Encounters Festival Catalogue 2018

Welcome....................................................................... 4 Festival Pass and Booking Tickets...................................... 6 Festival Venues............................................................... 7

2. FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Bluescreen Presents: 17 Years Of Open Access Film Screenings........................................................... 154 Filmmaker Focus: Dionne Edwards & Georgia Goggin....157 Filmmaker Focus: Matthew Holness............................. 157 Cartoon Box Marathon................................................ 158 Compass Presents Arcadia........................................... 164

Tuesday 25................................................................... 16

Georgian Past Masters................................................. 165

Wednesday 26............................................................. 18

Shorts2features: Alaverdoba........................................ 166

Thursday 27................................................................. 23

Ghana Animation........................................................ 167

Friday 28...................................................................... 29

I Just Dey Observe...................................................... 170

Saturday 29.................................................................. 35

Tales Of Africa............................................................ 172

Sunday 30.................................................................... 41

Different Voices........................................................... 173

3. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Brief Encounters ........................................................... 54 Animated Encounters.................................................... 74 Immersive Encounters .................................................. 93

4. MIXED PROGRAMME Children’s Jury............................................................ 100 Comedy: Group Therapy............................................. 102 Comedy: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous................ 106 Deaf Shorts: Sister Act................................................. 106 Late Lounge: Fright Night............................................. 107 Late Lounge - Body Parts............................................. 109 Sci-Fi: Welcome To The Future.................................... 111

Georgian New Talent................................................... 175 Films From The Arctic.................................................177 The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb..........................179 Punjabtronix................................................................ 181 Georgian Film Schools................................................. 182 Shorts2features: Dede................................................. 183 De Seta...................................................................... 184 Georgian Animation.................................................... 185 Oska Bright................................................................. 187 Docheads Present: #Soundtracks................................. 189 Shorts2features: Oldboys............................................. 191 Shorts2features: Possum............................................. 192

Late Lounge: Peep Show.............................................. 113

Scratch ‘N Sniff Cinema Present Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were-Rabbit........................................................ 193

Teen Shorts: We See You............................................. 115

Random Acts.............................................................. 194

5. ASSOCIATED COMPETITIONS Nahemi Screening....................................................... 118 DepicT! Showcase....................................................... 120

6. GUEST PROGRAMMES

FESTIVAL INFORMATION

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Hey Duggee................................................................ 198 Calling The Shots Presents........................................... 200 Shorts2features: Terror Nullius..................................... 201 Il Rumore Della Vittoria................................................ 202 Latvian Animation 1: Breakout...................................... 203

European Film Academy 1 Short Matters 1.................. 126

Latvian Animation 2: Pursuit Of Happiness.................... 205

European Film Academy 2 Short Matters 2.................. 128

Contemporary Italy..................................................... 207

European Film Academy 3 Short Matters 3.................. 130

Italian Horror Shorts.................................................... 208

Random Acts Sw......................................................... 132

Italian Horror: Black Sabbath........................................210

Kotatsu Screening....................................................... 136

Cables & Cameras....................................................... 211

Aubagne Carte Blanche............................................... 138 Perpetual Cinema....................................................... 140 Unchosen Retrospective............................................... 143 Uwe_film Screening 2018............................................ 145 Filmakademie’s Animationsinstitut................................ 147 Shorts2features:......................................................... 149 Shorts2features: 10X10............................................... 150

7. EXTRAS Partners And Supporters.............................................. 214 Acknowledgements And Thanks.................................. 215 International Competition Film Index............................219 Festival Schedule......................................................... 220

Limina’s Vr Theatre Presents: Bristol – Immersive City..... 151

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FUNDERS

MAIN SPONSORS

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FESTIVAL HUB PARTNER

OTHER PARTNER VENUES

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FESTIVAL INFORMATION ENCOUNTERS 2017 © JON CRAIG

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ENCOUNTERS 2017 © JON CRAIG

WELCOME TO THE 24TH ANNUAL ENCOUNTERS! Welcome to the 24th annual Encounters festival of films and new screen experiences!

It’s great to have you back if you’ve been here before, and it’s a particular pleasure to see new faces for whom this year is the first. Whether or not you’ve already taken a look at the programme online on the Encounters website, this catalogue is designed to give you all the insight you need into this year’s richer-than-ever range of programming.

The competition programmes of animated and live action films celebrate new and emerging talent in the film industry worldwide. They are organised by themes – including Secrets & Lies, The State We’re In, Don’t Talk to Strangers and Animal Magic.

After the success of last year’s inaugural Immersive Encounters, the team have curated another programme of virtual reality 360 films that will immerse and engulf you in new countries, experiences and journeys.

New this year is the introduction of a filmmaker focus to our Shorts 2 Features section, in which directors Toby Macdonald and Matthew Holness will each be the subject of exploratory interviews about their transitions from shorts to full-length work, and these will be followed by screenings of their recently completed features, Old Boys and Possum.

There will also be a filmmaker focus on Dionne Edwards and Georgia Goggin, whose short We Love Moses was screened at Encounters last year and was the winner of the Chris Collins Best of British Award for Live Action. They’ll be discussing the development of their partnership and how this has shaped the work they’ve done together since.

The festival’s country focuses this year are on Georgia, Ghana, Italy and Latvia, with programmes of discoveries from these countries that reveal their upcoming talent and also pay tribute to their acclaimed filmmakers.

So as you plunge into the festival please join us in thanking our funders – the British Film Institute, Bristol City Council and the MEDIA Programme of the European Union – and our many sponsors (listed elsewhere in this catalogue) without whom the festival simply wouldn’t happen.

Simon Perry, Chair

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If you consider that the vast majority of today’s practising feature filmmakers cut their teeth in short film you can begin to understand where I’m going with this. Without ‘The Last Hustle in Brooklyn’ there would be no ‘BlacKkKlansman’, without ‘Just Drive’ there would be no ‘Wonder Woman’ and perhaps, a little closer to home, without ‘Creature Comforts’ there would be no ‘Early Man’.

FESTIVAL INFORMATION

My favourite current turn of phrase when describing the festival and short film to the uninitiated is that ‘Short Film is where the Story of film begins’ and I truly believe this.

The talent on display in this year’s competitive programme demonstrate the same unfiltered expression, vitality and creativity that Spike, Patty and Nick demonstrated all those years ago. Many of these filmmakers are attending from across Europe and further afield, when (not if) you meet them be sure to ask about their future plans – you’ll be able to say you heard it here first!

The Story of Film is not limited to talent; it evolves in synergy with technological developments. This dates all the way back to the birth of film when Auguste and Louis set up their Cinématographe outside a factory in 1895 right up to the modern day with the emergence of Virtual Reality to create a short to demonstrate the potential of this technology.

This year’s Immersive Encounters showcase some of the new platforms being developed for the next generation of story tellers and can be experienced in our VR Cinema and VR Theatre as well as at events such as Holotronica and the Games for Change Europe Summit.

Cultural shifts in the landscape of the industry are often predicted within the shorts industry too and its worth saying at this point that we are not alone in doing this. The festival thrives thanks in large part to the partnerships and collaborations we strike with like-minded individuals and organisations.

This year these partnerships include connections with Georgia, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, the Arctic Circle and Latvia to present windows into their cinematic landscapes.

Working together with organisations such as the National Film and Television School, UWE_Film, NAHEMI and Film Akademie Baden-Württemberg we are able to showcase the talent development opportunities through formal education and the fruit of this labour. Collaborations with Bigger House Films, Oska Bright and Unchosen recognise the power of film to create change and highlight injustices and inequalities within the industry and society as a whole.

One of the most relevant and required movements in the last 50 years has been sparked by the #MeToo movement, now more than ever historical gender biases are being recognised and challenged. The short film world has been largely exempt from these barriers for the last 10 years and Encounters can proudly say that we have had an approximate 50-50 gender split within our competition programme during this period.

That is not to say we are exempt from the movement or we get a free pass, we have been guilty in the past of hosting male dominated panels and masterclasses however, we will continue to champion equality and look forward to continue feeding the industry with talent from across the gender, race, sexuality and disability spectrum.

So feast on this year’s programme and indulge in the next chapter in the Story of Film.

Rich Warren, Director

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FESTIVAL PASS AND BOOKING TICKETS

FESTIVAL PASS AND BOOKING TICKETS HOW TO USE YOUR FESTIVAL PASS

BOOK AT WATERSHED BOX OFFICE

The Festival Pass covers all Industry activity, screenings and networking Wednesday - Friday. It also grants access to all International Competition screenings and events (selected events not included) Wednesday - Sunday. Day passses are available on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

You can book your tickets in person at Watershed’s Box Office from 9am each day, please remember to bring your Festival Pass with you. The Box Office can get very busy during the festival so please allow enough time to collect your ticket before the event.

BOOK YOUR EVENT AND SCREENING TICKETS The Festival Pass alone will not allow you access to events or screenings. To gain access to Industry activity or screenings you must book a ticket for each individual event from the Box Office at Watershed.

Festival Pass holders will be able to book their tickets on the day of the event from 9am. You can book online on our website or from the Box Office at Watershed.

Please note that tickets are limited and therefore subject to availability.

BOOK ONLINE If you would like to book a ticket for a particular event please follow the Pass Holders link on the event page, once here please log in with the details you used to register for your pass. Your tickets will be available to collect from the Box Office the day of the event.

THE FORGE For all delegates looking for somewhere to go after a busy day at Encounters, The Forge is just a 10 minute walk away from Watershed and provides a private retreat (and a fully stocked bar!) for attendees.

Open from 8pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday you can grab a drink and some food from this ambient bar setting!

Check the schedule to see what events are scheduled at The Forge on our website.

The Forge Colston Yard Bristol BS1 5BD Say cheese! Don’t forget to share your pics using #theforgebristol and #Encounters2018!

Find out what’s on and book online at: www.encounters-festival.org.uk

All Screenings are rated 15 unless otherwise stated.

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FESTIVAL VENUES

FESTIVAL VENUES MAIN FESTIVAL HUB Watershed 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol BS1 5TX +44 (0) 117 927 5100 www.watershed.co.uk Watershed is well equipped for visitors with disabilities, including wheelchair access and adapted toilets.

OTHER FESTIVAL VENUES Arnolfini

Colston Hall

16 Narrow Quay Bristol BS1 4QA

Colston Street Bristol BS1 5AR

Bristol Archives

The Forge

B Bond Warehouse Smeaton Road Bristol BS1 6XN

Colston Yard Bristol BS1 5BD

Bristol Festivals Office

18-19 Christmas Steps Bristol BS1 5BS

1 Unity Street Bristol BS1 5HH

20th Century Flicks

THE ENCOUNTERS VORB Play with the Vorb at this year’s festival and see your posts go live before every screening! We want you to upload and share video content to create an interactive orb. Make it punchy, funny, beautiful, moving (and under 20 seconds!) of whatever floats your boat. Simply upload your video to Twitter using #Encounters2018 and put yourself in the Vorb.

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COUNTRY FOCUSES

COUNTRY FOCUSES During the festival you’ll find ample opportunity to experience and gain insight into other cultures through the international films scattered through the programme.

Alongside standalone programmes from Japan (Kotatsu), Latvia and the Arctic Circle we are hosting three specific country focuses on Georgia, Ghana and Italy.

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the twinning of Tbilisi and Bristol we will be hosting a special focus on the rich filmmaking history and contemporary prowess of Georgia.

As part of this focus we will be hosting a delegation of Georgian Filmmakers and professionals from Tbilisi City Council. In total 6 programmes will be featured throughout the festival:

COUNTRY FOCUS - GEORGIA

COUNTRY FOCUS – GEORGIA

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 11:00

14:30

GEORGIAN PAST MASTERS

GEORGIAN NEW TALENT

Cinema 2

Cinema 3

From the golden age of Georgian cinema, newly restored short films (The Wedding [1964], Umbrella [1967] and Musicians [1969]) from renowned Georgian film director Mikheil Kobakhidze are presented to a British audience for the first time. In contrast to 1960s, the final film of the program No, Pal! (1993) by Gio Mgeladze, represents a challenging decade of the Georgian cinema and innovative aesthetics of the 1990s.

In order to showcase new emerging talents from Georgia we will present 7 selected short films from 2011 to 2017.

In recent years’ new talent of Georgian cinema have been presented at different film festivals and platforms worldwide including Cannes Film Festival, winning many prestigious prizes and awards.

17:00

ALAVERDOBA

Cinema 2

Between the 1950s and 1980s, a new wave of innovative filmmakers emerged, leading to the golden age of Georgian cinema. Among them, Giorgi Shengelaia is an exceptional example, known for masterpieces like; Phirosmani (1969) and for the Silver Bear winning film, The Journey of a Young Composer (1984). We will present the newly restored version of his one of his first short films, Alaverdoba (1962).

18:00

GEORGIAN DRINKS RECEPTION

The Link

Join representatives from the Georgian delegation for light refreshments in a relaxed environment.

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 10:30

13:00

15:00

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Georgia has a rich tradition of producing short animation including the Palm d’or wining animation film Chiri (Plague) (1983). Recently contemporary Georgian animation has returned to the prestigious international film festival circuit with high quality productions.

Farewell to Arms! – a collection of anti-militarist short films dedicated to a war theme. The film consists 5 short films by young Georgian film directors. The project was organised by Shota Rustaveli from the Theatre and Film Georgia State University.

A screening of a contemporary feature film by Georgian female film director, Mariam Kactchvani, who has progressed from the ranks of short film director, Dinola (2013) to an established feature film director.

GEORGIAN ANIMATION

GEORGIAN FILM SCHOOLS

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SHORTS2 FEATURES: DEDE

Supported by Bristol City Council, Bristol Tbilisi Association, Georgian National Film Centre and Tbilisi City Council.

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As part of our mission to diversify the festival programme and feature voices and visions from across the globe we have teamed up with Accra Animation Film Festival to host a Ghanaian Animation focus.

A delegation of Ghanaian animators and representatives of Accra Animation Film Festival will be present throughout the festival and present at the specific activity:

COUNTRY FOCUS - GHANA

COUNTRY FOCUS – GHANA

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 10:30

GHANA ANIMATION

Cinema 3

A selection of animated shorts from all over the African continent, an overview of the increasing variety of African animation in the past few years.

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 09:30

10:30

The Link

Waterside 3

Join representatives from the Ghanaian delegation and Nigerian Programme (I Just Dey Observe) for coffee and pastries in a relaxed environment.

Discussing the Animation Industry on the African Continent. What are the opportunities? What does the ecosystem look like? How can we connect the African continent to the International animation scene?

WEST AFRICAN BREAKFAST

GHANAIAN ANIMATION TALK

Supported by the British Council.

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COUNTRY FOCUS - ITALY

COUNTRY FOCUS – ITALY The Italian focus at the Encounters 2018 aims to be a celebration of Italian emerging talent in short filmmaking as well as an opportunity to look back at Italy’s film cultural heritage through an archive short film screening as well as an homage to one of Italy’s unique and most popular film exports, horror.

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 16:00

ITALIAN DRINKS RECEPTION

The Link

Join us to kick off the Italian Focus at this year’s festival with light refreshments in a relaxed environment.

17:00

DE SETA

Cinema 2

“It was as if De Seta were an anthropologist who spoke with the voice of a poet. Where did this voice come from...?”

Martin ScorseseArchive screening of 6 short films by Italian documentary short film maker De Seta.

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 10:30

IL RUMORE DELLA VITTORIA

Cinema 2

Six Deaf young sport champions, united to show everyone who said they will never make it, reveal how it is possible to break through all the barriers.

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19:30

CONTEMPORARY ITALY

Cinema 3

The quest for realism in Italian cinema is more alive than ever.

Social topics ranging from immigration to work have become widespread in Italian shorts as well as feature films.

This programme explores these themes through 5 contemporary shorts.

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ITALIAN HORROR SHORTS

Cinema 3

Italian horror films are better known outside of Italy. From Bava to Fulci, the great Italian masters of this genre have emulators and devoted fans all across the globe. In Italy, Italian horror films have been largely confined to critical rediscovery over the past 15-20 years. However, a new generation of filmmakers has been exploring the horror genre, despite the many difficulties of an evershrinking market dominated

by American blockbuster producers. These films should be seen through the lens of experimentation, like the rise of new forces in a challenging field both from the production and aesthetic standpoint

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BLACK SABBATH

Cinema 3

The most gruesome day in the calendar of the undead!

Black Sunday was such a huge hit that a follow-up was swiftly demanded, and horror maestro Mario Bava duly devised this three-part horror anthology blending modern and period stories.

COUNTRY FOCUS - ITALY

21:30

Supported by the Italian Short Film Centre, Cineteca di Bologna, Eyes Made and the Italian Cultural Institute.

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, NICK PARK, STEVE BOX

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TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 09:00 - 00:00

16:30 - 17:30

17:30 - 18:00

BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE £FREE 15 HRS W The Perpeptual Cinema is a public display of short films screening on repeat a variety of lighthearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections.

THE STATION 1 HR An exciting selection of short films by young artist filmmakers aged 16-24 from the South West.

From animation and comedy to spoken word and artist film– these bold and creative visions reflect the mosaic of contemporary life through the lens of young artists.

Presented by Calling the Shots.

THE STATION 1 HR OUR CITY – ON FILM! The £1000 Competition

18:00 - 20:00

18:30 - 20:00

20:00 - 22:00

THE STATION 2 HRS Rife Magazine has teamed up with Encounters Film Festival to present The Link, a special free networking event for young creatives. Industry experts will share their top tips that could be just the thing to propel you on your journey to a successful career in film, and there will be a chance to mingle with other young creatives and emerging filmmakers. Fuse your ideas - who knows what you might make next?

CENTRESPACE CHOCOLATE FACTORY £3 1 HR 30 MINS

PERPETUAL CINEMA

THE LINK

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DOG LIFE DRAWING

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OUR CITY LAUNCH

Make a SHORT FILM and work with Bristol’s TV Industry Open for Entries from September 28th – November 30th 2018

FESTIVAL & AVA LAUNCH

THE STATION 2 HRS Join us as we welcome guests, delegates and jurors to the launch of the 24th Encounters Festival.

The festival provides a vital showcase for filmmakers, whose ideas, imagination and ambition set new standards every year.

At this year’s opening reception, we’ll also be revealing the programmes selected for our Audio Visual Access (AVA) library for 2018. Through AVA terminals hosted at Bristol Archives and 20th Century Flicks audiences will be able to view exclusive programmes at their leisure.

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09:00 - 00:00

10:00 - 20:00

PERPETUAL CINEMA

BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE £FREE 3 HRS The Perpeptual Cinema is a public display of short films screening on repeat a variety of lighthearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections.

10:00 - 17:00

BBC R&D HACKATHON

WATERSIDE 2 £6 1 HR This year 3 programmes have been curated for the Immersive Encounters Grand Prix, curated from over 50 submissions showcasing thought-engaging works from the worlds of documentary, dance, music video, animation and fiction.

The programmes themselves are great examples of how traditional platforms are helping inform this new opportunity for creatives to exhibit their talents.

10:00 - 18:00

VIEWING LIBRARY

ARNOLFINI G £FREE 8 HRS BBC Research & Development have teamed-up with University of York’s DC Labs to present an adaptive stories workshop; exploring the creation of new adaptive stories in the warm embrace of Bristol Encounters film festival. This event is supported by Creative Enterprise.

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VR CINEMA: POWERED BY LIMINA IMMERSIVE

BRISTOL FESTIVALS £FREE 8 HRS This year the AVA Viewing Library will be back at the Bristol Festival offices on Park Street! These terminals will give you access to the entire festival programme so you can re-watch your favourites

10:00 - 11:30

SHORT FILM 1: CAN’T BREAK ME

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Resourceful and resilient, these inspiring characters are seriously put to the test as they navigate day-to-day struggles, personal challenges and wider injustice.

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

10:15 - 20:30

LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

WATERSIDE 1 £6 1 HR Bristol is at the forefront of creative virtual reality production, and Limina Immersive want to introduce you to some of the city’s immersive pioneers and the trailblazing experiences they have created.

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 10:30 - 12:00

KOTATSU SCREENING

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Tsuneo Goda is a highly experienced animator most famous for the internationally popular Domo-kun, he will present Domo-kun and more characters from his long career.

14:00 - 15:30

ANIMATION 2: HAPPY SAD

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS …pleasure and pain. Nothing can grow without rain. In order to balance the shadows and light these films explore the dichotomy of happiness and sorrow.

11:00 - 12:30

12:00 - 13:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond.

WATERSIDE 3 £6 1 HR Competition filmmakers will feature alongside a panel of industry experts to discuss issues facing animation talent today. Topics will include internationalising shorts, developing careers and making the most of your festival experience. Join us for an organic, open forum where nothing is off limits.

14:00 - 15:30

14:30 - 16:00

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 1 / SHORT MATTERS 1

SHORT FILM STUDIES PRESENTS: DEAN LEON ANDERSON

WATERSIDE 3 £PASS HOLDERS 1 HR 30 MINS This seminar will be led by Dean Leon Anderson in partnership with Intellect’s journal Short Film Studies. It will focus on short and feature-length film development, festivals, and Dean’s insights as a writer and director.

SHORT FILM TODAY 1

NAHEMI

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS 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 practive in the Moving Image in Higher Education across the UK. @NahemiUK www.nahemi.org

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12:30 - 14:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Sit back and let these ethereal beauties transport you to deep space and beyond where memories and emotions collide in alternative and hyper-realities.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS For the last 10 years Unchosen has been raising awareness of Modern Slavery by using film running a competition as well as 2 key projects, Films against Slavery and Stay Safe From Slavery. In 2018 the chairty closed and Encounters were bestowed with the archive to continue sharing the films and create the social change we all hope for to end modern slavery.

15.00 - 16.30

16:00 - 17:30

16:00 - 17:30

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS By turn poetic, humorous, heartrending or purely imaginative, these affecting short films reveal how our bodies tell our story and shape our identity.

WATERSIDE 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Competition filmmakers from will feature alongside a panel of industry experts to discuss issues facing animation talent today. Topics will include internationalising shorts, developing careers and making the most of your festival experience. Join us for an organic, open forum where nothing is off limits.

ANIMATION 1: OTHER WORLDS

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 3 / SHORT MATTERS 3

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond.

UNCHOSEN RETROSPECTIVE

SHORT FILM 2: WRITTEN ON THE BODY

13:00 - 14:30

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 2 / SHORT MATTERS 2

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond.

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

12:00 - 13:30

ANIMATION TODAY 1

Supported by Anim18 & British Council

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 16:00 - 17:30

16:30 - 18:00

17:00 - 18:00

ARNOLFIN DS £FREE 1 HR 30 MINS Limited Spaces available Please enquire at Information Desk on morning of event for more information.

Following an open call in 2018, a selection of short film scripts from new South West writers were selected by a panel of Industry professionals. The selected scripts will be performed live at the Arnolfini by a professional cast.

In partnership with BFI NETWORK.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS UWE_FILM (BA Hons Filmmaking at UWE) will be screening a selection of its recent graduate work in an event hosted by Programme Leader Freya Billington.

The screening will be followed by drinks in the bar and a chance to chat with the teaching team, recent graduates and current UWE_FILM students.

CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR Animationsinstitut, part of Filmakademie BadenWuerttemberg, encourages its students to develop an individual style and, by doing so, create innovative ideas. This screening features a selection of some of the outstanding student projects that depict the wide creative range of productions realized at Animationsinstitut – from 2D and 3D to VFX.

18:30 - 20:00

19:30 - 22:00

20:00 - 00:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Join Toby MacDonald to discuss his path from making short films, including Je t’aime John Wayne and Heavy Metal Drummer, to creating his first feature, Old Boys, which premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival earlier this year.

BOILING WELLS ££15 FULL PRICE, £13 CONCESSIONS 2 HRS 30 MINS 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). Screening starts at 20:30, Screen time 91 mins

4 HRS Join Shooting People, one of the UK’s largest filmmaker networks, to find out more about SHORT CUTS, their career-development film competition.

LIVE SCRIPT READING SOUTH WEST

FILMMAKER FOCUS: TOBY MACDONALD

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UWE_FILM SCREENING 2018

COMPASS PRESENTS ARCADIA

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FILMAKADEMIE’S ANIMATIONSINSTITUT

SHOOTING PEOPLE @ THE FORGE

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18:00 - 19:30

18:00 -19:00

LINK 1 HR Drinks reception where you will have the opportunity to speak to staff, graduates and students from UWE_Film.

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 28 MINS Exploring self-deception, suspicions, well-kept secrets and sudden revelations, these compelling stories dig deep into the implications of hiding the truth.

WATERSIDE 3 £PASS HOLDERS ONLY 1 HR Tsuneo Goda is a founder of dwarf studios, best known as a creator of Domo. Hirokazu Minegishi has worked on numerous animated films with roots in puppet animation.

20:00 - 21:30

20:00 - 23:00

20:30 - 22:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS In this thought provoking collection of shorts a lighthearted approach is the common theme to these stories. Amusing situations and underground connections happily conspire to raise a few smiles.

CUBE TICKETS £3/£2 (FILM MAKERS IN FOR FREE, ONE PER FILM) 3 HRS Get ready for another highly entertaining eclectic mix of locally produced Short Films. Bluescreen is The Cube’s and Bristol’s longest running Short Film Night and YOUR Open Screen night for local film makers to bring in and screen their short films.

UWE_FILM RECEPTION

COMEDY: GROUP THERAPY

SHORT FILM 3: SECRETS AND LIES

BLUESCREEN

PLEASE NOTE THE CUBE IS A CASH ONLY VENUE, TICKETS NOT AVAILBLE IN ADVANCE BOOK ON ARRIVAL.

Section 2

KOTATSU ANIMATION TALK

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

18:00 - 19:00

SHORTS2FEATURES: OLDBOYS

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Supported by Performance Film & Media In this school-set re-working of Cyrano de Bergerac, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 22:00 - 00:00

LATE LOUNGE: FRIGHT NIGHT

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 2 HRS Join us for a night of spinetingling horror shorts from all the corners of the world. Including zombie feasts, extreme foley sessions, psychological thrills, domestic nightmares and many more chilling delights, this is guaranteed to be a hell of a ride, not for the faint-hearted.

www.encounters-festival.org.uk

Box Office 0117 927 5100

Section 2

10:15 - 20:30

LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

WATERSIDE 1 £6 1 HR Bristol is at the forefront of creative virtual reality production, and Limina Immersive want to introduce you to some of the city’s immersive pioneers and the trailblazing experiences they have created.

09:00 - 00:00

PERPETUAL CINEMA

BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE £6 15 HRS The Perpeptual Cinema is a public display of short films screening on repeat a variety of lighthearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections.

09:30 - 10:30

10:00 - 18:00

LINK 1 HR Open to industry pass holders Meet the regional BFI NETWORK Talent Executives at this informal breakfast session. You can find out more about BFI NETWORK and the recently launched funding schemes in England for Short Film and Early Feature Development in 2018. network.bfi.org.uk

ARNOLFINI A £THIS IS A FREE, TICKETED EVENT 8 HRS A one day summit brought to you by Games For Change and Encounters Film Festival. ‘Games For Change Europe’ sees experts showcase their work and explore the ways in which emotions are created in Animation, XR and Games for impact.

BFI NETWORK BREAKFAST

GAMES FOR CHANGE EUROPE

Through a series of talks and panel discussions, Developers, NGOs, federal organizations, filmmakers, digital creators and educators will be invited to explore new tools and dig deeper into the potential social impact of games and XR.

Section 2

09:00 - 00:00

CARTOON BOX MARATHON

ARNOLFINI DS FREE Cartoon-Box is a series of short, snappy, in-your-face cartoons with an unhealthy dose of dark humour. Notorious animation director Joost Lieuwma created a new animation every week, too funny to miss and too disturbing for children under 18 and the faint-of-heart. All 97 films will be presented on a loop for your binge-viewing pleasure!

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

10:00 - 20:00

VR CINEMA: POWERED BY LIMINA IMMERSIVE

WATERSIDE 2 £6 1 HR This year 3 programmes have been curated for the Immersive Encounters Grand Prix, curated from over 50 submissions showcasing thought-engaging works from the worlds of documentary, dance, music video, animation and fiction.

The programmes themselves are great examples of how traditional platforms are helping inform this new opportunity for creatives to exhibit their talents.

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 10:00 - 11:30

10:00 - 17:00

SHORT FILM 4: BLOODLINES

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Family, it’s complicated. Mums, dads, brothers and sisters take centre stage in this programme of short films exposing those alltoo precious, painful and always intricate strings attaching us to our family nest.

BBC R&D HACKATHON

ARNOLFINI G £FREE 7 HRS BBC R&D and University of York’s DC labs presents, an object based media workshop to create adaptive short stories.

The workshop will have a small select group of people working together to plan, shoot, edit and experience creating adaptive media; using a pioneering new object based media (OBM) tool called StoryKit.

10:00 - 18:00

VIEWING LIBRARY

BRISTOL FESTIVALS This year the AVA Viewing Library will be back at the Bristol Festival offices on Park Street! These terminals will give you access to the entire festival programme so you can re-watch your favourites

This event is supported by Creative Enterprise.

11:00 - 12:30

GEORGIAN PAST MASTERS

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Newly restored three masterful short films (The wedding (1964), Umbrella (1967) and Musicians (1969)) of renowned Georgian film director Mikheil Kobakhidze, will be present first time for the British audience

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12:00 - 13:30

ANIMATION 3: ANIMAL MAGIC

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Animators know their animals!

By their very essence animators bring life forward on screen.

They are mostly lovers of natural history and metaphorically use and abuse animals for great comic and tragic effect. Animation can be anthropomorphic or a study of human and animal interaction that can reflect a message for all life on the planet.

www.encounters-festival.org.uk

12:00 - 13:30

SHORT FILM TODAY 2

WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS Competition filmmakers will feature alongside a panel of industry experts to discuss issues facing animation talent today. Topics will include internationalising shorts, developing careers and making the most of your festival experience. Join us for an organic, open forum where nothing is off limits.

Box Office 0117 927 5100

Section 2

10:30 - 12:00

WATERSIDE 3 £6 1 HR Festival Formula are the UK’s leading festival strategists and their sole purpose is to help filmmakers navigate the worldwide festival circuit.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR A selection of animated shorts from all over the African continent, an overview of the increasing variety of African animation in the past few years.

FESTIVAL FORMULA

GHANA ANIMATION

11:00 - 12:00

BRITISH COUNCIL BOAT TRIP

Supported by the British Council.

AVON PACKET £INVITATION ONLY. 1 HR British Council Film’s annual networking event brings together visiting International industry professionals and UK filmmakers screening in competition.

12:30 - 14:00

13:00 - 14:30

13:30 - 17:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Different Voices is an ongoing Neurodiverse film talent development programme based in Bristol.

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS A BEYOND NOLLYWOOD selection of shorts by Nigeria’s youngest and most dynamic filmmakers.

DIFFERENT VOICES

Section 2

I JUS DEY OBSERVE

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

10:30 - 11:30

ANIMATION ON PRESCRIPTION

ARNOLFINI LS £15 Animation on Prescription 2018.

Now in it’s 4th year this unique event promises to bring together the worlds of medicine, therapy and the arts.

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 14:00 - 15:30

14:00 - 15:30

14:30 - 16:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS ‘Heterotopia is a concept by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe cultural, institutional and discursive spaces that are ‘other’: disturbing, intense, incompatible, contradictory or transforming.’

Prepare to be carried to extraordinary and uneasy other locations. Each of these films create virtual images of the unreal and explore places in the mind with strange and compelling geography.

WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS You’ve put all your creative energies into developing and making your first feature film.

However the reality of getting a film onto a cinema screen is a bit more complex than maybe you expected. This panel will explore the challenges and present new initiatives for debut British features getting into cinemas, gaining profile and presence in a competitive market.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Recent years, starting from the Cannes Film Festival to the different film festivals/platforms worldwide, new talents of the Georgian cinema had successfully been presented, winning the different important prizes and awards.

16:00 - 17:30

16:30 - 18:00

17:00 - 18:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR A selection of short films from the arctic north in Norway. The Northern part of Norway is in the arctic zone. People live under hard conditions.

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR In Georgia, between 1950s and 1980s, a new wave of innovative filmmakers emerged, leading to the golden age of Georgian cinema.

ANIMATION 4: HETEROTOPIA

ANIMATION TODAY 2

WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS Competition filmmakers from will feature alongside a panel of industry experts to discuss issues facing animation talent today. Topics will include internationalising shorts, developing careers and making the most of your festival experience. Join us for an organic, open forum where nothing is off limits.

SHORTS2FEATURES PANEL

FILMS FROM THE ARCTIC

GEORGIAN NEW TALENT

SHORTS2FEATURES: ALAVERDOBA

Presents by Nordic Film Fund.

Supported by Anim18 & British Council

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Section 2

TALES OF AFRICA

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS An artistic work dedicated to both the wisdom and cultural heritage of African peoples.

