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Encounters — A–Z of films

2006

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  • The Alcohol Years
    A former groupie returns to Manchester to find out who she was back then in the Eighties.
  • Attack
    Things are never black and white.
  • Borderline
    Experimental film about the streets of London.
  • Carlitopolis Redux
    A lab mouse gets into a tight squeak.
  • Cinema 16: American Short Films
    Review preview for Cinema 16: American Short Films

    Varied and expansive, this exemplary collection serves as an excellent introduction to American short film.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A collection of early shorts from renowned American directors
  • Cubs
    Teenagers take up a sinister urban sport.

  • D

  • Dad's Dead
    Review preview for Dad's Dead

    Chris Shepherd... reflects history's distorted mirror particularly well.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Nostalgia for a working-class Liverpudlian childhood turns sour.
  • Evo
    Review preview for Evo

    Full of vitality.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An animated timeline.
  • Evol
    Review preview for Evol

    A quirky short which displays good technique.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A forward-thinking look at love.
  • The Holocaust Tourist
    A look at how 'tourism' has affected Auschwitz.

  • R

  • Silence Is Golden
    Review preview for Silence Is Golden

    If you only see one short film this year - make it this one.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A boy's eye view of life with his single mum and a nutty neighbour.
  • Tartan Shorts
    Review preview for Tartan Shorts

    Overall, I am not highly impressed.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    Selection of shorts from the Ediburgh Film Festival.
  • Tyger
    Review preview for Tyger

    Marcondes' artistic mix of puppetry, traditional and computer-generated animation is a feast for the eyes.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A tyger brings the jungle to town.