Encounters Announces 20th Anniversary Awards Winners

SourceEcreative was on hand for an exciting few days at the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol (UK) as it enjoyed its 20th anniversary. The awards showcased both established and emerging talent (including our recently featured Scout director Aćim Vasić) with the jury watching 219 short films in 3 days to determine the outstanding winning selection in 13 categories.

The winners for 2014 have been announced with Argentinian Santiago 'Bou' Grasso  picking up the Animated Grand Prix for Padre (Father) and American Jennifer Reeder winning the Brief Grand Prix for A Million Miles Away.

The jury presented the Animation Grand Prix to Padre and commented; ‘a powerful and poignant film which channels the spirit of Argentina’s missing to the world’s consciousness through subtle and haunting performance’, while Jennifer Reeder was praised for her imaginative and multi-layered approach to the film form, achieving depth and authenticity in both script and performance.  

The animation jury also gave a special mention to Chris Landreth for his short film Subconscious Password, which ‘succeeds using a fascinating & original visual language in a story full of humour and sophistication to perfectly deliver the subconscious experience.’



The European Film Academy Nomination was awarded to The Chicken, Directed by Una Gumjak, ‘ a moving, brilliantly executed film, featuring a great performance from a child actor and a reminder of the toll that war takes on ordinary people struggling to survive’. ‘Through the Hawthorn’ was nominated for the Cartoon d’Or for ‘its sensitive and intelligent presentation of a family dealing with mental illness presented through a mesmerising triptych.’

Bafta Award winning British Director Mickey Please took the Channel 4 Best of British Animation Award for ‘Marilyn Myller’, ‘a flawless stop motion animation which plunges the audience into the depths of artistic self-depreciation.’ Another BAFTA Award winner Gaëlle Denis collected the Channel 4 Best of British Short Film Award with Crocodile, ‘a characteristically British film in its unexpected changes of tone and the juxtaposition of humour and tragedy.’

Debbi Lander, Festival Director commented;
“We are very proud of the award winning short films selected by our international juries this year from a very diverse selection of highly regarded short films. The standard and quality of this year’s award winners is exceptionally high.  Each one serves to remind us of the power of short film to inspire us, move us and change the way we think about the world. Truly inspiring, provocative and original, these are superbly crafted and unmissable films.




ENCOUNTERS AWARDS WINNERS 2014

Encounters Animated Grand Prix: Padre/Father by Santiago 'Bou' Grasso (Argentina)
Grand Prix Special Mention: Subconscious Password by Chris Landreth (Canada)
 
Encounters Brief Grand Prix: A Million Miles Away by Jennifer Reeder (US)

British Council 20:20 Hitchcock Award: Man in my life by Darya Belkina (Kazakhstan)
 
Channel 4 Best of British Animation Award: Marilyn Miller by Mikey Please (UK)
 
Channel 4 Best of British Short Film Award: Crocodile by Gaëlle Denis (UK)
 
European Film Academy Nomination: The Chicken by Una Gunjak (Germany/Croatia)

Cartoon D’Or Nomination: Through the Hawthorn by Anna Benner, Gemma Burditt and Pia Borg (UK)

UWE European New Talent Animation Award: The Dewberry Empire by Christian Schlaeffer (UK)

UWE European New Talent Short Film Award: Patterns by Miklos Keleti (Belgium)

Children’s Award: The Planets by Andy Martin (UK)
 
Encounter’s Audience Award: Drive Home by Jess Cope (UK)
 
Music Video Award: All the Same (tout les memes) by Henry Scholfield (Belgium)
 
Documentary Award: Notes on Blindness by Peter Middleton and James Spinney (UK)
 

 

2014 DepicT! Awards
 
DepicT!’14 Award: Carpark by Ant Blades, (UK)
 
DepicT! RPS Cinematography Award: The Peace of Wild Things by Adam DJ Laity, (UK)

DepicT!’14 Random Acts Special Mention: The Collector by Stas Santimov (Ukraine)
 
DepicT!’14 British Special Mention: Nati by Daniel Chisholm (UK)
 
DepicT!’14 Shooting People Audience Award: Nati by Daniel Chisholm (UK)