COLSTON HALL AND THE PARAORCHESTRA & FRIENDS PRESENT THE ANATOMY OF THE ORCHESTRA: A VR EXPERIENCE COLSTON HALL £FREE Dive into the orchestra’s extraordinary world and sense it’s inner workings with awardwinning conductor Charles Hazlewood and The British Paraorchestra & Army of Generals.

16:00 - 17:30

SHORT FILM 5: DO THE RIGHT THING

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Polish your moral compass as you embark on this film-journey questioning our better judgement and what’s at stake when deciding on the right course of action.

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30

15:00 - 16:30

NOTE - TICKETS HAVE TO BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE FROM COLSTON HALL WEBSITE.

18:00 - 19:00

GEORGIAN DRINKS

LINK 1 HR

Section 2

18:00 - 19:30

SHORT FILM 6: DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Endearing, charming, sometimes utterly unsettling strangers populate this eclectic collection of stories of chance encounters and unexpected connections.

18:00 - 20:00

CABLES & CAMERAS

WATERSIDE 3 £6 2 HRS Cables&Cameras explores a deeper representation of black identity through both national and international film narratives not readily available in mainstream cinema, whilst creating a valuable networking space for creatives from all backgrounds with an interest in independent films.

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 18:30 - 20:30

BOLEXBROTHERS ‘THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB’ - A SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING. WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 2 HRS This screening of The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb also includes a rare look at a few other bolexbrothers shorts plus a special introduction from DaveAlex Riddett and Mike Gifford.

20:00 - 00:00

20:00 - 21:30

FORGE 4 HRS Join us for an evening of drinks, animation and networking with the team behind Aardman’s AardBoiled; A new platform for original, off-beat comedy. Are you making funny animations? Come along and find out how you could become part of the AardBoiled family!

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Prepare for some hilarious encounters. These finely-tuned amusing films each make sharp observations of the absurd and perverse. Everyday situations are viewed through different eyes, and fresh perspectives deliver some very funny results.

21:00 - 23:00

22:00 - 00:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Directed by Suzi Ewing and written by Noel Clarke, 10x10 is a thriller starring Kelly Reilly and Luke Evans.

Supported by Performance Film & Media

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 2 HRS Here we go with the first of this year’s celebration of all things deliciously distasteful. Nothing is sacred in this orgy of flesh and bone. An open mind and strong constitution is required for this corporeal feast where the films are anatomically outrageous.

AARDBOILED RECEPTION

COMEDY: FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS

Presented in partnership with Anim18 & the British Council.

20:30 - 22:30

PUNJABTRONIX

ARNOLFINI A £10 2 HRS Brought to you by Asian Arts Agency as part of Encounters Film Festival.

Cutting edge live electronica meets Punjabi folk – technology meets tradition: an exciting fusion receiving global acclaim.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: 10X10

www.encounters-festival.org.uk

LATE LOUNGE - BODY PARTS

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Section 2

09:00 - 00:00

PERPETUAL CINEMA

BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE 15 HRS The Perpeptual Cinema is a public display of short films screening on repeat a variety of lighthearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections.

10:00 - 20:00

VR CINEMA: POWERED BY LIMINA IMMERSIVE

WATERSIDE 2 1 HR This year 3 programmes have been curated for the Immersive Encounters Grand Prix, curated from over 50 submissions showcasing thought-engaging works from the worlds of documentary, dance, music video, animation and fiction.

The programmes themselves are great examples of how traditional platforms are helping inform this new opportunity for creatives to exhibit their talents.

Section 2

09:00 - 00:00

09:30 - 10:30

ARNOLFINI DS FREE Cartoon-Box is a series of short, snappy, in-your-face cartoons with an unhealthy dose of dark humour. Notorious animation director Joost Lieuwma created a new animation every week, too funny to miss and too disturbing for children under 18 and the faint-of-heart. All 97 films will be presented on a loop for your binge-viewing pleasure!

LINK 1 HR Through the support of the British Council’s West African Arts Fund we have been able to present a programme of films from Ghana and Nigeria at this year’s festival.

Additionally, we have had the privilege of hosting a delegation of filmmakers and professionals from Ghana through a partnership with Accra Animation Film Festival.

Join us to informally meet the collaboration partners of this West African focus over coffee.

10:00 - 11:30

10:00 - 18:00

CARTOON BOX MARATHON

SHORT FILM 7: ON THE EDGE

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS 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.

WEST AFRICAN BREAKFAST

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

BFI NETWORK EMERGING PRODUCERS DAY

FORGE 8 HRS BFI NETWORK is holding an Emerging Producers day at Encounters Festival 2018.

Following an open call for South West producers, a selected group will be taken through a day-long programme of panels and round table discussions with established UK producers working across Live Action and Animation.

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 10:00 - 18:00

VIEWING LIBRARY

BRISTOL FESTIVALS 8 HRS This year the AVA Viewing Library will be back at the Bristol Festival offices on Park Street! These terminals will give you access to the entire festival programme so you can re-watch your favourites

LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

WATERSIDE 1 1 HR Bristol is at the forefront of creative virtual reality production, and Limina Immersive want to introduce you to some of the city’s immersive pioneers and the trailblazing experiences they have created.

10:30 - 11:30

GHANAIAN PANEL

WATERSIDE 3 £6 1 HR Discussing the Animation Industry on the African Continent. What are the opportunities? How does the ecosystem look like ? How can we connect the African continent to the International animation scene?

Supported by the British Council.

12:00 - 13:30

12:30 - 14:00

13:00 - 14:30

WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS Competition filmmakers will feature alongside a panel of industry experts to discuss issues facing animation talent today. Topics will include internationalising shorts, developing careers and making the most of your festival experience. Join us for an organic, open forum where nothing is off limits.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Join LGBTQ learning disabled filmmakers Matthew Hellett (Brighton) and Matthew Kennedy (Glasgow) as they screen their films and share their experiences of how identity shapes their work.

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Farewell to Arms! – is a collective anti-militarist short films dedicated to a war theme.

SHORT FILM TODAY 3

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10:15 - 20:15

OSKA BRIGHT

www.encounters-festival.org.uk

GEORGIAN FILM SCHOOLS

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Section 2

11:00 - 12.30

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Georgia has a rich tradition of producing short animation.

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS The International Film Festival of Aubange will celebrate its 20th anniversary 18 - 23 March 2019. this programme is a selection of shorts from the festival’s archive.

13:00 - 17:00

14:00 - 15:30

GEORGIAN ANIMATION

AUBAGNE CARTE BLANCHE

FESTIVAL DIRECTORS: COLLABORATION

ARNOLFINI LS 4 HRS Festival Directors and professionals from the UK, Europe and further afield are invited to join us for a constructive session on collaborative working.

With a specific purpose to explore methods of cost-saving and good practice sharing this gathering will be an inclusive event with all opinions welcome. Additionally, we will look at how we can communally begin to change the narrative of short film away from audience development and towards talent development.

Section 2

ANIMATION 6: THE STATE WE’RE IN

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS 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?

12:00 - 13:30

ANIMATION 5: RHYME, RHYTHM & REASON

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Throw yourself into this whirlpool of senses and feelings, where not making sense makes perfect sense and where the armies of reason and emotion clash by night.

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

10:30 - 12:00

14:00 - 15:30

NFTS MASTERCLASS

WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS What do the changes in content distribution (Amazon, Netflix, on demand) mean for the future relationship between filmmakers, marketeers and audiences in film and television?

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 14:30 - 16:00

15:00 - 16:30

16:00 - 17:30

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Supported by Performance Film & Media A screening of a contemporary feature film DEDE (2017) by Georgian female film director, Mariam Kactchvani.

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS New life, new me. Whether looking for a better life in a new country, getting married, retiring from a job or finishing school, the characters in these stories are coming to terms with the uncertainty of their future and the sadness for what is left behind.

18:00 - 19:30

18:30 - 20:30

20:00 - 00:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS At one time bold and confused, defiant and fragile, these compelling young characters negotiate harsh life lessons on their journey into adulthood as they strive to find their place in the world.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 2 HRS Matthew Holness star and director of Garth Merenghi’s Dark Place discusses his first feature film Possum in this filmmaker focus.

FORGE 4 HRS An evening at Filmmaker retreat The Forge, hosted by BFI NETWORK and Film Hub South West.

FILMMAKER FOCUS: DIONNE EDWARDS & GEORGIA GOGGIN

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS During this focus we’ll explore how the partnership between Dionne and Georgia was forged, what fun and games they encountered on their way and what they have learnt.

SHORT FILM 9: FREE SPIRITS

SHORTS2FEATURES: DEDE

FILMMAKER FOCUS: MATTHEW HOLNESS

SHORT FILM 8: FRESH STARTS

BFI NETWORK @ THE FORGE

Come along to this informal evening networking event and meet with other festival delegates, filmmakers, BFI Network executives and selected participants taking part in the emerging producer day.

Open to Festival Pass Holders & Emerging Producer Group

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Box Office 0117 927 5100

Section 2

ANIMATION TODAY 3

WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS Competition filmmakers from will feature alongside a panel of industry experts to discuss issues facing animation talent today. Topics will include internationalising shorts, developing careers and making the most of your festival experience. Join us for an organic, open forum where nothing is off limits.

16:30 - 18:00

DOC HEADS PRESENT: #SOUNDTRACKS WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 1 #Soundtracks : Where documentary meets music video. Doc Heads presents #Soundtracks a collection of 8 short documentary-cum- music video from BAFTA & EMMY winning film makers.

17:00 - 18:00

DE SETA

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR “It was as if De Seta were an anthropologist who spoke with the voice of a poet. Where did this voice come from...?” Martin ScorseseArchive screening of 6 short films by Italian documentary short film maker De Seta.

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

16:00 - 17:30

Supported by Anim18 & British Council

20:00 - 21:30

21:00 - 23:00

22:00 - 00:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Sci-fi is given the short film treatment in this selection of dystopian stories imagining the possible futures awaiting human kind. These visionary films offer engaging, surprising and quietly shocking visions of the future which will leave you looking around you for signs of things to come.

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 2 HRS Directed by Matthew Holness, Possum tells the story of a disgraced children’s puppeteer Philip intent on destroying Possum, the hideous puppet he keeps hidden.

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 2 HRS Sex sells!! The annual Late Lounge slot wouldn’t be the same without a strong exposure of carnal curiosity. The films in this programme range from brave and bold explorations of intimacy, sexuality and power, to erotic and funny observations.

SCI-FI: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

Section 2

SHORTS2FEATURES: POSSUM

Supported by Performance Film & Media

LATE LOUNGE: PEEP SHOW

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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Box Office 0117 927 5100

Section 2

09:00 - 00:00

PERPETUAL CINEMA

09:00 - 00:00

BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE £FREE 15 HRS The Perpeptual Cinema is a public display of short films screening on repeat a variety of lighthearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections.

10:00 - 11:00

ANIJAM

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR AniJam UK: Are you jammy enough to win? A selection of shorts from this year’s national competition!

Section 2

CARTOON BOX MARATHON

ARNOLFINI DS FREE Cartoon-Box is a series of short, snappy, in-your-face cartoons with an unhealthy dose of dark humour. Notorious animation director Joost Lieuwma created a new animation every week, too funny to miss and too disturbing for children under 18 and the faint-of-heart. All 97 films will be presented on a loop for your binge-viewing pleasure!

09:30 - 10:30

HEY DUGGEE

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 ££6 ADULTS, £1 CHILDREN 1 HR Join us for a fun filled event with everyone’s favourite dog, Duggee!

We’ll be screening eight episodes of the show in the cinema then get your pens and pencils ready for a Hey Duggee colouring in session 10.30 – 12.30 in The Link!

10:00 - 18:30

10:15 - 20:15

WATERSIDE 2 1 HR This year 3 programmes have been curated for the Immersive Encounters Grand Prix, curated from over 50 submissions showcasing thought-engaging works from the worlds of documentary, dance, music video, animation and fiction.

The programmes themselves are great examples of how traditional platforms are helping inform this new opportunity for creatives to exhibit their talents.

WATERSIDE 1 1 HR Bristol is at the forefront of creative virtual reality production, and Limina Immersive want to introduce you to some of the city’s immersive pioneers and the trailblazing experiences they have created.

VR CINEMA: POWERED BY LIMINA IMMERSIVE

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 10:30 - 12:00

IL RUMORE DELLA VITTORIA

HEY DUGGEE COLOURING

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Presented in partnership Eyes Made and thanks to Cinedeaf.

The documentary shows how it is possible to break all the barriers thourgh the life stories of six Deaf young sport champions.

LINK 2 HRS

13:30 - 15:00

14:00 - 17:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 26 MINS For the third year running we have created a programme with the aim of normalising on-screen D/ deafness. This year’s programme gives a nod to the centenary of the suffragette movement with all leading roles being played by D/ deaf women.

WATERSIDE 3 3 HRS Join Calling the Shots for screenings of First Acts films from South West young creatives as well as gems from the back catalogue as the Bristol-based production company celebrates it’s 20th anniversary.

DEAF SHORTS: SISTER ACT

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10:30 - 12:30

CALLING THE SHOTS PRESENTS...

www.encounters-festival.org.uk

11:00 - 12:00

CHILDREN’S JURY

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 18 HRS 33 MINS Working with film education charity Into Film, a programming workshop was delivered with pupils from Fairfield School in Bristol to select the films for this year’s Children’s Jury! Into Film is a nation-wide charity that places film at the core of the education and personal development of children aged 5-19.

14:30 - 16:00

LATVIAN ANIMATION 2: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS What common desire is shared by five cats from a folktale, a circus bear and shopkeeper Olga who is stuck in her kiosk? The motif of this retrospective program is pursuit of happiness through time – the dreams, the beauty, the overcoming of one’s fears and prejudice. Among these films are a few classics, some lesser shown and known rarities and fresh work of the youngest generation of animation filmmakers.

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Section 2

12:30 - 14:00

RANDOM ACTS

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Random Acts is Channel 4’s weekly late-night TV show and online short film strand featuring brilliant and disruptive art from musicians, writers, animators, artists and other random creative types. With each film clocking in around four minutes, this screening is a chance to experience a range of minimindblowers from the Class of 2018.

15:00 - 16:30

TEEN SHORTS: WE SEE YOU

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 ££6 ADULTS, £1 CHILDREN 1 HR 30 MINS Prepare to experience Wallace & Gromit as you’ve never smelled them before! A brand new Scratch ‘n Sniff cinema event featuring Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, hits the big screen as part of Encounters Festival 2018!

15:30 - 17:00

DEPICT

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Being a teenager is tough, being a girl is tough, being a teenage girl is really tough. This programme highlights some of the daily struggles and also provides a little acknowledgement and let’s all young women know…we see you.

Section 2

SCRATCH ’N SNIFF CINEMA PRESENT WALLACE & GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Depict is Watershed’s super short filmmaking competition challenging filmmakers from across the globe to create an imaginative and original short film of 90 seconds or less. Experience this year’s shortlist on the big screen chosen from over 500 entries from 59 countries, and meet some of the talent behind the films. After the screening, all ticket holders are welcome to join the Depict Drinks, thanks to St Austell Brewery.

Vote and comment on your favourite films in the shortlist towards the Shooting People Depict Audience Award until Sat 23 September at 17:00 at HYPERLINK “http://depict.org” depict.org

12:30 - 14:00

LATVIAN ANIMATION 1: BREAKOUT

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS This retrospective program focuses on the act of breaking out of restrictions – both as an artistic or political gesture and as a theme within the films. Here we see a comic film about the fall of Lenin’s monumet that almost cost life sentences for the makers, as well as a film about the struggle o fan explorer to capture “real life”. The animations are created in a variety of techniques – puppet and object, cut-out, drawn on celluloid, in software or on the only paper was available for amateur cinema makers.

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

11:30 - 13:00

16:30 - 18:00

BLUESCREEN PRESENTS: 17 YEARS OF OPEN ACCESS FILM SCREENINGS

WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Bluescreen has hosted a Short Film program at the Cube Cinema, Bristol for the last 17 years, supporting filmmakers through their open programme.

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 17:30 - 19:00

CONTEMPORARY ITALY

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS The quest for realism in Italian cinema is more alive than ever.

Social topics ranging from immigration to work have become widespread in Italian shorts as well as feature films.

18:00 - 19:30

19:00 - 00:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 INVITE ONLY INVITATION ONLY Please check at the information desk on Saturday morning for ticket information / requests.

LINK INVITE ONLY 5 HRS Come and celebrate the 2018 Festival in The Link

AWARDS CEREMONY

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20.00 - 21.00

21:30 - 23:30

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Italian horror films are better known outside of Italy. From Bava to Fulci, the great Italian masters of this genre have emulators and devoted fans all across the globe.

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR Supported by Performance Film & Media

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 2 HRS The most gruesome day in the calendar of the undead! Black Sunday was such a huge hit that a follow-up was swiftly demanded, horror maestro Mario Bava duly devised this three-part horror.

ITALIAN HORROR SHORTS

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SHORTS2FEATURES: TERROR NULLIUS

Soda_Jerk’s TERROR NULLIUS is a political revenge fable which offers an un­writing of Australian national mythology.

ITALIAN HORROR: BLACK SABBATH

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19:30 - 21:00

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SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

09:00 - 00:00

PERPETUAL CINEMA

BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE 15 HRS The Perpeptual Cinema is a public display of short films screening on repeat a variety of lighthearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections.

12:00 - 13:30

THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS A screening of The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb.

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CARTOON BOX MARATHON

ARNOLFINI DS FREE Cartoon-Box is a series of short, snappy, in-your-face cartoons with an unhealthy dose of dark humour. Notorious animation director Joost Lieuwma created a new animation every week, too funny to miss and too disturbing for children under 18 and the faint-of-heart. All 97 films will be presented on a loop for your binge-viewing pleasure!

13:30 - 15:00

SCRATCH ’N SNIFF CINEMA PRESENT WALLACE & GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 ADULTS £6, CHILDREN £1 2 HRS Prepare to experience Wallace & Gromit as you’ve never smelled them before! A brand new Scratch ‘n Sniff cinema event featuring Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, hits the big screen as part of Encounters Festival 2018!

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10:00 - 18:30

VR CINEMA: POWERED BY LIMINA IMMERSIVE

WATERSIDE 2 1 HR This year 3 programmes have been curated for the Immersive Encounters Grand Prix, curated from over 50 submissions showcasing thought-engaging works from the worlds of documentary, dance, music video, animation and fiction.

The programmes themselves are great examples of how traditional platforms are helping inform this new opportunity for creatives to exhibit their talents.

14:00 - 16:00

AWARD WINNERS

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS Your chance to see the best of the bunch from this year’s competition programme. This screening will show all of 2018’s award winners back to back!

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LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

WATERSIDE 1 1 HR Bristol is at the forefront of creative virtual reality production, and Limina Immersive want to introduce you to some of the city’s immersive pioneers and the trailblazing experiences they have created.

10:30 - 11:30

11:00 - 13:00

WATERSHED CINEMA 3 ADULTS £6, CHILDREN £1 1 HR Join us for a fun filled event with everyone’s favourite dog, Duggee!

We’ll be screening eight episodes of the show in the cinema at Watershed.

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 2 HRS Your chance to see the best of the bunch from this year’s competition programme. This screening will show all of 2018’s award winners back to back!

HEY DUGGEE

AWARD WINNERS

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

15:30 - 17:30

AWARD WINNERS

WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 2 HRS Your chance to see the best of the bunch from this year’s competition programme. This screening will show all of 2018’s award winners back to back!

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INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED DISTINCTIONS IN FILM To have your work assessed by acclaimed film makers go to rps.org/film BEN MANKIN & WILL BALDY Still from Living Winner of the RPS Cinematography Award 2016

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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 3 ANI: OTHER WORLDS : BACCHUS, RIKKE ALMA KROGSHAVE PLANETA

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Encounters presents an annual International Competition, featuring the best new short and animated films from around the world. Filmmakers in competition are eligible for some of the world’s most prestigious short film and animation awards: The Oscars(r), The BAFTAs and The European Film Awards.

This year, we had 3400 films submitted to be considered for our competition programmes, and our selection team worked hard to select the 219 that are in competition. Our short film, animation and immersive encounters Juries are comprised of international film and industry professionals who get to select the winners.

The festival Award winners will be shown on Sunday 30, you can get your tickets to see them back to back from our website.

Times: Cinema 1 - 11:00 & 15:30 Cinema 3 - 14:00

NOMINATIONS Alongside eligibility for Academy AwardÂŽ nomination for Grand Prix Winners and BAFTA eligibility for British Films, other festival nominations include the European Film Award..

AWARDS CEREMONY The 24th Encounters Festival Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday 29 September 2018 at 18:00 in Watershed Cinema 1.

The Awards Ceremony is for filmmakers in competition, Juries, Festival artists, speakers, team, event partners and special guests. For ticket requests for this event please visit the Info Desk on Saturday morning after 10:00.

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BRIEF, ANIMATED AND IMMERSIVE ENCOUNTERS GRAND PRIX

CHRIS COLLINS BEST OF BRITISH AWARD AND BEST OF BRITISH ANIMATION AWARD

Grand Prix winners are considered to be the best in their category by our International Jury. Brief and Animated Encounters films are eligible for Academy Award Nomination.

These awards are offered to the British film judged to be the best in all areas of production, direction and story.

MAIN AND MIXED AWARDS

MAIN AWARDS

£1,000 cash prize per award.

£2,000 cash prize for Brief and Animated Encounters. £2,000 cash prize for Immersive Encounters.

MIXED AWARDS DEAF SHORTS SHOWCASE

AUDIENCE AWARD

£500 cash prize

£500 cash prize

CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD

TEEN JURY AWARD

£500 cash prize

£500 cash prize

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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS JURY

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS JURY JACOPO CHESSA Jacopo Chessa (Torino, 1973), majored in film history and worked largely on the 1950s and 1960s in French cinema. He has published two books and a number of articles; cooperated with the Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza, the University of Torino and the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3. In 2010, he founded the production company called Prime Bande, which specializes in the history of manufacturing and the workers’movement. Since the beginning of 2014, he has been the director of Aiace Nazionale, the first Italian association of art theatres, and of the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio, (Italian Short Film Center), a film archive and agency which promotes Italian short films. Since 2016, he has directed the Torino Short Film Market. Further, he works as contract professor at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3.

PENELOPE BARTLETT Penelope Bartlett is currently the programmer for the streaming service The Criterion Channel on FilmStruck. She served as Director of Programming for the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, has curated for the website shortoftheweek.com, and held positions at the Chicago International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and the Glasgow Short Film Festival.

JENN NKIRU Jenn Nkiru is a visionary artist and director from Peckham, London. Represented globally by Iconoclast, Nkiru was named as one of the 200 women redefining the creative industries in 2018

by The Dots and one of the 100 global Creative Superheroes shaping culture by Utopia in 2018. Recent collaborators include shooting 2nd unit for Beyonce & Jay-Z’s latest internet breaking video sensation “APESHIT”, shot in Paris’ iconic Louvre, directed by Ricky Saiz and jazz musician Kamasi Washington, where she created works to accompany the release of his album Heaven + Earth.As a founding curator of Boiler Room’s new video platform 4:3, alongside Elijah Wood, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Peaches, Jenn is in development for a one-off special installation event surrounding themes of Afrofuturism, hosting a panel and screenings with the likes of Janelle Monae, John Akomfrah and Flying Lotus amongst others.

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NANCY PHELPS Nancy Denney-Phelps is a journalist writing about European animation and festivals as well as a producer of music for animation. Along with her composer/musician husband Nik Phelps, she co-founded the Sprocket Ensemble dedicated to presenting live performances of original music with screenings of contemporary animation from around the world.

ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS JURY

ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS JURY

Nancy’s writings have appeared in such publications as CARTOON and ANIMATOON as well as on her regular blog for AWN (Animation World Network). She is also a regular correspondent for ASIFA/San Francisco and a member of the ASIFA International Board of Directors. Nancy has served on numerous International Animation Festival juries and taught time management for animators at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Art and Design.

ANETA OZOREK Aneta Ozorek is Artistic Director of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, film curator and education expert.

She has 15 years’ industry experience in production of film events, educational workshops, exhibitions and festivals on Polish and European market.

She is also a programmer of Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival in Warsaw, Hear of Short Section at Visegrad Animation Forum and curator of film section of Street Art festival in Katowice. Polish Ambassador of European Animation Award and Member of European Children Film Associaton. llustrator of seven books for children.

NINA GANTZ Amsterdam born Nina Gantz, grew up in Rotterdam. Whilst attending St Joost Art school in Breda, Gantz discovered her passion for animation and produced her first notable hand drawn film, Zaliger (2010), which went on to be selected at 37 festivals winning the Golden Panda for best student film at the Sichuan Festival in China. After setting up Studio Gantz in Rotterdam, Nina was commissioned to be head of animation for feature film, Toegetakeld door de liefde (dir. Ari Deelder). Nina’s stop motion film EDMOND has received overwhelming acclaim winning the Short Film jury award for animation at Sundance and a BAFTA for best animated short.

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IMMERSIVE ENCOUNTERS JURY IAN FORRESTER Ian Forrester is a well known and likable character on the digital scene in the UK. Living in Manchester, UK where he works for theBBC’s R&D Future Experiences. He specialises in open innovation and new disruptive opportunities; by creating value via open engagement and collaborations with startups, universities, early adopters and hackers.

His current research is into the area of future narrative and storytelling, with a technology he calls Perceptive Media. Its a new approach to broadcasting; which pairs the best of broadcast with the best of internet technology; creating a experiences like sitting around a camp fire telling stories.

SHEHANI FERNANDO Shehani Fernando is a director of VR experiences and films. Her recent VR work for The Guardian includes ‘Celestial Motion: a virtual dance experience, ‘Limbo: a virtual experience of seeking asylum’, and ‘The Party’, a 360 film seen through the eyes of an autistic teenager. Her VR work has travelled to festivals around the world and won awards at Transatlantyk film festival, Social Impact Media awards and VR Expo. Previously, she worked for the BBC and independent TV companies in both news and documentaries and then joined the Guardian as a multimedia journalist spending 6 years directing numerous short films. She is interested in new forms of immersive storytelling that combine documentary practice with technology.

VERITY MCINTOSH Verity is Programme Lead for a brand new masters course in Virtual and Extended Reality at UWE Bristol. Starting in January 2019, this industry-led, practice-based masters offers students hands on training in making VR, AR, MR and 360° content, with a focus on critical interrogation of this emerging field, and space to develop their own distinctive point of view.

Verity was previously Managing Producer at Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, a pioneering research space with a resident community of over 200 artists, creative companies, technologists and researchers working at the intersections of creativity, technology and culture.

Verity has an established reputation as a creative producer, working with talented teams and individuals to develop, expand and realise their ideas on a global stage. As VR lead for Watershed, and as a founding member of Bristol VR Lab, Verity has developed a distinctive voice within the VR/XR community. She is an advocate for interdisciplinary storytelling that bridges physical and virtual worlds, and argues for a more considered and inclusive approach to audience care in VR experiences.

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An exciting selection of new short films from around the world chosen by young people for young people.

Working with the film education charity Into Film, a programming workshop was delivered with the students of Downend School in Bristol. This unique approach to creating the children’s programme allows us to present the best possible line-up of films suitable for younger audiences.

CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD

CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD

Into Film is a nationwide charity that places film at the core of the educational and personal development of children and young people aged 5-19.

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DEAF SHORTS JURY

DEAF SHORTS JURY WILLIAM MAGER Series Producer, See Hear William has worked in television for 15 years – and has been Series Producer at BBC Bristol for the last four years, where programmes such as See Hear, See Hear on Tour and Hidden Nation have been nominated for, and won awards.

William is passionate about finding and developing new deaf talent both behind and in front of the camera – and collaborating with other programmes and departments within the BBC including Doctor Who, Casualty, Newsnight and BBC Breakfast.

As well as his day job he has written and directed award winning short films and dramas – two of which - HANDS SOLO and DEAF MUGGER - are now part of the BFI’s national archive.

SAMANTHA ROSIE Executive Producer, See Hear Samantha has over 25 years’ experience of television production and producing factual documentaries for broadcast television.

Her series are packed with challenging stories produced with creative flair and enthusiasm. These qualities have been recognised by the media industry, she has won 2 BAFTA Cymru Awards and a Royal Television Society Award for her work in documentary storytelling. Samantha is currently an Executive Producer in BBC Studios Unscripted Productions leading multiskilled teams out of the Cardiff and Bristol bases producing ‘The One Show’ films and the award winning ‘See Hear’ series.

Recent BBC One successes included the 15 part crime series ‘The Wanted’ and the long running ‘24/7’ documentary series for BBC Wales. Samantha is responsible for developing and growing content with a Welsh flavour and increasing the portrayal of Wales and Welsh Talent on the UK Networks. She is passionate about collaboration, team work and seeking out industry partnerships. Outside work Samantha is Deputy Chair on the Board of Governors at a Welsh Language Primary School and parent governor at a Welsh Language Secondary school. She is also a committee member for BAFTA and a jury member for the Celtic Media Festival. Samantha recently gained a certificate in Leadership and Management from the University of Wales.

ERIKA JONES Director, See Hear A journalist, director and reporter; Erika currently works on the BBC’s See Hear. She’s the first reporter to present in British Sign Language on the BBC’s Newsnight. A 2015 Royal Television Society West’s “Flying Futures” winner, she also is a few times nominee for various awards, including Best Documentary and Best Reporter for Royal Television Society West and Deaffest over past few years as well as being shortlisted for European Diversity Award’s Journalist of Year 2017.

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TIM LO Originally from Hong Kong, Tim moved to Bristol in 2013. Along with being a content creator for Rife, she is a filmmaker and theatre-maker with a lifelong passion in dance and choreography — she is always searching for the perfect blend between all these creative forms in her work. From a former British colony, she is especially enthusiastic about discussing the identities that lie between intersections of culture, race, gender and sexuality.

YOUNG PEOPLES JURY

YOUNG PEOPLES JURY

MIKAEL TECHANE Originally from Manchester, Mikael Techane is a mixed-medium creative who grew up and currently lives in Bristol. His passions lie in filmmaking, photography, art, skateboarding and spoken word, and he sees them as platforms to promote inclusivity and shared experiences. In his free time Mikael enjoys painting and drawing, skating with his friends and watching excessive amounts of anime. His ultimate goal is to be a filmmaker.

ELKIE MCCRIMMON Elkie McCrimmon is a Bristol-based filmmaker and digital content creator. Elkie was a member of BFI’s Film Academy in 2016, focusing on drama production. She then progressed onto the National Film and Television Residential Academy where she specialised in Production Design. Elkie is interested in photography, moving image and theatre and in exploring marginalized voices and the view of the outsider. As a BFI alumni she has gone on to work on an array of projects including Channel 4’s Random Acts, Rife Magazine and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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DEPICT! JURY

DEPICT! JURY SEAMUS MCGARVEY ASC BSC - Cinematographer The Jury is headed up by Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC on behalf of The Royal Photographic Society; twice Oscar® and BAFTA nominated for ‘Atonement’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ and acclaimed for his work on films including ‘The Greatest Showman’, ‘Nocturnal Animals’, ‘The Avengers’ and ‘The Hours’ as well as music videos for the likes of U2 and The Rolling Stones and shorts including Sam Taylor-Wood’s Turner Prize nominated ‘Atlantic’.

ALEXZANDRA JACKSON BFI NETWORK Talent Executive, Midlands Before taking on her current role as BFI NETWORK Talent Executive for the Midlands, Alexzandra managed Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre’s learning and talent programme and led on national projects, including Access Cinema and Reel India.

She also serves as Festival Director of Leicester’s International Short Film Festival.

CATHERINE BRAY Channel 4’s Random Acts Editor Catherine is an award-winning producer, critic and broadcaster.

She also works as a commissioner in the arts, having been appointed Commissioning Editor for 4Talent Central by Channel 4 in 2008 and currently runs Channel 4’s Random Acts strand, commissioning and acquiring some 80 short films a year. Her work as a producer includes feature documentaries ‘Beyond Clueless’.

CHRIS AUTY National Film and Television School Head of Producing Former film critic Chris Auty has produced films including Stealing Beauty, My Summer of Love, and 24 Hour Party People and is currently Head of Producing at NFTS. He sits on the governing board of the European Film Academy and has launched a new course Creative Business for Entrepreneurs and Executives, backed by the NFTS, Ingenious Media, and Sir Richard Branson.

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COLM MCAULIFFE Shooting People Event Producer & Partnerships Colm works for Shooting People, the UK’s largest community for independent filmmakers. For SP, he curates and produces the Short Cuts competition and manages partnerships and collaborations. He is also live cinema curator/producer and academic while his writing has appeared in The Guardian, frieze, Sight and Sound and many more.

DAVID SPROXTON Aardman Animations Co-Founder and Executive Chairman David is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Aardman.

