Encounters 2008

Among the films screening this year are:

Leaving Leaving
Leaving and Madame Tutli-Putli
2 Birds (Smáfuglar, Two Birds) (Country: Iceland; Year: 2008; Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson , Hera Hilmarsdóttir , Sigurður Jakob Helgason , Þórunn Jakobsdóttir), Official Site
A group of teenagers experiment with ketamine and find themselves out of their depth.
Christmas With Dad (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Conor McCormack)
A family prepare for Christmas.
The Crumblegiant (Country: UK, Northern Ireland; Year: 2007; Director: John McCloskey; Writer: John McCloskey; Stars: Narrated by Bernard Hill)
Half-remembered charcoal dreams from childhood.
Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight (Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Felix Massie; Writer: Felix Massie; Stars: Scott Johnson)
A businessman reaches the end of his tether.
Last Time In Clerkenwell (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Budovsky; Stars: n/a), Trailer
Birds go bonkers.
Radiohead "There There" Radiohead "There There"
Radiohead "There There" and Christmas With Dad
Leaving (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Sam Hearn, Richard Penfold; Writer: Penfold Richard; Stars: Kierston Wareing, Johnny Harris, Joe Siffleet)
A battered wife tries to find the courage to leave her husband.
Madame Tutli-Putli (Country: Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski; Writer: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski), Official Site
A woman boards a train with all her worldly goods.
Radiohead "There There" (Country: UK; Year: 2003; Director: Chris Hopewell; Writer: Chris Hopewell)
Fantastical video set in the woods.
Space Travel According To John (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jamie Stone, Anders Jedenfors)
A ten year old boy explains his space travel plans in this award winning animated film
Sleeping Betty (Isabelle Au Bois Dormant) (Country: Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Claude Cloutier; Writer: Claude Cloutier), Official Site
The palace try to wake their princess.
Space Travel According To John Space Travel According To John
Space Travel According To John and The Suburban Train
The Suburban Train (Elektryczka) (Country: Poland; Year: 2005; Director: Maciej Cuske)
Examination of faces on a Russian commuter train.
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