Each year we attend the brilliant Encounters Film Festival, usually held at Watershed in Bristol. This year the festival is online and we have secured digital passes for you, you can get these via Weston college shop for £10. The Digital Festival pass will give you access to the festival programme for the entire 3-week duration of the festival (18th September - 11th October 2020).
Please purchase these via Weston College shop - LINK HERE
This is always a great resource for your research and inspiration for your own film projects. Add reflections from festival to your workbooks/ blogs.
SELECTIONS TO WATCH
We will add selections we think you should look at here (you will need to buy a pass) and log in, in order to access films/ playlists.) Use links below or select from https://watch.encounters.film/
Comedy Playlist 1
LIVE ON FRIDAY @ 2pm - CAHOOTIFY Demo Plus Q&A
We ask you to use Cahootify for group projects and to enable collaboration, so this talk will be useful to get a better understanding of the platform.
NAHEMI - playlist
A programme of some of the best UK student films selected from NAHEMI (National Association of Higher Education in the Moving Image) member Institutions.
European Film Academy Shorts on Tour (15)
Take a look at a variety of different film programs inc.
Animated Encounters International Competition
Queer Vision presents: Best of Iris Prize 2019
Shades of Protest - new short films from Palestine
LIVE ACTION JURY Playlists
Take a look at Events, Masterclasses’s and Q&A Sessions inc.
Encounters Presents - An Introduction to Mirrorless CAMERAs with SP and Nikon
Mon, 5 October 2020 11:00 – 12:15
Let us know what you watch and give us your recommendations.
Adam Hellend recommends:
Ernie
21 mins | United Kingdom | 2020Director: Ray Panthaki
Under the influence of dangerous right-wing propaganda and his domineering father, a lonely school caretaker looks for connection. Watch
Alex Drummond recommends:
Backwards
11 mins | United Kingdom | 2019 Director: Marco Augelli
In a corporate world where everybody walks backwards, one young man stuck in a dead-end job tries to break out of the cycle of normality. Watch
Rich also recommends:
EXAM
15 mins | Iran | 2019 Director: Sonia K Hadad
A teenage girl gets involved in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and gets stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences. Watch Part of Live Action 5 programme.
14 mins | United Kingdom | 2020 Director: Ellen Evans
Tracing the experiences of Jamaican-born Brits who have been forcibly returned to Jamaica, MOTHERLAND explores what it really means for someone to "go back home" Watch Part of The Uncertain Kingdom: Volume 1 programme
15 mins | Croatia | 2020 Director: Natko Stipanicev
A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas. Watch Part of Animated Jury Journey: Day 1 programme
About the Festival
Festival Director of ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL RICH WARREN, Rich talked with MamFromage about the upcoming (and original) Short Film Festival, how they have moved it online and give his thoughts on what makes a great short festival film, watch below.
Notable Short Films by Major directors
In the TeaAt3WithMamFromage Talk (see above) Freya and Rich spoke about short films by Directors, who went onto be very successful, how they used their short films to show and develop their style. Examples given include:
Peel (1982) - Jane Campion - Watch Here
The Big Shave (1967) - Martin Scorsese
Doodlebug (1997) - Christopher Nolan
Once you have bought your pass (via Weston college shop) you can log into Encounters Portal here
About Encounters: ‘We’re delighted to announce that our 2020 competition selection is now live, with Digital Festival Passes available to buy online! We’ve selected over 250 titles, from a huge 3000+ submissions, to be part of this year’s digital festival.
Your Digital Festival Pass will give you access to our festival programme for the entire 3-week duration of the festival (18th September - 11th October 2020), unlocking a world of international short film, and much more.
Our Guest Programmes, curated by our valued festival partners, include an international range of diverse and far-reaching narratives, from new and exciting voices across the industry.
You can also tune in to Networking sessions run by our partners, join Q&A’s with competition filmmakers and filmmakers from across some of our Guest Programmes and much more!
This year’s selection is far-reaching in terms of content, form, and contexts. Though the 2020 digital edition of Encounters might look different to previous years, our selections are as eclectic, bold, and brilliant as ever.’ - Encounters Film Festival
