Encounters 2018: Day Two

Day two of the Encounters festival and things are really starting to get into gear, with the first Compass Presents screening of Arcadia (see separate listing) and the first disgraceful Late Lounge selection (Fright Night) among many other delights. The full programme is pasted below. Visit the Encounters website for further information and booking details.

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.

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.

11:00-12:30
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY 1 / SHORT MATTERS 1
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.

12:00-13:00
SHORT FILM TODAY 1
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.

12:00-13:30
ANIMATION 1: OTHER WORLDS
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.

12:30-14:00
UNCHOSEN RETROSPECTIVE
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.

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.

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.

14:00-15:30
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.

14:30-16:00
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

15.00-16.30
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.

16:00-17:30
SHORT FILM 2: WRITTEN ON THE BODY
WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 30 MINS
By turn poetic, humorous, heart- rending or purely imaginative, these affecting short films reveal how our bodies tell our story and shape our identity.

16:00-17:30
ANIMATION TODAY 1
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.
Supported by Anim18 & British Council

16:30-18:00
UWE_FILM SCREENING 2018
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.

17:00-18:00
FILMAKADEMIE’S ANIMATIONSINSTITUT
WATERSHED CINEMA 2 £6
1 HR
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.

18:00-19:30
SHORT FILM 3: SECRETS AND LIES
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.

18:30-20:00
FILMMAKER FOCUS: TOBY MACDONALD
WATERSHED CINEMA 3 £6 1 HR 30 MINS
Join Toby Macdonald to discuss his feature film Old Boys.

19:30-00:00
COMPASS PRESENTS ARCADIA
BOILING WELLS £15 FULL PRICE, £13 CONCESSIONS 2 HRS 3
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

20:00-21:30
COMEDY: GROUP THERAPY
WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 1 HR 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.

20:00-22:00
BLUESCREEN
CUBE TICKETS £3/£2
(FILM MAKERS IN FOR FREE, ONE PER FILM)
2 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.

20:30-22:00
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.

22:00-00:00
LATE LOUNGE: FRIGHT NIGHT
WATERSHED CINEMA 1 £6 2 HRS
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.