
Phoenix Forgotten(2017)
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.


“The woods have a secret”
On November 18th 2011 a small Danish film crew disappeared in the woods of northern Sweden without a trace. One year later, their footage was leaked by a hacker group now known as Pandoras. This is the crew's unsettling and disturbing footage.

Kristian Fjord
Fjord

Casper Sloth
Alex

Signe Mathilde Sørensen
Janne
Claus Vedel
Hunter 1
Jacob Guldager
Anders
Encounters is a science fiction, horror, mystery film released in 2015 exploring themes of hacker, sweden, alien, alien contact, doppelgänger, found footage. Directed by Anders Bukh, it stars Kristian Fjord, Casper Sloth, Signe Mathilde Sørensen. On November 18th 2011 a small Danish film crew disappeared in the woods of northern Sweden without a trace. One year later, their footage was leaked by a hacker group now known as Pandoras. This is the crew's unsettling and disturbing footage.
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