Together with co-founder Peter Lord, he has overseen the development of the company from a two-man partnership to one of the pre-eminent animation houses in the industry.

SORCHA BACON Producer and Try Hard Films founder Sorcha is a BAFTA nominated producer and founder of Try Hard Films, a company that champions marginalised voices which aren’t often seen on screen. Her latest short ‘Wren Boys’ (2017 Film London Slate) has been both BAFTA & BIFA nominated, won the Oscar qualifying Galway Film Festival and screened in competition at several festivals including Sundance. In 2018 Sorcha was named as one of six LGBT filmmakers to be given mentorship in partnership with BAFTA.

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WELCOME TO BRIEF ENCOUNTERS

WELCOME TO BRIEF ENCOUNTERS As the number of submissions keeps increasing, deciding what films are going to make it into the final programme gets harder every year.

For the programming team, this is a complex and exciting challenge. Such ever-growing trust on the filmmakers’ part encourages us not to be complacent, to ensure that the programme reflects a transforming industry, and to pursue our mission to have positive and inclusive representation of emerging talent on and off scree The short films in competition this year open our hearts and minds to what, as human beings, we have in common. Equally, they celebrate the unique perspective and richness brought from filmmakers and stories representing different walks of life, race, gender and sexual orientations.

I’m forever grateful to all the filmmakers who entrust us with their precious work. You are the heart and soul of the festival.

Time to enjoy some great short films!

Gaia Meucci-Astley, Short Film Programmer

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 10:00 - 11:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Resourceful and resilient, these inspiring characters are seriously put to the test as they navigate day-to-day struggles, personal challenges and wider injustice.

SATÁN Dir: Carlos Tapia Switzerland 2017 17 mins 14 secs Every day Tiago goes into his garden to feed the crocodile that killed his brother.

SHORT FILM 1: CAN’T BREAK ME

SHORT FILM 1: CAN’T BREAK ME

Writer(s): Carlos Tapia; Producer(s): Yves Bouzaglo, Laura García; DOP: Yojanan Montaño; Sound: Xavier Lavorel; Editor: Sandrane Ducimetière; Contact: Carlos Tapia; caltago@hotmail.com

PRISONER OF SOCIETY Dir: Rati Tsiteladze Georgia 2018 15 mins 50 secs What it means to be a stranger in your own home and country? An intimate journey into the world and mind of a young transgender woman.

Producer(s): Rati Tsiteladze, Nino Varsimashvili; DOP: Rati Tsiteladze; Sound: Rati Tsiteladze; Editor: Rati Tsiteladze; Contact: Rati Tsiteladze; tsiteladzerati@gmail.com

MATRIA Dir: Álvaro Gago Spain 2017 21 min 19 secs Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her to her daughter and granddaughter.

Writer(s): Álvaro Gago; Producer(s): Álvaro Gago, Alberto Gago, José Gago, Mireia Graell; DOP: Lucía C. Pan; Sound: Sound Troop; Editor: Álvaro Gago; Contact: Josep Prim; fest@marvinwayne.com

LEASH Dir: Harry Lighton Wales & England 2018 17 mins 21 secs June 2016. For a girl-gang in the valleys of South-Wales, the line between patriotism and nationalism becomes blurred.

Writer(s): Harry Lighton; Producer(s): Jackie Sheppard, Luke Walton; DOP: Diana Olifirova; Sound: James Shirley; Music/Composer: Paddy Fletcher; Editor: Julie Buckland; Contact: Luke Walton; Luke.Walton@enterthepitch.com

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BARS Dir: René van Zundert The Netherlands 2017 18 mins 28 secs To escape his hard life in the South of Rotterdam, Michael trains every day to become the best in a new sports rage Calisthenics.

Producer(s): Willem Baptist, Nienke Korthof; DOP: Thomas van Krugten; Sound: Stijn Gertzen; Editor: Ralf Verbeek; Contact: Nienke Korthof; koosje@tangerinetree.nl

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 16:00 - 17:30 1 HRS 30 MINS WATERSHED CINEMA 1

By turn poetic, humorous, heart-rending or purely imaginative, these affecting short films reveal how our bodies tell our story and shape our identity.

WOE IS ME Dir: Simon Cartwright UK 2018 15 mins 58 secs Teddy seeks help from a local therapy group. But the kind of help he is looking for is much more hands-on than what they’re used to…

SHORT FILM 2: WRITTEN ON THE BODY

SHORT FILM 2: WRITTEN ON THE BODY

Writer(s): Simon Cartwright; Producer(s): Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Hodol; DOP: Steven Cameron Ferguson; Sound: Tom Osborn; Music/Composer: Terence Dunn; Editor: Simon Cartwright; Contact: Emilie; emilie@elationpictures.co.uk

MANICURE Dir: Arman Fayaz Iran 2018 14 mins 2 secs After the unexpected death of his wife, a man struggles to deal with the aftermath under the eyes of the local villagers.

Writer(s): arman fayaz; Producer(s): arman fayaz; DOP: arman fayaz; Sound: mahood musavinezhad; Music/Composer: behzad abdi; Editor: mahyar behmanesh; Contact: arman fayaz; arman.fayaz@gmail.com

PUPPY LOVE /NUNG NAWALA ANG ASO KO Dir: Margarita Mina Philippines 2017 17 mins 39 secs A young girl’s dog escapes and leaves her with an open wound in her vagina. Blood seeps out of it, unceasing.

Writer(s): Margarita Mina; DOP: Martika Ramirez Escobar; Sound: Miguel Nemenzo Hernandez; Music/Composer: Lyon Bajamundi, Paula Castillo, Kevin Ingco, Owel Alvero; Editor: Noah Malinao Loyola; Contact: Margarita Mina; mmvmina@yahoo.com

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THESE ARE MY HANDS Dir: Evi Tsiligaridou UK 2018 7 mins 57 secs A short documentary film-poem written and performed by radical British playwright Jo Clifford. It is a deeply moving, personal account of transgender embodiment in a lifetime.

Writer(s): Jo Clifford; Producer(s): Evi Tsiligaridou; DOP: Ania Urbanowska; Music/ Composer: Verity Susman; Editor: Ania Urbanowska; Contact: Evi Tsiligaridou; evitsili@hotmail.com

DEER BOY Dir: Katarzyna Gondek Poland, Belgium, Croatia 2017 15 mins A story about a hunter’s son, who was born with antlers, and about how each man kills the thing he loves.

Writer(s): Katarzyna Gondek; Producer(s): Pawel Kosun, Ben Vandendaele, Barbara Vekaric; DOP: Maciej Twardowksi; Sound: Katarzyna Szczerba, Ivcan Zelic, Marcin Lenarczyk; Music/Composer: Dj Lenar; Editor: Jarek Piekarski; Contact: Ben Vandendaele; ben@radiatorsales.eu

PRINCE’S TALE Dir: Jamie Miller Canada 2017 16 mins 10 secs After surviving an electrical fire that results in the amputation of his arms, a young actor named Prince must come to terms with being “differentlyabled”.

Writer(s): Jamie Miller; Producer(s): Jamie Miller; DOP: Ryan Haas; Sound: James M Findlay; Music/Composer: Casey Manierka-Quaile; Editor: Thom Smalley; Contact: Jamie Miller; jamiemiller80@gmail.com

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 18:00 - 19:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Exploring self-deception, suspicions, well-kept secrets and sudden revelations, these compelling stories dig deep into the implications of hiding the truth.

OFF DAY /KUTDAG Dir: Vincent Das Belgium 2017 8 mins 40 secs Would you like to know if your partner slept with someone else? Lotte has to decide for her friend on a hangover day in Brussels.

SHORT FILM 3: SECRETS AND LIES

SHORT FILM 3: SECRETS AND LIES

Writer(s): Vincent Das; Producer(s): Ritcs film school; DOP: Anneriek de Vries; Sound: Gillis van der Wee; Editor: Nick Read; Contact: Vincent Das; vincent. das7@gmail.com

THREE CENTIMETRES /‫رتميتنس ةتالت‬

Dir: Lara Zeidan UK / Lebanon 2018 9 mins 1 secs Four Lebanese girls go on a Ferris wheel ride to cheer up their friend after her breakup. Their conversation drifts to a less fun place.

Writer(s): Lara Zeidan; Producer(s): John Giordano; DOP: Pierfrancesco Cioffi; Sound: Kateryna Zabulonska; Editor: Emanuele Bonomi; Contact: Lara Zeidan; larazeidan91@gmail.com

ON THE SURFACE Dir: Anna Blandford UK 2018 17 mins 4 secs After a fatal incident, a mother and daughter are asked to account for their actions. To get out of trouble they conspire to lie. Do they feel no remorse?

Writer(s): Anna Blandford & Anna Valdez Hanks; Producer(s): David Harwood; DOP: Anna Valdez Hanks; Sound: Sebastian Dale; Editor: Anna Blandford; Contact: David Harwood; david@cowboyfilms.co.uk

SEX ED Dir: ALICE SEABRIGHT UK 2018 12 mins 59 secs Ed teaches sex education to teenagers, a job he usually loves. But today it’s the last thing he wants to do.

Writer(s): ALICE SEABRIGHT; Producer(s): ANNA HARGREAVES; DOP: STEVEN CAMERON FERGUSON; Sound: MICHALIANNA THEOFANOPOULOU; Music/ Composer: ROLY WITHEROW; Editor: ALICE SEABRIGHT; Contact: Alice Seabright; alice.seabright@gmail.com

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SACRILEGE Dir: Christophe M. Saber Switzerland / France 2017 14 mins 29 secs Saoud is the king of his neighborhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque.

Writer(s): Christophe M. Saber; Producer(s): Elodie Brunner, Elena Tatti, François Morisset; DOP: Dino Franco Berguglia; Sound: Benjamin Benoît; Editor: Kostas Makrinos; Contact: François Morisset; festival@salaudmorisset.com

THE FIELD /LE CHAMP DE MAÏS Dir: Sandhya SURI France, UK, India 2018 19 mins 13 secs A poor agricultural labourer leads a double life in a village’s last remaining cornfield. But the harvest is approaching...

Writer(s): Sandhya SURI; Producer(s): Balthazar DE GANAY, Thomas BIDEGAIN; DOP: Benoit SOLER; Sound: Erwan KERZANET, Nicola MEDIC, Maxence DUSSÈRE; Editor: Nicolas CHAUDEURGE; Contact: Balthazar DE GANAY; bdg@lionfishfilms.fr

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 10:00 - 11:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

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.

SHORT FILM 4: BLOODLINES

SHORT FILM 4: BLOODLINES

SILENCE PLEASE /SILENCIO POR FAVOR Dir: Carlos Villafaina Spain 2017 17 mins Javier lives with his mother and brother, Javier, who suffers from cerebral palsy. A little incident disrupts the family routine.

Writer(s): Carlos Villafaina; Producer(s): Carlos Villafaina; DOP: Andreu Ortoll; Sound: Claudi Dosta; Music/Composer: Tube EQVVS Lac, Funk Satélite; Editor: Oriol Milán; Contact: Marta Barroso; marta@agenciafreak.com

SECOND BEST Dir: Alyssa McClelland Australia 2017 20 mins A dark comedy about the power of identical twin sisters and the unbreakable bond that binds them, no matter what might try and come between.

Writer(s): Alyssa McClelland & Simone Moessinger; Producer(s): Alyssa McClelland & Daisy Bray; DOP: Katie Milwright; Sound: Sonar Sound; Music/ Composer: Dmitri Golovko; Editor: Scott Walmsley; Contact: Alyssa McClelland; alyssa@finchcompany.com

SCHOOLYARD BLUES /SKOLSTARTSSORG Dir: Maria Eriksson Sweden 2017 17 mins It’s John’s first day at school. Unexpectedly his eleven-year-old big brother Mika shows up to follow him to assembly.

Writer(s): Pelle Rådström; Producer(s): Farima Karimi; DOP: Erik Molberg Hansen; Sound: Klas Dykhoff; Music/Composer: Shida Shahabi; Editor: Alexandra Litén; Contact: Farima Karimi; karimi.farima@gmail.com

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MAKE ALIENS DANCE Belgium / UK 2018 25 mins 14 secs Gillingham 2018, how does a musical family preserve the memory of Mazzy? Through hours of recordings, her magnificent voice is recorded on countless tapes carefully stored in the family studio.

Writer(s): Sebastien Petretti & Fredrik Mjell; Producer(s): Giuseppe Conti, Paul Meranger, Sebastien Petretti; DOP: Sylvain Freyens; Sound: Manu Saubin; Music/ Composer: lanterns on the lake - song “ I love you sleepyhead”; Editor: Luca Tontodonati; Contact: DAVID M. LORENZ; david@augohr.de

IN BETWEEN TAKES /МЕЖДУ КАДРАМИ Dir: Alexei Dmitriev Russia 2017 7 mins 22 secs Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Give a man a video camera, and you will have a film in twenty years.

Writer(s): Alexei Dmitriev; Producer(s): Alexei Dmitriev; DOP: Vyacheslav Dmitriev; Sound: Alexei Dmitriev; Editor: Alexei Dmitriev; Contact: Alexei Dmitriev; hello@alexeidmitriev.info

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 16:00 - 17:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Polish your moral compass as you embark on this film-journey questioning our better judgement and what’s at stake when deciding on the right course of action.

MERCURY Dir: Kyla Simone Bruce UK 2018 14 mins 3 secs Bambi drives pregnant best-friend Al to hospital to have her baby. She’s in denial, this won’t be easy.

SHORT FILM 5: DO THE RIGHT THING

SHORT FILM 5: DO THE RIGHT THING

Writer(s): Gorana Jovanović ; Producer(s): Ohna Falby and Lily Ashton; DOP: Simon Si-Shen; Sound: Martin Pavey; Music/Composer: Marrik Shearer; Editor: Reza Jouze;

GAZE /NEGAH Dir: Farnoosh Samadi Iran / Italy 2017 14 mins 28 secs On her way back from work a woman witnesses something happening in the bus and she has to decide if she reveals it or not.

Writer(s): Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi; Producer(s): Pouria Heidary Oureh; DOP: Ashkan Ashkani; Sound: Hossein Ghorchian, Davood Gholipour; Music/ Composer: Navid Fashami; Editor: Yalda Jebelli; Contact: Wouter Jansen; info@someshorts.com

FIND FIX FINISH Dir: Sylvain Cruiziat, Mila Zhluktenko Germany 2017 19 mins 25 secs Delving into the accounts of three military drone pilots as they tell the intimate story of the lives they observe on a day-to-day basis Writer(s): Sylvain Cruiziat, Mila Zhluktenko; Producer(s): Veronika Faistbauer, Mariella Santibáñez; DOP: Nikolai Huber; Sound: Philip Hutter; Music/Composer: Ina Meredi Arakelian; Editor: Sophie Oldenbourg; Contact: Sylvain Cruiziat; sylvain@fff-film.com

IN THE WOODS /IM WALD Dir: Frédéric Hambalek Germany 2017 4 mins 59 secs When a woman wants to help a man jump-start his car in the woods, she notices a silent girl on his back seat. What is going on?

Writer(s): Frédéric Hambalek; Producer(s): Peter Meister; DOP: Alexander Griesser; Sound: Nick Friedrich; Editor: Felix Halsterbach; Contact: Frédéric Hambalek; hambalek@kabakon.com

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DAWN Dir: Jรถrn Threlfall UK / US 2018 14 mins 30 secs New Mexico, July 1945. The paths of an old farmer and a young Navajo boy cross. The world will never be the same after this night.

Writer(s): Jรถrn Threlfall; Producer(s): Tara Tovarek; DOP: Todd Duym; Sound: Patch Rowland; Music/Composer: Alex Bingham; Editor: Amanda James; Contact: Jรถrn Threlfall; jorn@outsider.tv

OPEN YOUR EYES Dir: Ilay Mevorach Israel 2018 14 mins 22 secs Ilana arrives for her monthly treatment at the eye clinic in Jerusalem.

Her doctor is absent and is replaced by Dr Khoury.

Writer(s): Ilay Mevorach; Producer(s): Kobi Mizrahi; DOP: Eyal Elisha; Sound: Ami Arad; Music/Composer: Habib Shehadeh Hanna; Editor: Yael Perlov;

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Endearing, charming, sometimes utterly unsettling strangers populate this eclectic collection of stories of chance encounters and unexpected connections.

ATO SAN NEN Dir: Pedro Collantes Spain, France 2018 25 mins Marisa is a widow who lives alone in a small countryside village, with the only company of her dog: Tico.

SHORT FILM 6: DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS

SHORT FILM 6: DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS

Writer(s): Pedro Collantes; Producer(s): Pedro Collantes de Terán Bayonas,Marc Benoit Crancier,Mayi Gutiérrez Cobo; DOP: Diego Cabezas; Sound: Sergio Henríquez,Ramón Rico,Samuel Cabezas; Editor: Miguel Doblado; Contact: Ismael Martin; mail@madridencorto.es

FRAMEWORK /EMPREINTES Dir: Jasmin Gordon Switzerland 2018 16 mins 4 secs It’s summertime in rural France. A charismatic stranger happens upon three teenaged boys. He has a gun in his car. Are they ready to go for a ride?

Writer(s): Julien Bouissoux; Producer(s): Florian Burion; DOP: Lucie Baudinaud; Sound: Balthasar Jucker; Music/Composer: Rea Dubach; Editor: Jan Mühlethaler; Contact: Florian Burion; florian@octuorfilms.ch

HOW TO SWIM /EICH LISHOT Dir: Noa Gusakov Israel 2018 22 mins 20 secs Abigail is heavily pregnant, but something is missing. Terrified about the imminent birth, she kidnaps a comforting partner in crime for one afternoon Writer(s): Noa Gusakov; Producer(s): Leah Tonic; DOP: Eitan Hatuka; Sound: Michael Emeth; Music/Composer: Ayelet Gabay; Editor: Noy Barak; Contact: Michelle Pose; mposedist@gmail.com

CALAMITY Dir: Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers Belgium 2017 22 mins 47 secs France meets her son’s girlfriend for the first time. She loses control...

Writer(s): Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers; Producer(s): Maxime Feyers; DOP: Guy Maezelle; Sound: Bruno Schweisguth; Music/Composer: Manuel Roland; Editor: Mathieu Toulemonde; Contact: Maxime Feyers; maxime@nextdaysfilms.com

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NICE NIGHT FOR IT Dir: Rachel Carey Ireland 2017 7 mins Ground down by endless nights awake, an insomniac takes a nighttime walk, where she finds comfort in a fellow sleepless stranger.

Writer(s): Rachel Carey; Producer(s): Fiona Kinsella; DOP: Piers McGrail; Sound: Michael Cassidy; Music/Composer: Denis Kilty; Editor: Ciara Brophy; Contact: Fiona KInsella; fiona@jumperproductions.ie

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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.

ALL THESE CREATURES

SHORT FILM 7: ON THE EDGE

SHORT FILM 7: ON THE EDGE

Dir: Charles Williams Australia 2018 15 mins 1 secs An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.

Writer(s): Charles Williams; Producer(s): Elise Trenorden, Charles Williams; DOP: Adric Watson; Sound: Craig Conway; Music/Composer: Chiara Costanza; Editor: Dan Lee, Charles Williams; Contact: Wouter Jansen; info@someshorts.com

DRIVING LESSON /AJOTUNTI Dir: Jarno Lindemark Finland 2018 15 mins 0 secs Minna, a young single mother, has started a driving school. The first lesson gets an unpleasant turn.

Writer(s): Jarno Lindemark; Producer(s): Ida Karoskoski & Tuukka Vartiainen; DOP: Janne Häkkinen; Sound: Juho Salaterä; Editor: Eero Tammi; Contact: Tuukka Vartiainen; tuukka.vartiainen@aalto.fi

BLUE CHRISTMAS Dir: Charlotte Wells UK / USA 2017 15 mins 25 secs On Christmas Eve, 1968, in a Scottish coastal town, a debt collector goes to work to avoid confronting his wife’s worsening psychosis at home.

Writer(s): Charlotte Wells; Producer(s): Joy Jorgensen; DOP: Robbie Ryan; Sound: Eli Cohn; Editor: Blair McClendon; Contact: Charlotte Wells; info@charlotte-wells.com

WAITING ROOM Dir: Simone van Dusseldorp Netherlands 2017 10 mins 31 secs Sophie is on an emotional rollercoaster, while awaiting hospital results.

Writer(s): Simone van Dusseldorp; Producer(s): Floor Onrust; Sound: Jasper de Haan; Editor: Marc Bechtold; Contact: Simone van Dusseldorp; info@familyaffairfilms.nl

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A WORTHY MAN /EN VÆRDIG MAND Dir: Kristian Håskjold Denmark 2018 19 mins 10 secs Isolated by overnight work in his bakery and ignored by his family, a middle-aged father fixates on a radio call-in show.

Writer(s): Marianne Lentz; Producer(s): Caroline Steenberg Dam; DOP: Rasmus Hasle Jørgensen; Sound: Christian Munk Scheuer; Music/Composer: Jesper Ankarfeldt; Editor: Allan Funch; Contact: Caroline Steenberg Dam; caroline@firebrandproductions.dk

L I S T E N /LUISTER Dir: Astrid Bussink Netherlands 2017 15 mins 0 secs Sometimes all you need is a listening ear. The Child Helpline has one for you, but what will you tell a complete stranger?

Writer(s): Astrid Bussink; Producer(s): Hasse van Nunen, Renko Douze; DOP: Sander Roeleveld; Sound: Tim van Peppen; Music/Composer: Yvo van Gemert, Bartho Weayen; Editor: Riekje Ziengs; Contact: Wouter Jansen; info@someshorts.com

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New life, new me. Whether looking for a better life in a new country, getting married, retiring from a job or finishing school, the characters in these stories are coming to terms with the uncertainty of their future and the sadness for what is left behind.

SHORT FILM 8: FREE SPIRITS

SHORT FILM 8: FRESH STARTS

BISMILLAH Dir: Alessandro Grande Italy 2018 14 mins 8 secs Samira comes from Tunisia and lives in Italy illegally with her father and brother. One night, she will have to face a problem that is bigger than her.

Writer(s): Alessandro Grande; Producer(s): Alessandro Grande, Luca Marino; DOP: Francesco Di Pierro; Sound: Luca Cafarelli; Music/Composer: Gianluca Sibaldi; Editor: Filippo Montemurro, Ivan Caso; Contact: David M. Lorenz; david@augohr.de

SKIP DAY Dir: Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan US / UK 2018 16 mins 50 secs Intimate glimpses of one very special day in the lives of high-school seniors from an industrial corner of the Florida Everglades.

Writer(s): Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan; Producer(s): Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan, Maida Lynn; DOP: Patrick Bresnan, Joaquin del Paso; Sound: Eric Friend; Editor: Ivete Lucas; Contact: Wouter Jansen; info@someshorts.com

THE MUTE /CÂM LẶNG

Dir: Pham Thien An Vietnam / US 2018 15 mins 0 secs A girl tries to find the answer about love before her big day, in a rainy night.

Writer(s): Pham Thien An; Producer(s): Pham Thien An, Tran Van Thi; DOP: Dinh Duy Hung; Sound: Le Quang Dao, Ti Con,Tamas Steger; Editor: Pham Thien An; Contact: Salvo Cutaia; lightson@lightsonfilm.org

STRETCH Dir: Jay Bedwani UK 2018 12 mins 12 secs An acrobat since his youth, the end of Sebastien’s career in the circus looms.

Producer(s): Dewi Gregory; DOP: Jay Bedwani; Sound: Tommaso Ricchiuti, Hadrien Bayard; Music/Composer: Nicholas Davies; Editor: Alice Powell; Contact: Eve Korzec; eve@scotdoc.com

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SHORT FILM 8: FREE SPIRITS

KIEM HOLIJANDA Dir: Sarah Veltmeyer Netherlands 2017 14 mins 7 secs Andi really wants a phone to watch 5 minutes of free porn, and doesn’t notice his brother is saying goodbye.

Writer(s): Tom Bakker, Sarah Veltmeyer; Producer(s): Jeroen Beker, Sabine Veenendaal; DOP: Stephan Polman; Sound: Taco Drijfhout; Music/Composer: Arend Bruijn, Hans Nieuwenhuijsen; Editor: Fatih Tura; Contact: Wouter Jansen; info@someshorts.com

THE ARRIVAL Dir: Annetta Laufer UK 2018 17 mins 30 secs Daisy, a young Jamaican woman, finally arrives to the ‘Mother Country’ of Britain on Jamaican Independence Day in 1962 to start a new life.

Writer(s): Annetta Laufer; Producer(s): Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; DOP: Robin Whenary; Sound: Peter Hodges; Music/Composer: Ros Gilman ; Editor: Annetta Laufer; Contact: Nicola Cowee; festivals2@nfts.co.uk

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 18:00 - 19:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

At one time bold and confused, defiant and fragile, these compelling young characters negotiate harsh life lessons on their journey into adulthood as they strive to find their place in the world.

SHORT FILM 9: FRESH STARTS

SHORT FILM 9: FREE SPIRITS

WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER /VIDI JA TI NEA Dir: Goran Stolevski Macedonia 2017 18 mins 30 secs A hard-headed tomboy spots the unlikely solution to all her problems in an all-male religious ritual.

Writer(s): Goran Stolevski; Producer(s): Tomi Salkovski, Dimitar Minov, Kristijan Burovski; DOP: Naum Doksevski; Editor: Goran Stolevski; Contact: Goran Stolevski; g.stolevski@gmail.com

DRUG RUNNER Dir: Charlotte Regan UK 2017 7 mins 0 secs Phone calls, school and first arrests - the experiences of a 15 year old cocaine dealer.

Producer(s): Tara Trangmar; DOP: Arran Green; Sound: Michael Ling; Music/ Composer: Patrick Jonsson; Editor: Charlotte Regan; Contact: charlotte regan; charlotte.g.regan@gmail.com

FAUVE Dir: Jeremy Comte Canada 2018 16 mins 24 secs Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

Writer(s): Jeremy Comte; Producer(s): Maria Gracia Turgeon (Midi La Nuit), Evren Boisjoli (Achromatic Media inc.); DOP: Olivier Gossot; Sound: Laurent Ouellette, Jean-David Perron; Music/Composer: Brian D’Oliveira; Editor: Jeremy Comte; Contact: Jean-Christophe J. Lamontagne; jc@h264distribution.com

V Dir: Jimmy Dean UK 2017 10 mins 29 secs A sixteen year old vampire begins to reconsider her past relationships.

Writer(s): Ellie Gocher; Producer(s): Ellie Gocher; DOP: Anna MacDonald; Sound: Owen Baldwin; Music/Composer: Terence Dunn; Editor: Peter Schmid; Contact: Jimmy Dean; jimmy@jimmydeanfilm.co.uk

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SHORT FILM 9: FRESH STARTS

THE LIFE OF ESTEBAN /HET LEVEN VAN ESTEBAN Dir: Inès Eshun Belgium 2017 15 mins 48 secs Esteban, a future Olympic swimmer, has grown up with a single mother and doesn’t know who his father is.

Writer(s): Inès Eshun; Producer(s): Inès Eshun, Celine Vanhoutte, RITCS Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound; DOP: Dries De Clercq; Sound: Fred de Geus; Music/Composer: Alan Van Rompuy; Editor: Sarah Coeurnelle; Contact: Inès Eshun; ines_eshun@hotmail.com

ANEMONE Dir: Amrou Al-Kadhi UK 2018 17 mins 56 secs A second-generation Nigerian teenager channels the magic of marine life to express their non-binary identity to their religious family.

Writer(s): Amrou Al-Kadhi; Producer(s): Savannah James-Bayly; DOP: Craig Devine; Sound: Raoul Brand; Music/Composer: Nainita Desai; Editor: Fiona Brands; Contact: Amrou Al-Kadhi; amroualkadhi@gmail.com

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WELCOME TO ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS

WELCOME TO ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS

Welcome to this year’s offering of animated delights.

Alongside guest programmes from Ghana, Japan, Georgia and Latvia we have over ten hours of hand-picked animated gems across six main competition programmes and four mixed programmes (with live action). These represent some of the finest animated productions from around the world.

To embark on any production requires plenty of commitment, resourcefulness and passion. Most animators and producers find themselves up against budget and schedule limitations and need to dig deep to find the personal resilience to see the job through to the end. From developing the story to designing environments, characters and soundscape, each film is a stitching together of smaller decisions to make an overall visual, aural and emotional impact.

This year the film selection process was made much easier by the discerning and highly-qualified eyes of Laura Tofarides and Ben Mitchell. All the best film choices were theirs.

I hope you enjoy the films as much as we had in selecting them.

Kieran Argo, Animation Programmer

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 12:00 - 13:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Sit back and let these ethereal beauties transport you to deep space and beyond where memories and emotions collide in alternative and hyper-realities.

BELOW

ANIMATION 1: OTHER WORLDS

ANIMATION 1: OTHER WORLDS

Dir: Olga Makarchuk UK 2017 8 mins Below every surface is another world with its own rules, rulers and inhabitants all looking to find their way and to understand.

Writer(s): Olga Makarchuk; Producer(s): Royal College of Art London; Sound: Nico Cagnini (Antwerp); Music/Composer: Nico Cagnini (Antwerp); Contact: Olga Makarchuk; olga.makarchuk@gmail.com

CHARLES Dir: Dominic Etienne Simard France / Canada 2017 10 mins 47 secs Charles knows he’s not like other kids. Every day at school, he’s reminded that his life isn’t like that of his classmates.

Contact: Danielle Viau; d.viau@nfb.ca

THE MARKET OF LOST THINGS Dir: Zaide Kutay, Christelle Serrano Switzerland 2017 6 mins 19 secs Here’s a place where creatures of all kinds gather. A place to find mislaid and forgotten objects. This place is called The Market of Lost Things.

Producer(s): Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts; Sound: Christof Steinmann, Ramona Graf; Music/Composer: Mirjam Schnedl; Contact: Zaide Kutay; ideaz@gmx.de

INTRODUCTION TO EPILOGUE Dir: Indra Sproge Latvia 2018 9 mins Every end is just a new beginning.

Writer(s): Indra Sproge; Producer(s): Janis Zarzeckis; DOP: Martins Vela; Sound: Ingars Vilums; Music/Composer: Renars Kaupers; Editor: Lizete Upite; Contact: Indra Sproge; indra@sproge.lv

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STELLAR Dir: Stephen Ong & Mark Fuller UK 2018 1 min 52 secs ‘Stellar’ is a short story of space exploration, what might be out there and what are the chances of finding it?

Writer(s): Stephen Ong; Producer(s): Stephen Ong; DOP: Stephen Ong; Sound: Drew Simmons; Music/Composer: Drew Simmons; Editor: Stephen Ong; Contact: Stephen Ong; stephen@makeitmove.co.uk

ADINA E - CHANGING Dir: Yoni Goodman Israel 2018 3 mins 55 secs A young girl runs away from home, feeling the need to escape the pain in her world. Not knowing where her path will take her, she heads out on a journey of self-discovery.

Writer(s): Yoni Goodman; Producer(s): Adina Eeven Zohar; DOP: n/a; Music/Composer: Music - Yoad Nevo, Nina Smith Lyrics - Nina Smith; Editor: Yoni Goodman; Contact: Einat Vardi; einat.prg@gmail.com

THE WITCH’S MASK Dir: Laura Nasir-Tamara UK 2017 4 mins 31 secs A man goes back to see his dying mother. But what do you do when your mother is a murderous deity?

Writer(s): Laura Nasir-Tamara; Producer(s): Royal College of Art; Sound: Jake Williams; Music/Composer: Derck Littel, Robin Koek, Lila Cita, Killed by Best Friend; Contact: Laura Nasir-Tamara; laura.ntamara@gmail.com

TRAVELOGUE TEL AVIV Dir: Samuel Patthey Switzerland 2017 6 mins An art student from Switzerland arrives for six months in Tel Aviv.

Through drawing he will learn to analyse, understand and free himself to this contrasted environment.

Writer(s): Samuel Patthey; Producer(s): Jürgen Haas; DOP: Samuel Patthey; Sound: Winiger Nina, Steinmann Christof, Patthey Samuel; Music/Composer: Julien Gobet, Patrick Overney; Editor: Samuel Patthey, Hannes Oehen; Contact: Samuel Patthey; samuel.patthey@gmail.com

BEYOND ORANGE Dir: Geraldine Cammisar Switzerland 2017 6 mins 10 secs In a cold and icy world a young tough huntress procures food for her little village when suddenly an orange burning sphere appears in the blue sky.

