FRIGHTFEST LONDON

Discovery One ODEON Luxe West End

Saturday 23 August at 10.40 am

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE TWO

There's something dark happening down at the farm in NEEDLETEETH. Can you always rely on the kindness of strangers? In THE MAN THAT I WAVE AT.  Hosting can be a tricky menu to navigate in MY BEST FRIENDS. Never leave home without your repellent in BLOODBUZZ. Every party must have finger food in NO ONE IS COMING TO RESCUE YOU. GILDA asks what's more frightening than after-school activities? Is the glass half empty or half 'ghoul' in INEBRIATED? Could it be a case of will they, won't they? In YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL.

Needleteeth

Director: Daniel Lewis Martin.  With: Aidan Rivers, Owen Mulhall.  UK, 2025.  16 min

WORLD PREMIERE -​ In rural Ireland, a reserved farm boy (March) lives under the stern watch of his father (Hank). When their sheep are found brutally slaughtered, a creeping suspicion grows alongside a strange hunger in the boy’s body. As the mystery unfolds, tensions rise and his dreams turn feral, he must confront the beast that may not be stalking him, but becoming him. 

The Man That I Wave At

Director: Ben Stephen Hyland.  With: Sam Pamphilon, Marek Larwood, Rebecca Shorrocks.  UK,  2025.  11 min.

LONDON PREMIERE -​  After a gentle ribbing from his wife, a man experiences an existential crisis trying to work out the identity of the man that he waves at.  

My Best Friends

Director: William Willoughby.  With: Paul Ginns. UK,  2025.  13 min.

WORLD PREMIERE -​  ​An apparent act of kindness - Alex brings home take-away food for his best friends - has horrifying repercussions. 

Bloodbuzz

Director: Daisy Bata.  With: Beth Taylor, Johnny Vivash, Ed Hartland.  UK,  2025, 15 min.

WORLD PREMIERE -​  ​Amid a bug-infested heatwave driven by climate breakdown, a troubled, conspiracy-obsessed teen on the run is taken by a reclusive farmer. But when her manipulative stepbrother arrives, it’s not just the mosquitos she will have to survive.

No One is Coming to Rescue You

Director: Ruth Platt.  With: Ema Cavolli, Arseniy Cassidy, Joseph Pollock, Jasper Jacob.  UK,  2025. 9 min.

WORLD PREMIERE -​  ​Harry's brought his new girlfriend to meet his family on a beautiful summer's day. Little does he know she harbours a long standing, dark revenge against his doctor father, whom he hero-worships.

Gilda

Director: Matty Ride-Smith.   With: Kylie Ann Ford.  UK,  2025. 10 min.

WORLD PREMIERE -​  ​​An evening unfolds in real time as Gilda, a struggling performer, is setting up a kid’s club, finding herself terrorised by an occult presence. She is being used as an offering in a constant loop of life and death. The name 'Gilda' means sacrifice.

Inebriated

Director: Max R. Lincoln.  With: Bethan Cullinane, Sharon Small, Patrick Brennan, Mark Strepan.  UK,  2025.  12 min

WORLD PREMIERE -​  ​To rescue her possessed boyfriend, Van must confront her demons, beginning with her parents.

You Look So Beautiful

Director: Mookie Ma.  With: Brendan Howley, Tara-Marie Tigue.  UK, 2025.  12 min.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION -​  ​A lonely prowler of the night has a chance encounter with the girl of his dreams, but is she his redemption or his doom?