AN ENCOUNTER
Freely adapted from the James Joyce short story, An Encounter, follows Stephen and Jay, (13), as they take a day mitching from School. Jay is a boy Stephen considers to be beneath him. Nervous of being detected, the pair stick to the margins, along the royal canal and through the anonymous docklands until the afternoon finds them on the grassy banks of the Irishtown shore. As they lay hidden in the grass, a strange man approaches. What unfolds with this man terrifies Stephen and will never be erased from his memory.
Director: Kelly
Ireland, 2021
19:59 min
nominated for Best Short Film 20MINMAX 2022
Kelly Campbell is an Irish born Actor, Writer and First time director. Her career in theatre has spanned over 20 years, beginning In 1999 when she founded the Cafe Theatre in Dublin. As an Actor her films have been accepted into Sundance, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto, Tribeca and San Sebastián. Kelly has recently finished her directing debut film, An Encounter, which is an adaptation of James Joyce’s Dubliners.
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