{"id":7044584,"date":"2026-08-23T03:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/encounters-film-festival-announce-2026-official-selection\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T03:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:47:32","slug":"encounters-film-festival-announce-2026-official-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7044584","title":{"rendered":"Encounters Film Festival Announce 2026 Official Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header>\n<p><!-- Either there are no banners, they are disabled or none qualified for this location! --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"topTitle\">Encounters Film Festival Announce 2026 Official Selection<\/h2>\n<p class=\"metaDetails\">\n<time datetime=\"2026-08-21\">21 August 2026<\/time><br \/>\n<span> \/\/ <\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/articles\/news\/\" title=\"News\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--metaDetails--><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/skwigly-gravatar-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/skwigly-gravatar-300x300.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"name\">Skwigly<\/p>\n<p class=\"social\">\n<p>    Animation Magazine<br \/><a class=\"icon animate2sec\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Skwigly on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkwiglyMagazine\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-facebook-f\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"icon animate2sec\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Skwigly on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skwigly\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-x-twitter\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"icon animate2sec\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Skwigly on Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skwiglyanimation\/\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-instagram\"\/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--<br class=\"clear\">--><\/p>\n<p><!--<br class=\"clear\">--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55516 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/encounters2026OS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"209\"\/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/encounters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encounters Film Festival<\/a> 2026 competition programme brings together 142 exceptional films from fresh voices and celebrated filmmakers around the world. The 31st edition showcases the very best in contemporary short film, spanning live action, animation and documentary across the Brief Encounters, Animated Encounters and Documentary Grand Prix competitions, the Children\u2019s Jury programmes and the DepicT! competition for films under 90 seconds.<\/p>\n<h4>71 Premieres and Films from 39 Countries<\/h4>\n<p>This year\u2019s selection features 71 premieres, including 17 world premieres, 7 international premieres and 47 UK premieres, with new work drawn from 39 countries, from Afghanistan and Cambodia to Mexico, Palestine, Taiwan and Ukraine. Half the competition has never been seen in the UK before, so audiences in Bristol will be among the very first anywhere to discover the next wave of cinematic talent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53228\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53228\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hag-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HAG (Dir. Anna Ginsburg. Image: Strange Beast\/Passion Pictures)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Animation lovers can look forward to new work from Don Hertzfeldt (<em>Paper Trail<\/em>), Anna Mantzaris (<em>PLEASE<\/em>), Theodore Ushev (<em>Life with an idiot<\/em>), Anna Ginsburg (<em>HAG<\/em>), Emma Calder and Coco Cripps (<em>House of Love<\/em>) and Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (<em>The Girl Who Cried Pearls<\/em>) , plus Jamie Hewlett and Max Taylor\u2019s Gorillaz film <em>The Mountain, The Moon Cave &amp; The Sad God<\/em>.\u00a0Viral filmmaking phenomenon Wesley Wang brings the international festival premiere of <em>Violet and Marlowe Rob a Bank<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Official Selection celebrates the vitality of British filmmaking alongside cinema\u2019s universal language, with premieres arriving from every corner of the globe.<\/p>\n<h4>Animation Selections<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A Clayful Adventure, dir. Florrie Macleod (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>A Little Death, dir. Leto Meade, Jonathan Rockefeller (United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>A Pint of Bitter, dir. Conor Kehelly (Ireland, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Action Bog, dir. Winston Hacking (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>Adgwa-Ata, dir. Zsuzsanna Kreif (Hungary, France) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Babyface, dir. Sacha Beeley (United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Ball Face, dir. Laurence Th\u00e9rien (Canada, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Bisou Sauvage, dir. Bahij Jaroudi (Canada) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Bread Will Walk, dir. Alex Boya (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>Bwgan, dir. Hywel Pryterch Roberts (Wales, United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Cell Buddies, dir. Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li>Clot, dir. Levi Stoops (Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Dance of The Spirits, dir. Andreea-Lorena Florea (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Death\u2019s Peak, dir. Willy Fair (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Dog Alone, dir. Marta Reis Andrade (Portugal, France)<\/li>\n<li>Dollhouse Elephant, dir. Jenny Jokela (Finland)<\/li>\n<li>Ducks, dir. AJ Jefferies (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Duet, dir. L\u00e9o Brunel (France)<\/li>\n<li>Endo, dir. Eleanor Szydlowska (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Ever Ending Summer, dir. Nikki Girod, Sylvia Jorde (Germany) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Extinction, dir. Molly Allen (Wales)<\/li>\n<li>Fingerbang, dir. Kim Yeonwoo (South Korea)<\/li>\n<li>Foil Guy vs ANVIL, dir. Malcolm Lamont (United States)<\/li>\n<li>Full Nest, dir. Elena Walf (Germany, Croatia)<\/li>\n<li>Full Set, dir. Caitlin McCarthy (United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Future Of\u2026, dir. Scott Coello (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Ga\u00efa, dir. Gwenola Heck (Germany) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Growing Stones, Flying Papers, dir. Roozbeh Gezerseh, Soraya Shamsi (Germany) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>HAG, dir. Anna Ginsburg (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Happy New Year, dir. Radu Gaciu\u00a0(Romania)\u00a0World Premiere<\/li>\n<li>House of Love, dir. Emma Calder, Coco Cripps (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Hyena, dir. Altay Ulan Yang (China, United States)<\/li>\n<li>I Beg Your Pardon, dir. John W. Lustig (United States)<\/li>\n<li>I Have a, dir. Rory Waudby-Tolley (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not sure, dir. Luisa Z\u00fcrcher (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>Into The Forest, dir. Antonin Niclass (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>Just One Peek, dir. Mulan Fu (United States)<\/li>\n<li>Land of No Man, dir. Muling Tzai, Olivia Lin (United States, Taiwan) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Life with an idiot, dir. Theodore Ushev (France)<\/li>\n<li>Lost Touch, dir. Justine Klaiber (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>Making a Mother, dir. Emily Downe (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Meal Deal, dir. Niamh McArdle, Amy Mulcahy, Ana\u00efs Kheir (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Vapey Man, dir. Hugo Docking (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>On Saint Nicholas\u2019 Eve, dir. Emy Mirel Iva\u0219c\u0103 (Romania)<\/li>\n<li>Once in a body, dir. Mar\u00eda Cristina P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez (Colombia, United States)<\/li>\n<li>Other I, dir. Alina Popescu (France)<\/li>\n<li>Paper Daughter, dir. Cami Kwan (United States) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Paper Trail, dir. Don Hertzfeldt (United States)<\/li>\n<li>Pickled, dir. Fanny Capu (United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Please, dir. Anna Mantzaris (Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland)<\/li>\n<li>POOB, dir. AJ Jefferies (United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Praying Mantis, dir. Joe Hsieh (Taiwan)<\/li>\n<li>Sausage Poem, dir. Rob Ling (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Send Nudes, dir. David Sick (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>The Death of the Fish, dir. Eva Lusbaronian (France) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>The Flower Witch, dir. Zo\u00eb Hutber (United Kingdom) World Premiere<\/li>\n<li>The Girl Who Cried Pearls, dir. Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>The Hedgehog, dir. Zuzanna Heller (Poland) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>The Midnight Witch, dir. Jon Dunleavy (United Kingdom) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>The Mountain, The Moon Cave &amp; The Sad God, dir. Jamie Hewlett, Max Taylor (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>The Rossini Garden, dir. William Burger, Tara Rewal, Sim\u00e9on Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Mathilde Vergereau, Arthur Wong (France) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Trading Cards, dir. Radheya Jang (Australia, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Ultra Strong, dir. Catherine Lepage (Canada) UK Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Uncle Filmi, dir. Nazgol Kashani (Germany) World Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Violet and Marlowe Rob a Bank, dir. Wesley Wang (United States) International Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Wavelength, dir. Kate Auster, Holly Warburton (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Why Did Kai Stop Painting, dir. Hao Yu (Germany) World Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Winter in March, dir. Natalya Mirzoyan (Estonia, Armenia, France, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>With Tapes and Toasts in the Car, dir. 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