At the Encounters Film Festival this year, Compass Presents will be holding an immersive screening of Arcadia at Boiling Wells amphitheatre, an experimental, visceral archive experience scored by Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp).
The Arnolfini centre will be hosting a unique visual and musical event on Thursday 27 September with a performance from Punjabtronix. Cutting edge electronica meets Punjabi folk — technology meets tradition, an exciting fusion from DJ Swami and Jon Minton.The duo have already toured the US and UK at other festivals such as SXSW and is not to be missed at Encounters.
On Saturday 30th September, you can catch a screening of eight episodes of Hey Duggee! followed by a Q&A with Director and creator, Grant Orchard. Scratch n Sniff is bringing new life to the feature debut of Aardman’s most well-loved characters Wallace & Gromit. Based on the cinema technology introduced in the late 1970s, audiences will be given a special card containing ten weird and wonderful odours that link to scenes within Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Encounters are excited to bring to audiences more 360 immersive films and Holotronica returns with another engaging programme of 3D events. The BBC will be taking over the Arnolfini library with the University of York’s DC labs over the festival week with their Hackathon event, 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.
From over 3,400 submissions this year to Encounters’ competition programme, 212 were selected to screen at the festival this year, programmed into themes including ‘Late Lounge: Fright Night’ to ‘Secrets and Lies’, ‘Animal Magic’ and ‘Other Worlds’. Encounters’ Teen and Deaf programmes this year titled: ‘We See You’ and ‘Sister Act’ focus on life experiences through the eyes of women of all ages.
FEATURING
Bacchus by Rikke Alma Krogshave Planeta – Alex, a young woman bored with modern life, is lured by Bacchus into a colorful and mysterious world to explore her deepest desires.
Charles by Dominic Etienne Simard – 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.
Blood Warriors by Rosa Alice Truelove (Teen Shorts: We See You) – A coming of age exploration of the inevitable biological transition into womanhood and biological implications.
Compass Presents Arcadia – Immersive screening of the ethereal, folk-horror feature Arcadia, scored by Adrian Utley and Will Gregory.
Fest by Nikita Diakur (who won our Animated Encounters last year) – (Animation 5 Rhyme, Rhythm & Reason) – Drone. Stunt. Rave.
Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre by Ilja Rautsi – A horror comedy about one woman’s desperate struggle to survive a pack of men who just want to explain everything to her.
Hooves of Clay by Blake Harrison (Late Lounge Body Parts) – In our millennial world of roulette dating apps, Insta filters and instant gratification, we have thousands of potential partners at our fingertips.
How to Swim by Noa Gusakov (Short Film 6: Don’t Talk to Strangers) – Abigail is heavily pregnant, but something is missing. Terrified about the imminent birth, she kidnaps a comforting partner in crime for one afternoon
Kleptomami by Pola Beck (Comedy: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous) – A film about the absurdities of today’s mummy-hood.
L I S T E N by Astrid Bussink (Short Fil 7: On the Edge) – Sometimes all you need is a listening ear. The Child Helpline has one for you, but what will you tell a complete stranger?
One Small Step by Bobby Pontillas, Andrew Chesworth (Ani 2 Happy Sad) – An ambitious young girl aspires to be an astronaut with the support of her humble father.
The Girl in the Snow by Dennis Ledergerber (Late Lounge: Fright Night) – A day in the life of a foley artist.
Encounters strives to ensure that its events are accessible to everyone, tickets this year for film screenings are £6 and can be purchased from their website.
***If you are a UK Screen Member please contact us for a discount code
