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Encounters 2016: Day 5

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. My plan for today was to attend some or all of the special European Film Awards shorts screenings, but I got a late start and they all sold out. So purely by chance, I decided […]

Encounters 2016: Day 4

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. This morning I forced myself to go a 9:30am “networking breakfast” where filmmakers could meet festival programmers. I wasn’t sure whether there was any official presentation, but I thought I could meet some other festival […]

Encounters 2016: Day 3

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. Thursday in Bristol and the sun was finally shining. I was also feeling slightly more energetic, though I skipped the 10:00am screening to make sure I had some coffee and some food before watching any […]

Encounters 2016: Day 2

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. I had an ambitious day planned. Every day at 9:00am, pass holders can go online and choose their tickets for the day, and I planned to see five 90-minute programmes today. It didn’t quite work […]

Encounters 2016: Day 1

Director of Programming James McNally is attending this year’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival from September 20th to 25th. I’ve been excited about this trip for quite a while now, but I’ve also been working for TIFF, and the 16-hour days were beginning to wear me out. Normally, I’d have written a “Before I […]