Encounters Film Festival

Bristol's globally renowned short film & animation fest. BAFTA, BIFA & European Film Award qualifying.

🗓️ 29 Sept - 03 Oct 2027

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OFF SCRIPT Episode 1:

Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine, makers of The Peril of Pincer Point talk: possibilities, and persistence.

🔗 Watch the full thing on Instagram.

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Encounters Film Festival 2026 winners: Altay Ulan Yang’s Hyena wins Grand Prix @EncountersSFF

Find out more: https://t.co/sjkTsjkcX1

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Animated Encounters Awards 'Hag', 'I Have A' and 'Ducks' https://t.co/zb5A4w02Nj

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Saoirse Ronan’s "Paper Plane" has won Best of British (Live Action) at the 2026 Encounters Film Festival.

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The globally renowned short film and animation festival Encounters Film Festival is back for its 31st year in Bristol!

And with the launch of Greenlight West, our new £4.5 million regional production fund, we're determined to help the sector grow even further and create more opportunities for people across the West of England looking to build careers in film and TV.

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Anna Ginsburg's cutting comedic take on contemporary society's take on women's aging 'Hag' won the Animated Encounters competition. #EncountersFilmFestival #AnimatedEncounters #Hag #animation

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Encounters Film Festival so far 🤩

🎬 Global Animation & Live Action shorts
💬 Industry talks & panels
🇵🇭 Philippine Focus
🔉 SIRAT LIVE: a sensory rave with Kangding Ray & unseen footage by Oliver Laxe

And there’s so much more to come! 🎉

🔗 Link in bio

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Front row for Óliver Laxe and Kanding Ray scoring “Sirāt” live, for @EncountersSFF

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1 Night Only with Deeper Movies & @WarpRecords 🎶

We’re digging deep into the Warp archives to screen a curated selection of ICONIC and RARE music videos.

🎟️ Tickets selling fast via our link in bio!

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Discover cutting edge talent from the Philippines exploring what happens when worlds change, places disappear and people find each other.

🗓️ 23 September 2026

Brought by @BritishCouncil and the International Cinema Office

#EFF2026
🎟️ Tickets selling fast via the link in bio!

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Follow us on Letterboxd and read the story of our South West Showcase ahead of the screening. 🔗Link In Bio

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Don’t miss out on your favourite regions rising talent at Encounters Film Festival 🎟️ Tickets in our bio!

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An intimacy coordinator and a snail boy meet at a bar.

Watch INTIMATE SCENES and THE DREAM IS A SNAIL

🗓️ 25 September 2026 🔗 Link In Bio

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🎬 ONE WEEK TO GO

The Encounters 2026 festival trailer is here!

23-27 September.

🔗 Passes and tickets on sale now.
Link in bio.

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JACK LOWDEN plays Gavin, an upper middle class far right politician in Oscar Winner Aneil Karia’s satirical short “VOTE GAVIN LYLE”

🗓️ 25 & 26 Sept @ Encounters Film Festival

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Saoirse Ronan’s directorial debut, ‘PAPER PLANE,’ will have its UK premiere at the 2026 Encounters Film Festival

🔗: https://t.co/krR3Z6ZDCI

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Encounters Film Festival's expanded animation slate features 45 competition titles, an Adult Swim showcase and special Aardman screening.

#EncountersFilmFestival #AdultSwim #Aardman #animation

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Encounters Film Festival (@EncountersSFF) to Host 25 Years of Adult Swim Retrospective Showcase in Bristol, England, UK:

The Encounters Film Festival will host a special retrospective screening titled "25 Years of Adult Swim: A Showcase" to celebrate a quarter-century of the pioneering late-night animation brand.

The event takes place on Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 21:00 in Cinema 3 as part of the festival's special events programme.

Supported directly by Adult Swim (@AdultSwimUK), the 80-to-90-minute screening looks back at the network's legacy of boundary-pushing comedy since its launch in 2001. The programme features a curated mix of fan-favourite episodes and archive highlights, alongside a brand-new special crossover episode of the stop-motion series Robot Chicken.

The screening carries an 18+ certificate and is eligible for the festival's Audience Award. Tickets and festival passes are available via the Encounters Film Festival website, with the full festival running in Bristol from 23 to 27 September 2026.

Link on the following post.

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SAOIRSE RONAN. GORILLAZ. ANEIL KARIA WITH JACK LOWDEN.

A selection of some of the films we think are worth making time for at EFF2026.

This year’s Headliners bring together new work from some of the most distinctive names in independent film.

#EFF2026 #EncountersFilmFestival