Writer(s): Géraldine Cammisar and Daniel Zinsstag; Producer(s): Lucerne School of Art and Design; DOP: Géraldine Cammisar and Daniel Zinsstag; Sound: Christof Steinmann; Music/Composer: Tarek Schmidt; Editor: Christof Steinmann; Contact: Géraldine Cammisar; g.cammisar@bluewin.ch

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Writer(s): ZHOU Shengwei; Producer(s): ZHOU Shengwei, LI Yujian; DOP: ZHOU Shengwei; Sound: HAN Ruida; Music/Composer: YUAN Sihan; Editor: ZHOU Shengwei; Contact: Vivian Ying; yingvivian@parallaxchina.com

LATE AFTERNOON

ANIMATION 1: OTHER WORLDS

SHE /NV TA Dir: Zhou Shengwei China 2018 11 min A high heel mother shoe survives in an authoritarian world dominated by male shoes and brings up her daughter shoe against all odds.

Dir: Louise Bagnall Ireland 2017 9 mins 23 secs Emily exists between two states, the past and the present. She must journey through her memories in order to connect them.

Writer(s): Louise Bagnall; Producer(s): Nuria Gonzรกlez Blanco; Sound: Colm Mac Con Iomaire; Music/Composer: Colm Mac Con Iomaire; Editor: Alan Slattery; Contact: Jennifer Smyth; jennifer.smyth@screenireland.ie

BACCHUS Dir: Rikke Alma Krogshave Planeta Denmark 2018 5 mins 8 secs Alex, a young woman bored with modern life, is lured by Bacchus into a colorful and mysterious world to explore her deepest desires.

Writer(s): Michelle Ann Nardone; Music/Composer: Mathias Valiant; Contact: Luce Grosjean; festival@miyu.fr

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ANIMATION 2: HAPPY SAD

ANIMATION 2: HAPPY SAD

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 14:00 - 15:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

…pleasure and pain. Nothing can grow without rain. In order to balance the shadows and light these films explore the dichotomy of happiness and sorrow.

WILDEBEEST Dir: Nicolas Keppens Belgium 2017 19 mins 8 secs Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure.

Writer(s): Nicolas Keppens & Matthias Phlips; Producer(s): Brecht Van Elslande; Sound: Greg Scheirlinckx; Music/Composer: Greg Scheirlinckx, Franz Schubert, Mario Spindler & Arvo Pärt; Editor: Nicolas Keppens; Contact: Brecht Van Elslande; brecht@animaltank.be

BETWEEN US TWO Dir: Wei Keong Tan Singapore 2017 5 mins 3 secs A gay son talks to his dead mother.

Writer(s): Wei Keong Tan; Producer(s): Wei Keong Tan; DOP: Wei Keong Tan; Sound: Darren Ng; Music/Composer: Darren Ng; Editor: Zihan Loo; Contact: Wei Keong TAN; hello@tanweikeong.com

CABIN PRESSURE Dir: Matthew Lee UK 2017 3 mins 15 secs A safety and regulations obsessive is forced to revaluate things when a routine flight runs into difficulties.

Writer(s): Matthew Lee, Karim Khan, Conor Keane; Producer(s): NFTS; DOP: Molly Manning-Walker; Sound: Edward Guy; Music/Composer: Rachael Philip; Editor: Mirjam Jegorov; Contact: Matthew Lee; matthewgrahamlee@gmail.com

SUNSCAPADES Dir: Ben Mitchell UK 2018 5 mins 14 secs A day at the beach takes a gruesome turn when triplets Lily, Milly and Billy attempt a prank on their grumpy ol’ dad.

Writer(s): Ben Mitchell; Producer(s): Ben Mitchell, Laura-Beth Cowley; Sound: Sue Dunham; Music/Composer: Ben Mitchell, Phil Brookes; Editor: Ben Mitchell;

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THE BOX /CELICA Dir: Dušan Kastelic Slovenia 2017 12 mins 42 secs The Box is full of miserable creatures.

One of them doesn’t belong there.

He’s thinking outside the box...

Writer(s): Dušan Kastelic; Producer(s): Dušan Kastelic; DOP: Dušan Kastelic; Sound: Mateja Starič; Music/Composer: Mateja Starič; Editor: Dušan Kastelic; Contact: Kobi Mizrahi; kobmiz@walla.com

HEART CHAKRA Dir: Angela Stempel USA 2017 7 mins 23 secs Mae’s life is disrupted by the advice from her online crystal healer and her devotion to horoscopes.

Writer(s): Angela Stempel; Producer(s): Angela Stempel; DOP: Angela Stempel; Sound: Daniel Eaton; Music/Composer: Daniel Eaton; Editor: Angela Stempel; Contact: Angela Stempel; angelastempel@alum.calarts.edu

PERINATAL POSITIVITY Dir: Emma Lazenby UK 2018 6 mins An animated film to emotionally prepare families-to-be, promoting mental wellness and early identification of mental health issues around pregnancy and early parenthood.

Producer(s): Rachel Tomlinson; Sound: Jonny Crew; Music/Composer: Hugh Cowling; Editor: Vic Stephens; Contact: Emma Lazenby; EMMA@FORMEDFILMS.CO.UK

LOST & FOUND Dir: Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe Australia 2018 8 mins A clumsy knitted dinosaur toy gets caught on a nail and must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.

Writer(s): Bradley Slabe; Producer(s): Lucy Hayes; DOP: Gerald Thompson; Sound: Ryan Granger / Dead On SOund; Music/Composer: Adrian Sergovich, Jonathan Dreyfus; Editor: Andrew Goldsmith, John Gavin; Contact: Lucy Hayes; lucyjhayes@gmail.com

LIV Dir: Sunniva Fluge Hole UK 2017 3 mins 57 secs Instead of just waiting for death; Liv takes matters into her own hands and goes to live out the rest of her days in the wild.

Writer(s): Sunniva Fluge Hole; Producer(s): Laura Perkins; DOP: n/a; Sound: Lulu Ladd, Max Ellis; Music/Composer: Therese Egeland; Editor: Michael Navarro; Contact: Anne Terkelsen; aterkelsen@aub.ac.uk

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THIRSTY Dir: Oscar Barany UK 2017 2 mins 59 secs A messy degenerate finds himself extremely thirsty after a mischievous creature steals the last water source forcing him to chase it across a weird land.

Writer(s): Oscar Barany; Producer(s): Leeds College of Art; Sound: Oscar Barany; Editor: Oscar Barany; Contact: Oscar Barany; oscarbarany@hotmail.com

THE SPAGHETTI POLICE Dir: Tim Wheatley UK 2018 2 mins 8 secs The Spaghetti Police recounts the directors youth; being told funny stories by his dad, camping and exploring around the UK and eating loads of spaghetti.

Contact: Tim Wheatley; timwheatley3@googlemail.com

ONE SMALL STEP Dir: Bobby Pontillas, Andrew Chesworth USA/China 2018 7 mins 40 secs An ambitious young girl aspires to be an astronaut with the support of her humble father.

Writer(s): Shaofu Zhang, Andrew Chesworth; Producer(s): Shaofu Zhang; DOP: Gaoshang Zhang; Sound: Max Braverman; Music/Composer: Steve Horner; Editor: Shaofu Zhang; Contact: Shaofu Zhang; shaofuzhang@taikostudios.com

ADAM Dir: Emma Allen UK 2018 2 mins 9 secs Adam is a collaboration between an artist and a neuroscientist.

It’s a face painted animation illustrating some underlying neurological processes and emotions associated with depression.

Writer(s): Emma Allen; Producer(s): Emma Allen/ Daisy Thompson-Lake; DOP: Robin Samson; Sound: Joe Bevan; Music/Composer: Joe Bevan; Editor: Huxley Studios; Contact: Emma Allen; Emmadallen@gmail.com

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 12:00 - 13:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Animators know their animals! By their very essence animators bring life forward on screen. They are mostly lovers of natural history and metaphorically use and abuse animals for great comic and tragic effect. Animation can be anthropomorphic or a study of human and animal interaction that can reflect a message for all life on the planet.

ANIMATION 3: ANIMAL MAGIC

ANIMATION 3: ANIMAL MAGIC

THE BIRD & THE WHALE Dir: Carol Freeman Ireland 2018 7 mins 9 secs A young whale separated from his family discovers a caged bird, the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Together they struggle to survive lost at sea.

Writer(s): Carol Freeman; Producer(s): Jonathan Clarke; Music/Composer: Chris McLoughlin; Contact: Carol; carol@paperpanther.ie

CADAVRE EXQUIS Dir: Stephanie Lansaque France 2018 12 mins 50 secs A visual, acoustic and odorous ballad through the wandering of a one eyed dog. Daily life and legend mingle on the syncopated rhythm of Hat Xam. Writer(s): Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy; Producer(s): Marc Jousset, Perrine Capron; Sound: Yann Lacan; Music/Composer: Denis Vautrin; Editor: Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy; Contact: Mikhal Bak; mikhal.bak@gmail.com

KUAP Dir: Nils Hedinger Switzerland 2018 7 mins 39 secs A tadpole misses out on becoming a frog and is left behind. But there is much to discover in the pond and spring is sure to come again.

Writer(s): Nils Hedinger; Producer(s): Lina Geissmann; DOP: Antonia Meile; Sound: Thomas Gassmann; Music/Composer: Julian Sartorius; Editor: Mischa Hedinger; Contact: Nils Hedinger; info@nilshedinger.ch

MERMAIDS AND RHINOS Dir: Viktoria Traub Hungary 2017 15 mins 33 secs Matilda’s memories of her family as surrealistic visions come into view: her life is full of grotesque, bizarre characters hungry for love.

Writer(s): Dorka Gergely, Polett Dus, Viktória Traub; Producer(s): Polett Dus; Sound: Zoltán Vadon; Music/Composer: Chris Allan Tod; Editor: Brigitta Bacskai, Lajos Polecsák; Contact: Polett Dus; polett@piprodukcio.hu

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MOTH Dir: Ewa Luczkow UK 2018 11 min Jumping between reality and fantasy, Moth follows 8-year old Mabil as she escapes the troubles of her family with her vivid daydreams and imaginary moth friend.

Writer(s): Sophie Sims; Producer(s): Nikolay Savov; DOP: Alfred Thirolle; Sound: Sean McGarrity; Music/Composer: Jo Paterson; Editor: Conor Meechan; Contact: Nicola Cowee; festivals2@nfts.co.uk

CITY OF MEMORIES Dir: Signe Tveitan Denmark/France 2018 5 mins 46 secs An orphan girl is stuck in a crumbling city, living among memories. Her life is changed when she finally connects with someone in the present.

Producer(s): Michelle Ann Nardone; Music/Composer: Josefine Skov, Tobias Dahl Nielsen, Adrian Christensen, Emilie Ronnenkamp Callesen, Sofie Kirk Ostergaard, Rikke Bjorholm Johansen, Molte Laumark-Moller; Contact: Luce Grosjean; festival@miyu.fr

A STRANGE TRIAL /UNO STRANO PROCESSO Dir: Marcel Barelli Switzerland 2018 9 mins 58 secs I have always wanted to make a film ABOUT hunting... that is...

AGAINST hunting!

Writer(s): Marcel Barelli; Producer(s): Nicolas Burlet; DOP: Marcel Barelli; Sound: Louis crelier; Music/Composer: Louis crelier; Editor: Marcel Barelli; Contact: Barelli Marcel; marcelbarelli@bluewin.ch

REVERIE Dir: Philip Louis Piaget Rodriguez France/Denmark 2018 7 mins 45 secs Deep in the harsh countryside, where life fades with every breath, a boy tormented with grief battles an inescapable beast.

Writer(s): Philip Louis Piaget Rodriguez; Producer(s): Michelle Ann Nardone; Music/ Composer: Pablo Pico; Contact: Luce Grosjean; festival@miyu.fr

ARMOR DEL AMOR Dir: Kirk Kelley USA 2017 1 min 45 secs This nature documentary focuses on the armadillo mating rituals and explores the underbelly of modern mammalian dating with a commentary on the frustration of modern love.

Producer(s): Karly Richter; DOP: Eric Edwards; Sound: Lance Limbocker; Music/ Composer: David Depper; Editor: Cam Williams;

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Writer(s): Anna Oparkowska, Lukasz Kacprowicz; Producer(s): GS Animation; Sound: Radoslaw Ochnio, Milosz Bogic; Music/Composer: Mikolaj Trzaska; Editor: Tomasz Halski; Contact: Marta Swiatek; marta.swiatek@kff.com.pl

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BERNARD Dir: Anna Oparkowska Poland 2017 6 mins 11 secs A short story about loneliness, maladjustment and the desperate need of closeness, set in a severe winter landscape. Bernard faces the stereotype of an animal predator.

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ANIMATION 4: HETEROTOPIA

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 14:00 - 15:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

‘Heterotopia is a concept by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe cultural, institutional and discursive spaces that are ‘other’: disturbing, intense, incompatible, contradictory or transforming.’ Prepare to be carried to extraordinary and uneasy other locations. Each of these films create virtual images of the unreal and explore places in the mind with strange and compelling geography.

AN ISLAND

Dir: Rory Byrne Ireland 2017 12 mins 51 secs A solitary man sets out to conquer an isolated island.

Writer(s): Rory Byrne; Producer(s): Ciaran Deeney; Sound: David Camp; Music/ Composer: Sean Byrne; Contact: Rory Byrne; rory@andmapsandplans.com

SPACE BETWEEN STARS Dir: Samuel W. Bradley Canada 2018 9 mins 59 secs A science fiction fable which follows a group of ethereal creatures exploring a derelict space station.

Writer(s): Samuel W. Bradley; Producer(s): Lee Ann Dufour, Nora Keely, Meredith Kenny; DOP: Samuel W. Bradley; Editor: Jim Guthrie; Contact: Meredith Kenny; spacebetweenstars@gurustudio.com

LETTING GO /LAHTILASKMISE LUGU Dir: Ulo Pikkov Estonia, Denmark 2017 10 mins 44 secs The Japanese believe that by releasing a paper doll at the sea they are letting go of an evil spirit.

Producer(s): Ülo Pikkov, Michelle Kranot; DOP: Raivo Möllits; Sound: Andrea Martignoni, Amos Cappuccio; Music/Composer: Andrea Martignoni, Amos Cappuccio; Contact: Ülo Pikkov; ylo.pikkov@artun.ee

SYNCHRONICITY Dir: Michelle Brand UK 2018 3 mins 47 secs People come, people go – Yet everyone is moving in the same direction.

We all are sharing something that we are unaware of, creating one big picture we are unable to see.

Sound: Michelle Brand; Music/Composer: Vincenzo Di Francesco; Contact: Michelle Brand; mail@michellebrandanimation.com

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Writer(s): Michal Socha; Producer(s): Letko; DOP: Michal Socha; Sound: Bartek Baranowski, Jan Kwapisz; Contact: Marta Swiatek; marta.swiatek@kff.com.pl

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ROOM Dir: Michal Socha Poland 2017 6 mins This animated short movie is placed in room with no way out, where the main hero, bearded head, is closed.

Dir: Martina Scarpelli France, Denmark 2018 12 mins 7 secs A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger.

Writer(s): Martina SCARPELLI; Producer(s): Emmanuel-Alain Raynal & Pierre Baussaron (Miyu Productions), Lana Tankosa Nikolic (Late Love); Music/Composer: Amos CAPPUCCIO, Sofie BIRCH; Editor: Albane DU PLESSIX, Martina SCARPELLI; Contact: Luce Grosjean; festival@miyu.fr

DARWIN’S CAVE Dir: Joana Toste Portugal 2017 13 mins 3 secs The transmission of knowledge between mothers and daughters is the enormous embrace given by the memory of an experience.

Writer(s): Joana Toste; Producer(s): Nuno Beato - SARDINHA EM LATA; Sound: Daniel Camalhão; Music/Composer: João Lucas; Editor: Sara Félix, Joana Toste; Contact: Liliana Costa; liliana@curtas.pt

TWO FOR TWO /DVA NA DVA Dir: Jelena Oroz Croatia 2018 8 mins A moody portrayal of the moment we stop loving others and fall in love with our fantasies.

Writer(s): Jelena Oroz; Producer(s): Vanja Andrijevic; Sound: Dinko Klobucar, David Lovric; Music/Composer: Dinko Klobucar, David Lovric; Editor: Iva Kraljevic; Contact: Vanja Andrijevic; vanja@bonobostudio.hr

BLUE HANDS Dir: Diyala Muir UK 2018 3 mins In an abstract journey about grief and denial a woman tries to escape the ghosts of her past, but they catch up to her on a night-bus to Nowhere.

Producer(s): Diyala Muir; Sound: Marian Mentrup; Music/Composer: Marian Mentrup; Contact: Diyala Muir; diyalamuir@gmail.com

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THE BATHS Dir: Grace Lee UK 2018 2 mins 44 secs As night descends on an ageing bath house, its occupants face an unnatural intrusion that begins to disturb comfortable and familiar routines.

Sound: Black Shuck; Music/Composer: Owen Ashworth; Contact: Grace Lee; gracelee65@hotmail.co.uk

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Throw yourself into this whirlpool of senses and feelings, where not making sense makes perfect sense and where the armies of reason and emotion clash by night.

DREAMLAND Dir: Koji Ichihashi France/Japan 2017 4 mins 50 secs Dreamland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

ANIMATION 5: RHYME, RHYTHM & REASON

ANIMATION 5: RHYME, RHYTHM & REASON

Writer(s): Mirai Mizue; Producer(s): Tamaki Okamoto / CaRTe bLaNChe; DOP: Mirai Mizue; Sound: Scarlatti Goes Electro; Music/Composer: Scarlatti Goes Electro; Editor: Mirai Mizue; Contact: CaRTe bLaNChe; entry@c-a-r-t-e-blanche.com

LIVING LIKE HETA Dir: Bianca Caderas Switzerland 2017 6 mins 12 secs Heta lives with her pet seal in her highly peculiar house full of curious rooms and endless corridors.

Writer(s): Bianca Caderas, Isabella Luu, Kerstin Zemp; Producer(s): Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst; Sound: Thomas Gassmann, Bill Bühler, Giulia Schlüchter; Music/Composer: Moritz Widrig; Contact: Bianca Caderas; biancacaderas@hotmail.de

ISLAND Dir: Max Mortl Germany 2017 2 mins 30 secs On a small island a bunch of exotic creatures run across each other.

Producer(s): Robert Löbel; Sound: David Kamp; Music/Composer: David Kamp; Contact: Robert Löbel; mail@robertloebel.com

HORROR VACUI Dir: Matteo Zamagni UK 2018 3 mins 27 secs Horror Vacui; (Latin - fear of empty space) Geological fractals of Earth and the frenetic hyper-development attained by mankind.

Writer(s): Matteo Zamagni; DOP: Matteo Zamagni; Sound: TSVI aka Guglielmo Barzacchini; Music/Composer: TSVI aka Guglielmo Barzacchini; Editor: Matteo Zamagni; Contact: Ian Bignell; submissions@festivalformula.com

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MARFA Dir: The Brothers McLeod UK 2017 8 mins 33 secs A town on the borderlands. A place out of time. A desert where strange lights dance in the night sky. And then there’s the giant lemon.

Writer(s): Poem by Myles McLeod; Producer(s): The Brothers McLeod; Sound: Tom Angell (sound mix), Spesh Maloney (5.1 Dolby); Music/Composer: Tom Angell, Adam Cross, Chris Cataleana and the Native Americans, Christian Bland and the Revelators, Barolo; Editor: Greg McLeod; Contact: Myles McLeod / Greg McLeod; webcontact@bromc.co.uk

FEST Dir: Nikita Diakur Germany 2018 2 mins 55 secs Drone. Stunt. Rave.

Writer(s): Nikita Diakur; Producer(s): Nikita Diakur; DOP: Nikita Diakur, Philip Zeller, Florian Fischer; Sound: David Kamp; Music/Composer: David Kamp; Editor: Nikita Diakur; Contact: Nikita Diakur; info@nikitadiakur.com

LOVE ME, FEAR ME Dir: Veronica Solomon Germany 2018 6 mins 6 secs “What would you be willing to do to be loved?”

A danced metaphor about the roles we play and the shapes we take.

Writer(s): Veronica Solomon; Producer(s): Nicole Fiedler; DOP: Veronica Solomon; Sound: Julius Rülke, Eric Kaiser; Music/Composer: Dascha Dauenhauer, Erik Kaiser, Adrian Lorenz; Editor: Veronica Solomon; Contact: Cristina Marx; c.marx@filmuniversitaet.de

STANZAS Dir: Alicja Jasina USA 2017 6 mins 16 secs A stubborn narrator slowly breaks free of their limitations, allowing more fluidity into their thought process. Based on a poem by Aldous Huxley.

Writer(s): Aldous Huxley (Based on a Poem by); Producer(s): Max Rothman; Music/ Composer: Leo Caruso; Contact: Max Rothman; maxjr1150@gmail.com

RIDE Dir: Paul Bush Portugal/UK 2018 5 mins 42 secs Hundreds of motorbikes are animated frame by frame in this homage to the iconic motorcycle design and culture of the 1950s and 60s..

Writer(s): Paul Bush; Producer(s): Paul Bush, Abi feijo; DOP: Manuel Pinto Barros; Sound: Andy Cowton; Music/Composer: Conjunto Típico do Val; Editor: Paul Bush; Contact: Paul Bush; paul@paulbushfilms.com

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Writer(s): Xingpei Shen; Producer(s): Xingpei Shen; Sound: Xingpei Shen; Music/ Composer: Zhou Xuan, David Coop; Editor: Xingpei Shen; Contact: Xingpei Shen; xshen@alumni.risd.edu

IMPROMPTU Dir: Maria Lorenzo Spain 2018 10 mins Impromptu is inspired by five piano Etudes by Chopin, to pay tribute to the forgotten pioneers of cinema, and to the fascination for movement itself.

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LOTUS LANTERN /莲花灯 Dir: Xingpei Shen USA/China 2017 6 mins 30 secs A peek into the wax lotus. Lotus Lantern is a tribute to late Chinese singer Zhou Xuan, a missing link between filmmaker’s queer identity and Chinese heritage.

Writer(s): Maria Lorenzo; Producer(s): Enrique Millan; DOP: Marta Gil; Sound: Pedro Aviño; Music/Composer: Frederic Chopin, Isaac Istvan Szekely; Editor: Jordi Abellan; Contact: Maria Lorenzo Hernandez; mlaurentius@gmail.com

THAT YORKSHIRE SOUND Dir: Marcus Armitage UK 2017 2 mins 10 secs A hand drawn animated documentary, following the rhythms of a day in Yorkshire.

Producer(s): L.J.Stacey; Sound: Marian Mentrup; Contact: Marcus, Armitage; marcus.animation@gmail.com

M52 Dir: Yves Paradis Germany 2018 10 mins 19 secs What if you made an improvised animated film one week at a time for one year, where would this story go?

Producer(s): Yves Paradis; Music/Composer: Alexander Hohaus; Contact: Yves Paradis; paradisanimation@gmail.com

GRANDS CANONS Dir: Alain Biet France 2018 10 mins 45 secs Superimposed, condensed, multiplied, thousands of documentary drawings in successive series come to life on the screen, composing a veritable visual symphony of everyday objects.

Producer(s): Christophe Camoirano; Music/Composer: Pablo Pico, Yan Volsy; Contact: Luce Grosjean; festival@miyu.fr

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ANIMATION 6: THE STATE WE’RE IN

ANIMATION 6: THE STATE WE’RE IN

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 14:00 - 15:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

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?

I AM NOT PRETTY Dir: Yin-ni Keung Hong Kong 2017 6 mins Della always puts on heavy make-up, for it makes her feel more confident, look adorable for her loved one and get preferential treatment.

Contact: Roxane Tsui; andre-hoermann@gmx.de

OBON Dir: Andre Hormann, Samo (Anna Bergmann) Germany/Japan 2018 15 mins Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the Hiroshima a-bomb explosion. During Obon she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories.

Writer(s): Andre Hörmann; Producer(s): Hörmann-Filmproduktion, Vizion; Sound: Christoph de la Chevalerie; Music/Composer: Daniel Regenberg; Contact: Andre Hörmann; andre-hoermann@gmx.de

HYBRIDS Dir: Kim Tailhades France 2017 6 mins 22 secs When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change...

Writer(s): Florian BRAUCH, Matthieu PUJOL, Kim TAILHADES, Yohan THIREAU, Romain THIRION; Producer(s): MoPA; Sound: Florian BRAUCH, Matthieu PUJOL, Kim TAILHADES, Yohan THIREAU, Romain THIRION; Music/Composer: Vincent GOVINDIN; Contact: Francois Heiser; francois@yummy-films.com

BREXICUTED Dir: Chris Shepherd France/UK 2018 5 mins This satirical animation considers why Brexit is happening.

Contact: Nicolas Schmerkin; info@autourdeminuit.com

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Writer(s): Sam Gainsborough and Louisa Wood; Producer(s): Jimmy CampbellSmith; DOP: Bruno Grilo; Sound: Adam Woodhams; Music/Composer: Jack Newton; Editor: Mdhamiri A Nkemi; Contact: Nicola Cowee; festivals2@nfts.co.uk

MY YIDDISH PAPI Dir: Eleonore Goldberg Canada 2017 7 mins 21 secs A young woman decides not to answer a phone call from her grandfather, unaware that it will be his last. When he dies, she is overwhelmed with guilt and regret and can’t sleep.

ANIMATION 6: THE STATE WE’RE IN

FACING IT Dir: Sam Gainsborough UK 2018 8 mins 30 secs As Sean anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will that will leave him changed forever.

Contact: Danielle Viau; d.viau@nfb.ca

NEWPORT GUN GIRLS Dir: Lauren Orme UK 2017 11 mins 35 secs An animated documentary that shines a light on a forgotten group of women who worked during the second world war.

Writer(s): Nigel Crowle; Producer(s): Amy Morris; Sound: Dai Shell; Editor: Lauren Orme, James Nutting, Dan Evans; Contact: Ian Bignell; submissions@festivalformula.com

VERMIN /VERMINE Dir: Jérémie Becquer Denmark 2018 6 mins 3 secs A Rat poet, whose hopeful poetry contrasts the world in which he lives in, gets confronted with the harshness of a society bias towards Mice.

Writer(s): Jérémie Becquer; Producer(s): Michelle Ann Nardone; Contact: Luce Grosjean; festival@miyu.fr

EUROPE IS LOST Dir: Gary Dumbill UK 2017 4 mins 36 secs Inspired by artist Kate Tempest’s poem of the same title, a collage of vintage and historical imagery echoes a warning through time.

Contact: Gary Dumbill; garydumbill@hotmail.com

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I DON’T PROTEST, I JUST DANCE IN MY SHADOW Dir: Jessica Ashman UK 2017 5 mins 21 secs “I don’t want to feel like it’s only me. I know it’s not only me, because there are others out there…”

Writer(s): Jessica Ashman; Producer(s): Tega Okiti; Sound: Seb Bruen; Music/Composer: Seb Bruen; Contact: Jessica Ashman; hello@jessla.co.uk

MAMOON Dir: Ben Steer / Blue Zoo Animation UK 2017 6 mins 29 secs Mamoon follows the story of a mother and child who are forced to leave home when mysterious shadows envelop the light in which they exist.

Producer(s): Tom Box; Music/Composer: Matthew Wilcock for Zelig Sound; Contact: Jo Calverley; jo@blue-zoo.co.uk

VIA Dir: Izzy Burton UK 2017 3 mins 12 secs Via tells of the journey of life through epic, beautiful environments and meaningful character animation.

Producer(s): Tom Box; Music/Composer: Vince Webb; Contact: Jo Calverley; jo@blue-zoo.co.uk

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Welcome to the second edition of our Immersive Encounters competition.

After the success of last year’s inaugural Immersive Encounters and the positive feedback we received we were keen to continue the competition. Partnering this year with Limina Immersive we are continuing to develop methods of viewing 360-degree filmmaking in a relaxed environment and ensuring that the conversations remain firmly on the content and not the technology.

WELCOME TO IMMERSIVE ENCOUNTERS

WELCOME TO IMMERSIVE ENCOUNTERS

This year 3 programmes have been curated from over 50 submissions showcasing thought-engaging works from the worlds of documentary, dance, music video, animation and fiction. The programmes themselves are great examples of how traditional platforms are helping inform this new opportunity for creatives to exhibit their talents.

It’s great to see this strand of the festival develop and the submissions to increase, we’re hoping that this trend continues as filmmakers embrace this platform in years to come.

The Immersive Encounters programme will be screened in our VR Cinema powered by Limina Immersive.

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WEDNESDAY: 10:00 / 14:30 / 19:00 THURSDAY - SUNDAY: 10:00 / 14:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR

The emergence of Virtual Reality has given filmmakers a new opportunity to immerse viewers in their own depiction of the world. This programme transports the viewer into the world of the protagonists offering visual interpretation of the curiosity, joys and struggles within their realm.

SANCTUARIES OF SILENCE

VR CINEMA 1: THE WAY I SEE IT

VR CINEMA 1: THE WAY I SEE IT

Dir: Adam Loften & Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee USA 2017 7 mins 15 secs Silence just might be on the verge of extinction and acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton believes that even the most remote corners of the globe are impacted by noise pollution.

Editor: Adam Loften; Contact: Victoire THEVENIN; intlfest@mk2.com

UNDERWOOD /UNTERHOLZ Dir: Geena Gasser, Saskia Tomlinson and Amon Zucker.

Switzerland 2018 3 mins 59 secs Unterholz is a hand crafted stop-motion animation virtual reality experience. Find yourself surrounded by the forest and see what wildlife you encounter.

Writer(s): Geena Gasser, Saskia Tomlinson, Amon Zucker; Producer(s): Geena Gasser, Saskia Tomlinson, Amon Zucker; DOP: HSLU Art and Design. Jurgen Haas; Sound: SRF Swiss TV and Radio; Editor: Raffael Pochanke; Contact: Geena Gasser, Saskia Tomlinson, Amon Zucker;

MY AFRICA Dir: David Allen UK / US 2018 9 mins 20 secs Narrated by Academy Award-winning, Kenyan-raised actress Lupita Nyong’o, viewers are transported to northern Kenya, where a community is reknitting the bonds that have long enabled people and wildlife to coexist.

Writer(s): David Allen; Producer(s): Gaby Bastyra; Sound: Roland Heap; Music/Composer: Brollyman; Editor: Fabian Peters; Contact: Adam May; adam@vision3.tv

CRACKLE POP - SPECIAL PREVIEW Dir: John Lynch United Kingdom 2018 9 mins 46 secs Cognitive documentary and music promo collide in this kaleidoscopic VR film, pieced together from the descriptions of synesthetes experiencing the breathtaking music of Paul Russell.

Producer(s): John Lynch; DOP: Ian Martin; Music/Composer: Paul Russell; Contact: John Lynch; john@little-j.co.uk

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VR CINEMA 2: SOMETHING FAMILIAR

VR CINEMA 2: SOMETHING FAMILIAR

MULTIPLE SCREENINGS WEDS-SUN: 11:30 / 16:00 THURS: ALSO AT 19:00

It is perhaps all too easy to use Virtual Reality to transport the viewer to some far flung corner of the universe or somewhere equally new and exciting, this programme does the opposite. Through cultural reference or location, these films seek to provide comfort through familiarity creating a seamless transition from traditional platforms to new.

THE ANATOMY OF THE ORCHESTRA: A VR EXPERIENCE Dir: Charles Hazlewood and Luke Reed UK 2018 7 mins 10 secs Dive into the orchestra’s extraordinary world and sense it’s inner workings with award-winning conductor Charles Hazlewood and The British Paraorchestra & Army of Generals.

DOP: BIOME; Sound: Luke Reed; Music/Composer: The Four Sections by Steve Reich; Contact: Andy Boreham; andy.boreham@colstonhall.org

PASSING THROUGH Dir: Strange Brothers United Kingdom 2017 3 mins 41 secs Passing Through is an innovative 360-degree film featuring 86-year old trumpet player Eddie ‘Tan Tan’ Thornton.

Producer(s): Strange Brothers; DOP: Strange Brothers; Contact: Patrick Steel; patrick@fattoadfilms.co.uk

BACK TO THE MOON Dir: FX, Helene Goby, Leroux USA / England 2018 2 mins 10 secs A charming illusionist, an adventurous queen of hearts and an evil green man journey through early cinema, film magic and love. Celebrating the artistry of film director and prestidigitator Georges Méliès.

Writer(s): Edwin Leeds, Florian Mounié, Pierre Plouzeau , Clement Fassler , Frankie Swan; DOP: Mariano Melman Carrara; Sound: Karen Dufilho ,Jan Pinkava ,Jessica Yu; Music/Composer: Scot Stafford, Barnaby Templer, JM Finch; Editor: Mathieu Alvado; Contact: David Eisenmann; eisenmann@google.com

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Contact: Victoire THEVENIN; intlfest@mk2.com

I SAW THE FUTURE

VR CINEMA 2: SOMETHING FAMILIAR

KINOSCOPE Dir: Philippe A. Collin & Clément Léotard.

