SHORT FILM SHOWCASE ONE

FOREVER YOURS (UK PREMIERE)
Director: Elliott Louis McKee. Cast: Andrea Ariel, James Tuft, Simone Bucio. GERMANY 2024. 15 min.

Following a devastating accident that leaves the love of her life, Sebastian, paralysed, Valeria becomes his dedicated caretaker, triggering a disturbing obsession.

VHX (WORLD PREMIERE)
Directors: Alisa Stern, Scott Ampleford. Cast: Erin Natal, Scott Ampleford, Henry Thompson. US 2024. 5 min.

A collection of home movies languish on a shelf, longing to be watched again. Little do they know, there's a fate far worse than being forgotten.

THE COST OF FLESH (UK PREMIERE)
Director: Tomas Palombi. Cast: Nayla Berrada, Camille Monchy, Baptiste Philippe. FRANCE 2023. 10 min.

Alice is a totally paralysed teenager who can only communicate through the movements of her eyes. Her brother and sister try an obscure method to free her from the evil that hinders her…

GAME OVER (UK PREMIERE)
Director: Adrian Cacciola. Cast: Jean-Yves Lissonet, Lynne Verall, Adrian Rawlins (voice). FRANCE 2023. 9 min.

Sunday afternoon is Scrabble Day for an elderly couple. The sunny scene opens with the old man's hateful inner monologue as he is forced to take part for the umpteenth time. But the game suddenly intensifies when the old man realises that the words being played are becoming reality.

HIDE YOUR CRAZY (LONDON PREMIERE)
Director: Austin Kase. Cast: Amy-Helene Carlson, Will Toussaint. US 2023. 14 min.

A young man’s surprise birthday dinner for his girlfriend is not met with the response he was expecting, leading to the most frightful night of their lives.

BATH BOMB (UK PREMIERE)
Director: Colin G Cooper. Cast: Anders Yates, Daniel Henkel. US 2023. 10 min.

A possessive doctor prepares a romantic bath for his narcissistic boyfriend, but after an accusation of infidelity, things take a deeply disturbing turn.

SHADOW (UK PREMIERE)
Director: Kamell Allaway. Cast: Katy Wright-Mead, Valentina Gordon, Christy St. John. US 2023. 12 min.

A young mother's shadow takes on a life of its own, terrorizing her and her daughter over the course of one night.

SKETCH (EUROPEAN PREMIERE)
Director: Joshua David Matthews. Cast: Erin Ownbey, Brett Brooks. US 2024. 5 mins.

A young woman discovers the creature she just sketched is in the bedroom with her.

FOMO/ARMAGEDDON (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Michael Niels Køppen Kunov. Cast: Justin Geertsen, Stine Schrøder Jensen, Sandra Halle, Isabella Møller Hansen (voice).
DENMARK 2023. 12 mins.

The world is coming to an end and teenager William is convinced that it is his fault.

TRIP (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Colin Minihan. Cast: Amanda Grace Benitez, Levi Meaden, Timothy Kennedy. US 2023. 14 min.

Three friends take a designer drug that lifts an astral veil and introduces them to a mysterious figure named Tom.
Whatever you do... don't look him in the eye.

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE TWO

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE THREE