2009 Festival
15th Encounters International Short Film Festival
‘Encounters is now among the UK’s most important short film festivals’ - Empire
Encounters celebrated its 15th birthday in
style and has truly come of age. Still hailed
as ‘the UK’s premier short film festival’ by
Sight and Sound, Encounters continues
to go from strength to strength. With
increased submissions, audience figures,
delegate numbers, student package
bookings, 95% average on satisfaction
guarantee for public audience and
delegates; it is still the short filmmakers
festival of choice for the UK...
Liz Harkman, Managing Director
To read the the full reflections on the 2009 festival from Liz Harkman, and Mark Cosgrove (Creative Director) including the full listings of winners and statistics, please download the 2009 Festival Review.