France 2017 9 mins Kinoscope is a VR experience immersing the spectator into a lively and colorful universe to discover the history of cinema lead by the voice of the Hollywood legend Dean Tavoularis, motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Brink’s Job, One from the Heart and Bonnie and Clyde. Kinoscope was part of the exhibition « The Cinema Machine: from Méliès to 3D » and showcased at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris

Dir: François Vautier France 2017 6 mins 12 secs In a dark expanse that could be the cosmos, we hear a voice: that of Arthur C. Clarke, whose face – taken from a BBC archive dating back to the 1960s – appears in the distance. His features quickly dematerialize into a multitude of shimmering pixels, creating an enveloping and immersive space out of which the thoughts of the famed author of 2001: A Space Odyssey emerge.

Writer(s): François Vautier; Producer(s): Jeremy Sahel; Music/Composer: Pascal Bantz; Editor: François Vautier; Contact: Victoire THEVENIN; intlfest@mk2.com

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VR CINEMA 3: MY STORY

VR CINEMA 3: MY STORY

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY: 13:00 / 17:30 FRIDAY: 19:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR

In these four shorts a character’s journey takes centre stage. By accompanying them on their passage, either first hand or anecdotally, we are granted access to their thoughts and fears through dance, documentary and fiction.

TIDAL TRACES (VR) Dir: Nancy Lee & Emmalena Fredriksson Canada 2017 4 mins A VR dance piece that places viewers in the centre of the performance. In it, three characters explore a new and uncertain world—moving between tranquility and ominousness, beauty and peril.

Contact: Danielle Viau; d.viau@nfb.ca

THE JOURNEY Dir: Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg US, Germany, Hong Kong 2018 10 mins 23 secs 360 documentary experience ‘The Journey’ traces the journey through childhood in 3 of the toughest environments on Earth.

Writer(s): Charlotte Mikkelborg; Producer(s): Charlotte Mikkelborg; DOP: Ignacio Ferrando Margeli; Sound: Axel Drioli; Music/Composer: Marco Caricola; Editor: Javier Moreno; Contact: Charlotte Mikkelborg; charlotte.mikkelborg@gmail.com

THE SUN LADIES Dir: Christian Stephen and Celine Tricart USA 2017 6 mins 29 secs In 2014, ISIS fighters invaded Iraq and targeted the Yazidi community of Sinjar. The men were killed, and the women and girls taken as sex slaves.

Some of the women who escaped started a female-only fighting unit called the Sun Ladies to bring back their sisters and protect the honor and dignity of their people.

Producer(s): Maria Bello and Celine Tricart; DOP: Celine Tricart; Sound: Tim Gedemer; Music/Composer: Ed Harcourt; Editor: Mark Simpson; Contact: Victoire Thevenin; intlfest@mk2.com

BORDERLINE Dir: Assaf Machnes Israel/UK 2018 9 mins 2 A VR short following a confusing encounter on the Israeli-Egyptian border. Based on true events.

Writer(s): Assaf Machnes; Producer(s): Assaf Machnes; DOP: Eric Raphael Mizrahi; Sound: Vitally Grinspun; Music/Composer: Yarden Erez; Contact: Assaf Machnes; assafmach@gmail.com

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MIXED PROGRAMME 4 LATE LOUNGE: PEEP SHOW: DRAWN CURTAINS, MARFISIA BEL

JURY

CHILDREN’S JURY

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 11:00 - 12:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS Working with film education charity Into Film, a programming workshop was delivered with pupils from Fairfield School in Bristol to select the films for this year’s Children’s Jury! Into Film is a nation-wide charity that places film at the core of the education and personal development of children aged 5-19.

LOS DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS Dir: Pauline Pinson France 2017 8 mins 10 secs Gonzalo, recently dead, returns to his wife’s place during Los Dias de los Muertos. Although he’d hoped to eat burritos and potato dumplings, he discovers that Séléné has cooked him a microscopic fish.

SWEET TOOTH Dir: Hannah Anastasi UK 2017 1 mins 29 secs Upon being drawn to life, Crescent the Cat devours a large jar of multicoloured candy!

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BED HEAD Dir: Simon Tofield UK 2017 2 mins 20 secs A concerned cat practices his bedside manner! Featuring Simon, his cat and a serious case of the sniffles.

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH EXTENDABLE ARMS Dir: Luca Paulli UK 2018 1 mins 47 secs What would you do if you had a pill that gave you extendable arms?

Bring a whole new world within your reach.

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MY FEAR /MI MIEDO Dir: Manfred Lopez Mexico 2017 4 mins 20 secs A disabled teen pursues a career in acting in order to defy his own preconceived limitations.

LOTTE REINIGER, THE UNSUNG HEROINE OF EARLY ANIMATION Dir: Anna Humphries UK 2018 2 mins 55 secs Lotte Reiniger pioneered early animation, yet remains largely unknown. We pay homage to her life, and reflect on why she never received the recognition she deserves.

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CHILDREN’S JURY

ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL?!

DEPARTURE

Dir: Mohammad Bakhshi Iran 2017 15 mins A group of Arabian asylum seekers arrive to an English spoken country border and can’t keep going. They conflict with border soldiers everyday till a deaf-mute baby becomes a catalyst for better communication between two groups.

THE REFLECTION IN ME Dir: Marc Colagiovanni USA 2017 3 mins 42 secs A heartwarming family film sharing themes of love, acceptance, and having a positive self-image.

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Dir: Aoife Doyle Ireland 2017 9 mins 15 secs Alma is at an all time low. This almost tragedy quickly turns into a comedy as the universe conspires to bring her closer to her family than she could ever have imagined.

CAT DAYS /NEKO NO HI Dir: Jon Frickey Germany, Japan 2018 11 mins 9 secs Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to see the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless condition. But it shakes the boy’s identity.

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COMEDY: GROUP THERAPY

COMEDY: GROUP THERAPY

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 20:00 - 21:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

In this thought provoking collection of shorts a light-hearted approach is the common theme to these stories. Amusing situations and underground connections happily conspire to raise a few smiles.

THE 1ST Dir: Mark Waites Uk 2018 12 mins 40 secs One day in to shoot thirty seconds of film, what can possibly go wrong?

MUSICAL TRAUMAS / MUZICKE TRAUME Dir: Milos Tomic Serbia 2018 10 mins 26 secs A rhythmic compilation of traumatic, but amusing confessions of former music school students.

REACH THE SKY Dir: Daniel Sterlin-Altman Canada 2018 5 mins 50 secs On the open road, three queer friends encounter fabulous companions and a sense of queer pride.

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RENAISSANCE Dir: Ben Mallaby UK 2018 6 mins 35 secs Inspired by his baby boy, Guy decides to jack in his well paid job in advertising to pursue his musical dreams

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TAKE RABBIT Dir: Peter Peake UK 2017 15 mins 29 secs A man attempts to transport some unlikely passengers across a river in his boat but soon realizes he’s taken on more than he bargained for.

TUNGRUS Dir: Rishi Chandna India 2018 13 mins In a cramped apartment in Mumbai, a family considers eating their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their lives.

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VIHTA Dir: François Bierry Belgium 2018 20 mins 9 secs Serge and his four colleagues work for a small business, freshly bought by a large group.

SONG FOR EUROPE Dir: John Smith UK / France 2017 3 mins 50 secs An underwater celebration of Britain’s connection to mainland Europe.

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COMEDY: FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS

COMEDY: FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 20:00 - 21:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Prepare for some hilarious encounters. These finely-tuned amusing films each make sharp observations of the absurd and perverse. Everyday situations are viewed through different eyes, and fresh perspectives deliver some very funny results.

KLEPTOMAMI

NO SHERBET

BREXICUTED

Dir: Pola Beck Germany 2017 9 mins 58 secs A film about the absurdities of today’s mummy-hood.

Dir: Joe Magee UK 2018 10 mins An ice cream purchase turns ugly.

Dir: Chris Sheperd France/UK 2018 5 mins This satirical animation considers why Brexit is happening.

ARTEM SILENDI

SUNSCAPADES Dir: Ben Mitchell UK 2018 5 mins 14 secs A day at the beach takes a gruesome turn when triplets Lily, Milly and Billy attempt a prank on their grumpy ol’ dad.

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Dir: Frank Ychou France 2018 7 mins 25 secs Sisters are sinners like others.

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THE BIGGER MAN WAS NOT EMBARRASSED Dir: Simon Ellis UK 2018 3 mins 50 secs In the aftermath of a fistfight, a Saturday night tough-guy explains his aggression.

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THE DIRECTOR Dir: Kim Albright UK / Canada 2018 13 mins 27 secs When Claire realises she lacks direction in her life, she hires a director to show her the way.

Dir: Ruslan Bratov Russia 2017 13 mins The restaurant is closing, and Oleg Maratovich wants to celebrate.

COMEDY: FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS

MERRY-GOROUND /LALAYBALALAY

LA MERDE LOBSTERS Dir: Matt Huntley UK 2018 4 mins 40 secs Mark, a lonely man in a caravan park has found his soulmate, his neighbour Tanya. He drifts off into a fantasy about their future together.

Dir: Ben Adam-Harris UK 2018 8 mins 12 secs You’ll never get a second chance at a first impression.

OBSERVATIONS ON RELATIONSHIPS TAKING STOCK Dir: Duncan Cowles Scotland, UK 2017 4 mins 18 secs Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside your own head.

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Dir: Abbie Stephens UK 2018 4 mins 27 secs Modern relationships, with all their idiosyncratic quirks, are explored through surreal and unexpected visual metaphors..

Well-meaning romantic thoughtfulness escalates into dark and dangerous territory.

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DEAF SHORTS: SISTER ACT

DEAF SHORTS: SISTER ACT

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 13:30 - 15:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

For the third year running we have created a programme with the aim of normalising onscreen D/deafness. This year’s programme gives a nod to the centenary of the suffragette movement with all leading roles being played by D/deaf women.

THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU Dir: Damian McLindon Australia 2018 7 mins 20 secs A sixteen-year-old Muslim refugee confronts a trio of mean girls at school.

YOU’RE LOST, LITTLE GIRL

TO KNOW HIM Dir: Ted Evans UK 2017 28 mins To lay the man she loves to rest a deaf woman must overcome a barrier far greater than language.

A WOMAN LIKE ME

Dir: Cédric Bourgeois Belgium 2017 20 mins Anna, a deaf young woman, lives with her grandmother in a campground. While the latter must be hospitalized, Anna finds herself alone and becomes an easy prey ...

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BOAT Dir: Louise Stern UK 2018 22 mins 47 secs A young girl comes to live on a boat, she communicates with the people - and the gerbil - who inhabit this world via notes, gesture and dance.

Dir: Isabel Lilia Morales Bondy UK/Denmark 2017 8 mins 47 secs A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange.

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 22:00 - 00:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 2 HRS 0 MINS

Join us for a night of spine-tingling horror shorts from all the corners of the world.

Including zombie feasts, extreme foley sessions, psychological thrills, domestic nightmares and many more chilling delights, this is guaranteed to be a hell of a ride, not for the faint-hearted.

ALL YOU CAN CARRY Dir: Andrew Rose US / UK 2018 11 mins 3 secs A young boy and his parents race against dawn to escape home as the reality beyond their scavenged life finally catches up with them.

HOUSE GUESTS

DÉJÀ VU

Dir: Tori Savage Australia 2018 7 mins 18 secs A couple’s weekend away quickly escalates into horror.

Dir: Olivier Labonté LeMoyne Canada 2017 9 mins A young woman meets with her best friend in a local diner to tell him about the fantasy she recently accomplished.

CATCALLS OOZE Dir: Kilian Vilim Switzerland 2017 5 mins 29 secs In his everyday life, an elevator boy is confronted with the loneliness and the “up and down” of his service.

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Dir: Kate Dolan Ireland 2017 8 mins 40 secs Cruising around late, Paul asks two girls for directions only to flash them for a cheap thrill.

Unfortunately he has picked the wrong girls, they are also out hunting tonight.

LATE LOUNGE: FRIGHT NIGHT

LATE LOUNGE: FRIGHT NIGHT

KOBBWEBJAR Dir: Nick Jordan UK 2018 4 mins 44 secs A mysterious figure conjures a remedy from jars of spider webs and beeswax.

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LATE LOUNGE: FRIGHT NIGHT

AND THE BABY SCREAMED

THE GIRL IN THE SNOW /DAS MÄDCHEN IM SCHNEE

Dir: Dan Gitsham UK 2018 3 mins 30 secs A Father tries to put his baby to sleep.

Dir: Dennis Ledergerber Switzerland 2017 7 mins A day in the life of a foley artist.

DELIRIA Dir: Tomas Stark Sweden 2018 8 mins 2 secs Summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing in a newspaper. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.

THE BLUE DOOR Dir: Paul Taylor UK 2017 9 mins 14 secs Clare is a caring nurse opening the door to her new job. But maybe some doors are best left shut...

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TWO PUDDLES Dir: Timothy Keeling UK 2018 6 mins When a family encounter two radically unusual puddles on a woodland retreat, unspoken tensions finally surface.

CURED Dir: Darren Mapletoft UK 2018 18 mins 45 secs When five friends spend a night at a dilapidated cottage in the woods an elaborate practical joke reveals a much darker, family history.

LA NORIA Dir: Carlos Baena Spain 2018 12 mins Darkness isn’t always what it seems.

ASIAN GIRLS Dir: Hyun Lee Australia 2017 6 mins 34 secs CHAN is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady.

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 22:00 - 00:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 2 HRS 0 MINS

Here we go with the first of this year’s celebration of all things deliciously distasteful.

Nothing is sacred in this orgy of flesh and bone. An open mind and strong constitution is required for this corporeal feast where the films are anatomically outrageous.

WAAAH /E ̄ N

BLOOD SHED

HOOVES OF CLAY

Dir: Sawako Kabuki Japan 2018 1 mins 15 secs I synchronized the irritation of baby cries and the frustration I have ever experienced. Everyone was born while crying, and grew crying.

Dir: James Moran UK 2017 13 mins 18 secs When Jack builds his dream shed from suspiciously cheap secondhand parts, he gets more than expected: a killer shed with an appetite for blood.

Dir: Blake Harrison UK 2017 16 mins 16 secs In our millennial world of roulette dating apps, Insta filters and instant gratification, we have thousands of potential partners at our fingertips.

CATERPILLARPLASTY Dir: David Barlow-Krelina Canada 2018 5 mins Fusing elements of Kafka and Kubrick, Caterpillarplasty is a prescient, grotesque sci-fi satire that lifts plastic surgery to another level.

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THE OGRE /L’OGRE

NOSIS

Dir: Laurène Braibant France 2017 9 mins 41 secs An insecure giant holds on eating, terrified at the prospect of revealing his ogresque self and so compromising his place in the society.

Dir: Vincenz Neuhaus Germany 2018 8 mins 8 secs When a boy with an exceptionally long nose accidentally falls into a cake, his life changes in unforeseen ways.

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LATE LOUNGE - BODY PARTS

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LATE LOUNGE - BODY PARTS

GOOD MORNING USA 2017 12 mins 26 secs A young woman and her father adapt to terrifying challenges they never expected.

HELSINKI MANSPLAINING MASSACRE

RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIM Dir: Eros Vlahos UK 2018 6 mins 48 secs A 90s essex-set sitcom gets taken over by clones of the lead actor and descends into a bloodbath

THAWED

Dir: Ilja Rautsi Finalnd 2018 15 mins A horror comedy about one woman’s desperate struggle to survive a pack of men who just want to explain everything to her.

Dir: Jon Drever UK 2018 6 mins 13 secs Diane has brought her husband back from cryogenic suspension... well, most of him.

COYOTE THE SUBJECT /LE SUJET Dir: Patrick Bouchard Canada 2018 10 mins An animator dissects his own body, extracting memories, emotions and fears that will nurture his work.

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Dir: Lorenz Wunderle Switzerland 2018 9 mins 55 secs A coyote loses his wife and children from an attack of wolfs. Anguished from human emotions he‘s trying to process the experience.

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 20:00 - 21:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Sci-fi is given the short film treatment in this selection of dystopian stories imagining the possible futures awaiting human kind. These visionary films offer engaging, surprising and quietly shocking visions of the future which will leave you looking around you for signs of things to come.

CORPUCIA

PRERI FOON

EVIE

Dir: Drew V. Marke UK 2017 12 mins 52 secs Set in the near future, a couple is interrogated by agents. One knows nothing. One is lying. But which one?

Dir: Jen Tamayo Jörfjord Sweden 2017 4 mins Fragile windows witness downfall in an artificial light of dawn.

Dir: Miranda HowardWilliams UK 2018 7 mins 53 secs A teenage boy is pressured to lose his virginity to a sex robot.

THE FOREST /TO DASOS

ANIMAL Dir: Fabrice Le Nezet, Jules Janaud France 2017 17 mins 36 secs In a near future, Jawak lives alone with a strange animal he takes care of. At night, haunted by a serious accident from his childhood, he plans his vengeance…

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Dir: Lia Tsalta Greece 2017 17 mins 38 secs Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen.

I am your Guide.

SCI-FI: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

SCI-FI: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

CALL OF COMFORT Dir: Brenda Lien Germany 2018 8 mins 50 secs “Please agree to terms and conditions to be a part of the Community,” says the Big Data crystal ball.

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THE RESTRICTOR / KONTROLLØREN Dir: Jade Hærem Aksnes Norway 2017 16 mins Happiness is scarce, and must be monitored. Each citizen is given a monthly ration of liquid joy, intravenously. Excessive use is punished

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 22:00 - 00:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 2 HRS 0 MINS

Sex sells!! The annual Late Lounge slot wouldn’t be the same without a strong exposure of carnal curiosity. The films in this programme range from brave and bold explorations of intimacy, sexuality and power, to erotic and funny observations.

CYCLISTS / BICIKLISTI Dir: Veljko Popovic Croatia / France 2018 7 mins 20 secs During the final cycling race, the two men in the lead are competing not just for the Grand Trophy, but for the affection of a lady.

IN OUR SKIN Dir: Rosa Beiroa UK 2017 3 mins 55 secs In our skin highlights the exceptional that lies within the seemingly routine gestures of undressing.

THE ORGY

SAC DE MERDE Dir: Greg Chwerchak USA 2018 13 mins 27 secs Based on a true story, “Sac de Merde” tells the story of Mazel Mankewicz, an unlucky-inlove, yet irrationally optimistic New Yorker.

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SIMBIOSIS CARNAL Dir: Rocío Álvarez Belgium 2017 10 mins 8 secs A poetic journey through the history of desire and sexuality where the female pleasure, long ignored and repressed, takes pride of place.

Dir: Sam Baron UK 2017 14 mins 43 secs The Orgy is a romantic comedy about a heartbroken guy who throws caution to the wind and goes to an orgy.

LATE LOUNGE: PEEP SHOW

LATE LOUNGE: PEEP SHOW

PRE-DRINK Dir: Marc-Antoine Lemire Canada 2017 23 mins Alexe is a young trans woman, and Carl a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes Alexe.

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INTIMITY

DRAWN CURTAINS

Dir: Elodie Dermange Switzerland 2017 5 mins As she is showering, dressing, putting on her make-up, a woman bares her soul. She speaks of her fears, her complexes, and the process of accepting – even loving – herself.

Dir: Marfisia Bel Canada / USA 2017 12 mins 44 secs An emotionally-repressed woman forms a relationship with a dangerous stranger after checking into a hotel for the weekend.

LOSING IT

Dir: Anette Sidor Sweden 2018 14 mins 30 secs Alice is together with Johannes but she doesn’t have enough space to be herself.

FUCK YOU

Dir: Ben Robins UK 2018 8 mins 19 secs Chris and Becca’s drunken hook-up goes wildly off the rails, when she reveals a rather unusual fetish.

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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 15:00 - 16:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Being a teenager is tough, being a girl is tough, being a teenage girl is really tough.

This programme highlights some of the daily struggles and also provides a little acknowledgement and let’s all young women know…we see you.

LITTLE RIVER RUN

MOTHERING

BLOOD WARRIORS

Dir: Ed Skrein UK 2018 15 mins 13 secs Two teenagers search for escape and solitude in inner-city London.

Dir: Lucy Bridger UK 2018 14 mins 17 secs Mia, upon arrivng at her new foster home unexpectedly gets her first period in the early hours, help arrives in the form of her foster Grandmother.

Dir: Rosa Alice Truelove UK 2017 9 mins 50 secs A coming of age exploration of the inevitable biological transition into womanhood and biological implications.

AMOR Dir: Isabel Lamberti Netherlands 2017 22 mins 30 secs Amor shows painful but recognizable moments in an arbitrary day in the lives of a group of vulnerable teenage girls.

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JUCK Dir: Olivia Kastebring, CODirectors: Julia Gumpert & Ulrika Bandeira Sweden 2018 17 mins 30 secs The word “JUCK” is Swedish for “HUMP” and their groundbreaking appearance pushed the boundaries for how we are used to seeing the female body.

TEEN SHORTS: WE SEE YOU

TEEN SHORTS: WE SEE YOU

LADIES DAY Dir: Abena Taylor-Smith UK 2018 8 mins 31 secs A young, black lesbian spends the day in an Afro-Caribbean hair salon full of fun and laughter, but how will she deal with the casual homophobia?

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3 COMPETITIONS

> European competition > French competition (1st films and school films) > OVNI competition

SELECTIVE FILM MARKET PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Association Côte Ouest +33 (0)2 98 44 03 94 www.filmcourt.fr

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33rd BREST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 | 6 > 11 NOVEMBER FRANCE

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ASSOCIATED COMPETTIONS 5 DEPICT! SHOWCASE: SCARECROW, JOE CARTER & SEAN GREER

NAHEMI

NAHEMI

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 14:30 - 16:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS New graduate talent. NAHEMI screening & awards cermony. The National Association 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 practive in the Moving Image in Higher Education across the UK. @NahemiUK www.nahemi.org

THREE CENTIMETRES

BREASTFRIENDS

Dir: Lara Zeidan UK 2017 8 mins 59 secs In the oldest fun park of Beirut, three girls convince their reluctant friend to join them on a Ferris Wheel, bringing out unexpected truths among them.

DEARLY DEPARTED Dir: Elise Martin UK 2018 14 mins 5 secs Vera’s relationship with Fred is beginning to blossom but she can’t help feeling distracted by three opinionated ghosts who also inhabit her house.

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Dir: Eleanor Rogers UK 2018 17 mins 51 secs When a team member gets injured days before a competition, the relay team get a replacement from a confident outsider, who the headstrong, driven leader of the team hates.

MR SMITHS RULES Dir: Gemma Farshi UK 2018 5 mins A glimpse into craftsman Kelvyn Smith’s well oiled letterpress workshop in South London.

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ALL YOU CAN CARRY Dir: Andrew Rose UK 2018 10 mins 5 A real-time survival-horror film about one boy’s rite of passage in the rural south.

REGINA Dir: Nirmala Valinciute UK 2018 8 mins 4 After the 1941 Lithuanian deportations to Siberia, a woman recalls watching her parents struggle through the aftermath.

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NAHEMI

ISABELLA Dir: Rohan Reddy UK 2018 13 mins At a Catholic girls school, conservative Robyn is captivated by her outspoken, rebellious classmate Isabella, who forces her to face her repressed sexuality.

INANMATE 8.35 Dir: Lucia Bulgheron UK 2018 8 mins 35 secs Katrine has a normal life, a normal job, a normal boyfriend and a normal apartment in a normal city - or at least thats what she thinks!

Every competition screening until 19.30 is followed by a Q&A in Waterside 1

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DEPICT 2018 JURY

The Depict 2018 jury is headed up by twice Oscar® and BAFTA nominated Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC (The Greatest Showman and Nocturnal Animals) on behalf of The Royal Photographic Society. Seamus is joined by leading industry practitioners; Catherine Bray, Channel 4 Random Acts Editor; Alexzandra Jackson, BFI Talent Executive; Colm McAuliffe, Shooting People Event Producer; David Sproxton, Co-Founder of Aardman Animations; Sorcha Bacon, producer and founder of Try Harder films; and Chris Auty, former film critic and producer, currently Head of Producing at NFTS. The jury select the main Depict Award of £1,500, the Royal Photographic Society Cinematography Award of £1,000, the British Special Mention Award, a talent development package supported by BFI NETWORK, BAFTA and NFTS, and the Random Acts Special Mention Award that gives priceless exposure via Channel 4’s short form content platform.

You too can vote and comment on your favourite films in the shortlist towards the Shooting People Depict Audience Award until Sat 23 September at 17:00 at depict.org.

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2018 SPONSORS

DEPICT 2018 SPONSORS SUPPORTED & MANAGED BY

PRESENTED AS PART OF:

SPONSORED BY

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PROMOTED BY

DEPICT! DRINKS SPONSORED BY

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DEPICT

DEPICT

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 15:30 - 17:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS Depict is Watershed’s super short filmmaking competition challenging filmmakers from across the globe to create an imaginative and original short film of 90 seconds or less.

The competition is a unique opportunity for emerging talent to get exposure for their film and the support they need to take their career to the next level. Experience this year’s shortlist on the big screen chosen from over 500 entries from 59 countries, and meet some of the talent behind the films. After the screening, all ticket holders are welcome to join the Depict Drinks, thanks to St Austell Brewery.

Vote and comment on your favourite films in the shortlist towards the Shooting People Depict Audience Award until Sat 23 September at 17:00 at depict.org

DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10PT FONT Dir: Greg Condon USA 2018 1 min 12 secs In this typewriter animation, moving words express their meaning.

ECHO Dir: Aimie Willemse UK 2018 1 min 30 secs A girl exploring an abandoned tunnel alone, hears someone… or something else in the dark with her.

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ESCAPE

HEAD OVER HEELS

Dir: Anton Dushkin Russia 2018 1 min 13 secs Simple everyday routines provide an escape from distress in this animated tale of a weary housewife.

Dir: Leonid Grigurko Russia 2017 1 min 9 secs An Earth girl experiences an unearthly dream.

EXHIBIT

Dir: Natasha Staunton UK 2018 1 min 30 secs Exploring the thoughts, feelings and experiences of someone suffering from depression and mental health issues.

HELP ME

Dir: Izzy Renton UK 2018 1 min 30 secs When a British tourist goes missing in a Salt Lake museum the only trace she leaves behind is the following footage…

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ONE

SCARE CROW

Dir: John Smith UK 2017 1 min 12 secs If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38-40)

Dir: Roman Sinitsyn Russia 2018 1 min An old man takes a ride on empty train. But where is he going and why?”

Dir: Joe Carter & Sean Greer UK 2018 1 min 28 secs A sunny rape seed field is a photographer’s dream but the vibrant colours hide a grimy nightmare.

NEOPOLITAN PORNO

PEPPER-SALT BATTLE

Dir: Alan Halls UK 2018 1 min 3 secs An Ice Cream can be a ‘Saucy’ affair.

Dir: Friendly Liu Hong Kong 2018 1 min 30 secs A kid has the ability to bring objects alive in this animated world full of fantasy and imagination.

SPIDER Dir: Lee Charlish UK 2017 1 min 24 secs The only thing we have to fear is fear itself… and spiders.

THE JUNGLE

NURAIYAH Dir: Khevyn Ibrahim UK 2018 1 min 30 secs A 7 year old girl tells us what she thinks about being alive and what life means to her.

PORTRAIT OF A PAINTER Dir: Euan Gilmour UK 2018 1 min 30 secs A creatively blocked artist discovers her most recent painting has a darker nature then she expected.

Dir: Joseph Melhuish UK 2017 1 min 6 secs A young girl experiences a nightmarish fever-dream as a DIY virtual reality vacation goes awry.

Every competition screening until 19.30 is followed by a Q&A in Waterside 1

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TOXIC HAIRCUT Dir: Bryan M. Ferguson UK 2018 1 min 30 secs A 90 second horror odyssey about getting a haircut.

UKRAINE: THREE YEARS OF CEASEFIRE Dir: Benas Gerdziunas Ukraine 2017 1 min 30 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.

VISITING Dir: Charlotte Reagan UK 2018 1 min 27 secs A man’s first years in prison as experienced through his visits from his loved ones.

TRAUM(A) NOVELLA Dir: Francesco Faralli Italy 2018 1 min Why going to the hairdresser is becoming a nightmare…

UNSUNG HERO Dir: Vinamra Pancharia India 2018 1 min A little boy loses his yellow ball, but finds buried hope, little joys, love and loyalty.

#UKGermany2018 super-short film competition Also showing at the DepicT! showcase is the winner of a super short film competition #UKGermany2018 that took place as part of British Council Germany’s year-long cultural Season ‘UK/Germany 2018’. The competition was open to anybody aged over 18 based in Germany and the film had to be: up to 60 seconds long; uncut and unedited; shot on a smartphone; and based on the theme of ‘shared future’.

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GUEST PROGRAMME 6 KOTATSU SCREENING: DOMO-KUN AND THE EGG, TSUNEO GODA

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 1 / SHORT MATTERS 1

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 1 SHORT MATTERS 1

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 11:00 - 12:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond. The programme featuring the European Short Film Nominees 2017 is a manifold panorama of young contemporary European filmmaking. This year’s programme is composed of productionsco-productions from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey & UK. The members of the European Film Academy – more than 3,000 European film professionals − selected the Spanish film TIMECODE by Juanjo Giménez as the overall winner, which was presented at the 30th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin in December 2017.

The short film programme is organised in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the short films in competition with a nomination in the European Film Awards’ short film category.

WANNABE Dir: Jannis Lenz Austria, Germany 2016 30 mins Coco feels a desperate need to become famous, though she lacks the necessary talent, she will do anything for recognition to avoid becoming a ‘loser’.

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YOUNG MEN AT THEIR WINDOW Dir: Loukianos Moshonas France 2017 18 mins Two graphic designers start playing with an empty scanner’s possibilities. They venture into assumptions and open up to each other, eventually letting go of themselves.

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THE DISINHERITED Dir: Laura Ferrés Spain 2017 19 mins Los Desheredados is a portrait of the director’s father facing the end of his business. Circumstance forces him to drive unruly clients, he will not lose his dignity.

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COPA-LOCA Dir: Christos Massalas Greece 2017 14 mins This is the story of Copa-Loca, an abandoned Greek summer resort.

Paulina is at the heart of CopaLoca. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone.

LOVE Dir: Réka Bucsi Hungary, France 2016 15 mins Describing affection in 3 chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system., abstract haiku-like situations reveal the change in atmosphere on one planet.

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EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 2 / SHORT MATTERS 2

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 2 SHORT MATTERS 2

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 13:00 - 14:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond. The programme featuring the European Short Film Nominees 2017 is a manifold panorama of young contemporary European filmmaking. This year’s programme is composed of productionsco-productions from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey & UK. The members of the European Film Academy – more than 3,000 European film professionals − selected the Spanish film TIMECODE by Juanjo Giménez as the overall winner, which was presented at the 30th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin in December 2017.

The short film programme is organised in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the short films in competition with a nomination in the European Film Awards’ short film category.

EN LA BOCA

THE CIRCLE

Dir: Matteo Gariglio Switzerland, Argentina 2016 26 mins The Molina family live and work in the shadows of the Boca Juniors stadium. Selling fake tickets to games, they constantly get in conflict with the corrupt police.

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Dir: Rûken Tekeş Turkey 2016 14 mins Zelal is an ethnic Kurd as well as religiously an Ezidi (Yazidi). An ordinary school day turns into a life changing event for Zelal and her introvert admirer, Zeki.

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INFORMATION SKIES Dir: Metahaven (Daniel van der Velden & Vinca Kruk) South Korea, the Netherlands 2017 24 mins A post-truth essay in which live action and animation shape a new cinematic aesthetic, following a young couple who believe to be living a perilous and heroic life.

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YOU WILL BE FINE Dir: Céline Devaux France 2017 15 mins Give it time. You’ll get over it.

Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.

TIMECODE Dir: Juanjo Giménez Spain 2016 15 mins Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.

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EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 3 / SHORT MATTERS 3

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 3 SHORT MATTERS 3

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 15.00 - 16.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2

SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond. The programme featuring the European Short Film Nominees 2017 is a manifold panorama of young contemporary European filmmaking. This year’s programme is composed of productionsco-productions from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey & UK. The members of the European Film Academy – more than 3,000 European film professionals − selected the Spanish film TIMECODE by Juanjo Giménez as the overall winner, which was presented at the 30th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin in December 2017.

The short film programme is organised in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the short films in competition with a nomination in the European Film Awards’ short film category.

FIGHT ON A SWEDISH BEACH!!

Dir: Simon Vahlne Sweden 2016 15 mins This is what happens when you yell sieg heil and call someone’s wife a whore. He had it coming.

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THE PARTY Dir: Andrea Harkin Ireland 2016 15 mins Belfast 1972. Laurence welcomes his cousin and man-on-the-run Mickey to a party of drinking, dancing and young love. By morning, reality catches up with them.

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WRITTEN/ UNWRITTEN Dir: Adrian Silișteanu Romania 2016 20 mins 0 secs Outside a maternity ward, a Roma family is announced their underage daughter has had a baby girl. Imminent danger of state authorities separating parents from their daughter determines them to take action.

