SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 2

The Lure (World Premiere)
Director: Tony Hipwell. Cast: Johnny Vivash. UK 2023. 2 min.
Late at night, a lone fisherman discovers he is not the only one hoping to hook something.

Rain, Rain, Go Away (World Premiere)
Director: Sebastiano Pupino. Cast: Carolina Lopes, Mike Sweeney-Collier, Gaz Hayden, Isabella Colby. UK 2023. 13 min.
Haunted by strange visions and nightmares, Clari receives a mysterious call from a long-lost friend who hides a dark secret from their past.

The Devil’s Footprints (World Premiere)
Director: Dean Puckett. Cast: Olivia Driver, Dean Puckett. UK 2023. 13 min.
In December of 2004, the bodies of a young couple were found in the middle of Dartmoor, a vast moorland in the southwestern corner of the United Kingdom.

Fear Incarnate (London Premiere)
Director: Dylan Coburn. Cast: Bo Liew-King, Xander Manktelow. UK 2022. 7 min.
To protect his family, a teenage boy musters incredible courage to confront his greatest fear, manifested in physical form before him as a terrifying spirit known only as - The Beast.

Dead Skin (London Premiere)
Director: Ciara Lilly O'Rourke. Cast: Elizabeth Kanzi Jubb, Michaela Short. UK 2023. 11 min.
Disgruntled teenager Jess has an itch she can't scratch and is willing to do whatever it takes to get rid of it.

Red Lake (London Premiere)
Director: Shaun Dunne. Cast: Claire Bermingham, Hazel Doupe, Terry O'Neill. Ireland 2022. 14 min.
Estranged sisters Jess and Maddie return to Red Lake, mourning their father’s death. As tensions rise and the night unravels, Jess discovers that some legends are real, and resentment can indeed breed a monster.

Chef Gustav (London Premiere)
Director: Luke Frangeskou. Cast: Xandre Pearcy, Luke Frangeskou. UK 2023. 3 min.
A proud chef is cooking a fancy meal and is forced to fight a mischievous cat who will stop at nothing to steal the food he is cooking.

Fuse (World Premiere)
Director: Will Dennies. Cast: Johnny Vivash, Meryl Griffiths, Dennis Carr. UK 2023. 8 min.
An electrician finds himself stalked by a ghostly presence as he attends a night call at an elderly woman’s house.

Knock, Knock, (Knock) (World Premiere)
Director: Brendan Cleaves. Cast: Tom Bell Kiell Smith-Boynoe. UK 2023. 7 min.
A man finds a suspicious blood-covered door in his living room.

Virtuoso (World Premiere)
Director: Stella Scott. Cast: Victoria Rigby, Roland Manookian, David Lewiston Sharp. UK 2023. 13 min.
Josephine auditions to play the piano for a prestigious orchestra. Her partner Jasper, a fellow pianist, helps her prepare. Josephine, self-defeating, sets a curse on herself that prevents her from performing and him from helping her.

The Dead of Winter (World Premiere)
Director: Stephen Graves. Cast: Oliver Maltman, Christina Cole, James Swanton. UK 2023. 12 min.
After an affluent man leaves a rough sleeper to die in the cold on Christmas Eve, he's haunted by a figure that may be a vengeful spirit - or his own guilty conscience.