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An insight in to this years selection of Supernatural short films, showing at this years festival 25th September 2021. Bee-El (Directed by CJ Vecchio)   The film follows Sabrina (Cate Rio), an ‘innocent young girl’ who befriends a malicious entity that inhabits her closet, bringing out a whole new evil side to Sabrina. Bee-El confronts ...

An insight in to this years selection of dystopian short films, showing at this years festival 25th September 2021. Let’s All Go to the Lobby! (Directed by Nolan Barth) Nolan Barth’s Let’s All Go to the Lobby is a freaky, bizarre, and imaginative short horror that follows Alex (Kelley Pereira), a theater employee, and her ...

An insight in to this years selection of dystopian short films, showing at this years festival 26th September 2021. Eject (Directed by David Yorke, 2019)  Eject takes us on a dystopian journey that mirrors societal fears of unknown technology and the threat of personal discovery. We follow Kate (Elena Saurel), as she discovers that the ...

An insight in to this years selection of student short films, showing at this years festival 24th September 2021. Chateau Sauvignon: terroir (Directed by David E. Munz-Marie) The cleverly named Chateau Sauvignon: terroir follows Nicolas (Michael Lorz), who comes from a vintner family. He lives on the wine farm with his ailing mother and coarse ...

An insight in to this years selection of slasher short films, showing at this years festival 24th September 2021. Bloodshed (Directed by Paolo Mancini & Daniel Watchorn, 2020)  Bloodshed follows Getty (Bruno Verdoni), who is mourning the death of his wife after a vicious blood disease killed her. To cope Getty turns his ‘unusual hobby ...

Peacock Island from the outset is drowning in its own lavishness, with grand houses and expensive (probably self-driving) cars lining the streets of this exclusive land of the side of Quebec. Money is no issue here, meaning that the regulars’ hobbies mainly include visiting the private golf club. However, with Canada’s cold winter comes mountains ...

An insight in to this years selection of creature short films, showing at this years festival 26th September 2021. The Taxi Dead (Directed Simon Lahm, 2020)  The Taxi Dead follows Paul (David Zimmerschied), who must survive a horrible night alongside his Bavrian taxi driver Karl (Manuel Renken), as they join forces to battle against the ...

An insight in to this years selection of thriller short films, showing at this years festival 24th September 2021. Upstairs (Phillip Trow, 2020)  Upstairs is reminiscent of those awkward family dinners where the mere idea of meeting your spouse’s family sends shivers down your spine, but in the world of Upstairs the unpleasantness is turned ...

Leo X. Robertson has a keen eye for the obscure, with his focus dwelling on the oddities of society, particularly seen in his book Unfortunates (2021) which chronicles eight short and sadistic stories. Robertson’s second feature film Burnt Portraits captures his most exciting project to date as we are thrown into a dark and twisted ...

Transcending into a cathartic chaos is Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor, a tragically stunning yet deceitful enigma that allures as much as it challenges and repels. Birthing Censor’s righteous battle of truth and fiction is a closely confined trip of what grief can manifest and how our own senses and thoughts can be a source of both ...

The August Club is everything you could want in a comedy horror all wrapped up with innovative character designs, excellent theming, and a creative design. Taking us on this Goosebumps-esque journey is the timid Noah (James Grainger), and the boisterous Jack (Lucas Byrne) who have no other choice but to form an unlikely friendship after ...

Entwining a rich story of loss, both through the self and otherwise is Wyvern Hill, a haunting analogy of what it means to be astray in a world of uncertainty. Manifesting the film’s harrowing expressions is director Jonathan Zaurin, and writer Keith Temple. Together Temple and Zaurin leave a lingering mark on the traditional haunted ...