Encounters Film Festival 2022

Encounters is the UK’s leading short film, animation and virtual reality festival. 

We are excited that Encounters Film Festival is back on the big screens at Watershed cinema in Bristol. We will be visiting the festival Weds 28/9/22 Thursday 29/9 and Friday 30/9. This is an important research opportunity that will feed into all of your modules this year and hopefully provide lots of inspiration and network opportunities.  
 
The festival discovers, supports and develops new talent in filmmaking, providing a platform for emerging and established filmmakers from around the world, and continues to be a unique meeting place for the industry.  
 
We are subsiding this trip so a 5 event pass is £15 (usually £25). We will share a link in Teams so you can pay this via weston college ‘shop’. 
 
Plan for week 

Tuesday  27th SEPTEMBER – TV STUDIO – UCW Loxton Campus 1.30pm
ENVIRONMENTAL Documentary FILM Talk and Screening: AGE OF STUPID  
Part of https://greatbiggreenweek.com/  
Aimed at Year 1 – BA Film & Media Arts Production students (Documentary module) but open to all.  
See more details at: http://poool.co.uk/climate
 
WEDNESDAY 28/9/22, Thursday 29/9/22 and Friday 30/9/22 
ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL and Photography Field Trip 
You will need to make your own way to Bristol. Please discuss with us if this is an issue. 
Meet outside Watershed 9.45 am Address: 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX 
 
Please see schedule and film guide at: https://2022.encounters.film/schedule  
Choose from selection, depending on your interests, below is a few we would recommend (as an example): 
 
Wednesday 
Kids Against The Machine - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 10:00 AM  Watershed Cinema 1 

UK Student Competition 1: Reconnections - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 1:00 PM Watershed Cinema 3 

When the Revolution Comes, We Are Together - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 4:00 PM, Watershed Cinema 1

Ghetto Film School Networking (non ticketed networking event - free) - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 6:00 PM, Watershed Café & Bar

DJ Yoda presents: Stranger Things live AV Set - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 8:00 PM, Lost Horizon

Thursday 

Hiding From the Sun - Thursday, September 29, 2022 10:00 AM, Watershed Cinema 1

Look at Me, and Listen - Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:00 PM Watershed Cinema 1 
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Industry Talk, Thursday, September 29, 2022 2:00 PM Waterside 3 

British Council Film, BAFTA and BFI NETWORK Short Film Toolkit Preview (Non Ticketed Event - Free) - Thursday, September 29, 2022 6:00 PM, Watershed Café & Bar

Friday 
Apocalyptic Visions of Tomorrow - Friday, September 30, 2022 10:00 AM, Watershed Cinema 1 
Dan Geesin’s SPUTUM World - Friday, September 30, 2022 - Undershed Exhibition Space (10am - 6pm - Free un-ticketed event)
Choosing Your Creative Path: Writer, Writer-director or Director? - Industry Talk - Friday, September 30, 2022 11:00 AM Waterside 3 

Screenwriting Masterclass with Olivia Hetreed - Friday, September 30, 2022 1:00 PM Waterside 3 
South West Showcase 1 - Friday, September 30, 2022 4:00 PM Watershed Cinema 1 

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PHOTOGRAPHY – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY and Exhibitions 
Meet outside Watershed 9.45am  

Address: 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX 
See suggested sites and trail sheet from Sam Brooks 
 
Visit to RPS on Thursday 
Meet outside Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX, 9.45 am  
Take Bus 349 from Centre, Broad Quay (C3) to Paintworks (16 min), walk 3 mins to: 

The Royal Photographic Society, RPS House, 337 Paintworks, Arnos Vale, Bristol, BS4 3AR. 0117 316 4450 
Exhibition details: https://rps.org/opportunities/squaring-the-circles/  
  

Other EXHIBITIONS you may wish to consider: 
 
ARNOLFINI - 6 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA 

https://arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/forestwakethisground/ 
 
Arnolfini welcomes you to celebrate what lies above and below the forest floor with Forest: Wake this Ground, a major group exhibition including artists, writers, filmmakers, and composers from across the globe: Rodrigo Arteaga, Mark Garry, Alma Heikkilä, Eva Jospin, Jumana Manna, Zakiya Mckenzie, David Nash, Maria Nepomuceno, John Newling, Rose Nguyen, Ben Rivers, Ai Weiwei, and Hildegard Westerkamp. 

