Showcasing the best short film and animation talent from across the world, the festival returns to celebrate all things brief over five days packed with screenings, live music, special guests, workshops, and free events.
I spend my week in meetings. So when I get off the train in the Cotswolds I’m ready for some real blue sky thinking.
Explore the Cotswolds by train. Be a Great Westerner. For tickets and times go to www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/explore
Awards Across two competition strands; Animated Encounters (all animation), and Brief Encounters (live action and animation), over 180 films from 31 countries of all genres will screen in competition, with filmmakers from around the world battling it out for one of the festival’s top awards. Terry Flaxton, Red Cam Camera workshop
Workshops RED CAM WORKSHOP Wed 16 / Thu 17 Nov LFA PRESENTS WORKING WITH ACTORS Fri 18 Nov INTRODUCTION TO 3D FILMMAKING Sat 19 Nov For details, reservations, times & prices see the website.
River Grille Open daily Executive Chef Paul Riley introduces a new culinary concept. The finest of ingredients simply prepared. 2 course lunch from £12.50 Pre booking recommended
Shore Cafe Bar Open daily ‘til late
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Find us on & @EncountersSFF #ENC2011 Arnolfini, Watershed & Cube Cinema, Bristol, UK
Enjoy a coffee, lunch, supper or a late night cocktail
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Cover Images (L to R): The Day We Danced on the Moon by Tristan Daws, INT2: High Stakes. Graffiti Tiger by Libor Pixa, Children’s Jury.
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Special Guests
Taking short film out of the cinema and onto the high street, Encounters fashions a boutique, pop-up cinema, celebrating talent from across the city with a series of daily short film screenings. Across the water, the Vintage Mobile Cinema presents a unique slice of theatrical and automotive history, screening archive shorts all weekend. Burning into the night, No.1 Harbourside presents each evening with a mash up of music, film and Bristol beer.
Long Distance Information by Douglas Hart, BRIT 1: Out of Step
Festival of Ideas presents Big Ideas, Big Screen with Francine Stock, presenter of Radio Four’s The Film Programme, discussing her new book In Glorious Technicolour. Directors UK host an interview with Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I, The Rum Diary), and the National Film and Television School present a cinematography masterclass with Brian Tufano (Trainspotting) and Stuart Harris. Desert Island Flicks returns with John Krictalusi, creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, to discuss his favourite and most influential films, and BAFTA Masterclass presents an intimate insight into the life and workings of a celebrated figure from the British screen.
Free Events
External World by David OReilly, Late Lounge
Man in Fear by Will Jewell, BRIT4: England Made Me
Performance, Film & Music The Cube Cinema presents The Magical Misery Tour; a journey into the underworld with a horror inspired, live VJ set from People Like Us, guaranteed to elevate you from the swamp. See a script come to life at a dramatic live reading of this year’s European Short Film Pitch commission. On the harbour, the Bird Man of Alkijazz Tony Orrell, and Scissor Sisters Musical Director and Keyboard player John (JJ) Garden, return to Arnolfini for an exclusive performance of a new live accompaniment to experimental short films.
POP-UP CINEMA Mon 14 – Sun 20 Nov, 10.00 – 18.00 (Sun 16.00), The Showroom VINTAGE MOBILE CINEMA Sat 19 – Sun 20 Nov, 10.00 – 18.00, M Shed NO.1 HARBOURSIDE Mon 14 – Sun 20 Nov
Protect the Nation by C. R. Reisser, INT2: High Stakes
BIG IDEAS, BIG SCREEN Tue 15 Nov, 18.30 Watershed £7.20 / £5.60 NFTS CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS Wed 16 Nov, 14.30 Watershed £6 / £5 DIRECTOR’S UK INTERVIEW: BRUCE ROBINSON Thu 17 Nov, 20.30 Watershed £8 / £6 DESERT ISLAND FLICKS: JOHN KRICTALUSI Thu 17 Nov, 20.00 Arnolfini £8 / £6 Francine Stock
BAFTA MASTERCLASS Fri 18 Nov, 20.30 Watershed £8 / £6
ESFP SCRIPT READING Wed 16 Nov, 17.30, Watershed £6 / £5 Vicki Bennett & People Like Us, The Magical Misery Tour
JJ & THE BIRDMAN: AN EVENING OF MUSIC & EXPERIMENTAL FILM Wed 16 Nov, 20.00, Arnolfini £8 / £6 THE MAGICAL MISERY TOUR Thu 17 Nov, 20.00, Cube Cinema, £6 advanced / £8 on the door
Vintage Mobile Cinema
Brief Encounters TUESDAY
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WATERSHED C1
WEDNESDAY
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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Featuring programmes of hope and hardship, society and redemption, with vigilantes and missionaries, and even a psychotic sat-nav. This is a unique opportunity to watch new work from the rising stars of tomorrow, such as Bristol based director Dan Gitsham (Ella, South West), and renowned filmmakers like Tony Grisoni (The Pizza Miracle, Self Help) trying something new.
ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS Each programme is guaranteed to stretch your imagination, from real life stories to tales of depressed fish, and even the world’s smallest animation. Step into a world made of paper and plasticine, celebrating old masters and introducing the new, fresh from Europe’s most prestigious animation schools. Animations screening daily at 10.00, 12.00, 16.00, 18.00
Shorts screening daily at 10.00, 12.00, 15.00, 16.30, 17.30, 21.00
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WATERSHED C1 WATERSHED C3
INT1: LAST ACT BEST OF EUROPEAN SHORT FILM PITCH
B4: ENGLAND MADE ME
BEST OF SOUTH WEST
NFTS CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS
INT3: GOT YOU
THURSDAY
B1: OUT OF STEP
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WATERSHED C1 WATERSHED C3
NAHEMI STUDENT AWARDS
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM PITCH SCRIPT READING
WATERSHED W3
INT4: EVER AFTER
INT5: BIG PICTURE
THE WAY TO DOCUMENTARY
INT7: TIME BEING
MISSING THE MASTERPIECE
DIRECTORS UK INTERVIEW: BRUCE ROBINSON
B2: SELF HELP FILMMAKER FOCUS: CAROL MORELY & CAIRO CANNON
SHORTS2FEATURE: EDGE
WATERSHED C2
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WATERSHED C1 WATERSHED C3
How to Book
Venues
All tickets can be purchased from the venue or via encounters-festival.org.uk from 4 October.
ARNOLFINI 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA +44 (0) 117 917 2300 arnolfini.org.uk
GENERAL PRICES (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) Screenings before 16.00 £5 / £4 conc. Screenings after 16.00 £7 / £5.50 conc. Panels & Masterclasses £6 / £5 conc.
WATERSHED 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol BS1 5TX +44 (0) 117 927 5100 watershed.co.uk CUBE CINEMA 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8NQ +44 (0) 117 907 4190 cubecinema.com POP-UP CINEMA The Showroom, 31 College Green, Bristol BS1 5SP
SATURDAY WATERSHED C2 WATERSHED C3
WATERSHED C3
INT2: HIGH STAKES (R) INT6: HOME GOUND (R)
INT3: GOT YOU (R)
B3 MEDIA PRESENT: CINEAST
B1: OUT OF STEP (R)
CONTENTERTAINMENT
BAFTA MASTERCLASS: A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH…
B3: NEW LOOK NORDIC SHORTS
SHORTS2FEATURE
LATE LOUNGE
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B2: SELF HELP (R) PICK ‘N’ MIX 12+
INT7: TIME BEING (R)
WATERSHED C1
SUNDAY
INT6: HOME GROUND PEOPLE LIKE US PRESENT: THE MAGICAL MISERY TOUR
CUBE CINEMA
FRIDAY
DELEGATE PASS To make the most of the festival, why not purchase a Delegate pass available via the website.
INT2: HIGH STAKES
BEST OF SOUTH WEST (R)
INT1: LAST ACT (R) SE EUROPE
B4: ENGLAND MADE ME (R)
DEPICT SHOWCASE
SHORTS2FEATURE: JUNKHEARTS
LATE LOUNGE (R)
AWARDS CEREMONY
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Animated Encounters
B3: NEW LOOK (R)
AWARDS SELECTION
NETWORK PASS £25 Includes Delegate area in the Watershed, Delegate Bag, Festival Catalogue, Industry events and other goodies.
VINTAGE MOVIE BUS M Shed, Wapping Road, Princes Wharf, Bristol BS1 4RN
DAY PASSES Network Pass plus tickets to events on specific day(s)
NO.1 HARBOURSIDE 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol BS1 5UH +44 (0) 117 929 1100
EARLY BIRD £45 – 1 Day £65 – 2 Day £85 – 3 Day £110 – Full Festival
YHA 14 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA +44 (0) 117 927 3789
FROM 7 NOVEMBER £50 – 1 Day £70 – 2 Day £90 – 3 Day £125 – Full Festival
Age restrictions: Film screenings are suitable for people aged 18 or above, unless otherwise stated. Free event tickets are issued on a first-come, first-served basis, usually on the day of the event.
ACCESS All venues are fully accessible. Please call venue for further details.
FESTIVAL OFFICE +44 (0) 117 929 9188 info@encounters-festival.org.uk
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THURSDAY
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ARNOLFINI A
FRIDAY ARNOLFINI A
UKTI PRESENTS: HOW TO BRIDGE THE EURO GAP
SHELLEY’S EYE CANDY
A3: THE HUMAN CONDITION
A4: TRAVELS: NEAR & FAR
A5: DOMESTIC BLISS (R)
A6: LIGHT & DARK
UKTI PRESENTS: BEYOND PRE-SCHOOL
A MILLION LOVE SONGS
JJ & THE BIRDMAN
DESERT ISLAND FLICKS: JOHN KRICTALUSI
CASE STUDY: CARTOON SALOON
IRISH ANIMATION SPOTLIGHT
A1: ANIMATED WORLDS (R)
SATURDAY
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CHILDREN’S JURY 8+
A3: THE HUMAN CONDITION (R)
SUNDAY
BRAZILIAN ANIMATION
KIDS WORKSHOP
KIDS WORKSHOP
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A4: TRAVELS: NEAR & FAR (R)
CARTOON D’OR
A6: LIGHT & DARK (R)
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