Encounters Film Festival: Lineup

A supercharged history of sculptor Constantin Brancusi's infamous 'Princess X'

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators, he is forced to make compromises merely to survive; his life of exile grows one day longer.

"Until one day... when the first shot was fired, everyone had to leave their homes."

Bakary Diarra comes from Mali and has two eyes. One is brown, the other blue. This is a story about his eyes.

In the beginning of them She created us.

A surreal journey inspired from the paintings of the acclaimed artist, Theodore Pantaleon. A requiem to Form, Feminine-Goddess, eternal Eve, and Art.

A poignant short stop motion film about a middle aged man coming to terms with the loss of his mother.

What's it like to feel no emotion?

Two hardy orphans survive upon the remains of a humanity that has left them behind.

This short takes us on a familiar journey of a difficult day, as seen from the unfamiliar perspective of a monkey.

A nearly impossible story, supported by a catchy melody, guides us through the ABCs- from Awesome Beetles to Yellow Zebra.

Based on the poem by Edward Smyth Jones, "Behind the Bars" tells the story of Jones' life of oppression, moving from his early childhood, when he began writing, through the prejudice he faced as an African-American intellectual, through to the end of his life, when his writing became instrumental to depicting the life of his community, previously ignored.

Haby takes us on a tour around the 5 Towers, her neighborhood. She learns us that an empty square only exists in the head of the person who looks at it that way but if you take a closer look you might think differently.

A bear escapes and a whole city goes mad: While all citizens go about their absurd everyday activities, a bear has managed to free itself from its kennel. Meanwhile Kore has a completely different problem: The shadows of her past are haunting her--shadows she cannot banish. There is simply no way out: she needs to face her worst fear.

A portrait of the exotic bird-trade industry.

The tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.

Two women sit in a barren dystopian wasteland discussing the best way to die.

While we watch the "cat fail" of the day in cheerful safety, all that remains invisible in this neoliberal nightmare catches up with us.

Catawampus is based on the Slavic folktale of Baba Yaga, an old witch who lives in a forest, in a magical house which can walk around on chicken legs. The story follows a regular, 21st century little girl who appears to be lost during a wander around the woods. A storm starts to brew, rain begins to fall and she finds shelter in a small log cabin. But when that cabin suddenly comes to life, the little girl must hide from its frightening owner.

Carvalho, a bus driver in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, just bought his grandson a very special gift for their first Christmas together. In order to join the family's celebration, he now must hope for his night shift replacement to turn up on time.

Identity and conformity collide as two sisters drift apart.

In a small farming community, two brothers brutally attack a local boy who sexually assaulted their sister. The three siblings quickly face the threatening consequences of this vengeful act when the beaten boy's father mysteriously arrives on their farm in the middle of the night. CHICKENS is an intense story about loss of innocence and the deep bond between siblings struggling to connect in the aftermath of unspeakable violence.

An ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.