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Jealous People Are Ugly People

Jealous People Are Ugly People

Synopsis

Vasilly has become painfully jealous of his best friend, Luke. They both interviewed for the same career-making graphic design role, but Luke got the offer whilst Vasilly returned to his dead-end labouring job, drained of hope and creativity. However, things aren’t going so well for Luke. Every time he shares good news about his new role he suffers strange and violent repercussions. Disturbed by the uncanny timing, Vasilly recalls his Yiayia’s warnings about the Greek superstition of the evil eye - a 5,000-year-old belief that jealousy can manifest harm through a malevolent glare - and starts to believe his own envy might be to blame for Luke’s bad luck. As events escalate, Vasilly spirals into paranoia and guilt, confronting the possibility that the true danger lies not in superstition, but in himself.
A darkly comic psychological thriller about male jealousy, inherited superstition, and the corrosive power of repressed ambition.
Official Selection Aesthetica Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 min 7 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Theo James Krekis
Producer
Isabelle Pritchard-Smith
Executive Producer
Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein, Esther Jackson-Burton
Editor
Toby Dashwood
Screenwriter
Theo James Krekis
Director of Photography
Kia Fern Little
Production Designer
Hannah Rawson
Sound
Alex Stroud
Composer
Rupert Cole
Principal cast
Loris Scarpa, Emana Durrani, Zak Wadley

Genre

Comedy Drama Fantasy Horror

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Come Into The Fold Ltd.

Michelle Stein
Tarbock Hall Lodge
Ox Lane
Tarbock Green
Prescot
L35 1QA

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