One of the most popular parts of the Arrow Video FrightFest programme is the short film showcases. The three sessions showcase some of the best shorts from around the world and this year is no exception.
The shorts that will make up the programme this year are:
From the UK:
Voodoo in My Heart (D: Elias Williams, starring Charlotte Beaumont)
The Nicky Nack (D: Tom Oxenham, starring Alun Armstrong)
On Air (D: Syd Heather, starring Mandip Gill)
Night Bus (D: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth)
Hiya Janice (D: Rob Hayes)
The Dead Collectors (D: Brendan Cleaves)
Better the Devil You Know (D: Vipin Venugopal)
Wee Shadows (D: Steven Goodison)
They Called Me David (D: Lindsay Hallam)
Puff (D: Zara Symes)
Where the Tar Leaks Red (D: Dominic Stewart)
Familiar (D: David J. Ellison)
Arm (D: Jill Worsley)
Behind You (D: Gavin Williams, Mark Lediard)
Itch (D: Susannah Farrugia)
Aria (D: Christopher Poole)
Standing Woman (D: Tony Hipwell)
The Nicky Nack
Worldwide entries:
The Departure (D: Nico van den Brink)
Hysteria (D: Anssi Määttä)
Self-Actualization of the Werewolf Woman (D: Conall Pendergast)
Terrible Things (D: Ciarán Hickey)
Room 217 (D: Srwsht Abarash)
Four (D: Irina Dorosh)
Dana (D: Lucia Forner Segarra)
Otherwise (D: Ali Mashayekhi)
Weirdo (D: Ashlea Wessel)
Trouble (D: Naledi Jackson)
Stuck (D: David Mikalson)
The Lovers (D: Avra Fox-Lerner)
Carl the Exorcist (D: Jordan McKittrick)
Posies (D: R.H. Stavis)
A Puff Before Dying (D: Micheal Reich, Mike Pinkney)
The Dead Collectors
Short film programmer Shelagh Rowan-Legg said of the selections: “To say that the past 18 months have been challenging would be an understatement. And yet, so many filmmakers from the UK and around the world have risen to that challenge, and gifted us with their amazing shorts. it seems there is such deep, rich work, at a time when we need stories that both keep us awake, and help us through the darkest times. Those that scare together, stay together, and the FrightFest audience will stay scared together”.
All three Short Film Showcases will be taking place in Cineworld Screen 1.
Short Film Showcase One is from 15:45 on Friday, August 27th, Showcase Two is on Saturday, August 28th at 13:20, and Showcase Three is on Monday, August 30th at 13:10.
Arrow Video FrightFest runs from August 26th – 30th at Cineworld Leicester Square.
Tickets & passes are now available to buy online: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html
For full programme details: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/
