRECTED BY ANDREW JOHN SOWERBY 2015 1 MIN 36 SECS Trapped in their celluloid prison, the frozen people wait to be released them from their inertia. https://www.encounters.film/disillusionment-of-10-point-font daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10 POINT FONT - DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10 POINT FONT DIRECTED BY GREG CONDON UNITED STATES // 2018 1 MIN 27 SECS In this typewriter animation, moving words express their meaning. https://www.encounters.film/the-factory daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg THE FACTORY - THE FACTORY DIRECTED BY THOMAS PHELAN, GEORGE LEWIS, JACK O'DOWD, JAMES HAMBLETON-PLUMB AND ISAAC JACK MCCARDLE 2015 1 MIN 48 SECS An old man ruminates about an ominous factory’s hold on the world and possibly himself. https://www.encounters.film/exhibit daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg EXHIBIT - EXHIBIT DIRECTED BY IZZY RENTON UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS When a British tourist goes missing in a Salt Lake museum the only trace she leaves behind is the following footage… https://www.encounters.film/help-me daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg HELP ME - HELP ME DIRECTED BY NATASHA STAUNTON UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS Exploring the thoughts, feelings and experiences of someone suffering from depression and mental health issues. https://www.encounters.film/jour-de-fete daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg JOUR DE FETE - JOUR DE FETE DIRECTED BY JOHN SMITH UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38-40) https://www.encounters.film/neapolitan-porno daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg NEAPOLITAN PORNO - NEAPOLITAN PORNO DIRECTED BY ALAN HALLS UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 18 SECS An Ice Cream can be a ‘Saucy’ affair. https://www.encounters.film/nuraiyah daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg NURAIYAH - NURAIYAH DIRECTED BY KHEVYN IBRAHIM UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS A 7 year old girl tells us what she thinks about being alive and what life means to her. https://www.encounters.film/one daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg ONE - ONE DIRECTED BY ROMAN SINITSYN RUSSIA // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS An old man takes a ride on empty train. But where is he going and why? https://www.encounters.film/pepper-salt-battle daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg PEPPER-SALT-BATTLE - PEPPER-SALT-BATTLE DIRECTED BY FRIENDLY LIU HONG KONG // 2018 1 MIN 45 SECS A kid has the ability to bring objects alive in this animated world full of fantasy and imagination. https://www.encounters.film/scare-crow daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg SCARE CROW - SCARE CROW DIRECTED BY JOE CARTER & SEAN GREER UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 43 SECS A sunny rape seed field is a photographer’s dream but the vibrant colours hide a grimy nightmare. https://www.encounters.film/spider daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg SPIDER - SPIDER DIRECTED BY LEE CHARLISH UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 39 SECS The only thing we have to fear is fear itself… and spiders. https://www.encounters.film/the-jungle daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg THE JUNGLE - THE JUNGLE DIRECTED BY JOSEPH MELHUISH UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 39 SECS A young girl experiences a nightmarish fever-dream as a DIY virtual reality vacation goes awry. https://www.encounters.film/toxic-haircut daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg TOXIC HAIRCUT - TOXIC HAIRCUT DIRECTED BY BRYAN M. FERGUSON UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 44 SECS A 90 second horror odyssey about getting a haircut. https://www.encounters.film/unsung-hero daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg UNSUNG HERO - UNSUNG HERO DIRECTED BY VINAMRA PANCHARIA INDIA // 2018 1 MIN 15 SECS A little boy loses his yellow ball, but finds buried hope, little joys, love and loyalty. https://www.encounters.film/visiting daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg VISITING - VISITING DIRECTED BY VINAMRA PANCHARIA UNITED KINGDOM // 2018 1 MIN 43 SECS A man's first years in prison as experienced through his visits from his loved ones. https://www.encounters.film/ukraine-three-years-of-truce daily 0.75 2023-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/d25a4512-e328-45d9-816c-6f445f85959d/Hide%2C+Daniel+Benjamin+Gray.jpg UKRAINE: THREE YEARS OF TRUCE - UKRAINE: THREE YEARS OF TRUCE DIRECTED BY BENAS GERDZIUNAS UKRAINE // 2018 1 MIN 46 SECS February 11, 2018 marked the three year anniversary since the last ceasefire. Yet dozens are killed and injured every month, as the war in Europe goes on. https://www.encounters.film/six-mothers daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg SIX MOTHERS - SIX MOTHERS DIRECTED BY CANDICE VALLANTIN SPAIN // 2019 1 MIN 23 SECS Six women from six different countries attempt to describe the ineffable. https://www.encounters.film/zone-2 daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg ZONE 2.0 - ZONE 2.0 DIRECTED BY AMITAY LEOPOLD UNITED KINGDOM // 2019 1 MIN 52 SECS A Tube journey triggers an anxiety attack. https://www.encounters.film/lit daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg LIT - LIT DIRECTED BY EMMA MIRANDA MOORE UNITED KINGDOM // 2019 1 MIN 36 SECS Tension and excitement runs high as a clandestine