Shorts: Brief Encounters

Fateful meetings and clandestine confrontations. Short films depicting the ways in which we cross paths.

From roads, rodeos, saunas, trains or pools, our lives are populated by small, brief encounters in unlikely places. From the thralls of a dark Western obsession, to the self-examinings of a cyber cowboy. Waiting for a hunk to scoop us up from the bottom of a public pool, or realising the worst about your partner after being trapped in a private sauna. Our encounters with God, the Other, the unexplained, whether in the dense Cuban rainforest or a crowded French train. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS brings together the best in contemporary short films, asking a simple question: who might we meet next?

Total Running Time: 88 min

Content Warnings:Violence, implied animal cruelty, strong language, sex and nudity, distressing scenes, blood, alcohol use