With works that recycle, reuse and repurpose resources, we will be discovering the forests’ ancient rhythms, as well as exploring stories, myths, and folktales, passed down between people over centuries. 
 
Ben Rivers’ film Look Then Below looks to the future, journeying into a subterranean world. Shot beneath the Mendip hills and ancient woodland in Somerset, the film reimagines a future in which the full impact of environmental damage inflicted by man is felt. 

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s monumental upended ‘roots’, cast from the ancient and endangered Pequi Vinagreiro tree (found in the Bahian rainforest), reflect both the uprootedness of arboreal species and the displacement of people. 

MSHED - Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol BS1 4RN  
 

Think Global: Act Bristol - explores big environmental questions affecting people here and worldwide, and presents perspectives from a wide range of local voices. 
https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/think-global-act-bristol/ 
 
Disability Activism in Bristol: pioneers, protests and progress from the 1980s to now 

 
Bristol has been a vital city in disability activism, but this history has been largely unwritten. Until now. This brand new display is a collaboration with Bristol Disability Equality Forum. The research and interviews were carried out by young Disabled volunteers. The themes, design and feel of the museum display have all been guided by the experiences of Disabled young people. The images were taken by Bristol-based photographer David Constantine. 

https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/disability-activism-in-bristol-pioneers-protests-and-progress-from-the-1980s-to-now/ 

 
Building a Martian House - Building a Martian House is a public art project that has made a prototype of a real Martian house. 
https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/building-a-martian-house/ 

 
BLUESCREEN - (Short Films Screenings since 2001) at CUBE CINEMA 
Wed 28 September // 19:30  

Tickets: Tickets: £3.00 (Via Headfirst - on sale from Sept 1st). Cube Cinema, Dove Street South, [off top-left of King Square], Kingsdown, Bristol, BS2 8JD 

If you want to submit your own film for screening, Film submission end date will be: Sept 19th. Details at: 

https://cubecinema.com/programme/event/bluescreen,12014/ 
 

Subversive Iranian Documentary - Curated and introduced by Ehsan Khoshbakht

(Part of BEEF presents: Conspirators of Perception at CUBE Cinema) 

Thursday 29/9/22 - 20:00  

£7 . Cube Cinema, Dove Street South, [off top-left of King Square], Kingsdown, Bristol, BS2 8JD 
 
Details at: https://www.beefbristol.org/portfolio/beef-presents-conspirators-of-perception/ 

This selection of rarely screened Iranian documentaries from the 1960s is a window into the brilliant documentary movement that emerged in the country in the late 1950s. A distinctive voice as opposed to the Iranian commercial cinema of its time, the movement was fully established by the mid-1960s as the greatest cinematographic offering that Iran had to offer the international film scene. What most of these often commissioned films had in common was the subversion of not only the commissioned subject but also the whole notion of state-sponsored cinema. At least two of the selected films were banned at the time for that bold move. 

 
Ehsan Khoshbakht is a film curator, writer and filmmaker. He co-directs Il Cinema Ritrovato; a festival of classics and film restoration in Bologna, and writes about film and the history of cinema and beyond for Notes on Cinematograph. 

London Trip - Friday 7th December 2018

Careful reconstructions … The Long Duration of a Split Second by Forensic Architecture at Tate Britain. (Turner Prize 2018). Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Rex/Shutterstock

The Photography department is running an educational visit to London to visit the exhibition ‘All I Know is What’s on The Internet’ at The Photographers’ Gallery in London.  The Photographers’ Gallery also has an excellent Photo Book shop and Print Sales library which students can view. 

Interested students can also join staff to see the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at The National Portrait Gallery or take the opportunity to photograph/ film London in the run up to Christmas.

