Projects in genres: Horror

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A bold coming-of-rage story where Joy, a Filipino immigrant, and her daughter Grace encounter a darkness that threatens all they have worked for. Joy is an undocumented Filipino immigrant who is struggling to do the best she can for her daughter when she secures the perfect job; taking care of an extremely wealthy but terminal old man. The new position pays well and guarantees a roof over their heads but very soon, Joy and her daughter Grace start to realize everything is not as it seems. Something is festering beneath the surface, threatening all they have worked for. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2023 - World premiere SXSW Film Festival 2023 Narrative Feature Competition - Winner; Thunderbird Rising Award for Best Debut - Winner

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Paul and his family are going for a fun rickshaw ride when a sudden encounter stops them on their way home.

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After witnessing his wife's illicit affair, a humiliated businessman flees deep into the countryside where he encounters a reclusive war veteran. Together, they strike a maniacal pact to take revenge on the man who cucked him.

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A sci-fi city symphony inspired by London’s Great Smog of 1952. Created from archive footage, the film unfolds through fictional letters from a post-apocalyptic future. The film invites us to understand the smog in the context of the present-day climate emergency and our global destiny. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition - World premiere Official Selection Uppsala Short Film Festival 2023

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After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself. Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2023

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The year is 2041, and the next step in the future of humankind is imminent. After decades of training and research, the mission to create the first lunar colony is about to launch with Anderson as lead astronaut. Jay, an AI purpose-built for the mission, has simulated every possible outcome for the expedition. Tensions arise when the chilling motives of Jay become apparent, sewing the seeds of distrust between Anderson and the group that had gathered to quietly celebrate the launch. As the night descends into chaos, the group’s faith in one another and their mission begins to crack, with the knowledge that the decisions they make before sunrise will change humanity forever

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Mel, a young Black lesbian, enraged at being wrongfully jailed, casts a spell during her overnight stay in a cell-block to tip the power balance between herself and the Police. A disturbing look at racialised misogyny and its violent counterpart through a black, female gaze.

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Ex-Muslim, Ollie, is haunted by their past when they meet a handsome stranger on a night out... Desire, paranoia and transgression straddle the intersection of religion and sexuality in this neo-noir horror.

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A man struggling to save his friend calls a specialist Helpline but things do not turn out as he expects.

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‘A true mockery of nature…’ Claire grapples with the rejection of conditional love from a perfidious lover in this subversive religious horror.

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A demon roams through an ominous synthetic environment, reconstructed from satellite images of Russian air bases in Syria, Belarus, and Ukraine. In ONSET, Engelhardt and Cinkevich craft an unholy alliance of medieval demonology, investigative research, and CGI animation to uncover the hidden life of these military outposts. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition

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When a workaholic city detective and her laid-back partner try to stop a disheveled girl staggering down the middle of a country road, they discover she’s being stalked by some unseen entity with a horrifying ultimatum: you stop moving, you die. Official Selection Sitges International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere