2010 Festival
16th Encounters international Film Festival
‘Unpredictable, virtually unlimited entertainment and fertile spotting grounds’ - The Guardian
2010 saw an overall increase in submissions, the number of programmed films, audience, delegates and international guests which strengthens the claims that we celebrated the largest festival to date. This increase in size and successful reception of the returned strands Animated and Brief Encounters, only re-affirms the industries need and audience desire for the Festival, and gives some security for its future...
Liz Harkman Managing Director
To read the full reflections on the 2010 festival from Liz Harkman, Dave Sproxton (Chair of Board), Kieran Argo (Animation Programme Manager) and Mark Cosgrove (Creative Director) as well as the full listings of winners and statistics, please download the 2010 Festival Review.