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UGLY Dir: Redbear Easterman & Nikita Diakur Germany 2017 12 mins An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief.

THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS Dir: Gabriel Abrantes Portugal 2016 5 mins A film about humour, anthropology and AI, focussing on how humour is central to relationships and is one of the most complex forms of communication, it tells the story of a girl who falls in love with a robot comedian.

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RANDOM ACTS SW

RANDOM ACTS SW

TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 16:30 - 18:00 THE STATION 1 HRS 0 MINS

FLOODTIDE

11.03.2018

GHOSTS FOR LOVE

Dir: Alana Barnett UK 2018 3 mins 16 secs Evocative sculpture and found sound shape a medative and unnerving reflection on humankind’s relationship with the sea.

Dir: Corie Hayward UK 2018 3 mins 41 secs A teenager reflects on the feeling of two different lives in an exploration of themes of class, opportunity, choice and family relationships.

Dir: Fergus Haughton UK 2018 3 mins 23 secs A poetic film-collage made using 8mm and 16mm footage inherited from the filmmaker’s Great Aunt, who shot it in Europe and Africa throughout the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

MOANING, CRYING AND BARKING Dir: Chris Butler UK 2018 3 mins 53 secs Moaning, Crying and Barking comically documents the struggles some people with autism face in their daily lives.

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SEVEN STAGES Dir: Dan Guthrie UK 2018 3 mins 27 secs Bringing together a drag king, a Shakespearean monologue and a working men’s club to create a one-take statement that challenges the status quo of contemporary masculinity.

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LIGHT Dir: Matty Crawford UK 2018 3 mins 30 secs A little boy’s imagination runs rampant, as crayon drawings combine with his bleak surroundings.

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PENSION FUND

HAIRY

SPAGHETTI LEGS

Dir: Lydia Brannen UK 2018 3 mins 28 secs An elderly woman’s mundane existence breaks down to reveal she is a patient in a virtual care home.

Dir: Megan Domaille & Jack Powley UK 2018 2 mins 34 secs Hairy is a satirical stab at the representation of the female body on screen.

Dir: James Moore UK 2018 3 mins 31 secs Channel 4 are making a film about Jay, a young man with cerebal palsy. Or are they?

LUCIFER

KISS ME THROUGH THE PHONE

Dir: Marie Dutton UK 2018 3 mins 29 secs An art film that blurs the boundaries between seduction and repulsion, desire and disgust, romance and ruin.

Dir: Jessye Aggleton UK 2018 2 mins 57 secs A post industrial city, reimagined as a piece of mechanical installation art, moves closer to its own destruction.

VERSE MURDER

MARKED Dir: Euella Jackson UK 2018 3 mins 41 secs In the future, a desparate man, intent on murder, imprisons three women in a run-down basement.

Unbeknownst to him, the women have special powers...

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Dir: Niamh Farrelly UK 2018 3 mins 21 secs Three ‘TV babes’ share their expereinces working as phone sex operators on adult television channels.

TOIL

NOSE Dir: Kiki Nafig & Izzy Mooney UK 2018 3 mins 20 secs In this intimate portrait of family relationships and rifts, NOSE feflects on the events and people that shape and define us.

Dir: Jack Edwards UK 2018 3 mins 39 secs A writer’s journey as he travels into an imaginary universe of his own creation.

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IN BODY AND MIND Dir: Vivian Barton UK 2018 3 mins 3 secs In Body and Mind combines live action and animation to describe feelings of dysphoria, taking inspiration from the filmmaker’s own experiences to explore how these parts of a person come together through acceptance.

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I DON’T BELIEVE IN I BELIEVE IN

A LIKE KAYODE, YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM BAFTA’S SUPPORT WHEREVER YOU’RE AT IN YOUR CAREER: MENTORING FINANCIAL SUPPORT CAREER ADVICE INSIGHTS INTO THE CRAFTS

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES INSPIRATION AWARD RECOGNITION

IMAGE C/O BAFTA/CHARLIE CLIFT

K AYO D E EWUM I

CHECK OUT YOUR OPPORTUNITIES

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KOTATSU SCREENING

KOTATSU SCREENING

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 10:30 - 12:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS Tsuneo Goda is a creator most famous for the internationally popular Domo, the mascot for NHK, Japan’s national broadcaster, who became a massive internet meme in the early 2000s and is still recognised around the world today. He will present Domo-kun and more of his other characters and works such as Komaneko - The Curious Cat when he attends a screening of selected highlights from his long career.

KOMANEKO-THE FIRST STEP

KOMANEKO-REAL FRIENDS

Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2003 5 mins One sunny day, female kitten Koma decides to make a stop motion film. Will she be able to complete her project?

Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2013 27 mins While out on a picnic one day, Koma encounters a strange creature. Naturally, she is quite startled at first, but...

OUI OUI

TO & KYO Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2017 4 mins Downtown Tokyo, Yanesen. Two petit-demons “To” and “Kyo” are doing tags in the narrow alley with full speed.

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I’M ALSO A BEAR. Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2011 5 mins Today Makuma-kun decided to read an Animal Book. Every time he turned a page, he saw a variety of animals and became excited.

Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2014 4 mins Buffalo’s magical journey continues…

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DOMO-KUN AND THE EGG Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2005 5 mins 5 secs Little Domo stumbles upon a strange egg at the foot of a tree.

He keeps it warm day after day.

What finally does Domo see?

BY YOUR SIDE Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2014 6 mins A girl and stuffed toys live happily.

But a huge earthquake shakes their town suddenly. After that, the toys can’t find the girl.

MOGU & PEROL Dir: Tsuneo Goda Japan 2018 8 mins Whenever Mogu is cooking, Perol just pops up and eats the yummy meal. One day Perol finds a very tasty looking Brrrr-berry and…

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AUBAGNE CARTE BLANCHE

AUBAGNE CARTE BLANCHE

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 11:00 - 12.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

The International Film Festival of Aubagne will celebrate its 20th anniversary (18-23 March 2019).

Its artistic policy is based on promoting both young cinematographic creation talent and sound & music creation for film. It proposes several actions for directors and composers.

In addition to short and feature films competitions, guests of honour programs, master classes of composition for image and many others professional events, the FIFA created, the “European market for film music composition” (based on the “third character” workshop) which takes place every year during the Festival. It offers the possibility for duos of directors and producers, to find a composer for their cinematographic project.

All the films presented in this program have participated to the Market and have received, through Sacem, a financial support for their original music score.

The FIFA is honoured to present those films of outstanding quality and who won several prizes. They all testify the rich creation that short films can offer. We hope that their eclecticism will seduce you…

LES PETITES MAINS Dir: Rémi Allier: remiallier@ hotmail.fr Belgium 2017 15 mins Léo, a year and a half, is the son of the director of a chemical plant.

When the employees learn the plant’s closure, Bruno, a more radical worker, kidnaps Léo to negotiate...

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LA CAGE

MR HERNST

Dir: Loïc Bruyère: loic_ bruyere@hotmail.fr France 2016 6 mins It’s the story of an encounter: a caged bear who can’t sing meets a little bird who can’t fly but who can sing beautifully.

Dir: Vincent Cappello: vincentcappello15@gmail. com France 2016 15 mins A doctor goes through Mr. Hernst’s memories to try to understand how a major traumatic accident made him forget his own identity.

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9’58 Dir: Louis Aubert: louisaubert@gmail.com France 2017 15 mins Like his idol Usain Bolt, he dreams of running. But Djal is sixteen.

AUBAGNE CARTE BLANCHE

LA COSTA DORADA Dir: Noémie Gruner: noemi. gruner@gmail.com BelgiumFrance 2016 10 mins 30 secs To save her parents from the Spanish financial crisis, Erika decides to leave them in order to sing for tourists on the Costa Dorada and earn some money while is taking place one of the biggest “Indignant” movement in Madrid.

LE BLEU BLANC ROUGE DE MES CHEVEUX Dir: Josza Anjembe: joszaa@ hotmail.com France 2016 22 mins Seyna, a teenager originating from Cameroon is passionated by the history of France, where she grew up. Approaching 18 years old, her wish is to acquire French citizenship but her father is opposed to it.

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PERPETUAL CINEMA

PERPETUAL CINEMA

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER - SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 09:00 - 00:00 BIG SCREEN MILLENNIUM SQUARE 15 HRS The Perceptual Cinema is a public display of short films on a widescreen at the very heart of the city center in Millennium Square, screening on repeat a variety of light-hearted, family friendly shorts and animations from across our European connections. The event will be free and accessible to everyone.

With thanks to our European partners: Festival on Wheels, Turkey Riga International Film Festival, Latvia The Finnish Film Foundation The Swedish Film Institute KASKcinema, Belguim Film Fund Luxembourg Dublin Animation Festival Children’s filmfest Cinemira

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THE TEACUP

THE KIOSK

Dir: Elif Boyacioglu Turkey 2015 5 mins 9 secs A thought-provoking animation, telling the story of a man who fears going outside, until one day a knock on the door tempts him to change his mind.

Dir: Anete Melece Latvia 2013 6 mins 55 secs The kiosk has become Olga’s home because of her love of eating the sweets stocked, here she reads travel magazines and dreams of being far away.

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ANALYSIS PARALYSIS Dir: Anete Melece Latvia 2016 9 mins 4 secs Anton is lost in his own head until one day a yellow boot brings him to an exit.

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INTERNATIONAL FATHERS DAY Dir: Edmunds Jansons Latvia 5 mins For people, Father’s Day is a celebration, but for one small bird - it’s an ordinary working day. And concerns are the same old - to get food for his family.

THE CHOIR TOUR Dir: Edmunds Jansons Latvia 2012 5 mins A world-famous boys choir are left to their own devices in Seoul when their conductor is trapped in a lift.

THE RED HERRING

MIXED MATERIALS

Dir: Leevi Lemmety Finland 2015 37 mins An animated comedy about a group of penguins who get too greedy for their own good.

Dir: Anna Van Riel Belgium 2017 6 mins 25 secs

PAPA’S BOY

Dir: Nils Martens Belgium 2017 2 mins 17 secs Two animals encounter one another in an abstract, figurative and auditive way.

Sometimes it doesn’t have to be about anything...That’s allowed.

Dir: Leevi Lemmety Finland 2010 3 mins A young mouse dreams of being a dancer, but his family disapproves, until one day his dancing saves the day.

JAZZOO ISLE OF SEALS Dir: Edmunds Jansons Latvia 2014 6 mins In the middle of a grey sea is a grey isle. On this isle grey hunters live, seals and humans live together in a cruel balance.

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Dir: Adam Marko Nord Sweden 2014 8 mins 55 secs Here we meet the Koala who wants to jump as a kangaroo, the over-heated hippo and the caterpillar with the bad temper.

KOP NOCH STAART

BARBERSHOP Dir: Mick O‘Sullivan Ireland 2005 2 mins 24 secs A Business Man, a Builder and an Elderly Man get a trim and shave in a rather unusual and musical setting.

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AFTER YOU Dir: Damien O‘Connor Ireland 2013 6 mins 59 secs A doorman at a Dublin city hotel spends many happy years opening his beloved door for the hotel residents.

HOPPI TALES: THE HOLIDAY OF COMMEMORANCE Dir: Ferenc Rófusz Hungary 2015 7 mins 2 secs Somewhere in the very center of the world there is a quiet, serene valley, the Hoppies live and work there. While everyone is busily running about, the Hoppies are making sure that there are holidays for everyone

THE NIGHTLIGHT MONSTER Dir: Nicola Coppack Luxembourg 2013 9 mins A young girl is haunted by the dark in her bedroom and is pulled into an imaginary world. Later, she unexpectedly awakens the night-light monster.

KIPPKOPP IN THE GRASS Dir: Szilvia Fabók Hungary 2017 7 mins 9 secs Kippkopp, a chestnut child, is up for a walk in a meadow. He is alone and looking for someone to play with.

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 12:30 - 14:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

For the last 10 years Unchosen has been raising awareness of modern slavery through the power of film. They ran a modern slavery-focused Film Competition and two key projects called Films Against Slavery and Stay Safe From Slavery. In 2018 the charity closed and Encounters were bestowed with the archive in order to carry on Unchosen’s legacy by using film to influence the social change we all hope for – to end modern slavery.

WHAT DO YOU SEE? Dir: Sally Arthur UK 2013 1 mins 49 secs An animation which shows how slavery works and what you can do about it. What Do You See?

THE SECRET GARDNERS Dir: Ruth Beni UK 2017 3 mins 46 secs The Secret Gardeners aims to inform professionals about the plight of children who are forced by organised crime gangs to grow drugs in houses across the UK but who often face criminalisation and prison.

UNCHOSEN RETROSPECTIVE

UNCHOSEN RETROSPECTIVE

THE TRIP Dir: Prano Bailey-Bond UK 2013 10 mins The Trip’ tells the true story of Hung, a young Vietnamese man trafficked abroad on the promise of a job and a new life, only to be forced to work in a cannabis factory upon arrival.

YOKE FARM Dir: Tim Keeling UK 2013 9 mins 30 secs Henry runs a corner shop in a sleepy English town by the coast, and begins to notice that his new free range egg supplier may not be as ethical as he seems.

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LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Dir: Li-Da Kruger UK 2013 5 mins 51 secs Meet Anja and Ian, a man and woman from two vastly different backgrounds with two vastly different experiences of a sexual encounter.

SAFINA

NICU

Dir: Tony Clark UK 2013 7 mins 30 secs Safina’ centres around a 16 year old Gambian girl escaping her traffickers. She has to prove she is a child to UK authorities who decide whether to grant her full protection or not.

Dir: Niki Anastasi UK 2013 6 mins 12 secs A letter home to mama from Nicu, a newly trafficked, 9 year old Romanian boy.

IVAN SLAVED

THE CROSSING Dir: Shreepali Patel uk 2017 14 mins 8 secs The Crossing explores the story of a young girl sex trafficked into an organised industry through the ‘lover boy’ technique. This emotionally charged multi-screen film investigates the exploitation of hope and the black market economy of human trafficking.

Dir: Christian Kinde UK 2016 9 mins 58 secs Slaved centres on Jess, a 16 year old girl and a victim of sexual exploitation, after she has been taken in by a social worker, the film depicts the first meeting with her mother after she has been rescued. With her mum, Jess slowly opens up and reveals the horrors of what she went through.

Dir: Jan Husar Slovakia 2017 3 mins 8 secs A story of a human trafficking survivor two moths before his death. Ivan, a well-educated man, formerly a man in a good shape, speaks of his dreadful experience of being exploited for three and a half year as a domestic slave.

MICHAEL I WANT TO BE… Dir: Jane Gull UK 2013 2 mins 32 secs Dreams of a bright future turn into a living nightmare for some young girls.

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Dir: Jonathan Kemp UK 2014 10 mins 2 secs When a homeless man is promised a better life working on a farm, he finds himself a prisoner and yearns to escape.

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 16:30 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

UWE_FILM (BA Hons Filmmaking at UWE) will be screening a selection of its recent graduate work in an event hosted by Programme Leader Freya Billington. A mix of drama, documentary and experimental work, several of the films have already been selected for festival screenings including the prestigious upcoming BFI London Film Festival.

Covering all aspects of Film and Moving Image Production, the course benefits hugely from its location in Bristol, UNESCO CITY OF FILM, and enjoys relationships with companies including Bottleyard Film Studios, BBC N.H.U., Films@59, Aardman and Icon Films. Working closely with the Watershed and it’s programmer Mark Cosgrove, has enabled special student screenings and Q&A’s with internationally acclaimed directors like Paddy Considine (Journeyman), Andrey Zvyagintsev (Loveless) and Gurinder Chadha (Viceroy’s House) alongside regular Industry Guest Lectures on campus.

UWE_FILM SCREENING 2018

UWE_FILM SCREENING 2018

The screening will be followed by drinks in the bar and a chance to chat with the teaching team, recent graduates and current UWE_FILM students so come along to hear about our upcoming plans for increased world domination and check us out here: @UWE_ FILM, or find us on Facebook and Vimeo.

REGINA

NO HUYAS

PUSHING BUTTONS

Dir: NIRMALA VALINCIUTE UK LITHUANIA 2018 8 mins 32 secs A woman’s struggles watching her parents cope with the aftermath of the 1941 Lithuanian mass deportations to Siberia. Selected Wolves Independent International FF Lithuania, International Adana Film festival Turkey.

Dir: SANTI GARCIA UK SPAIN 2018 10 mins 17 secs No Huyas follows the day of Dianne and Pedro until their worlds drastically collide due to an unforseen connection.

Dir: SAM PILBEAM UK 2018 8 mins 18 secs A malfunction at the console of a nuclear warhead causes two stubborn pencil pushers to butt heads.

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GIRL

THE EEL

Dir: LOWRI ROBERTS UK 2018 5 mins 36 secs A young immigrant girl gets her period while on the move.

Selected for BFI London Film Festival.

Dir: KESTER URWIN UK 2018 Something unexpected lurks in the well.

SAMURAI BLOOD THE DOOR Dir: EVAN WOODALL UK 2018 5 mins 44 secs A short exploring and challenging the stereotypes door staff are faced with in their day-to-day work role.

Dir: ELIAS WILLIAMS UK 2018 8 mins 52 secs A short film about love, loss and a famous African samurai. Selected Palace Arts Film Festival, Poland

51 POLYFILA Dir: SCARLETT ANDERSON UK 2018 7 mins 11 secs A young girl falls in love with a plastic bag.

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Dir: LIZZIE MEAKER UK 2018 3 mins 8 secs Charts the mental deterioration of a young female in the aftermath of acqaintance rape. Selected Palace Arts Film Festival, Poland

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 17:00 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS Animationsinstitut, part of Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, encourages its students to develop an individual style and, by doing so, create innovative ideas. This screening features a selection of some of the outstanding student projects that depict the wide creative range of productions realized at Animationsinstitut – from 2D and 3D to VFX.

FUSE

ON YOUR WAY

WALL OF DEATH

Dir: Shadi Adib Germany 2018 6 mins 56 secs A mousetrap snaps shut. A group of men debate how to kill the animal in the little box – each trying to outdo the others’ increasingly sadistic fantasies.

Dir: Thomas Sali Germany 2017 6 mins 41 secs Life is like gravity because we all are attracted by death. That is what Adam realizes after he wakes up in free fall.

Dir: Helge Forler, Felix Zehender Germany 2017 2 mins 23 secs A meteorite flies to the earth and threatens to destroy an open air rock’n’roll party. Through the power of a “Wall Of Death” the festival visitors can save the party!

SWIM

CHILD Dir: Iring Freytag, Viktor Stickel, Linus Stetter Germany 2016 9 mins 12 secs A child has to leave its hut to collect wood for the fire that went out. The search for suitable wood becomes a life’s work.

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FILMAKADEMIE’S ANIMATIONSINSTITUT

FILMAKADEMIE’S ANIMATIONSINSTITUT

Dir: Maike Mahira Koller Germany 2018 3 mins 1 secs An old woman still wishes to learn how to swim. During her attempt to swim she unknowingly awakens the attention of the fish of the deep sea.

BEAR BÄR Dir: Pascal Flörks Germany 2014 7 mins 3 secs A grandchild recounts his grandfather’s difficult past and the burden of his own inheritance.

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A PRIORI

FIELDS OF RAPE

Dir: Maïté Schmitt Germany 2017 5 mins 40 secs To protect his books, Albert, the young librarian, must put his prejudice aside and make friends with a bat.

Dir: Anselm Pyta Germany 2016 10 mins 40 secs Far from here lies a giant field of rape.

DIGITAL ACTORALBERT EINSTEIN

Dir: Martin Lapp Germany 2016 2 mins 20 secs What if someone has to become something greater than just human to save their family?

Dir: Leszek Plichta Germany 2017 2 mins 22 secs The research lab at Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg brought Albert Einstein back to life.

BREAKINGPOINT

A BLINK OF AN EYE AUGENBLICKE WRAPPED Dir: Roman Kälin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann Germany 2014 4 mins 6 secs How can a tiny organism change everything we know and make a difference between growth and extinction?

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Dir: Kiana Naghshineh Germany 2017 3 mins 45 secs Three perceptions of only one truth - hers, his and ours.

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WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 18:30 - 20:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 2 HRS 0 MINS

WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

SHORTS2FEATURES:

FILMMAKER FOCUS: TOBY MACDONALD

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 18:30 - 20:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

Join Toby MacDonald to discuss his path from making short films, including Je t’aime John Wayne and Heavy Metal Drummer, to creating his first feature, Old Boys, which premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival earlier this year.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: 10X10

SHORTS2FEATURES: 10X10

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 21:00 - 23:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS Dir: Suzi Ewing USA 2018

Lewis (Luke Evans) is an outwardly ordinary guy, but in reality he is hiding an obsession revenge against Cathy (Kelly Reilly). Lewis kidnaps Cathy in broad daylight and takes her to his home, where he locks her in a soundproof cell and attempts to extract a dark secret from her past.

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SCIENTIFIC WONDERS WEDS-SUN 10:15 / 15:15 WE SING IN FIRE AND BLOOD WEDS-SUN 11:45 / 16:45 SISTERHOOD WEDS-SUN 12:45 / 17:45 THE 500 WEDS 14:15 / 19:15 / 20:15 THURS-SUN 14:15 / 19:15 WATERSIDE 1 1 HRS 0 MINS Bristol is at the forefront of creative virtual reality production, and Limina Immersive want to introduce you to some of the city’s immersive pioneers and the trailblazing experiences they have created.

According to the national Immersive Economy report, Bristol is one of the UK’s top cities for creative VR and the UK Tech Innovation Index ranked it as one of the UK’s most innovative cities. So, it makes sense that cutting-edge, creative VR work is emerging from the city and gaining international recognition.

Join us at Limina Immersive’s VR theatre and experience world-class work, born in Bristol, from Aardman, BDH, Anagram, the BBC, natural history VR specialists Biome and artist Hazel Grian.

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LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

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LIMINA’S VR THEATRE PRESENTS: BRISTOL – IMMERSIVE CITY

VR THEATRE 1: SCIENTIFIC WONDERS EXPERIENCES FROM BDH IMMERSIVE SECRETS OF THE BRAIN: ELECTRIC DREAMS (WORK IN PROGRESS) Dir: John Durrant, Steve Bell Dr Jade Thai, Dr Jon Brooks Production: BDH Immersive Research: University of Bristol UK 2 mins A rich visualisation of the brain’s complex neural networks derived from real MRI scan data. This work in progress is a collaboration between BDH Immersive and the Clinical Research and Imaging Centre at University of Bristol, part of the ongoing development of a feature length 360º presentation.

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VR THEATRE 1: SCIENTIFIC WONDERS EXPERIENCES FROM BDH IMMERSIVE WONDERFUL YOU VR Dir: Narrator: Samantha Morton Writer & director: John Durrant Producer: Dan Elston Composer: Timo Baker Developer: Jame Pollock Production: BDH Immersive UK 25 mins Bristol VR pioneers, BDH, invite you to meet your unborn self. Wonderful You takes you back to a time and a place all of us have visited, but none of us can remember. Academy Award nominee, Samantha Morton, narrates this interactive exploration of the development of our senses inside the womb; sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.

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VR THEATRE 3: SISTERHOOD IS ANNA OK? Dir: Aardman Animations and BBC Studios.Director: Camila Ruz Co-directors: Tom Burton, Ben Curtis, Dan Efergan Executive Producer: Jeremy Skeet UK 10 mins Embark on an emotional journey to piece together both sides of a true story, stepping into the shoes of twin sisters Anna and Lauren to discover how their lives were changed in an instant after an accident. Explore themes of memory, recovery and sisterhood in this groundbreaking collaboration between Aardman and the BBC.

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VR THEATRE 4: THE 500 (UK PREMIER) THE 500

Dir: BBC & Anagram UK

Dir: Biome Productions.

Directed and Produced by Rollo Wood, Sam Rowley, Anthony de Unger, Ted Savile UK

8 mins 30 secs Make Noise is a VR experience about the journey of the Suffragettes, created by the BBC’s VR Hub with Bristol-based creative collective Anagram. It lets viewers use the power of their voice to visualise smashing through the barriers faced by the suffragettes during the fight to win the vote for women. Experience the piece and be inspired to follow Emmeline Pankhurst’s advice and ‘make more noise’!

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11 mins 56 secs The 500 is the story of one man who is dedicated to saving one of the world’s most endangered species – the Ethiopian wolf.

The expeirence was created

by Bristol’s natural history VR innovators, Biome Productions, and this is its UK premiere. With less than 500 individuals, the Ethiopian wolf is on the brink of extinction, and for Alo Hussein, these wolves are family. Meet Alo, the wolves and the beautiful Ethiopian landscape in this remarkable 360 film.

VR THEATRE 2: WE SING IN FIRE AND BLOOD WE SING IN FIRE AND BLOOD Dir: A piece by Hazel Grian.

Production credits: Duncan Speakman, Sarah Anderson and All Seeing Eye UK 12 mins 30 secs A virtual reality opera celebrating how a community comes to terms with extreme violence. One night several years ago, alone at her home in Bristol, WriterDirector Hazel Grian was brutally attacked by an intruder and left for dead as her house burned.

Here, in this deeply significant and emotionally-stirring VR experience, she shares the city-wide reaction to her attack.

This work in progress is the first chapter of a series of VR pieces.

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BLUESCREEN PRESENTS: 17 YEARS OF OPEN ACCESS FILM SCREENINGS

BLUESCREEN PRESENTS: 17 YEARS OF OPEN ACCESS FILM SCREENINGS

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 16:30 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

Bluescreen has hosted a Short Film programme at the Cube Cinema, Bristol for the last 17 years. An Open Film Night, where Filmmakers can just turn up and screen their films on the big Screen, no films are watched before screening. This all makes for an eclectic programme of films, which is the essence of Bluescreen.

Come and check out what makes Bluescreen tick, starting with ‘Bluescreen: the documentary’, then sit in awe at the many forms and genres that short films can take.

Hosted by the Bluescreen team, Steve, Tess and Ben; they will be screening a taste of Bluescreen’s past, present and future... Enjoy the ride! and come along to Bluescreen at the Cube Cinema a few days before on September 26th.

BLUESCREEN: THE DOCUMENTARY Dir: Dominic Wade UK 2016 15 mins 43 secs A documentary about Bristol’s longest running Short Film Night at The Cube Cinema

Dir: James Pendlington UK 2004 1 mins The search for a runaway Spleen

GENTLEMEN

Dir: Tim Travers Hawkins UK 2016 8 mins 40 secs A talk to teenagers about the merits of the UK’s efficient and humane asylum system, indirectly reveals this is not the case

Dir: Graeme Maguire UK 2014 2 mins 35 secs Toilet Humour

ORDERED NUMBERS

ME AND REG Dir: Lee Matthews UK 2012 8 mins 14 secs A Burglars Tale

1000 VOICES

COLLIDE-O-SCOPE

Dir: David Hopkinson UK 2015 3 mins 11 secs From Knowle West TV projec

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WHERES MY SPLEEN

Dir: Naren Wilks UK 2010 3 mins 8 secs Box Jumping Man

THE CUBE Dir: Danae & Sigi UK 2011 4 mins 44 secs A Film about The Cube Cinema

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EL GRIFFINI: PORTRAIT OF THE GENIUS Dir: Kristen Griffin UK 2010 2 mins 38 secs The French genius

DEWIS’ HAT TRICK Dir: Matthew Walters UK 2016 5 mins 35 secs A man with an Asbo

ASBO SHEPHERD Dir: Woody Morris UK 2003 1 mins 12 secs A Man and his Hat

SCARS & BARS - RUCKUS COLLECTIVE Dir: Mark Ashford UK 2017 4 mins 30 secs Bristol Hip Hop Video

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Dir: Beatriz Pinto & Dotty Kultys UK 2017 1 mins 30 secs 2 Ships, I Boat

MR SMOKEY Dir: Miro Caminade UK 2017 10 mins 12 secs A Tale of a Man and a Smoke Alarm

OFF TRACK Dir: Victoria Bromley UK 2017 1 mins 30 secs Station Platform drama

LAND OF DREAMS - THE TRANSPERSONALS Dir: Piski Films UK 2013 6 mins 34 secs Psychedelic Pop Video

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SHORTS2FEATURES: SUPER NOVEMBER

FILMMAKER FOCUS: DIONNE EDWARDS

14:30 - 16:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £16 1HR 30MINS

During this focus we’ll explore how the partnership between Dionne and Georgia was forged, what fun and games they encountered on their way and what they have learnt.

FILMMAKER FOCUS: MATTHEW HOLNESS

18:30 - 20:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 2 HRDS

Matthew Holness star and director of Garth Merenghi’s Dark Place discusses his first feature film Possum in this Filmmaker Focus

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CARTOON BOX MARATHON

CARTOON BOX MARATHON

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 09:00 - 00:00 FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 09:00 - 00:00 SATURDAY 09:00 - 00:00 ARNOLFINI DS ALIEN INVASION

THE MAGIC LAMP

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 29 secs

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THE TRAFFIC LIGHT

HALLOWEEN PREPARATIONS

HOW TO PAINT A PORTRAIT

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 29 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 32 secs

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THE ADVENTURES OF COWBOY BENNY

EDDY THE EXECUTIONER

CRYING CHILD

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 44 secs

HOW TO HAVE A ROMANTIC DATE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 27 secs

COWBOY BENNY AND HIS BOOMERANG

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 7 secs

SAW Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 3 secs

HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 41 secs

THE SAFE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 38 secs

FIRE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 31 secs

HOW TO MAKE BUBBLES Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 29 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 28 secs

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WHACK-A-MOLE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 44 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 35 secs

FRANK THE FAT HORSE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 26 secs

ROMANTIC CHRISTMAS DATE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 29 secs

SUPERMAN SAVE ME Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2016 0 mins 34 secs

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 4 secs

LEARN TO RIDE A BIKE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 22 secs

THE FROG PRINCESS Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 36 secs

THE WALLET PRANK

THE FLY

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 36 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 45 secs

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

COWBOY BENNY AND HIS BOOMERANG 2

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 37 secs

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HOW TO DELIVER A BABY Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 3 secs

WHICH DOOR WOULD YOU PICK

CARTOON BOX MARATHON

JAMES BOND CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 36 secs

PIRATES ARE COMING Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 31 secs

MEDIOCRE COOKING SKILLS Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 54 secs

THE BEST INVENTION IN HISTORY Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 41 secs

CHEF’S SPECIAL Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 43 secs

BATMAN Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 37 secs

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RANDY THE HUNGRY TRASH CAN

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE LUCKY

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 1 mins 5 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 43 secs

THE DEER HUNTER

DATE NIGHT IN PARIS

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 43 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 41 secs

MEDIEVAL GAMES

A BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE 2

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 41 secs

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THE REAL RAPUNZEL

I FELL IN LOVE WITH A FAIRY

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 44 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 48 secs

A BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE

HOW TO SHOW YOUR LOVE

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 23 secs

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THE GOOD WITCH Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 33 secs

BIRTHDAY CAKE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 17 secs

SHOOTING GALLERY Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 36 secs

WILLIAM TELL Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 33 secs

HOW TO MAKE A FIRE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 46 secs

GAME OF THRONES Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 37 secs

TRICKS TO SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 41 secs

HAVING SEX ON THE FIRST DATE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 51 secs

ELWIN AND THE FOUR ELEMENTS Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 4 secs

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TRYING TO IMPRESS A GIRL Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 49 secs

THE WEDDING

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 1 mins 14 secs

STUCK ON A DESERTED ISLAND

A NICE DINNER Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 45 secs

A DIFFICULT CHOICE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 36 secs

THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 46 secs

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Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 41 secs

CLEANING THE MUSEUM

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 25 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 0 mins 39 secs

PARACHUTE JUMPING

HAPPYNEW YEAR Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2017 1 mins 1 secs

WELCOME HOME Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 48 secs

SURPRISE PARTY AT THE OFFICE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 5 secs

HOW TO SOLVE ERECTION PROBLEMS Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 51 secs

BEST WAY TO DELIVER A BABY Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 46 secs

DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS

CARTOON BOX MARATHON

STAR WARS

HALLOWEEN

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 2 secs

SPIDERMAN Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 4 secs

ANOTHER DESERTED ISLAND Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 45 secs

THE KNIFE THROWING ACT Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 3 secs

BOWLING Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 45 secs

LONELY WITCH Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 6 secs

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PEEKING AT NUDE BEACH

CHEATING AT THE CASINO

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 4 secs

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 4 secs

BOUNTY HUNTING WITH COWBOY BENNY

THE INVENTION OF FIRE

Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 6 secs

THE METEOR Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 5 secs

INDIANA JONES Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 52 secs

LYING ON YOUR DEATH BED Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 53 secs

BUILDING A BRIDGE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 5 secs

THE MAGICIAN Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 58 secs

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Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 56 secs

BURNING THE WITCH Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 41 secs

SNOW WHITE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 59 secs

WOMAN ON A WIRE Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 52 secs

SUPPER Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 7 secs

THE LOVE POTION Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 6 secs

THE CREMATION Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins

THE EXECUTION Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 41 secs

THE HANGING OF COWBOY BENNY Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 55 secs

DATE NIGHT IN PARIS Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 1 mins 13 secs

THE BURNING APARTMENT Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 47 secs

DATING A MAGICIAN Dir: Joost Lieuwma Netherlands 2018 0 mins 5 secs

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COMPASS PRESENTS ARCADIA

COMPASS PRESENTS ARCADIA

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 20:00 - 22:30 BOILING WELLS 2 HRS 30 MINS

In a hidden corner of Bristol is an ancient piece of land. Amidst ley lines and hidden wells, deep underground, old secrets are buried…

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).

