Encounters, the UK’s leading short film, animation and virtual reality festival, takes place between Tue 24 – Sun 29 Sept. Since its inception in 1995 a key aspect of the festival has been discovering, supporting and developing new filmmaking talent, providing a platform for emerging filmmakers from around the world, many of whom have gone on to become established filmmakers of international repute.

In the lead up to this year’s festival join us for a season showcasing feature films by some of cinema’s most renowned directors whose early career short films were championed and introduced to audiences here in Bristol at previous editions of Encounters.

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