Animated Encounters

at the 17th Encounters Bristol International Film Festival

Bristol’s festival of animation, Animated Encounters is the competitive strand for short
animation, dedicated to showcasing the best home grown and international short
animation talent around.

Featured

Call for Submissions

Submissions are open between 1 March - 6 June.

Submit your short to the UK's longest running competitive short film festival with a chance of bagging some big prizes, priceless exposure, or a prestigious award from Oscars®, European Film Awards, BAFTAs and Cartoon d'Or.

Shorts of any genre, under 30 minutes, created after 1 Jan 2011 will be eligible.

We will be updating the website shortly with further information on guidelines and submission fees.

Or can you do it in 90 seconds? DepicT! is now open for submissions (deadline 9 July). Submit for free at depict.org

Latest news

Oscar® 2012 Animation Nominations

15 February 2012, by Mireia

Part of the Nominated Shorts Season, Encounters presents the Oscar® 2012 Animation Nominations

» Read more

Also in the news

See all news

From the blog

British Animation Awards Screening Competition 3

14 February 2012, by Mireia

Win 2 tickets to attend the last screening of the British Animation Awards Wed 15 Feb at Watershed Bristol.

» Read more

More from the blog

Visit the blog