NEW SHORTS: Gothic!
20:00 Mon 14 Jan 2019
Looming coastlines, suspect Counts with suspect dinner invitations, heavy doses of Catholic guilt: check, check, check. These shorts probe gothic in all it’s conceptions, from Americana to pastoral horrors with tinges of Angela Carter. We’ve archeologists unleashing evil nymphs and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams avenging her bullies with a little crow-whispering. Also watch out for Billie Piper (Dr Who), veteran TV and stage actress Sinéad Cusack (V for Vendetta, Marcella) and Harry Potter’s Katie Leung. 91’
BFI Southbank
SE1 8XT
Access
Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.
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THE FEAST
Gaelle Mourre 15 mins (UK, 2018)
Hayley, a self-possessed young woman from a hungry community, longs for opportunities to achieve her artistic dreams. -
BEAST
Leonora Lonsdale 19 mins (UK, 2017)
When Alice’s mother, Grace, tells her that her father has become a “beast,” Alice begins to question who or what she really is. -
CORVIDAE
Tom de Ville 11 mins (UK, 2018)
A dark fairy tale about a young girl (Maisie Williams) who loves birds, and the very strange thing that happens when she tries to protect a wounded crow from the boys in her village. -
NINFE
Isabella Torre 12 mins (Italy, 2018)
An Irish archeologist and a group of tomb raiders hunt for ancient artifacts in the evocative, hostile, wild and archaic region of Aspromonte. -
GOOD INTENTIONS
Anna Mantzaris 8 mins (UK, 2018)
Spooky things start to happen after a woman commits a hit and run. -
BEASTS
Sye Allen 16 mins (UK, 2018)
An ageing farmer and his family struggle to come to terms with their ever-deteriorating situation. -
STIGMA
Helen Warner 10 mins (UK, 2018)
A string of confessions unveil a tale of religious guilt, sin and redemption in this short experimental drama set against the dramatic and rugged Northern Irish coastline.