The 2023 Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is almost upon us, and one of the highlights of each year’s event is the short films. Separated into three showcase strands, this year’s selection promises to be unmissable, with shorts from all over the world and of varying lengths.
Short Film Showcase 1 takes place on Friday, August 26th at 3.25pm in Discovery Screen 3 at London’s Cineworld, Leicester Square and features the following films:
The Critic (director: Bruce Micallef Eynaud)
Three Houses Down (Ty Huffer)
Here to Stay (Christopher Sheffield)
We Forgot About the Zombies (Chris McInroy)
Café Cicatriz (Jordan Bahat
Bone (Paul Coleman)
You’re Out (Chaz Harris)
Old Flames (Fugitives)
Tiny Thing (Joshua Giulano)
Safe (Josema Roig)
Mud on My Shoes (Rosie Geozalian)
After Hours (James Ross)
Kickstart my Heart (Kelsey Bollig)
Short Film Showcase 2 is on Saturday, August 26th at 10.30am in Discovery Screen 1 and features:
The Lure (Tony Hipwell)
Rain, Rain, Go Away (Sebastiano Pupino)
The Devil’s Footprints (Dean Puckett)
Fear Incarnate (Dylan Coburn)
Dead Skin (Ciara Lily O’Rourke)
Red Lake (Shaun Dunne)
Chef Gustav (Luke Frangeskou)
Fuse (Will Dennies)
Knock, Knock (Brendan Cleaves)
Virtuoso (Stella Scott)
The Dead of Winter (Stephen Graves)
The third and final Short Film Showcase is on Monday, August 28th at 6.30pm in Discovery Screen 1, featuring:
Inhabit (Duncan Falconer)
Hack (Ben Mallaby)
The New Girl (Savannah Ayoade-Greaves)
Murder (Graham Jock Robertson)
Vestige (Joseph Simmons)
My Dreams Have Been Dark of Late (Joshua Warren)
Trial 22 (John Ferrer)
Pablo, Honey! (Jamie Yuan)
Leech (George Coley)
Pareidolia (Aaron Truss)
Nosepicker (Ian Mantgani)
There are also four shorts preceding main films in Discovery Screen 1. These are:
Dead Snot (Charlie Schwan)
Posit (Dani Guzman)
Foresight (David Yorke)
Just Us (Alexander Osman)
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2023 runs from August 24th – 28th at Cineworld Leicester Square.
Tickets are now available to buy online: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html
For full programme details: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/