Encounters Film Festival 2014 - Bristol Sept 16-21st

We will be attending the excellent Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival again this year, in Bristol, 16-21st September 2014.

FdA Film & Media Arts Production students will be there Weds - Fri as part of the Industry Forum attending a range of industry focussed workshops, presentations, debates and screenings. We Encourage you to also look at the excellent events/ screenings taking part over the weekend too. Take a look at the programme and decide what events you would like to attend at:

http://encounters-festival.org.uk/

We have booked Industry Forum passes for all FdA Film & Media Arts Production students (£45), please let us know ASAP if you are unable to attend. (Payment can be done instalments if needed). We have reserved seats at the following events (click for full details):

Wed 17 September

10:30- 12:00 SHORT FILM 1: THICKER THAN WATER (15)

12:00 – 13:00 - Forum: Nexus: From Idea To Execution Masterclasses 

14.30 - 16.00 SHORT FILM 3: MEMORY LANE

16.30 Forum: SHORTS 2 FEATURES 1: Hyena (UK)

 Thursday 18th September

 10.30 - 12.00  SHORT FILM 4: FORCE OF NATURE (15)

 13:00- Oberhausen Presents: Artist Film and Videos from 1994 to 2014. Arnolfini

15:00 - 16.30  FORUM: CINEMA DO DESBUNDE (COUNTERCULTURE CINEMA) (18) 

16.30 Forum: SHORTS 2 FEATURES : A WOLF AT THE DOOR (Brazil) (18) 

Or you may wish to attend this:
16.30 - 18.30 Forum: Meet the Filmmakers with Q&A

Friday 19th September

10.30 - 11.30 Forum: Fernando Coimbra masterclass. Watershed 

12.30-13.30 FORUM: NFTS Masterclass with Dean Humphreys: Sound Masterclass

lunch

14.30 - 16:00 SHORT FILM 9: FRAGMENTS AND RECOLLECTIONS (15)

16.30 - 18.30 Forum: ISHORTS SHOWCASE

Alternatively you might be interested in:

10.00 - 16:00  Aesthetics/Politics/Activism/Art: What is Radical Now? (£4.50c)

10.30 - 12: 00 SHORT FILM 7: DREAMLIKE STATES (15) (£4.50 c)

There's loads more happening! Take a good look at the Programme here. Night time/ Weekend events that could be worth checking out (although most extra cost) inc.

Friday 20.00 - 1.00 Cinema LIVE! – Cine-Seizure £10/ 9

11:00 Sat 20th Arnolfini. HDR Laboratory & Workshop – New Horizon(FREE)

12:00, Sat 20 September. Cube Microplex. Know Your Enemy – A Journey into Radical Filmmaking + Q&A (15)

20:30 - Sun 21 September. CUBE.  Super 8 celebration: Reels From Life 2 (£8/ £7)
Also on:

Perpetual Cinema (Free) showing 20 outstanding short films specially selected from 20 years of Encounters Festival is running: WED 17      17:00 – 20:00, THUR 18    17:00 – 20:00, FRI 19       10:00 – 20:00, SUN 21       10:00 – 20:00

 Jeremy Deller: English Magic. 12 April—21 September 2014. Exhibition at Bristol City Museum.

Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival 2013

FdA Film & Media Arts Production group will be attending Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival in Bristol. We have selected the following events and screenings to attend: Click on highlighted links below for more info and trailers... 

Wednesday 18th September 2013 

11:45 - IDEASTAP INDUSTRY ROAD MAP WATERSHED C1

Looking to forge a career in the film industry but not sure how to get your foot in the door? An expert, award winning panel consisting of director Rob Savage (Independent film director, Strings), producer Gavin Humphries (Producer at Quark Films), Henry Beattie (Acquisitions Consultant at Transmission Films) and Madeleine Probst (Programme Developer at Watershed) will be discussing their routes into a variety of different sectors - production, distribution and exhibition - at this event hosted by arts charity IdeasTap.

14:00 ANI 2: FROM MOUNTAINS TO MAGGOTS! – ARNOLFINI A

This eclectic mix of films covers a spectrum of styles; from the strange to familiar and the sublime to obscure, each film tells a tale in strikingly different ways. Some will enrage whilst others delight.

Also highly recommend:

NAHEMI STUDENT AWARDS

The National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image (NAHEMI) presents a programme of outstanding recent work produced by film, television and animation students around the country.

 Thursday 19th September

11.00 Yves Netzhammer Triptychon 2013 - ARNOLFINI DS (Free)

Installation by Swiss Artist

12:15 FUTURE ENCOUNTERS WATERSHED C1 PANEL

Future Encounters is a showcase of 10 filmmakers whose work demonstrates a distinctive cinematic and/or artistic vision. We believe they are talent to look out for in the years ahead. During a special event on Thursday 19 Sept at 12:15, Peter Carlton (Warp Films) will lead a discussion with the creative teams, which all have work selected in competition, to find out who they are and where they are going next. 

15:15 INT 4: CODES OF CONDUCT WATERSHED C3 IN COMPETITION

Laws, protocols and routines inform our everyday lives, giving us a sense of security and structure. An uncompromising youth court, a community stifled by an ancient code of retaliation, an insight into offbeat marital routines and a found-footage lecture on the holy trinity of modern capitalism provide the rich canvas of a programme navigating a world dictated by various sets of rules.

Friday 20th September

INT 6: High Fidelity.

and

Marie-Elsa Sgualdo: Filmmaker Focus

Also highly recommend:

Franz Treichler Plays Dada

Franz Treichler, founder of the legendary Swiss band The Young Gods, performs a live soundtrack for an overview of experimental films of the 20th century, screened on 16mm film. For this project, the guitarist has re-scored films by instigators of the Dada Movement (Hans Richter, Man Ray), artists affiliated with the Fluxus movement like James Riddle, and works by Jean Painlevé, Martin Arnold and Stan Brakhage.

Visit the Encounters website to access the full programme

www.encounters-festival.org.uk.