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Encounters 2006

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13 films · 13 reviews

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The Alcohol Years

A former groupie returns to Manchester to find out who she was back then in the Eighties.

(Country: UK; Year: 2000; Director: Carol Morley; Writer: Maggie Choyce, Carol Morley; Stars: Stella Grundy, Douglas Hart, Dave Haslam, Tony Wilson, Alan Wise, Bruce Mitchell, Vini Reilly, Pete Shelley, Debby Turner.)

Attack

Things are never black and white.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Timothy Smith; Writer: Timothy Smith; Stars: Callum Walker, Marcel McCalla, Michael Ellis, Eugene Washington, Tyronne Lewis )

Borderline

Experimental film about the streets of London.

(Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Alex Chandon; Writer: Alex Chandon; Stars: n/a)

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

(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: George Lucas, Tim Burton, Gus Van Sant, Alexander Payne, Todd Solondz, D A Pennebaker, Andy Warhol, Adam Parrish, Mike Mills, Peter Sollett, Stefan Nadelman, Joe Nussbaum, Adam Davidson, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Maya Deren, Standish Lawder; Writer: various)

Cubs

Teenagers take up a sinister urban sport.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Tom Harper; Writer: Tom Harper; Stars: Ashley Walters, Harry Eden, Tara Hodge, Jared Garfield, Ria Horsford)

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.

(Country: UK; Year: 2003; Director: Chris Shepherd; Writer: Chris Shepherd; Stars: Ian Hart)

Evo

Review preview for Evo

Full of vitality.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
An animated timeline.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Chris Gavin; Writer: Chris Gavin; Stars: n/a)

Evol

Review preview for Evol

A quirky short which displays good technique.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A forward-thinking look at love.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Chris Vincze; Writer: Chris Vincze; Stars: Rick Warden, Lucy Barker)

The Holocaust Tourist

A look at how 'tourism' has affected Auschwitz.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Jes Benstock; Writer: Jes Benstock; Stars: Professor Jonathan Webber, Miroslaw Obstarczyk, Emmanuel Elbinger, Wande Hutny, Chris Schwarz )

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.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Chris Shepherd; Writer: Chris Shepherd; Stars: Conor Morris, Kate McCloughlin, Andrew Dunford, Patsy Peters)

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.

(Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Peter Mackie Burns, Marissa Zanotti, Becky Brazil; Writer: Peter Mackie Burns, David Greig, Becky Brazil; Stars: Stephen McCole, Jamie Quinn, Helen Coker, James Grant, Elek Nathan Kish, Jennifer Lowrie)

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.

(Country: 2006; Year: 2006; Director: Guilherme Marcondes; Writer: Guilherme Marcondes) , Official site