game of spin the bottle has unexpected consequences. https://www.encounters.film/wall daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg WALL - WALL DIRECTED BY LEONARDO MIZRAHI & MICHEL GOMES BRAZIL // 2019 1 MIN 52 SECS What are we building for ourselves? https://www.encounters.film/absence daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg ABSENCE - ABSENCE DIRECTED BY ALEX GODDARD UNITED KINGDOM // 2019 1 MIN 27 SECS A story of heartbreak and a big snake. https://www.encounters.film/1-0 daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg 1-0 - 1-0 DIRECTED BY SAMAN HOSSEINPUOR IRAN // 2019 1 MIN 22 SECS A barber starts cutting a boy’s hair while watching a football game on TV. https://www.encounters.film/after-the-reign-confusion daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg AFTER THE REIGN: CONFUSION - AFTER THE REIGN: CONFUSION DIRECTED BY JENNIFER TARRAZI-SCULLY UNITED STATES // 2019 2 MIN 07 SECS A woman experiences the confusing and schizophrenic nature of loss and the beginning of the healing. https://www.encounters.film/parasomnia daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg PARASOMNIA - THE FROZEN PEOPLE DIRECTED BY STEPH DALLEY 2015 1 MIN 45 SECS This hand drawn animation explores the strange state between dreams and reality, which sleep paralysis causes. https://www.encounters.film/perfect-houseguest daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg PERFECT HOUSEGUEST - PERFECT HOUSEGUEST DIRECTED BY MAX PORTER AND RU KUWAHATA 2015 1 MIN 48 SECS A house is visited by a clean, organised, well-mannered guest. https://www.encounters.film/somewhere-else daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg SOMEWHERE ELSE - SOMEWHERE ELSE DIRECTED BY EDWIN MINGARD 2015 1 MIN 48 SECS Do you remember the first time we talked? A young couple reminisce about meeting, and getting lost, in night-time London. https://www.encounters.film/salt daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493216129-YBPCS0C0NONB53I6V84C/v_vUs2kA.jpeg SALT - SALT DIRECTED BY STANISLAV GUSEV 2015 1 MIN 48 SECS Is too much salt bad for the heart? https://www.encounters.film/tape daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg TAPE - TAPE DIRECTED BY FREYA WALKER SMITH 2015 1 MIN 48 SECS In a tiny projection room in West Cumbria, Kevan splices together the Wednesday matinee at Rosehill Theatre. https://www.encounters.film/the-date daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg THE DATE - THE DATE DIRECTED BY JOHANNES ANDERSSON 2015 50 SECS Everyone dreams of a perfect first date. But things don't always go as planned... https://www.encounters.film/living daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg LIVING - LIVING DIRECTED BY BEN MANKIN 2016 1 MIN 45 SECS In a run-down doctor's waiting room… What lies beneath? https://www.encounters.film/impacts daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg IMPACTS - IMPACTS DIRECTED BY PETRA BALEKIC 2016 1 MIN 45 SECS What is the response when given and percieved group roles and norms are broken by individuals? This experimental animation shows the counter is not always pleasant... https://www.encounters.film/pig-dream daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg PIG DREAM - PIG DREAM DIRECTED BY LEE CHARLISH 2016 1 MIN 46 SECS Monsters don’t live under your bed; they live inside your head. An oneiric animation showing the descent into mental illness. https://www.encounters.film/run-boy daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg RUN BOY - RUN BOY DIRECTED BY MEG BAGADION 2016 1 MIN 45 SECS A boy pesters his constantly flustered mom about a missing toy and throws a tantrum that changes his life. https://www.encounters.film/oor-selfie daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg OOR SELFIE - OOR SELFIE DIRECTED BY ANTONIS KASSIOTIS 2016 1 MIN 45 SECS A poignant look at the passing of time as an elderly couple attempt their first selfie. https://www.encounters.film/hen1 daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg HEN - HEN DIRECTED BY PAYAM SEIDI 2016 1 MIN 15 SECS Based on a true story, the restrictions of women's lives in Iran are laid bare. https://www.encounters.film/death-in-space daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg DEATH IN SPACE - DEATH IN SPACE DIRECTED BY THOMAS LUCAS 2016 55 SECS Warning. When in space there are many ways in which to meet an untimely end… https://www.encounters.film/the-jungle-restaurant daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg THE JUNGLE RESTAURANT - THE JUNGLE RESTAURANT DIRECTED BY DAVE YOUNG 2016 1 MIN 45 SECS Afghans cook for their fellow migrants in this humane and positive dispatch from Calais' refugee camp - The Jungle. https://www.encounters.film/skinscapes daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg SKINSCAPES - SKINSCAPES DIRECTED BY IGOR CHEKACHKOV 2016 1 MIN 40 SECS The history of Ukranian independence and the connection with our social and political space is depicted through the skinscapes of a young woman's body. https://www.encounters.film/sixteen daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg SIXTEEN - SIXTEEN DIRECTED BY LOIS DE SILVA 2016 1 MIN 45 SECS A coming-of-age animation about girls growing up, their adolescent experiences and budding sexuality. https://www.encounters.film/will-you-remember daily 0.75 2023-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60ae23a8d5a4980185a86703/1630493002380-9V48DVMBF735FA3R7AHT/eLqHbm0A.jpeg WILL YOU REMEMBER? - WILL YOU REMEMBER? 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