SHORT FILM SHOWCASE THREE

ROAD AHEAD CLOSED (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Lily Paris. Cast: Ciaran Lonsdale, Caitlyn Woodward, Lily Paris. UK 2024. 8 mins.
Meeting a closed road on his route home, a young man takes a risky turn, only to become hopelessly lost on a maze of backroads, where something sinister lies in wait.

1 STAR REVIEW (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: John Ferrer. Cast: Charlie Clee, Sarah J Parker, Amelie Leroy. UK 2024. 9 mins.
Chef Michael has a murderous obsession with changing negative reviews to save his restaurant, but a date with his latest critic Elysia makes him question his motives.

CAKES! (LONDON PREMIERE)
Director: Johnny Herbin. Cast: Rebecca Ritchie-Smith. UK 2024. 2 mins.
A grieving woman follows a singing cake into a magical world within her oven.

UNRAVELLING (LONDON PREMIERE)
Director: Aimie Willemse. Cast: Shona McHugh, Sheila Grier. UK 2024. 8 mins.
Fion tries to care for her chronically ill grandmother, but as her invisible illness begins to physically manifest into a malignant entity, Fiona is forced to confront her worse fears.

WHAT A CATCH (UK PREMIERE)
Director: Thomas Pickering. Cast: Nathan Geering. UK 2024. 5 mins.
On a late-night trip to the lake, a Victorian fisherman's evening takes a sinister turn.

CLUBHAMMER (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Oscar Simmons. Cast: Robert Rhodes, Elliot Eason. UK 2024. 14 mins.
How much brutality can the bound Muse endure before reaching a breaking point?

THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS (LONDON PREMIERE)
Director: Anna-Ester Volozh. Cast: Pik-Sen Lim (Voice). UK 2024. 7 mins.
The most beautiful princess in the world demands the impossible: to marry a king who conquers all kings.

BODY WORN VIDEO (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Tony Hipwell. Cast: Chanelle Alle, Oliver Devoti. UK 2024. 11 mins.
A child abuse call isn’t the best way to end a day, but for officers Cane and Adel, it's not just their shift that's about to end …

PUNCH (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Ross Scott. Cast: Ben Allen, Ryan Marinello, Emily Morus-Jones. UK 2024. 4 mins.
A mountain biker discovers an ancient puppet theatre deep within the forest, and he's just in time for the show.

IT’S REALLY YOU (EUROPEAN PREMIERE)
Director: Rich Rose. Cast: Richard Huw, Aminita Francis, Joseph Adelakun. UK 2024. 15 mins.
A priest arrives at a house to perform an exorcism, unaware that he's about to be reunited with an old flame...

THE AWAKENING (WORLD PREMIERE)
Director: Al Campbell. Cast: Daniel Mays. UK 2023. 15 mins.
Mike lives alone in a quiet village. He wakes one morning with muddy feet. Intrigued to know what he’s getting up to in the middle of the night, he sets his phone to record the room next time he goes to bed…

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