Before the screening, explore the wild gardens of Boiling Wells, and discover the secrets hidden within. Then take your seat under the stars in the outdoor amphitheatre, ready to travel through the seasons in this beautiful, brutal, magic and mad portrait of rural Britain.

Brought to you by Compass Presents as part of Encounters Film Festival, in collaboration with Common Ground and Watershed.

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 11:00 - 12:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

Newly restored three masterful short films (The wedding (1964), Umbrella (1967) and Musicians (1969)) of renowned Georgian film director Mikheil Kobakhidze, will present for the first time for a British audience. The films related to the golden age of Georgian cinema, known for its great creativity and irony. In contrast to 1960s, the final film of the program No, Pal! (1993) by Gio Mgeladze, represents a challenging decade of the Georgian cinema and innovative aesthetics of the 1990s.

QORTSILI (THE WEDDING)

MUSIKOSEBI (MUSICIANS)

Dir: Mikheil Kobakhidze Georgia 1964 21 mins Young man meets a girl on the bus, falls in love and starts following her around, but soon he find out that she has is already engaged

Dir: Mikheil Kobakhidze Georgia 1969 14 mins Misha observes the area with binocular. In the infinite white, he notice Gia, as lonely as himself.

ARA, MEGOBARO! (NO, FRIEND!)

QOLGA (UMBRELLA) Dir: Mikheil Kobakhidze Georgia 1967 21 mins A railway controller and his sweetheart live in peace next to the railway tracks. Out of nowhere, an umbrella flies into their life.

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GEORGIAN PAST MASTERS

GEORGIAN PAST MASTERS

Dir: Gio Mgeladze Georgia 1993 30 mins One day in the life of 29 year old Levan, whos is preparing to go travelling around the world.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: ALAVERDOBA

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 17:00 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 0 MINS

Dir: Giorgi Shengelaia Georgia 1962 Semi-documentary short film of the renowned Georgian film director, Giorgi Shengelaia. The film story follows the Alaverdoba festival in east Georgia. Protagonist Guram goes there in order to see firsthand the ancient Georgian religious feast Alaverdoba.

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GHANA ANIMATION

GHANA ANIMATION

A selection of animated shorts from all over the African continent, an overview of the increasing variety of African animation in the past few years.

TIBEB GIRLS

MASSA AWWO

Dir: Brukty Ethiopia 2016

Dir: Duncan Senkumba Uganda 2016 2 mins 43 secs Masso Awoo takes the viewer on a journey through the beauty and chaos of Kampala city taxi park.

Three young girls use their superpowers to fight against injustice and the many harmful practices Ethiopian girls routinely face. While looking into the past and future, Tibeb Girls draws the audience into the typical lives of Ethiopian girls, building empathy for their hardship and a vision of a brighter future.

KUZI DIARIES – EP 2 TO PEE OR NOT TO PEE Dir: Tavonga Shumbanhete Zimbabwe 2018 1 mins 12 secs Ever had the unstoppable strong urge to pee too early in the morning. Well Kuzi had one but it goes a bit differently.

CHICKEN CORE

SHANGO Dir: Michael Rhima Nigeria 2017 1 mins 39 secs The film’s narrative is centered on the god Sango, a West African deity of thunder and fire as he dispenses wrath on his people’s adversaries.

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Dir: Oricha Aliyu Nigeria 2012 6 mins The Rise of Kings narrates the story of how the chickens were manipulated by an ancient menace, and then sought to liberate themselves in a final battle for freedom.

AGORKOLI Dir: Francis Y. Brown Ghana 2015 11 mins 18 secs Agorkoli narrates the migration saga of the Ewe people of Ghana, located in the south - western part of the country.

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GARBAGE BOY AND TRASH CAN

A KALABANDA ATE MY HOMEWORK

Dir: Ridwan Olanrewaju Nigeria 2018

Dir: Raymond Malinga Uganda 2017 6 mins 24 secs A Kalabanda is a mythical creature that is said to haunt schools in Uganda. Tendo shows up to class one day without his homework, claiming that a “Kalabanda” ate it. The story brings a Ugandan twist to the popular excuse “a dog ate my homework”

The animation follows the adventure of a kid called “Tobi” aka. “Garbage Boy”’, who thinks he has real superpowers, and his sidekick “Trashcan”, who always risks his life to get Tobi out of trouble.

MTINDO Dir: N‘gendo Mukii Kenya 2017 2 mins 51 secs Mtindo is a celebration of the vibrancy of movement, the ebb and flow of modern African grace, a cohesion with the beauty of pattern making.

CHASKELE LITTLE MONSTERS Dir: Poka Ghana 2016 4 mins 23 secs Animated music video for Little Monsters performed by Jayso ft.

Sarkodie.

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DEAR BLACK MAN Dir: Emanuel Dankyi Ghana 2018 2 mins Dear Black Man is a short poem in the form of a letter addressed to “every black man” that evaluates insecurities within the Black diaspora by shedding light on the effects of post traumatic slave syndrome on the black man.

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Dir: Bertil Svaeniker Ghana 2012 5 mins 9 secs Sai is the best at the game of Chaskele until one day his good friend Nii introduces him to Sam, a young rich kid from out of town with amazing reflexes.

Nii convinces Sam to challenge Sai at the game of Chaskele. Wit verses Experience, who comes out on top?

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GHANA ANIMATION

PLAYTHING

ACCIDENTALLY

AZUMAH

Dir: Eri Umusu and Nurdin Momodu Nigeria 2017 3 mins 48 secs Ayodeji’s boring afternoon takes a thrilling turn when he discovers his toys can do much more than just lie around in a pile. Or can they.

Dir: Dir. James Maravetz; Animation: Natasha Nayo USA 2016 1 mins 26 secs The short animation is a mild, dark humor singalong about Raffi the main character, walking from scene to scene, and carelessly handing out guns to kids to use as toys.

Dir: Indigene Bros Ghana 2018 2 mins 50 secs Azumah,the Ghanaian hero is a short animation about Azumah Nelson’s first international fight with Salvador Sanchez. His resilience and bravery during the fight under very trying circumstances is juxtaposed with the Ghanaian story as a people.

FLOWER Dir: Selorm Dogoe Ghana 2017 3 mins 48 secs When a man finds a dying flower in his backyard garden, he will do anything to keep it alive.

RED Dir: Comfort Arthur Ghana 2018 3 mins 48 secs Red is a semi-autobiographical dark comedy film about the filmmakers childhood memories of her father before he left.

DAWN OF THUNDER Dir: Komotion Studios Nigeria 2017 3 mins 59 secs Sango is a popular god of thunder from Oyo State in Nigeria. The story explores his childhood, from where it all started, the questions he asked, the answers he was given, the visions about his future encounters and ultimately how these experiences will shape his future.

MPATSAKARANO (PORTEUSE D’EAU) Dir: Sitraka Randimahaly Madagaskar 2013 2 mins 46 secs The pure and clear reflection of the beauty suddenly troubled by charmer’s shadow.

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I JUST DEY OBSERVE

I JUST DEY OBSERVE

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 13:00 - 14:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS BEYOND NOLLYWOOD is a term coined by the curator Nadia Denton to describe new wave cinema coming out of Nigeria and its diaspora. It refers to indie, animation, experimental, documentary short films and music videos. Work that subverts the traditional Nollywood both in content and style.

The I JUST DEY OBSERVE programme includes 10 short films which give a snapshot of the dynamic young film voices emerging from Nigeria. From horror inspired animations to sensitive art house narratives and a jarring psychological thriller we are offered a preview of the future of the Nigerian film industry beyond Nollywood.

BROOD Dir: Michael Omonua Nigeria 2017 5 mins A guy does not know how to break up with his girlfriend and keeps replaying the conversation in his head.

BORN Dir: Michael Omonua Nigeria 2016 8 mins A young woman feels she has no choice but to terminate her pregnancy.

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FREAK THE FXXK OUT Dir: Kanso Ogbolu Nigeria 2017 7 mins Creepy figures in human shapes do strange things.

GOT FLOWERS TODAY Dir: Jibril Mailafia Nigeria 2017 4 mins ‘Even though he beat me, I got flowers today’. A touching animation based on a poem by Paulette Kelly.

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GROUF POTO Dir: Jibril Mailafia Nigeria 2017 10 mins It seems that everyone wants to benefit from the cost of the school photo.

LAS GIDI VICE Dir: Udoka Oyeka Nigeria 2017 17 mins TJ meets a sexy vixen at a party and is immediately fascinated by her allure and mystery.

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A LITTLE MISCHIEF

NYLON

Dir: Art Anekwe Nigeria 2017 7 mins On what would have been his graduation day, Obinze’s ghost revisits the place where his life was cut short.

Dir: Wana Udobang Nigeria 2017 8 mins A matriarch recounts the tragic loss of her daughter.

HEX DEAR FATHER Dir: Wana Udobang Nigeria 2017 3 mins A young woman addresses her absent father.

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Dir: Clarence Peters Nigeria 2015 25 mins A group of young people accidentally knock down a mysterious figure on the motorway. Can they escape the hex that now hangs over their destiny?

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TALES OF AFRICA

TALES OF AFRICA

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 15:00 - 16:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS An artistic work dedicated to both the wisdom and cultural heritage of African peoples.

A feature film about the tales of Central Africa and West from the collection of animated films entitled Tales of Africa. Each episode is directed by a young artist from the country to which the story belongs. Rich in colors, forms and sounds, the grandeur of Africa is revealed by a ‘Griot’ named Papa Nzenu whose oral tales are drawn from his experience during his visits to each regions of Africa.

Artistic Director: Beskri Film Directors: Djilali Beskri, Jérémie Nsingi, Wakili Adehane, Louisa Beskri, Nabaloum Boureima, Narcisse Youmbi, Ismael Diallo and Abib Cissé

TALE - N°5 - THE GIFT

TALE - N°1 SHAMZULU Congo 2017

Mali 2017

TALE - N°2 - THE HUNTER AND THE ANTILOPE

TALE - N°6 - THE WRESTLER

Cameroon 2017

Senegal 2017

TALE - N°3 - THE THREE TRUTHS Benin 2017

TALE - N°4 MALIKA AND THE WITCH Burkina Faso 2017

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 12:30 - 14:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

DIFFERENT VOICES

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 form our most recent project. After each there will be the opportunity for an open and relaxed discussion with both film makers and audience.

Different Voices is a biggerhouse film production for 104 films supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, with BFI’s Film Forever National Lottery funds in association with the Arnolfini Bristol.

There will also be the chance to see the latest trailer/teaser from Dawn of the Dark Fox. Executive Producer: Alex Usborne Co Producers: Stephen Clarke & Tom Stubbs

OUTSIDER Dir: Tom Mccarthaigh UK 2017 2 mins 11 secs Using traditional inking skills, Tom’s animation follows an alien outsider as he travels to earth to try to make a connection.

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I HATE YOU JARGON Dir: Beth Richards UK 2017 2 mins 26 secs Beth Richards’ passionate rant against use of jargon as a corporate meeting get’s out of control.

ON-OFF Dir: Clair Beckett UK 2017 1 mins 47 secs Dancer and choreographer Claire Beckett explores the internal experience of Tourette’s Syndrome through choreographic workshops and explorations with dancers from Far Flung Dance Theatre.

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THE HARMONY CUBS

INTROVERSE

Dir: Saul Webbe UK 2017 3 mins 5 secs Saul takes us through his incredible world of animation and introduces us to The Harmony Cubs who live in a beautiful world without humans …

OH ANDREW Dir: Jeff Johns UK 2017 3 mins 36 secs Jeff’s song especially composed for his uncle Andrew who was born in the mid 1950s when attitudes to disability were very different …

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Dir: Jessie Currie UK 2017 4 mins 13 secs “Sometimes the peopled world at large can be a harsh place.

And other people’s normal, the opposite of safe. It means declining parties because the noise invades your ears and you can’t guarantee that moment of connection”

FAMILY Dir: Rosa Truelove UK 2017 5 mins 7 secs When Batpig hears that his son Goggs is coming home, he begins to explore the concept of family, making tea, lactation and superpowers.

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THE DEATH OF THE INTERNET Dir: Benedict Robinson UK 2017 4 mins 10 secs My film is about a website that undertakes completely unnecessary forms of censorship and the frustration of dealing with people who’s minds are too controlled by the media.

THE DAWN OF THE DARK FOX Dir: Michael Smith and Tom Stubbs UK 2017 5 mins

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 14:30 - 16:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

GEORGIAN NEW TALENT

GEORGIAN NEW TALENT

In recent years, starting from the Cannes Film Festival to the different film festivals platforms worldwide, new talents of the Georgian cinema had successfully been presented, winning different important prizes and awards. In order to showcase the new emerging talents from Georgia, the festival will present 7 selected short films from 2011 to 2017 years.

WAITING FOR MUM Dir: Nana EKVTIMISHVILI Georgia 2011 8 mins A young man forgets his car keys inside the apartment he shares with his mother. Down on the street he starts yelling for his Mum....

INVISIBLE SPACES

LETHE

Dir: Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI Georgia 2014 10 mins In this Palme d’Or nominated minimalist drama, a seemingly calm family morning falls apart revealing hidden tensions.

Dir: Dea KULUMBEGASHVILI Georgia 2016 15 mins By the river of oblivion, a lonely horsemen passes through a village where children play with hidden desires and adults are indulged in a celebration and violence.

MAMA (FATHER) DINOLA Dir: Marian KHATCHVANI Georgia 2013 15 mins In the harsh mountainous countryside of Svaneti happiness is brief and the love of Dina’s life dies, she must marry the first man who offers his hand.

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Dir: Data PHIRTSKALAVA Georgia 2015 25 mins Lado is nineteen when his father comes back home unexpectedly after a very long absence. The young man tries desperately to get some answers from his parent

CHASING THE WIND Dir: Zura Demetreshvili Georgia 2016 16 mins

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8 MINUTES Dir: Giorgi GOGICHAISHVILI Georgia 2017 13 mins It takes eight minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth, consequently it would take eight minutes for darkness to reach the Earth should the sun stop shining.

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 16:30 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

FILMS FROM THE ARCTIC

FILMS FROM THE ARCTIC

A selection of short films from the arctic north in Norway. The Northern part of Norway is in the arctic zone. People live under hard conditions. Its winter alsmost eight months a year, with the sun totally gone for three of them. These conditions make great films and art! Come and discover the dark and sparkeling shorts from the far north.

MOBILE

THE ROPE

Dir: Truls Krane Meby Norway 2018 10 mins Walid (17) has fled from Syria to the Arctic Circle. His family is stuck in the Balkans, on the border of the EU. Walid has to help them cross it, over the phone.

Dir: Liran Kapel Norway 2017 4 mins When two people want to synchronize their lives, but feel the need to remain unique and individual, they sometimes feel like walking on a tightrope.

AQUARIUM

THE DOG Dir: Aleksander Nordaas Norway 2017 10 mins After a prepubescent cyclist informs a man that his neighbor has killed his dog, he impulsively resolves to get all “John Wick” on him.

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Dir: Yvonne Thomassen Norway 2018 10 mins The young boy Amir must seek shelter in a house, which leads to an unexpected meeting between past and present.

A STRANGER COMES HOME Dir: Fredrik Mortensen Norway 2018 11 mins It’s the night before Christmas and a little boy discovers a burglar in his home. A story about family values.

O.M.G (OH MÁIGON GIRL) Dir: Marja Bål Nango Norway 2015 20 mins The midnight sun is shining; two teenage girls are bored of their small little village. They want some adventure, so they decide to hitch hike somewhere else..

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DAUGHTER OF THE SUN Dir: Sara M. Oskal Norway 2018 11 mins Ă nne attends a writing course.

Fellow writers show prejudice against her being a Sami. In a writing assignment she shares a memory that affects deeply.

BOG HOLE Dir: Torfinn Iversen Norway 2018 10 mins Two young girls have to put their difficulties on hold when one of them get stuck in a bog hole.

ASK NO QUESTIONS Dir: Hanna Suni, Iver Jensen Norway 2017 6 mins Two children experience someting that no one ever should have experienced, whose stories are never heard.

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THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB

BOLEXBROTHERS ‘THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB’ - A SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 18:30 - 20:30 SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 12:00-13:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 2 HRS Dir: Dave Borthwick UK (Bristol) 1993 During the 1990’s in Bristol there was a collective of radical creatives involved in film and animation. Established by DaveAlex Riddett and Dave Borthwick in the late 1980’s and called bolexbrothers (named after the well known 16mm Bolex camera) the company made a number of short films, commercials and two feature length films; ‘ The Magic Roundabout’ (2005) and the dark dystopian ‘ The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb’ (1993). The collective of individuals at bolexbrothers included some of Britain’s most successful creative talent who helped define a golden decade of British animation. ‘ Tom Thumb’ directed and written by Dave Borthwick combines the technique of pixilation (using humans as stop-frame puppets) and stop-frame animation. It went on to win a number of top festival awards and is considered to be a cult classic and one of the most distinctive animation films in British film history.

This screening includes a rare look at a few other bolexbrothers shorts plus a special introduction from DaveAlex Riddett and Mike Gifford.

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shorts. features. VR. ASFF is a platform for filmmakers across the world to showcase their work and connect with leading industry figures.

// york, uk 7-11 november www.asff.co.uk

screenings. industry sessions. panels. networking. pitching.

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PUNJABTRONIX

PUNJABTRONIX

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 20:30 - 22:30 ARNOLFINI A 2 HRS 0 MINS Brought to you by Asian Arts Agency as part of Encounters Film Festival.

Cutting edge live electronica meets Punjabi folk – technology meets tradition: an exciting fusion receiving global acclaim.

Mercury nominated DJ Swami’s live electronic drum machines, synthesizer arpeggios and basslines are layered with the powerful distinct rhythms and melodies of the Punjab, synchronised with John Minton’s visual projections of original digital animations and cinematic Punjabi imagery.

The performance will also feature special guest artist Sunil Kalyan, a master percussionist who has won Best Musician at the UK Asian Music Awards many times, and has worked with all the biggest names in Punjabi music, including Alaap and The Dhol Foundation.

PunjabTronix DJVJ set has performed at SXSW Music Festival, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and a private Guardian Live event in London. PunjabTronix has toured the UK and USA in 2017-18, with acclaimed shows at prestigious venues and festivals, including SXSW Music Festival, Kennedy Center Washington DC, Flushing Town Hall New York, The Sinclair Boston, Rich Mix London, Mac Birmingham, Arnolfini Bristol, Cambridge Junction and Norwich Arts Centre.

DJ Swami - Since producing and co-writing the journey of Swami (So Who Am I?) DJ Swami has always explored the hybrid of diaspora identity, finding synergy and pushing the boundaries of British and Indian contemporary music to create exciting new musical milestones.

John Minton – Bristol-based filmmaker, John Minton, is known for his experimental, lo-fi and hallucinatory style. John’s distincitve flair has lent itself to the music videos and live visuals for Noel Gallagher, Portishead and Savages amongst others.

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GEORGIAN FILM SCHOOLS

GEORGIAN FILM SCHOOLS

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 13:00 - 14:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

Farewell to Arms! – is a collection of anti-militarist short films dedicated to a war theme.

The film consists 5 short films by young Georgian film directors; The April Chill (Tornike Bziava), The Trench (Amiran Dolidze), Unknown Soldier (Giga Liklikadze), The Highway (Sandro Japaridze) September (Vako Kirkitadze). The project was organised by the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University.

THE APRIL CHILL

THE TRENCH

THE HIGHWAY

Dir: Tornike BZIAVA Georgia 2010 15 mins When the Soviet troops violently rout the harmless protestors, 22 innocent lives are snuffed out. In the wake of this shocking violence, one Soviet militiaman meets a male Georgian dancer.

Dir: Amiran DOLIDZE Georgia 2010 14 mins The soldiers start arguing on the reasons of the war. Then they come to terms and begin recollecting personal stories.

Dir: Sandro JAPARIDZE Georgia 2010 8 mins A young couple discusses an uncertain future. The girl reveals that she is pregnant, both shocking and overjoying the pair.

SEQTEMBERI UNKNOWN SOLDIER Dir: Giga LIKLIKADZE Georgia 2010 10 mins Two boys meet in the forest to drink beers and take pot-shots at empty bottles. Their fun is interrupted by a former soldier who explains the evils of guns and of war.

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Dir: Vako KIRKITADZE Georgia 2010 10 mins As a company of soldiers pillage an empty town, three of their number approach a rickety old house where the bump into a small child who, by chance, got stuck in there.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: DEDE

SHORTS2FEATURES: DEDE

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 15:00 - 16:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

A screening of a contemporary feature film DEDE (2017) by Georgian female film director, Mariam Kactchvani, who has progressed from the ranks of short film director, DINOLA (2013) to established feature film director, DEDE (2017).

Dir: Mariam KHACHVANI Georgia 2017 It’s 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition.

Dina’s grandfather has promised her to David, who is returning from the war. But with him comes a comrade-inarms, the handsome Gegi, and Dina falls in love. Is it possible to defy the firmly established order?

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DE SETA

DE SETA

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 17:00 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 0 MINS “It was as if De Seta were an anthropologist who spoke with the voice of a poet. Where did this voice come from...?” Martin ScorseseArchive screening of 6 short films by Italian documentary short film maker De Seta.

LU TEMPU DE LI PISCI SPATA Italy 1954

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PASQUA IN SICILIA Italy 1955

ISOLE DI FUOCO

CONTADINI DEL MARE

Italy 1954

Italy 1955

SURFARARA

PARABOLA D’ORO

Italy 1955

Italy 1955

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GEORGIAN ANIMATION

GEORGIAN ANIMATION

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 10:30 - 12:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

Georgia has a rich tradition of producing short animation. The best part of creative intellectuals, writers, directors, actors, composers, well-known artists, worked in this field and created real masterpieces. Palme’d’or winner animation film Chiri (Plague) (1983), is a great example of this traditions. Recently, the contemporary Georgian animation has returned to the prestigious international film festivals, with high quality production. The Encounters film festival will present 7 Georgian short animation films.

CHIRI (PLAGUE)

THE POCKET MAN

LI.LE

Dir: Davit TAKAISHVILI Georgia 1983 10 mins This is the film about one colour that assumes power and annihilates all other colours.

Finally it perishes in its one colour world.

Dir: Ana CHUBINIDZE Georgia 2016 8 mins A little man lives in an old suitcase. One day he finds a new friend - an old blind man.

Dir: Natin NIKOLAISHVILI Georgia 2017 10 mins Magic forest is dying without light, Lile is looking for her missing reflection which guides her into the huge lighthouse.

GENO

KITE Dir: Vladimer SULAKVELIDZ Georgia 2016 15 mins An elderly lady recalls her past life. Her childhood, her father’s departure to battlefield, totalitarian regime, her first love and disappointment.

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Dir: Dato KIKNAVELIDZE Georgia 2017 13 mins There is a big construction process around the puddle where different creatures live in. The water gradually dries out and the inhabitants of the little lake have to move

GRANNY Dir: Sandro KATAMASHVILI Georgia 2013 11 mins The filmmaker’s animated ode to his grandmother is a nostalgic snapshot of a warm night in a Georgian town.

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FISHERMAN AND A LITTLE GIRL Dir: Mamuka TKESHELASHVILI Georgia 2018 15 mins Every day, fisherman comes home from fishing and tells amazing stories to his little daughter, which becomes into unbelievable heroic tales into her imagination.

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OSKA BRIGHT

OSKA BRIGHT

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 12:30 - 14:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS “Hey Matthew, I hear you’re a gay filmmaker?”

“Yes Matthew, I am. And you’re a queerfemme filmmaker – maybe we should have a chat sometime?”

Join LGBTQ learning disabled filmmakers Matthew Hellett (Brighton) and Matthew Kennedy (Glasgow) as they screen their films and share their experiences of how identity shapes their work. Also featuring a selection of films from other queer, learning disabled artists.

JOHN AND MICHAEL

LIFE ON TWO SPECTRUMS

Dir: Shira Anvi Canada 2004 10 mins This animated short pays tribute to two men with Down syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker.

Dir: Elizabeth-Valentina Sutton UK 2017 6 mins Follow Tia Anna, a drag queen with aspergers, who founded ASPECS to address the needs of the eurodiverse LGBTQI+ community

ENID AND VALERIE Dir: Matthew Kennedy UK 2018 2 mins 7 secs Enid & Valerie is a short film about a lone spinster named Valerie.

Here we venture in to her dreams, where she meets Enid (a witch).

Could this be the start of an unlikely friendship?

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SPARKLE Dir: Matthew Hellett UK 2006 4 mins “Sparkle” charts Matthew’s transformation into glamorous alternative persona, the drag queen Mrs. Sparkle. It won short Best Documentary at the ‘Picture This Film Festival’ in Canada.

PILI AND ME Dir: Ignacio Garcia Sanchez Spain 2016 8 mins A documentary film about self, identity and the roles we are given. Pili has Down’s syndrome, Pili’s inability to communicate her wants inspires her nephew to reflect on the importance of listening.

WHAT IS FEMME ANYWAY? Dir: Matthew Kennedy UK 2013 3 mins 5 secs A short film in which the filmmaker questions the possibilities of what femme identity could mean to them

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SECRET BIRTH OF A MUSE: DIVAS Dir: Helene Kocken, Efrem Stein, Alex Jan Naber and studio De Witte Olifant.

Netherlands 2013 1 mins 9 secs Alex and Efrem take the roles of Divas. They are kicking and teasing each other, because that’s what divas do.

GIRL Dir: Helene Kocken, Efrem Stein, Alex Jan Naber and studio De Witte Olifant.

Netherlands 2013 1 mins 4 secs Alex takes the role of a helpless sweet girl, waiting for something.

Maybe love or just attention?

VERSIONS MRS SPARKLE Dir: Matthew Hellet UK 2009 4 mins 18 secs Matthew is walking to the shops at night feeling unhappy, he passes a doorway and is beckoned inside by a hand.

Dir: Matthew Kennedy UK 2015 1 mins 40 secs A film about ‘individual identities’ and ‘family ties’ ‘Versions’ is made through the technique of stop-motion and collage in which the filmmaker uses various silhouettes.

JUST ME Dir: Matthew Kennedy UK 2013 2 mins 54 secs A short filmbiography on the director in which he explores gender identity, disability and other themes through his own narrative.

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FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 16:30 - 18:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 10 MINS #Soundtracks : Where documentary meets music video. Doc Heads presents #Soundtracks a collection of 8 short documentary-cum- music video from BAFTA & EMMY winning film makers. In each film a songs acts as a score to the documentary and in return the documentary acts as visuals for the song. Sheffield Doc Fest said of the project ‘Songs and image intertwine beautifully here in this collection of short documentaries curated & soundtracked by songwriter and BAFTA winning filmmaker Tristan C Anderson’ After the screening you will be able to hear from the directors & curator of the project, as they discuss the process of this one of a kind music video documentary album. The screening is presented by Doc Heads, the UK’s leading documentary screening, networking and membership organisation.

LOVE & HATE OR BELIEVE Dir: Matt Kay UK JAPAN 2018 7 mins 35 secs Female sumo wrestler Hiyori fights against tradition to win her place in the ring.

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CONVERSATIONS

UNTITLED FUTURE

Dir: George MacCallum UK 2018 3 mins 15 secs As the population gets older, many will suffer from loneliness and isolation. Two young Somalian girls reach out to the community, knocking on doors and to encourage older people to venture out of their homes.

Dir: Christopher Michael Tew UK 2018 3 mins 50 secs An immersive and visceral look behind the doors of an old the time boozer The White Horse pub and its singing cliental

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DOC HEADS PRESENT: #SOUNDTRACKS

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SEE THE WORLD

THE CORONER

Dir: Chris Purcell UK 2018 6 mins 20 secs See the World charts the enchanting artistic beginnings of innovative music video maker Willy Smax and delights in his moments of creative discovery.

Dir: Duncan Cowles UK 2018 4 mins 10 secs A box of found footage from a house clearance takes us on a journey into the 1970s with a group of women travelling around North America.

CHANCE

MINERALS

Dir: Andrew Hinton UK USA 2018 3 mins 17 secs A short portrait of Glenda Goldwater, a politically minded Francophile who has come to tattoos late in life.

Dir: Paul Reson UK 2018 4 mins 40 secs The urban philosophy of Grand Master Chen from London.

BROKEN BLUE SEA Dir: Jessica Bishopp UK 2018 5 mins 11 secs Exploring themes of folk dance, male friendship and community.

Members of ’The Hartley Morris Men’ explain what their dance and their group means to them.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: OLDBOYS

SHORTS2FEATURES: OLDBOYS

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 20:30 - 22:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

Dir: Toby Macdonald UK 2018 ‘Survival of the fittest’ is the philosophy at all boys boarding school Caldermount. If you’re not a champion on the sports field, you’re a nobody. No one knows this better than bookworm Amberson, who’s been at the bottom of the school’s social ladder since he can remember. When the French teacher’s fiery daughter Agnes arrives, Amberson’s life is turned upside down. He suddenly finds himself playing matchmaker for Winchester, the school’shandsome but spectacularly dim school-hero. Winchester definitely has the looks to win over Agnes but it’s Amberson who has the wits. Will Amberson have the courage to reveal himself to her and stand up for who he really is? A fresh and vibrant comedy, OLD BOYS is a modern twist on the timeless story of Cyrano de Bergerac.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: POSSUM

SHORTS2FEATURES: POSSUM

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 21:00 - 23:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 2 HRS

Dir:Matthew Holness UK 2018 Disgraced children’s puppeteer PHILIP (Sean Harris), returns to his childhood home of Fallmarsh, Norfolk, intent on destroying Possum, a hideous puppet he keeps hidden inside a brown leather bag. When his attempts fail, Philip is forced to confront his sinister stepfather MAURICE (Alun Armstrong) in an effort to escape the dark horrors of his past.

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SCRATCH ‘N SNIFF CINEMA PRESENT

SCRATCH ‘N SNIFF CINEMA PRESENT WALLACE & GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 12:30 - 14:00 SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 13:30 - 15:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 30 MINS

Prepare to experience Wallace & Gromit as you’ve never smelled them before! A brand new Scratch ‘n Sniff cinema event featuring Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the WereRabbit, hits the big screen as part of Encounters Festival 2018!

From Stinking Bishop to Bunny Burps, immerse your senses in the duo’s first featurelength film from Aardman, complete with giant vegetables, ‘Anti-Pesto’, and a mysterious beast on the loose.

Audiences will be given a special card containing weird and wonderful smells linked to scenes in the film, transforming their experience of the film.

So follow your nose down to Watershed Cinema 1 to get a whiff of what’s happening!

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RANDOM ACTS

RANDOM ACTS

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 11:30 - 13:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS Random Acts is Channel 4’s weekly late-night TV show and online short film strand featuring brilliant and disruptive art from musicians, writers, animators, artists and other random creative types. With each film clocking in around four minutes, this screening is a chance to experience a range of mini-mindblowers from the Class of 2018.

CHELSEA SUPPORTER ENTERS FRAME LEFT Dir: Gemma Stephens UK 2017 3 mins 23 secs spect ratio analysis never looked so exciting. Gemma Stephens investigates the tools used to construct moving image in her intuitive short film Chelsea Supporter Enters Frame Left

STRING

LIGHT

Dir: Chris Pugh UK 2017 3 mins 27 secs A young man is guided through his life by a long piece of string in this symbolic short film. String is

by Chris Pugh, an aspiring young filmmaker based in Bristol.

Dir: Matty Crawford UK 2018 3 mins 30 secs A little boy’s imagination runs rampant, as crayon drawings combine with his bleak surroundings.

LAWLESS

TOIL Dir: Jessye Aggleton UK 2018 2 mins 56 secs A post-industrial city, reimagined as a piece of mechanical installation art, moves closer to its own destruction in Toil by Jessye Aggleton.

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Dir: Ellen Pearson UK 2017 3 mins 33 secs A collaborative project directed

by Ellen Pearson, exploring the everyday experiences of Tilly Lawless, a sex worker in Sydney’s decriminalised sex industry

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RANDOM ACTS

OBSERVATIONS ON RELATIONSHIPS

UTAH DREAMS

UTOPIA

Dir: Abbie Stephens UK 2018 4 mins 27 secs Modern relationships, with all their idiosyncratic quirks, are explored through surreal and unexpected visual metaphors.. Well-meaning romantic thoughtfulness escalates into dark and dangerous territory.

