Film4
FrightFest 2015 announces largest ever Short Film programme, including All 4’s
A Moment of Horror series
They’re
Closing In
Film4
FrightFest 2015 has expanded its Short Film Showcase event, with three strands
and over thirty shorts from around the world, including eleven World Premieres
and seven European Premieres. With films from thirteen countries, this is the
most diverse and exciting shorts event yet programmed.
Highlights
include the London premiere of actress Karen Gillan’s intense directorial debut
COWARD, and the UK premiere of SHEVENGE, a darkly funny tale of revenge,
directed by BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER alum Amber Benson. Local FrightFest alumni
will also be returning: screenwriter and director James Moran is back with
screams and laughter in GHOSTING, and Dan Auty brings us nostalgia and magic
children in his new short PARTY 85. We will also be featuring the World
premiere of SURGERY, the frightening new short by The Clemens Bros, sons of
legendary UK screenwriter Brian Clemens, as well as the world premieres of THE
ALPHA INVENTION, a chilling sci-fi short starring Billy Boyd and DARK.NET starring Johnny Vegas. Additional
highlights include Mike Williamson (IN THE WALL) returning to FrightFest with
the World Premiere of his new short DEATHLY, featuring a score by composer
Clint Mansell (MOON/ REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) and THE LAKE directed by 14 year old
Nathan Ambrosioni, who also has his feature HOSTILE playing in our Discovery
Strand
.
Spain
features prominently with five shorts in the selection, including
multi-award-winning TUNING OSCAR, a twisted romantic comedy by Mikel Alvariño,
the experimental dance-horror YOU WILL FALL AGAIN, and DISCO INFERNO, the
Giallo-inspired fever dream by Alice Waddington.
This
year’s selection also features a record nine shorts directed by women,
including the hilarious VINTAGE BLOOD by Abigail Blackmore (starring Indira
Varma), the disturbing SEND IN THE CLOWNS by Kate Shenton, the side-splitting A
FAVOUR by Izzy Lee, and the creepy thriller TWO MISSING by Claire Fowler.
PLUS!
For
the first time ever, this year Film4 FrightFest will premiere six horror
–themed short films from the brand new All4, which replaces 4OD.
The
series, entitled A Moment of Horror, consists of six individual episodes and
will premiere throughout the festival. All films will then be available
exclusively on All 4 at www.all4.com/shorts.
The
creepy encounters in the series include the tale of a young mother who
discovers she feeds something much more sinister than her own baby; a janitor
who notices the doors he closes on his nightshift never remain shut; and an
anxiety sufferer whose troubles take a physical form during a bath-time black
out. A Moment of Horror will disturb your perception of the
mundane, and plant images in your head that will make you think twice before
turning off the light at night…
FrightFest Short Film Programmer Shelagh Rowan-Legg said today "We
are thrilled with the short films programmed this year, with 31 titles from
Europe, North America and the Middle East. These films show the incredible
diversity of fantastic genre cinema, from gory horror to creepy thrillers to
chilling science fiction to moody experimental, with films that are both live
action featuring amazing actors, and stunning stop-motion animation. FrightFest
audiences have the opportunity to see emerging talents as well as regular
favourites."
Full
line-up:
SATURDAY
AUG 29 – DISCOVERY AT THE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
from 11:15
INVADERS
(UK Premiere)
Director:
Jason Kupfer. Cast: Ricky Wayne, Jordan Woods-Robinson. USA 2014. 6 mins.
It’s
Thanksgiving, and two would-be robbers are planning a quick heist. But they
might get more than they bargained for.
A
FAVOUR (European Premiere)
Director:
Izzy Lee. Cast: Shaun Callaghan, Diana Porter, Jose Gons Alves. USA 2015. 10
mins.
Jackson
just wants to watch the big game, but his best friend Liz needs help … again …
THEY’RE
CLOSING IN (World Premiere)
Director:
Jarret Blinkhorn. Cast: Michael A. LoCicero, Susan T. Travers. USA 2015. 6
mins.
The
monsters are closing in, and a husband and wife argue about how to fight back.
But fighting back might not be the answer.
DARK_NET
(World Premiere)
Director:
Tom Marshall. Cast: Johnny Vegas, Perry Fitzpatrick. UK 2015.12 mins.
Alan’s
girlfriend has dumped him, but he has a plan to get back at her and her new
beau, with the help of dark_net.
THE
ALPHA INVENTION (World Premiere)
Director:
Mark Towers. Cast: Billy Boyd, William Hope. UK 2014. 15 mins.
A
computer programmer has developed a method for creating artificial
intelligence, and a potential buyer wants in. But who is the mysterious buyer,
and who is the programmer?
YOU
WILL FALL AGAIN (UK Premiere)
Director:
Alex Pachón. Cast: Joan Català. Spain/Hong Kong 2015. 6 mins.
A
locked room. A man in a wheelchair. A crack in the ceiling. An escape attempt
comes at a damaging price.
