Projects in genres: Horror

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Dani, tirelessly tending to her ailing mother, experiences a turn of events when her mother mysteriously dies while in her care. In the aftermath, Dani becomes haunted by the incessant ringing of her mother's phone, unearthing unsettling secrets...

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A genre-bending love story set in the very near future with a darkly comic edge. Loretta, a working-class British Asian woman, attempts to navigate a turbulent world, a new stranger in her life and unskippable adverts.

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Jess and her husband need a new start, so when the chance to buy a rambling old house comes up, they leap at it. But not everyone in Suffolk is welcoming. The locals know a secret about the Maple House, and soon, Jess realises they've made a huge mistake. Something bad happened in that house. Something nobody wants to talk about.

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A director in search of a subject for his documentary suffers various problems, with his project becoming more and more irrational. Is it an art film? A film within a film? Or just one big filmic nervous breakdown...

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Eva, a 19th-century widow faces a difficult decision when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated Icelandic fishing post in the middle of an especially cruel winter. Eva and her crew must decide whether to rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. As they face the consequences of their decision and are tormented by guilt, the inhabitants begin to believe they are being punished for their choices. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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Despite their disinterest, a young child tries to convince her local community she wants to become a statue, bringing her on surreal voyage towards the garish monolith that lingers in the background. Official Selection Annecy International Animated Film Festival Festival 2024 - Graduation Films in Competition

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An experimental short: a dark comedy satire combined with a music video: In 2044, humanity subsists on ‘Manna-Moolah’ extracted from an asteroid which is now hurtling towards Earth. With hours before impact, Victor tries to get his mentor, Professor Pokus onboard a ship and leave Earth before it’s too late.

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When an employee’s boss pays him a visit and offers him a chance at a promotion, he will do whatever it takes to ascend the corporate ladder.

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Following a young man who, after inhaling a potent psychedelic vape, is plunged into a surreal journey through his own fragmented memories. Transported to the eerie depths of an abandoned subway, he must confront dark and disturbing truths buried deep in his subconscious.

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In an authoritarian world where breathing the air can be a deadly, a frustrated artist is determined to escape despite the risks and those trying to stop her.

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Driving a Black Cab night after night is a quiet and simple life for Eddie Carter. His only friend is Rachel, and both she and Eddie are wrestling with loneliness and uncertainty over handling their obligatory relationship. When Eddie’s daytime sleep schedule is disturbed by construction work, he finds his nighttime exhaustion setting in. After pulling over for a break one night, he awakens to a terrifying situation: ahead of his cab is the body of a murdered woman. After this gruesome discovery and reporting it to the police, the sight and Eddie's tiredness haunt him. The following night he awakens from a dream of the murder scene to find that he has started sleepwalking again, a condition he suffered from as a child. Panic creeps in as he realises that there is a chance he may have been involved in the woman’s murder. In an effort to clear his conscience, Eddie starts to investigate the murder on his own. With the help of his customer, investigative journalist Adam Blomfield, and high-end escort Karli as a window into the underground world of London’s sex industry, Eddie soon finds himself immersed in the murky depths of a city he’s been blindly driving through for years.

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Sisters July and September are thick as thieves, though very different -September is protective and distrustful of others, while July is open to and curious about the world. Their dynamic is a concern to their single mum, Sheela, who is unsure what to do with them. When September is suspended from their school, July is left to fend for herself and begins to assert her own independence - which does not go unnoticed by September. Tension among the three women builds when they take refuge in an old holiday home in Ireland, where July finds her bond with September shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand or control - and a series of surreal encounters test the family to their limit. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - First Feature Competition Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025