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2006 Festival
In 2006 Brief Encounters International Short Film Festival and Animated Encounters International Animation Festival will unite under one banner ‘Encounters Short Film Festival' (Tuesday 21 – Sunday 26 November)...
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Monday 20 February 2006
2006 Submissions
Submissions for our 2006 festival will open for online submission registration on Tuesday 4th April. Deadline: Friday 26th May. more...
Monday 16 January 2006
South West Screen wants your short films!
Have you produced a brilliant short film that you would like shown on the big screen?...
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Thursday 8 December 2005
brief encounters award winners 2005
Britain’s biggest short film festival, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, celebrated the very best in short film-making last night (26th November) with the presentation of their ten prestigious awards at a packed ceremony at Bristol’s Watershed Media Centre.
Last year’s double award winners – Sam Hearn and Richard Penfold from Bristol based Omni Productions - again triumphed, with their latest film Indians, which won the hotly contested ITV West Award, while Susie, a provocative film celebrating female sexuality by animator Cathy Snelling, controversially won the Jameson Short Film Award. more...
Sunday 27 November 2005
a double dose of the superb Stephen Woolley
Stephen Woolley may be in the headlines this month for his directing debut with Stoned but it is his history as a producer of some of Britain’s most highly respected films that he treated Brief Encounters' audiences to a double dose of his cinematic vision and production wisdom. more...
Saturday 26 November 2005
animated encounter with aardman
Speaking in the cosy environment of Cinema 2, Nick Park and Kieran Argo allowed the audience an intimate insight into the world of Aardman Animations in the special Filmmaker Focus for Brief Encounters delegates. more...
Friday 25 November 2005
Tea Total wins BBC Three New Animation
Tea Total by Lucy Izzard has won the BBC Three New Animation Award. There were hundreds of entries and a shortlist of only twelve. more...
Friday 25 November 2005
Oedipus wins BBC New Filmmakers Award at Brief Encounters
Rong have won the Brief Encounters BBC New Filmmakers Award from a field of 500 entries. more...
Friday 25 November 2005
Mockingbird’s fascinating five-year flight
Presented by Screen South and the UK Film Council, A Filmmaker’s Journey was a fascinating insight into the connections and collaborations that make for exciting filmmaking. Jo Nolan from Screen South led a lively discussion that highlighted the importance of every student video, every commission, funding avenue and contact made at script development courses along the way. more...
Friday 25 November 2005
Billy Mackinnon looks at short film scripting
Acclaimed screenwriter, producer and script editor Billy Mackinnon whose credits include Hideous Kinky, Small Faces and The Piano took to the stage with producer Kate Swan to explore the intricacies of the script development process at the Scriptwriting Masterclass at the Brief Encounters Film School.
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Friday 25 November 2005
Acclaimed filmmaker, John Smith, makes a welcome return to Brief Encounters
John Smith has been making the everyday and ordinary into a cinematic landscape since 1972. He joined Brief Encounters Creative Director, Mark Cosgrove, today for a Filmmaker Focus Q & A prompted along by a screening of excerpts of six of John’s films dating from 1975 onwards, including the groundbreaking Girl Chewing Gum more...
Thursday 24 November 2005
Hannah Gal kick starts Focus on Film
Getting off to an exciting start, delegates at Brief Encounters today witnessed an intimate and informal presentation by filmmaker Hannah Gal as she spoke with passion about the true story that inspired her film Hush, which screened in the Brief Encounters Late Lounge on Friday 25 November.
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Thursday 24 November 2005
Mini Masterpieces is back!
For the third year running, Brief Encounters will see the production of 4 x 3 minute films during the week of the festival. more...
Thursday 8 September 2005
Selection Notification Announcement
Thanks to everyone who has submitted their work for consideration for Brief Encounters this year.
With the programming of the festival now complete we're pleased to announce the results of this years submissions. more...
Friday 26 August 2005
