Encounters 2018: Day Four

Day four of the Encounters festival brings Georgian animation, music videos, sci-fi shorts, and a very saucy Late Lounge. The full programme is pasted below. Visit the Encounters website for further information and booking details.

10:00-11:30
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.

10:30-12:00
GEORGIAN ANIMATION
WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS
Georgia has a rich tradition of producing short animation.

11:00-12.30

AUBAGNE CARTE BLANCHE
WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS
The International Film Festival of Aubagne will celebrate its 20th anniversary (18-23 March 2019).

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.

12:30-14:00
OSKA BRIGHT
WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 0 HRS 44 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.

13:00-14:30
GEORGIAN FILM SCHOOLS
WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6 1 HR 30 MINS
Farewell to Arms! – is a collective anti-militarist short films dedicated to a war theme.

14:00-15:30
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?

14:30-16:00
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.

15:00-16:30
SHORTS2FEATURES: DEDE
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.

16:00-17:30
SHORT FILM 9: FRESH STARTS
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.

16:30-18:00
DOCHEADS 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 Scorsese
We will be screening De Seta’s Sufarara in 35 mm – this documentary film of sulfur mine workers and their families in rural Sicly.

18:00-19:30
SHORT FILM 8: FREE SPIRITS
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.

18:30-20:30
FILMMAKER FOCUS: MATTHEW HOLNESS
WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 2 HRS

Matthew Holness, writer and star of cult hit Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace discusses his first feature film Possum in this filmmaker focus. Matthew’s short film Gun For George screened at Encounters in 2011, as he makes his move into feature films we are delighted to welcome him back to the festival for this event.

20:00-21:30
SCI-FI: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
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.

21:00-23:00
SHORTS2FEATURES: POSSUM
WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 2 HRS
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.

22:00-00:00

LATE LOUNGE: PEEP SHOW
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.