As the festival comes to a close and winners are celebrated, we bring together a collection of highlights from the 2015’s live action crop. Not a list of favourites, this is rather an attempt to condense in one programme a selection of real and fictional stories capturing the craft, diversity, imagination and boldness revealed by this year’s submissions. Enjoy!

For a list of films in this programme please visit the Encounters website at encounters-festival.org.uk.

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