SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
Saturday 7 March at 12.50 pm
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Director: Guy Trevellyan.
Cast: Anna Popplewell, Daniel Ings. United Kingdom 2025. 12 min.
UK PREMIERE - A doctor on her last day before maternity leave is thrown into chaos when a hidden threat emerges.
Director: Alessio Avezzano.
Cast: Jade McDonald, Kyle Wallace, Tanyaradzwa Gimani, Graham Pritz-Bennett, Olivia Jane Topalian, Saaniya Abbas, Suani Rincon. United Kingdom 2025. 17 min.
UK PREMIERE - A global butt-dial outbreak sweeps the planet, but the real nightmare is only just beginning.
Director: Philip Clyde-Smith
Cast: Murray McArthur, Shane Casey, Frances Barber, Frank Bourke, Lisa O'Connor, Katherine Moran, Jimmy Tarbuck, Brian Byrne. United Kingdom 2025. 15 min.
EUROPEAN PREMIERE - Moira, an elderly Irish woman, finds herself literally attached to her deceased husband, Patrick. When his hand refuses to let go after death, it leads to increasingly grotesque events. Everyone in the couple’s orbit, from their daughter to the local doctor, a farmer, a priest, and a Satanist, tries to intervene with horrific consequences.
Director: Elliot Ancona.
Cast: Ronni Ancona, Bradley John, Jason York. United Kingdom 2025. 6 min.
SCOTTISH PREMIERE - Commitment-phobic Noah is spellbound to fight a duel for the hand of a spectral lady whose bewitching Muff is an accessory…to die for.
Director: Kaljeven Singh Lally.
Director: Kaljeven Singh Lally. Cast: Tajinder Singh, Michael MacLeod. United Kingdom 2025. 17 min.
UK PREMIERE - Harbir channels his envy of Ben by calling out his beliefs in Punjabi superstition and black magic at his cousin's birthday lunch. Harbir quickly finds there's more to this tale than he bargained for.
Director: Edie Deffebach.
Cast: Stella Talpo, Alexander Arnold. United Kingdom 2025. 15 min.
UK PREMIERE - A woman wakes up on a London night bus and is provoked by a series of passengers, setting her on a bloody journey of self-discovery.
Directors: Matt Fitch, Chris Baker.
Cast: Rowan Polonski, Jennie Eggleton. United Kingdom 2025. 5 min.
WORLD PREMIERE - A mysterious stranger. A deck of cards. And a trick that’s far more sinister than anyone could imagine. THE TRICK is a dark, suspenseful short that will leave you questioning what’s real… and what’s magick.
Director: Lysander Wong.
United Kingdom 2025. 4 min.
SCOTTISH PREMIERE - A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always find their way to the surface.
Film Info
Film Info
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Director: Kaljeven Singh Lally.
Cast: Tajinder Singh, Michael MacLeod.
United Kingdom 2025. 17 min.
Harbir channels his envy of Ben by calling out his beliefs in Punjabi superstition and black magic at his cousin's birthday lunch. Harbir quickly finds there's more to this tale than he bargained for.
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
Saturday 7 March at 12.50
Director: Guy Trevellyan. Cast: Anna Popplewell, Daniel Ings. United Kingdom 2025. 12 min.
A doctor on her last day before maternity leave is thrown into chaos when a hidden threat emerges.
Director: Alessio Avezzano. Cast: Jade McDonald, Kyle Wallace, Tanyaradzwa Gimani, Graham Pritz-Bennett, Olivia Jane Topalian, Saaniya Abbas, Suani Rincon.
United Kingdom 2025. 17 min.
A global butt-dial outbreak sweeps the planet, but the real nightmare is only just beginning.
Director: Philip Clyde-Smith. Cast: Murray McArthur, Shane Casey, Frances Barber, Frank Bourke, Lisa O'Connor, Katherine Moran, Jimmy Tarbuck, Brian Byrne.
United Kingdom 2025. 15 min.
Moira, an elderly Irish woman, finds herself literally attached to her deceased husband Patrick. When his hand refuses to let go after death, it leads to increasingly grotesque events. Everyone in the couple’s orbit, from their daughter to the local doctor, a farmer, a priest, and a Satanist, all try to intervene with horrific consequences.
Director: Elliot Ancona. Cast: Ronni Ancona, Bradley John, Jason York. United Kingdom 2025. 6 min.
Commitment-phobic Noah is spellbound to fight a duel for the hand of a spectral lady whose bewitching Muff is an accessory…to die for.
Director: Kaljeven Singh Lally. Cast: Tajinder Singh, Michael MacLeod.
United Kingdom 2025. 17 min.
Harbir channels his envy of Ben by calling out his beliefs in Punjabi superstition and black magic at his cousin's birthday lunch. Harbir quickly finds there's more to this tale than he bargained for.
Director: Edie Deffebach. Cast: Stella Talpo, Alexander Arnold. United Kingdom 2025. 15 min.
A woman wakes up on a London night bus and is provoked by a series of passengers, setting her on a bloody journey of self-discovery.
Directors: Matt Fitch, Chris Baker. Cast: Rowan Polonski, Jennie Eggleton.
United Kingdom 2025. 5 min.
A mysterious stranger. A deck of cards. And a trick that’s far more sinister than anyone could imagine. THE TRICK is a dark, suspenseful short that will leave you questioning what’s real… and what’s magick.
Director: Lysander Wong.
United Kingdom 2025. 4 min.
A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always find their way to the surface.