Another option is to see Turner Prize 2018 at Tate Britain (£11 concs) which has a considerable amount of artists using video, film, moving image.

This is an opportunity for students to engage in primary research relevant to their upcoming final major projects.

We will be meeting outside Loxton Campus no later than 6.50am for a prompt departure at 7am.  We will be leaving London at 7pm to return home around 11pm.

It is essential to bring a notebook, pens and a camera.

The cost of the trip is £25, which includes return coach journey and entry to the Photographers’ Gallery.  Entry to the Taylor Wessing Prize will cost £3.50 with a student card.

It is also advisable to bring enough food to last a full day or sufficient funds to purchase lunch and dinner.

The trip is open to Photography and Film students. Book via the shop

Encounters Festival (2018) - International Short Film, Animation and VR

FdA Film & Media Arts Production and BA Lens Based Media students will be attending Encounters Festival / Weds 26, Thurs 27th and Fri 28th SEPTEMBER 2018 / BRISTOL • UK

Encounters is the UK’s leading short film festival, bringing you the best in international short film, animation, and virtual reality. The festival takes place in Bristol on 25-30 September 2018, where you can enjoy screenings, special events, networking and lots, lots more.

FdA Film & Media Arts Production and BA Lens Based Media students will be attending Encounters Festival / Weds 26, Thurs 27th and Fri 28th SEPTEMBER 2018 / BRISTOL • UK

We are subsidising the trip so Costs will just be £20 for all screenings. You will need to make your own way to Bristol, we will meet outside Watershed Cinema each morning at 9.30am

WATERSHED : 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol BS1 5TX

You will need to pay for this trip via 'the shop' 

https://store.weston.ac.uk/product-catalogue/educational-trips-and-visits/creative-arts/encounters-film-festival

We have the following screenings / visits booked:

Wed 26th September

10:00  SHORT FILM 1: CAN’T BREAK ME
'Resourceful and resilient, these inspiring characters are seriously put to the test as they navigate day-to-day struggles, personal challenges and wider injustice.'

14:30  NAHEMI
'New graduate talent, NAHEMI screening & awards cermony. The National Associaiton of Higher Education in the Moving Image, presents a programme of some of the most exciting, dynamic and diverse films made in the UK this year by students studying at some of our member institutions. NAHEMI acts as a forum for debate on all matters pertaining to the teaching practice in the Moving Image in Higher Education across the UK.'

Thurs 27th September

10:00 SHORT FILM 4: BLOODLINES

'Family, it’s complicated. Mums, dads, brothers and sisters take centre stage in this programme of short films exposing those all-too precious, painful and always intricate strings attaching us to our family nest.'

12:30 DIFFERENT VOICES

'Different Voices is an ongoing Neurodiverse film talent development programme based in Bristol. The project combines group workshops and 1 to 1 mentoring with professional film makers and aims to foster a new generation of film makers working from a voice that is under represented in mainstream cinema. This screening will include 8 films from our most recent project. After each there will be the opportunity for an open and relaxed discussion with both film makers and audience. There will also be the chance to see the latest trailer/teaser from Dawn of the Dark Fox.'
 

FRIDAY 28th September

10:00 SHORT FILM 7: ON THE EDGE

'Dealing with life crisis, personal struggles, difficult feelings and cries for help, these stories open up an honest and stirring insight into mental health and the beauty and complexity of the human mind.'

14:00 ANIMATION 6: THE STATE WE’RE IN

'The personal is political and in today’s highly charged and dangerous times you would think we haven’t learnt a thing from our past. Do challenging times require challenging minds?'

In addition: You might also be interested in going to additional screenings and events, you will need to book these yourself at: https://encounters-festival.org.uk/programme/

These sound interesting:

Wed 26 September 19:30 Boiling Wells

Compass Presents: ARCADIA at Boiling Wells

'Join us for an expanded cinema screening of the BFI’s newly released folk-horror feature Arcadia , an experimental, visceral archive experience, scored by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp).'