Dir: Anthony BarkworthKnight UK 2018 4 mins 17 secs Director Antony BarkworthKnight, mixes animation with experimental documentary, in this celebration of the computer generated teapot that changed the course of history.

Dir: Adam Thirlwell UK 2018 4 mins 56 secs Acclaimed novelist Adam Thirlwell’s film, starring Lily Cole and Lily McMenamy is a tale about the dream of a utopian commune and what happens when reality crashes into idealism.

REACH

BORDERLANDS

Dir: Botis Seva UK 2018 3 mins 44 secs On a journey of independence, we discover a man’s inner struggle of his mind versus his soul in this emotional dance film, made in association with Sadler’s Wells.

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Dir: Simon Lane UK 2018 3 mins 52 secs Simon Lane’s visual poem captures both sides of the border between two arctic towns. Combined with Adjoa Andoh’s beautiful reading of a Laura Kirwan-Ashman poem, Borderlands appears to give voice to the disappointments of mother nature.

ENTITLED Dir: Adeyemi Michael UK 2018 4 mins 36 secs What does the immigrant fantasy feel like? Adeyemi Michael reimagines his mother’s idea of moving from Nigeria to Peckham in Entitled, a short film about leaving your country of origin.

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OXIDANE

FAVOURITE THING

Dir: Lesley-Anne Rose UK 2018 3 mins 48 secs In this surreal stop motion animation from Lesley-anne Rose an enormous pensioner, becomes haunted by the sound of singing, coming from her bathroom taps

Dir: Amanda Eliasson UK 2018 4 mins 8 secs The psychedelic journey of a tampon unfolds in Favourite Thing, a scuzzy animated music video by director Amanda Eliasson, with music by Swedish artist ShitKid.

MAKE UP TUTORIAL Dir: Adham Faramawy UK 2018 3 mins 18 secs Adham Faramaway, a visual performance artist, explores the boom of YouTube cosmetic instructional videos as he colourfully blends his own face and body into his backdrop to create the world’s weirdest make-up tutorial.

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Short Film Studies Edited by Richard Raskin and published twice a year by Intellect Books, Short Film Studies (SFS) is a peer-reviewed journal designed to stimulate ongoing research on individual short films as a basis for a better understanding of the art form as a whole.

Two or three short films are selected each issue for close study, with articles illuminating these from a variety of perspectives. The journal contains links to view each film featured and is illustrated with full colour shot-by-shot breakdowns for each work.

SFS is a vital resource for short film researchers, students and practitioners. With strong links to international film festivals, it offers fresh inspiration to filmmakers and provides cuttingedge teaching materials for university and film school courses worldwide.

Films featured in Short Film Studies 9.1 AVONDALE DOGS Gregor Nicholas New Zealand, 1994 15 min.

CLASS 15 Dean Leon Anderson UK, 2016 13 min.

Copies of the journal will be available to order throughout the festival.

Intellect is an independent academic publisher in Bristol focusing on original thinking in arts and popular culture.

For more info, visit our website or come see us in the Watershed Cafe throughout the week.

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HEY DUGGEE

HEY DUGGEE

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 09:30 - 10:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 10:30 - 11:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 0 MINS Join us for a fun filled event with everyone’s favourite dog, Duggee! We’ll be screening eight episodes of the show in the cinema then get your pens and pencils ready for a Hey Duggee colouring in session 10.30 – 12.30 in The Link!

HEY DUGGEE: THE SPACE BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2017 7 mins

Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2017 7 mins

HEY DUGGEE: THE TADPOLE BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2016 7 mins

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HEY DUGGEE: THE BRAVE BANANA BADGE

HEY DUGGEE: THE GLASSES BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2017 7 mins

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HEY DUGGEE: THE STICK BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2017 7 mins

HEY DUGGEE: THE HONEY BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2016 7 mins

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HEY DUGGEE

HEY DUGGEE: THE TRAIN BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2017 7 mins

HEY DUGGEE: THE DANCING BUG BADGE Dir: Grant Orchard UK 2016 7 mins

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SHORTS2FEATURES: TBC

CALLING THE SHOTS PRESENTS...

WATERSIDE 3 14:00 - 17:00 3HRS

Join Calling the Shots for screenings of First Acts films from South West young creatives as well as gems from the back catalogue as the Bristol-based production company celebrates it’s 20th anniversary.

First Acts was a project partnership between Channel 4’s Random Acts, Arts Council England and five regional production centres; the ICA, Screen South, Tyneside Cinema, Rural Media and Calling the Shots. 360 films were produced by 16-24 year olds from across the country with many featuring on the TV show hosted by Fresh Meat’s Zawe Ashton.

Calling the Shots was formed in 1998, premiering Stray, a film exploring issues of youth homelessness, at Encounters in 1999. They have since championed new talent and new voices from Bristol, the South West and beyond.

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SHORTS2FEATURES: TERROR NULLIUS

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 20.00 - 21.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HRS 0 MINS

Dir: SODA _JERK Australia 2018 Soda_Jerk’s TERROR NULLIUS is a political revenge fable which offers an un­writing of Australian national mythology. This experimental sample­based film works entirely within and against the official archive to achieve a queering and othering of Australian cinema. Part political satire, eco­horror and road movie, TERROR NULLIUS is a world in which minorities and animals conspire, and not­so­nice white guys finish last. Where idyllic beaches host race­riots, governments poll love­rights, and the perils of hypermasculinity are overshadowed only by the enduring horror of Australia’s colonisingmyth of terra nullius.

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IL RUMORE DELLA VITTORIA

IL RUMORE DELLA VITTORIA

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 10:30 - 12:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

Dir: Ilaria Galbusera Antonino Guzzardi Italy 2016 Six Deaf young sport champions, united to show everyone who said they will never make it, reveal how it is possible to break through all the barriers.

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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 12:40 - 14:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

This retrospective program focuses on the act of breaking out of restrictions – both as an artistic or political gesture and as a theme within the films. Here we see a comic film about the fall of Lenin’s monumet that almost cost life sentences for the makers, as well as a film about the struggle o fan explorer to capture “real life”. The animations are created in a variety of techniques – puppet and object, cut-out, drawn on celluloid, in software or on the only paper was available for amateur cinema makers.

BREAKOUT

MONUMENT

LOST IN SNOW

Dir: Jānis Redlihs (Cinema amatours club Lielupe) Latvia 1983 2 mins The uncanny atmosphere of this amateur film captures the hopes, fears and uncertainties during the decline of the Soviet regime.

Dir: Jānis Cimmermanis Latvia 1992 5 mins A comic film about the fall of Lenin’s monumet that was made before independence of Latvia and almost cost life sentences for the makers.

Dir: Vladimir Lesciov Latvia 2002 8 mins Woman and wind have a passionate affair and to become closer to her, wind turns into a man. This, however, changes their relationship.

CHOIR TOUR

TO SWALLOW A TOAD

LOOKING FOR THE NORTHERN DAUGHTER Dir: Roze Stiebra Latvia 1980 10 mins The tale written by Kārlis Skalbe is an ode to looking beyong comfort and material goods.

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Dir: Edmunds Jansons Latvia 2012 5 mins A world-famous boys’ choir on a tour. In the hands of their conductor they’re an obedient instrument.

But left alone...

LATVIAN ANIMATION 1: BREAKOUT

LATVIAN ANIMATION 1: BREAKOUT

Dir: Jurģis Krāsons Latvia 2010 10 mins Once some rounds and squares lived in a town. Rounds were smart and successful. The reason of their success-they could swallow toads.

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PRIORITIES

ANCIENT UNDO

TAKE-OFF

Dir: Gints Zilbalodis Latvia 2014 10 mins After his plane crashes on a small uninhabited island, a young man and his dog must find a way home.

Dir: Laura Kļava Latvia 2018 2 mins 40 secs Superstitious life is not easy.

Chance of unlucky day, years or life is on every corner. But Āboliņš have secret weapon. Until... solution becomes a problem.

Dir: Signe Birkava Latvia 2016 10 mins An urban pleasure trip of a lonely cowboy is violently interrupted. This experience initializes a wave of vivid imagery in his subconsciousness, and he undergoes a process of painful purification being transformed into a black doll.

LONG DAY Dir: Krišs Salmanis Latvia 2009 4 mins Sunrise. A shed is being built in a field. By noon it is complete and the elements start taking their toll. The building collapses.

Sunset.

ZIMA Dir: Ingrīda Pičukāne Latvia Estonia 2015 10 mins Zima is a story about winter, loneliness, coldness and being frozen in the past.

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MINOTAUR Dir: Kārlis Vītols Latvia 2016 8 mins 30 secs The story of a small Minotaur who tries to find playmates in the endless labyrinth while his Dad is at work.

IT’S ABOUT TIME Dir: Ivo Briedis Latvia 2015 6 mins A message brought by the morning wind makes the old man want to go out, but time seems to be against him.

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SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 14:30 - 16:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HRS 30 MINS

What common desire is shared by five cats from a folktale, a circus bear and shopkeeper Olga who is stuck in her kiosk? The motif of this retrospective program is pursuit of happiness through time – the dreams, the beauty, the overcoming of one’s fears and prejudice. Among these films are a few classics, some lesser shown and known rarities and fresh work of the youngest generation of animation filmmakers.

FIVE CATS

THE TURTLES

WINGS AND OARS

Dir: Roze Stiebra Latvia 1971 7 mins Five cats went into a forest to chop firewood but didn’t succeed in chopping it all up.

Dir: Ansis Bērziņš Latvia 1987 10 mins This film is about protection of nature but also dwells on relationship between parent and child, life and death, nature and man.

Dir: Vladimirs Lesčovs Latvia 2009 6 mins A former pilot looks back over his life - The Earth, the Sky, the Woman - everything that took place on the journey from an air strip to an abandoned boat house.

HOBBY Dir: Z. Riekstiņš, E. Riekstiņš, O. Dinvietis, P. Dinvietis (Cinema amatours club LRAP) Latvia 1971 3 mins The spider’s hobby is sawing – a pun from russian language meaning “nagging”.

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THE GARDEN OF FETISH Dir: Kārlis Vītols Latvia 2006 10 mins A painter has lost the entrance to his garden. Searching for it he finds strange fetishes.

LATVIAN ANIMATION 2: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

LATVIAN ANIMATION 2: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

THE KIOSK Dir: Anete Melece Latvia 2013 7 mins For years now, the kiosk has been Olga‘s little home simply because her sweet tooth and monotonous life has made her bigger than the exit.

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THE TELEPHONE

VERTIGO

TEAT BEAT OF SEX

Dir: Nils Skapāns Latvia 2005 9 mins A story about loneliness, hope and deception.

Dir: Liāna Latvia 2018 3 mins 25 secs Exciting summer dive takes unexpected turn and grows into amplified experience when one faces the unsurpassable edge of the cliff.

Dir: Signe Baumane Latvia 2008 8 mins Teat Beat on Sex’ are short lectures on sex given by a knowing woman. Very entertaining.

Very informative.

THE ISLE OF SEALS Dir: Edmunds Jansons Latvia 2014 7 mins The film is an absurd comedy about a photographer with an unstoppable desire to see the surrounding through his preconceptions.

NERVES ON NERVES Dir: Ance Kazaka Latvia 2018 3 mins 30 secs The main character finds himself frustrated and unconsciously crosses the line between “everyone is getting on my nerves” and “I’m getting on everyone’s nerves”.

URSUS Dir: Reinis Pētersons Latvia 2011 11 mins A charcoal on paper animation about a motorcycling circus bear who decides to leave the daily routine and takes off to the forest.

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LOST ON HUNT Dir: Monta Andžejevska Latvia 2018 4 mins The routine of an online computer game player is disrupted by another player. He abandons the rules of game to retain the new friendship.

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CONTEMPORARY ITALY

CONTEMPORARY ITALY

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 17:30 - 19:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

MAGIC ALPS

IL SILENZIO

BISMILLAH

Dir: Andrea Brusa & Marco Scotuzzi Italy 2018 14 mins An Afgani refugee arrives in Italy with his goat and seeks political asylum for both of them.

Dir: Ali Asgari & Farnoosh Samadi Italy 2016 15 mins Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees in Italy. On their visit to the doctor, Fatma has to translate what the doctor tells to her mother but she keeps silence.

Dir: Alessandro Grande Italy 2017 14 mins Samira comes from Tunisia and lives in Italy illegally with her father and brother. One night, she will have to face a problem that is bigger than her.

LOBSTER DINNER Dir: Gregorio Franchetti Italy 2017 15 mins Two 12-year-old boys of different backgrounds find their friendship tested when one brings an offering of live lobsters to the other’s single, working-class mother

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DENISE Dir: Rossella Inglese Italy 2017 15 mins Denise is a teenager obsessed by what people think of her.

Observed by a camera, she exposes herself in a fierce and provocative way.

IL TRATTO Dir: Alessandro Stevanon Italy 2017 15 mins A shy and lonely child. An elderly Senegalese artist. A friendship based on the differences that make people unique.

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ITALIAN HORROR SHORTS

ITALIAN HORROR SHORTS

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 19:30 - 21:00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HRS 30 MINS

Italian horror films are better known outside of Italy. From Bava to Fulci, not to mention Dario Argento, the great Italian masters of this genre have emulators and devoted fans all across the globe, whereas in Italy they’ve been largely confined over the past 1520 years to critical rediscovery. However, a new generation of filmmakers has been exploring the horror genre, despite the many difficulties of an ever-shrinking market dominated by American blockbuster producers. These films should be seen through the lens of experimentation, like the rise of new forces in a challenging field both from the production and aesthetic standpoint.

BIRTHDAY Dir: Alberto Viavattene Italy 2017 14 mins Night. An abusive nurse integrates her salary by secretly selling prescription drugs to junkies and stealing from the most vulnerable patients. ​

LA ZONA AVVELENATA LA ZONA AVVELENATA

IL SENTIRE DELL’OCCHIO IL SENTIRE DELL’OCCHIO

Dir: Michele Alberto Chironi & Danilo Quibrino Italy 2014 18 mins We are driven by fate and we wallow in chaos. We can only try to fool ourselves.

Dir: Alessia Cecchet Italy 2017 6 mins The concept of death through a post-humanist lens: how humans understand and perceive “the other,” the animal, which is transformed the moment it dies.

I SEE MONSTERS Dir: Federico Alotto Italy 2013 15 mins Some doors should never be opened.

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DOPPELGANGER Dir: Simone Corallini Italy 2014 18 mins A confused woman fighting herself. Fears and ghosts of the past return in the form of nightmares suspended in a vertigo that gives no rest.

UNDERCOVER MISTRESS Dir: Giulio Ciancamerla Italy 2016 13 mins During a shooting, a man enjoys scaring a girl until she decides to leave. A man and a woman?

Which one is the dominant genre?

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ITALIAN HORROR: BLACK SABBATH

ITALIAN HORROR: BLACK SABBATH

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 21:30 - 23:30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 2 HRS 0 MINS The most gruesome day in the calendar of the undead!

Black Sunday was such a huge hit that a follow-up was swiftly demanded, and horror maestro Mario Bava duly devised this three-part horror anthology blending modern and period stories. In the giallo-style ‘The Telephone’, a woman is terrorised by her former pimp after his escape from prison, and tries to escape him with the help of her former lesbian lover, who has a dark secret of her own. In the Victorian-era ‘The Drop of Water’, a nurse steals a ring from the corpse of a dead spiritualist, which naturally tries to get it back. But it’s the 19th-century Russian story ‘The Wurdalak’ that comes closest to Bava’s earlier classic, with the great Boris Karloff as a much-loved paterfamilias who might not be entirely what he seems.

Bava’s direction is stylish as ever in this feature, and Black Sabbath is almost a compendium of his favourite themes.

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THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 18:00 - 20:00 WATERSIDE 3 2 HRS 0 MINS

CABLES & CAMERAS

CABLES & CAMERAS

Cables&Cameras explores a deeper representation of black identity through both national and international film narratives not readily available in mainstream cinema, whilst creating a valuable networking space for creatives from all backgrounds with an interest in independent films. Primarily focused on exhibiting and discovering content from BAME filmmakers.

THE MULATTO

SAMURAI BLOOD

Dir: M.Williams UK 2017 3 mins 23 secs Its a love letter to black women and a meditation on this moment, part lullaby part reprimand, part fear part defiance.

Dir: Timon Williams UK 2018 5 mins 30 secs The story is a dark comedy about a young mixed-race man called Nathan and a nightmare that he has one evening

Dir: Elias Williams UK 2018 9 mins Samurai Blood explores the legacy of famous African samurai warrior, Yasuke. His story is told through the eyes of a young Japanese woman living in the UK.

STAY WOKE

A VIABLE CANDIDATE

BLACKSTAR: MILA

Dir: M.Williams UK 2015 8 mins 23 secs In a series of visually surreal monologues, a man learns to listen to the lines of instinct,experience,choice and bravery that weave into any decision.

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Dir: Orson Nava UK 2016 16 mins 53 secs Radical and charismatic politician Sylvan Bradshaw is on route to becoming Britain’s first black prime minister.

WHAT DO YOU SEE Dir: Bashart Malik UK 2016 7 mins 1 secs A collaborative production featuring influential Muslim women of Bristol. The film explores their histories of community activism and achievement and work.

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MARKED Dir: Euella Jackson UK 2018 3 mins 41 secs Through spoken word poetry, four women subvert control over the dominant male power in order to regain autonomy and authority over their bodies.

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FESTIVAL TEAM

Rich Warren – Festival Director Dave Taylor-Matthews – Festival Producer Becky Megson – Marketing Coordinator Kieran Argo – Animation Programmer Gaia Meucci – Short Film Programmer Apostolia Katsiantridou - Ticketing Officer Iris Dosen - Guest Liaison Manager Bethany Privitera - Print Transport Holly Muse - Venue Manager Alice Cabanas - Consultant Steven Coombe - Accountant Mark Cosgrove - Film Consultant Fairfield School in Bristol - Children’s Jury Programmers Dave Ellington - Deaf Showcase Programmer Fiona Morgan - Bookkeeper Maddy Probst - Associate Programmer DepicT! Jane O’Brien - Operations Assistant Hannah Rowe - Volunteer Co Ordinator

SHORT FILM PRE-SELECTORS

Sophie Critchlow Kristen Geekie Matt Harris-Freeth Maggi Hurt Jude Lister Lina Samoili

ANIMATION PRE-SELECTORS

Kieran Argo Ben Mitchell Laura Tofarides

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS

BOARD

Chair: Simon Perry Vice Chair - Alison Sterling (Ignition Films) Paul Appleby (VID) Lynn Barlow (UWE) Rosa Corbishley (Bristol Music Trust) Steven Coombe (Burnside Accountants) Sarah Cox (Aardman Animations) Jon Gill (TLT Solicitors) Lisa Howe (Creative England) Will Massa (BFI) James Mullighan David Sproxton (Aardman Animations) Catherine Allen (Limina Immersive) Liz Harkman (Bristol Festivals)

PARTNERS AND PROGRAMMERS

Many thanks to all of our events partners programmers and the individual event supporters for all their help and contributions. A special thanks to all Jurors, Filmmakers, Competition Pre-selectors, Festival Speakers and Event Partners, Industry Activity Presenters and Festival Guests participating in this year’s festival. Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers who worked with us over the festival week!

FESTIVAL SERVICES

Press & PR (Regional) - We Are Plasterm Kellie Hasbury, Steve Mellen and team Press & PR (National and International) - Julia Jones PR Festival Trailers - Matt Harris Freeth – Robot Dinosaur Submissions - Withoutabox Festival Accommodation - Bristol Wing, Bristol Mercure Grand, Mercure Brigstow

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Juck..........................................................115 Kiem Holijanda............................................70 Kinoscope...................................................96 Kleptomami..............................................104 Kobbwebjar...............................................107 KUAP..........................................................81 L I S T E N....................................................68 La Merde...................................................105 La Noria....................................................108 Ladies Day.................................................115 Late Afternoon.............................................77 LEASH........................................................55 Letting Go....................................................84 Little River Run...........................................115 Liv...............................................................79 Living Like Heta............................................87 LOBSTERS................................................105 los dias de los muertos................................100 Losing It.....................................................114 Lost & Found...............................................79 Lotte Reiniger. The Unsung Heroine of Early Animation..................................................100 Lotus Lantern...............................................89 Love Me, Fear Me........................................88 M52............................................................89 Make Aliens Dance.......................................62 Mamoon.....................................................92 Manicure.....................................................57 Marfa..........................................................88 Matria.........................................................55 Mercury......................................................63 Mermaids and Rhinos...................................81 Merry-Go-Round.......................................105 Moth...........................................................82 Mothering.................................................115 Musical Traumas........................................102 My Africa.....................................................95 My Fear....................................................100 My Yiddish Papi...........................................91 Newport Gun Girls.......................................91 Nice Night For It...........................................66 No Sherbet................................................104 NOSIS.......................................................109 OBON.........................................................90 Observations on Relationships.....................105 Off Day.......................................................59 On the Surface.............................................59 One Small Step............................................80 OOZE.......................................................107 Open Your Eyes...........................................64 Passing Through...........................................96 Perinatal Positivity.........................................79 Pre-drink...................................................113 Preri Foon..................................................111 Prince’s Tale.................................................58 Prisoner of Society........................................55 Puppy Love..................................................57 Reach The Sky...........................................102 Renaissance...............................................102 Reverie........................................................82 RIDE...........................................................88 Right Place, Wrong Tim..............................110 Room..........................................................85 S t r e t c h....................................................69 Sac de Merde.............................................113 Sacrilege......................................................60 Sanctuaries of Silence...................................95 Satán..........................................................55 Schoolyard Blues..........................................61 Second Best.................................................61 Sex Ed.........................................................59 She.............................................................77 Silence Please..............................................61 Simbiosis Carnal.........................................113 Skip Day......................................................69 Song For Europe........................................103 Space Between Stars....................................84 Stanzas........................................................88 Stellar..........................................................76 Sunscapades................................................78 Sunscapades..............................................104 Sweet Tooth...............................................100 Synchronicity...............................................84 Take Rabbit................................................102 Taking Stock..............................................105 That Yorkshire Sound...................................89 Thawed.....................................................110

The 1st......................................................102 The Anatomy of the Orchestra: a VR experience.96 The Arrival...................................................70 The Baths....................................................86 The Bigger Man Was Not Embarrassed.......104 The Bird & the Whale...................................81 The Blue Door...........................................108 The Box.......................................................79 The Director..............................................105 The Field.....................................................60 The Forest.................................................111 The Girl In The Snow..................................108 The Journey................................................98 The Last Time I saw you..............................106 The Life of Esteban.......................................72 The Market of Lost Things............................75 The Mute....................................................69 The Ogre...................................................109 The Orgy...................................................113 The Reflection in Me...................................101 The Restrictor............................................112 The Spaghetti Police.....................................80 The Subject...............................................110 The Sun Ladies.............................................98 The Witch’s Mask.........................................76 These Are My Hands....................................58 Things You Can Do With Extendable Arms..100 Thirsty.........................................................80 Three Centimetres.......................................59 Tidal Traces (VR)..........................................98 To Know Him............................................106 Travelogue Tel Aviv.......................................76 Tungrus.....................................................102 Two for Two.................................................85 Two Puddles..............................................108 Underwood.................................................95 V................................................................71 Vermin........................................................91 Via..............................................................92 Vihta.........................................................103 WAAAH....................................................109 Waiting Room..............................................67 Wildebeest..................................................78 Woe is Me...................................................57 Would You Look at Her................................71 You’re Lost, Little Girl..................................106

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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FILM INDEX

A strange trial...............................................82 A Woman Like Me.....................................106 A Worthy Man.............................................68 Adam..........................................................80 Adina E - Changing.......................................76 All These Creatures......................................67 All You Can Carry......................................107 Amor........................................................115 An Island.....................................................84 And The Baby Screamed............................108 Anemone....................................................72 Animal......................................................111 Are You Volleyball?!....................................101 Armor del Amor..........................................82 Artem Silendi.............................................104 Asian Girls.................................................108 Ato San Nen................................................65 Bacchus......................................................77 Back to the Moon.........................................96 Below..........................................................75 Bars............................................................56 Bed head...................................................100 Bernard.......................................................83 Between Us Two..........................................78 Beyond Orange............................................76 Bismillah......................................................69 Blood Shed................................................109 Blood Warriors..........................................115 Blue Christmas.............................................67 Blue Hands..................................................85 Boat..........................................................106 Borderline....................................................98 Brexicuted...................................................90 Brexicuted.................................................104 Cabin Pressure.............................................78 Cadavre exquis.............................................81 Calamity......................................................65 Call of Comfort..........................................111 Cat Days....................................................101 Catcalls.....................................................107 Caterpillar-plasty........................................109 Charles.......................................................75 City of Memories.........................................82 CORPUCIA...............................................111 COYOTE...................................................110 Crackle Pop.................................................95 Cured........................................................108 Cyclists......................................................113 DARWIN’S CAVE.........................................85 Dawn..........................................................64 Deer Boy.....................................................58 Déjà vu......................................................107 Deliria.......................................................108 Departure..................................................101 Drawn Curtains..........................................114 DREAMLAND.............................................87 Driving Lesson..............................................67 Drug Runner................................................71 Egg.............................................................85 Europe Is Lost..............................................91 Evie...........................................................111 Facing It.......................................................91 Fauve..........................................................71 Fest.............................................................88 Find Fix Finish..............................................63 Framework..................................................65 Fuck You...................................................114 Gaze...........................................................63 Good Morning...........................................110 Grands Canons............................................89 Heart Chakra...............................................79 Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre..................110 HOOVES OF CLAY...................................109 Horror Vacui................................................87 House Guests............................................107 How To Swim..............................................65 HYBRIDS....................................................90 I Am Not Pretty............................................90 I Don’t Protest, I Just Dance In My Shadow.....92 I Saw the Future...........................................96 Impromptu..................................................89 In Between Takes.........................................62 In our skin..................................................113 In The Woods..............................................63 Intimity......................................................114 Introduction to Epilogue................................75 Island..........................................................87

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EFA 1 Short Matters

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Kotatsu Screening

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Unchosen

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Theatre 1 (10:15-11:00)

Theatre 2 (11:45-12:00)

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Nahemi

Theatre 3 (12:45-13:30)

Theatre 4 (14:15-14:30)

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Short FIlm Today 1

THE LINK ARNOLFINI GALLERY

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Tales of Georgian New Talent Theatre 4 (14:15-14:30)

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XR For Change

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Animation Therapy

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BFI Network Breakfast

ARNOLFINI GALLERY

15:00

Animation 4: Heterotopia

Different Voices

Theatre 1 (10:15-11:00)

WATERSIDE 3

13:00

Animation 3: Animal Magic

Georgian Past Masters

CINEMA 3

THE LINK

12:30

Section 7

16:00

16:30

17:00

Random Acts SW (until 17:15)

15:30

16:00

16:30

17:00

17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

20:00

Our City (17:15-17:45)

Opening Reception

17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

Short Film 2: Written on the Body

Short Film 3: Secrets & Lies

20:00

20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30

Comedy: Group Therapy

Late Lounge: Fright Night (until 00:00)

Filmakademie’s Animationsinstitut

Short Matters

Filmmaker Focus: Toby Macdonald

UWE_Film Screening 2018 Theatre 2 (16:45-17:00)

16:00)

The Link (18:00-19:45)

20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

15:30

Cinema 2

Theatre 3 (15:45-18:30)

Theatre 4 (19:15-19:45)

Cinema 3

Cinema 1

Shorts2Features: Old Boy Theatre 4 (20:15-20:30)

Theatre 4 (21:00-21:15)

Kotatsu Animation Talk

Animation Today 1

UWE_Film Reception

Biome Reception

Live Script Reading Shooting People @ The Forge (until 00:00) Compass Presents Arcadia

15:30

16:00

16:30

17:00

17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

Short Film 5: Do The Right Thing Africa

Short Film 5: Don’t Talk to Strangers

20:00

20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30

Comedy: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

Late Lounge: Body Parts (until 00:00)

Alaverdoba Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb

Films From the Arctic Theatre 2 (16:45-17:00)

16:00) Cinema 2

Animation Today 2

Theatre 3 (15:45-18:30)

Theatre 4 (19:15-19:45)

Cinema 3

Cinema 2

Shorts2Features: 10x10

Cables & Cameras Georgian Reception Punjabtronix

Aardboiled @ The Forge (until 00:00)

Section 7

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

09:00

09:30

CINEMA 1

10:00

10:30

11:00

11:30

12:30

Aubagne Carte Blanche

CINEMA 3

13:00

13:30

Animation 5: Rhym, Rhythm & Reason

Short Fim 7: On the Edge

CINEMA 2

12:00

Georgian Animation Theatre 1 (10:15-11:00)

Theatre 2 (11:45-12:00)

WATERSIDE 2: VR CINEMA

Cinema 1

Cinema 2

WATERSIDE 3

Georgian Film Schools

15:00

Shorts2 Filmmaker Focus: Edwards & Georgia

Theatre 3 (12:45-13:30)

Theatre 4 (14:15-14:30)

Cinema 3

Theatre 1 (15:15-

Cinema 1

Short Film Today 3

NFTS Masterclass

West African Breakfast

THE LINK THE FORGE

BFI Emerging Producers Day

WTC BIG SCREEN

Perpetual Cinema (until 00:00)

SATURDAY

09:00

CINEMA 1

09:30

10:00

10:30

Hey Duggee

CINEMA 2

11:00

11:30

12:00

Children’s Jury

12:30

13:00

13:30

14:00

14:30

Scratch ‘n Sniff Cinema

CINEMA 3

Anijam

Random Acts

WATERSIDE 1: VR THEATRE

Theatre 1 (10:15-11:00)

Theatre 2 (11:45-12:00)

WATERSIDE 2: VR CINEMA

Cinema 1

Cinema 2

15:00 Teen

Latvian Animation 1: Breakout

Il Rumore della Vittoria

Latvian Animation 2 of happiness

Deaf Shorts: Sister Act Theatre 3 (12:45-13:30)

Theatre 4 (14:15-14:30)

Cinema 3

Theatre 1 (15:15-

Cinema 1

WATERSIDE 3

Calling the Shots Presents...

THE LINK

Hey Duggee Colouring In Session

WTC BIG SCREEN

Perpetual Cinema (until 00:00)

SUNDAY

09:00

09:30

10:00

10:30

CINEMA 1

11:00

11:30

12:00

12:30

13:00

Award Winners Screening

CINEMA 2

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14:30

Animation 6: The State We’re In

Oska Bright

WATERSIDE 1: VR THEATRE

Theatre 1 (10:15-11:00)

Theatre 2 (11:45-12:00)

WATERSIDE 2: VR CINEMA

Cinema 1

Cinema 2

13:30

14:00

14:30

Award Winners Screening

Theatre 3 (12:45-13:30) Cinema 3

Theatre 4 (14:15-14:30)

Box Office 0117 927 5100

Theatre 1 (15:15-

Cinema 1

Perpetual Cinema (until 00:00)

www.encounters-festival.org.uk

15:00

Scratch ‘n Sniff Cinema

Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb

Hey Duggee

WATERSIDE 1: VR THEATRE

WTC BIG SCREEN

14:00

Section 7

16:00

16:30

17:00

17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

Short Film 8: Fresh Starts Features: DEDE

20:00

20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30

Sci-Fi: Welcome to the Future

Short Film 9: Free Spirits

Late Lounge: Peep Show (until 00:00)

De Seta

Dionne Goggin

Doc Heads presents #Soundtracks

16:00)

Theatre 2 (16:45-17:00) Cinema 2

Filmmaker Focus: Matthew Holness

Shorts2Features: Possum

Theatre 3 (15:45-18:30)

Theatre 4 (19:15-19:45)

Cinema 3

Cinema 3

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

15:30

Animation Today 3 Italian Reception BFI Network @ The Forge (until 00:00)

15:30

16:00

16:30

17:00

17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

Shorts: We See You : Pursuit

20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30

Shorts2Features: Terror Nullius

Awards Ceremony Bluescreen Presents: 17 Years of Open Access Film Screenings

Depict

Contemporary Italy Theatre 2 (16:45-17:00)

16:00) Cinema 2

Theatre 3 (15:45-18:30)

16:00

Italian Horror Shorts

Italian Horror: Black Sabbath

Theatre 4 (19:15-19:45)

Cinema 3

Awards Party (until 00:00)

Depict Reception

15:30

20:00

16:30

17:00

17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30

20:00

20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30

Award Winners Screening

Theatre 2 (16:45-17:00)

16:00) Cinema 2

Section 7

Theatre 3 (15:45-18:30) Cinema 3

SHORT FILMS NEW STORIES BOLD IDEAS

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www.encounters-festival.org.uk

Box Office 0117 927 5100

Section 7