SHEVENGE
(UK Premiere)
Director;
Amber Benson. Cast: Emma Rylan, Jessica Sherif, Megan Lee Joy. USA 2015. 11
mins.
Three
women are a little frustrated with their boyfriends, and imagine ways to exact
their vengeance.
STRANGERS
IN THE NIGHT (World Premiere)
Conor
McMahon. Cast: Michael Hough, Niamh Algar, Nora Relihan. Ireland 2015. 12 mins.
Poor
grandma: a banshee has come to take to the next world. Can she count on her
grandson’s charms to distract the monster?
OSCILLATION
(World Premiere)
Director:
Dídac Gimeno. Cast: Vekí G. Vellila, Igor Luna, Helena Puig, Jorge Lora. Spain
2015. 8 mins.
A
young woman works in a lighting store, where a projector transports her to a
strange world of dangers and desires.
BAD
GUY #2 (London Premiere)
Chris
McInroy. Cast: Kirk Johnson. USA 2014.10 mins.
He’s
working hard and climbing up the criminal underworld ladder; but does he have
the skills to be the best bad guy?
TUNING
OSCAR (UK Premiere)
Director:
Mikel Alvariño. Cast: Julián Lópz, Bárbara Goenaga, Bárbara Santa-Cruz. Spain
2014. 22 mins.
Oscar
meets Ana, a beautiful woman who wants him. But his promise to another woman
means he must delay, or dire consequences await him.
SUNDAY
AUG 30 – PHOENIX ARTIST CLUB SCREEN from 16:15
SEND
IN THE CLOWNS (World Premiere)
Director:
Kate Shenton. Cast: David Wayman, Niahm Walsh. UK 2014.11 mins.
David
has a dream: to be the scariest clown in the world. But it’s not easy on a
budget.
VINTAGE
BLOOD (World Premiere)
Director:
Abigail Blackmore. Cast: Indira Varma, Sophie Thompson, Michael Rosen, Tracy
Whitwell. UK 2015 14 mins.
At
a quirky vintage shop, owner Izzy must cope with a curse that threatens
her boyfriend’s life.
CROW
HAND!! (UK Premiere)
Director:
Brian Lonano. Cast: Jason Vail, Caitlin McPhail. USA 2014. 3 mins.
It’s
a bird! It’s a plane! No it’s a bird! Maybe???
IN
THE TALL GRASS (UK Premiere)
Director:
Alexii Multoof. Cast: Alexii Multoff, Nadia Dubijansky, Federico Lusthaus.
Israel 2014. 8 mins.
Joseph
keeps to himself in his flat, haunted by images of unfocused and unknown
violence that torture his mind.
DEATHLY
(World Premiere)
Director:
Mike Williamson. Cast: Alan Ruck. Kathleen Wilhoite. USA 2015.13 mins.
A
man has lost his wife under seemingly accidental circumstances; but the truth
might come back to haunt him.
UMBRA
(European Ptremiere)
Director:
Bryn Tilly. Cast: Fraser Gray, Charlotte Antonievich, Melissa Snater.
Australia/New Zealand 2014. 5 mins.
A
mortal woman is seduced and transformed into a vampire, which sets off a
surreal and deadly nightmare.
DOMESTIC
AFFAIRS (UK Premiere)
Director:
Alexia Muiñós Ruiz. Cast: Helena Miquel, Alex Brull. Spain 2015. 14 mins.
A
chance meeting leads to a sexual encounter that will hold more than a few
surprises.
SURGERY
(World Premiere)
Directors:
The Clemens Bros. Cast: Nicholas Ball, Jamie Lee, Laura Lemon, Sam Clemens. UK
2015.11 mins.
A
man is rescued after being tortured by a psychopath. But the cure might be
worse than the disease.
EL
GIGANTE (UK Premiere)
Director:
Gigi Saul Guerrero. Cast: Edwin Perez, David Forts, Mathias Retamal, Nisreen
Slim. Canada/Mexico 2014.14 mins.
Searching
for a better life, Armando instead finds himself at the mercy of a sadistic
family, where he must fight for his life against a monster.
MONDAY
AUG 31 – DISCOVERY AT THE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
from 17:50
BABYSITTING
STORY (UK Premiere)
Director:
Vincent Smitz. Cast: Sophie Breyer, Pauline Brisy, Julie Dacquin, Pierre Nisse,
Bernard Eylenbosch. Belgium, 2014. 20 mins.
Two
teenagers take a last-minute babysitting job; one has an interesting story to
tell, one perhaps too strange to be fiction.
TWO
MISSING (London Premiere)
Director:
Claire Fowler. Cast: Sophie Kennedy Clark, Morfydd Clark, Ben Dilloway. UK
2014. 16 mins.
Two
young women must ask for help from a stranger when their car breaks down in a
lonely wood.
GHOSTING
(World Premiere)
Director:
James Moran. Cast: Francesca Fowler. UK 2015. 8 mins.
