Encounters Short Film Festival
Bristol
18th - 23rd November 2008
Documentaries and animation accepted from all over the world. Emerging filmmakers are encouraged and all films must be under 30 mins in length.
Signature Strands & Events:
- Animated Industry Summit
- Desert Island Flicks
- Animation Awards
- Without Boundaries: Artist Film & Video
- Workshops & Film School Events
- BAFTA Short Film Paradise
- DepicT
- Feature Premieres
Details on the submission dates and other deadlines for the two merged festivals will be found in the events section, so watch this space.
Submission Guidelines
Encounters welcomes films of every genre under 30 minutes: animation, live action, experimental and does NOT have a premiere policy. Films must have been completed after 31 December 2006.
Individual submissions cost £20 sterling (inc VAT). All entries will be digitised, catalogued and available for on demand viewing in the HP Digitial Viewing Library during the festival. This facility is extensively used by festival delegates including international buyers/distributors/programmers. (Please note that the primary contact details
given on the entry form will be published in the Film Market Catalogue).
Submissions should be sent for pre-selection on DVD, and screening formats supported are 35mm, Digibeta or BETA SP Pal. If the original language of any dialogue or text featured in the film is not English, the preview and screening copy must be subtitled in English.
Link:
http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk
Contact:
Sue Lion - Managing Director
Email:
info (at) encounters-festival (dot) org (dot) uk
Telephone:
0117 915 0185
Fax:
0117 930 9967
Address:
Watershed Media Centre, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX, UK