Just
a routine check of a haunted house that will likely be a waste of time. Except
for the evil spirit.
THE
SHUTTERBUG MAN (UK Premiere)
Director:
Chris Walsh. Cast: Barbara Steele. Canada 2014. 5 mins.
A
strange man takes even stranger photographers in this stop-motion horror short
narrated by Barbara Steele.
COWARD
(London Premiere)
Director:
Karen Gillan. Cast: Rose McIver, Catherine Telford, James Ransone. USA 2014. 11
mins.
Sparkle,
a young actress suffering from insomnia, has a late-night conversation with a
former soldier about murder.
DISCO
INFERNO (European Premiere)
Director:
Alice Waddington. Cast: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Ana Rujas. Spain 2015. 12 mins.
A
strange coven, a mysterious leader, a girl for sacrifice, and a masked
intruder: all come together in an isolated house of danger and lust.
NIGHT
OF THE SLASHER (Preview)
Director:
Shant Hamassian. Cast: Lily Berlina, Scott Javore, Adam Lesar. USA 2015. 11
mins.
Every
slasher has rules for selecting his prey. But tonight’s prey might have the
upper hand.
THE
LAKE (World Premiere)
Director:
Nathan Ambrosioni. Cast: Ines Duhard, Rémy Jobert, Jason Koubi, Luna Belan.
France 2015. 11 mins.
Two
couples go for a walk in the woods, but a mysterious stranger might threaten
their tranquility.
L’ERRORE
(European Premiere)
Director:
Brando De Sica. Cast: Catrinel Marlon. Italy 2015. 9 mins.
A
mysterious woman comes to an isolated restaurant in the countryside, where the
destitute owners might do more than serve her a meal.
IRIS
(European Premiere)
Director:
Richard Karpala. Cast: Luke Sorge. USA/UK 2015.12 mins.
Dean
has a dirty job to do, but his companion, Iris, might spoil his plans before
nightfall.
PARTY
85 (World Premiere)
Director:
Dan Auty. Cast: Annemarie Cancienne, Chris Huebner, Michael McVey. UK 2015. 5
mins.
A
young boy and his baby sister are put to bed so their parents can have a crazy
summer party. But the children just won’t go to sleep.
A
MOMENT OF HORROR LINE-UP
NIGHT
FEED by Christian James
A
young mum is woken in the middle of the night by her hungry, crying baby. In
the dark and half conscious, she autopilots her way through the nightly
routine... but tonight, something else is waiting.
Christian
James’ budget zombie comedy, “Stalled”, premiered at Film4 FrightFest 2013 and
won the Melies de Argent at LIFF before its 2014 worldwide release. “Night
Feed” unites Christian with “Stalled” writer, Dan Palmer.
BATH
TIME by Rose Glass
Every
night before she goes to bed, Evy listens to a self-help tape that aims to
tackle her crippling anxiety disorder. But while having a bath, her anxieties
take on a horribly physical form…
Rose
Glass graduated from the NFTS with her film “Room 55” which was nominated for
the Grand Jury Award at SXSW 2015. She recently directed a short film for
Giorgio Armani, as part of the prestigious international project “Films of City
Frames”.
THE
DOORKEEPER by Weronika Tofilska
A
janitor walks through a long, dark corridor at night, closing a number of doors
on his way. But the job is not as easy as it seems, since someone… or
something is intent on keeping them open.
Weronika
Tofilska is a London based writer / director and a graduate of the NFTS. In
2014 she won FrightFest’s ‘666 Short Cuts to Hell’ competition with her film
“Pink & Blue”.
BEHIND
YOU by Lee Lennox
A
little girl’s favourite bed-time read is a creepy 19th century spectral
illusions book, which hides a nasty surprise for the girl’s babysitter.
Lee
Lennox is an animator and established director of music videos and commercials.
As one half of the Lennox Brothers, Lee co-wrote and co-directed his debut
feature “AmStarDam”.
WHAT
THE DOG SAW by Andrew Brand
All
Linda wants to do is sleep but her dog Max won't stop barking. If only she knew
what the dog saw…
Andrew
has made six short films including the award-winning “Where There’s Smoke”,
“Things We Leave Behind”, and “Something for Nothing” which was selected for
the BFI London Film Festival. Andrew is also a Co-Director of 3D animation
company Bad Studio.
KILLING
TIME by Michelle Fox
A
rebellious intern wastes time at work on her mobile phone and discovers a vengeful
boss is a force to be reckoned with.
Michelle
is a writer / director based in Newcastle upon Tyne and has directed numerous
short films, including “Zominic”, which was broadcast on Channel 4 Random Acts
and premiered at Film4 FrightFest 2013.
Day
passes and single tickets are now on sale at:
Festival
passes, Saturday & Sunday Day passes are sold out
Screens
5, 6 & 7 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in
Screens 3 & 8. The Discovery at The Prince Charles cinema strand will
be in Screen 1.
For full programme details go to: www.frightfest.co.uk
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