Reality is not always as straightforward as it seems…
VARIATIONS ON A THEME (Director-Writer-Editor: Peter Collins Campbell, USA, 7 min 42 sec)
A couple’s home life grows ever more… divided.
CATERPILLAR (Director-Producer-Writer: Matt Bentley-Viney, UK, 14 min 16 sec) – GREATER MANCHESTER PREMIERE
Faced by shifting priorities and responsibilities, a young man suddenly finds himself surrounded by strangers. First his partner and then his friends, are being replaced by imposters. And he is undergoing a terrifying metamorphosis himself…
THERE ARE NO GHOSTS (Director-Producer: Nacho Solana, Spain, 14 min 47 sec) – REGIONAL PREMIERE
Andrea is a young woman with a special talent. She can hear the voices of the recently departed, and helps people troubled by supernatural phenomena at home. But she always insists there are no ghosts; those are simply the last echoes of someone who was among us once.
RINGING ROCKS (Director-Writer: Gus Reed, USA, 17 min 04 sec) – MANCHESTER PREMIERE
A young man takes his grief-stricken boyfriend to recover at an idyllic desert resort, but awakens to an eerie new reality.
MEMORIES OF THE MOON (Director-Writer: Antoine Dricot, Belgium, 24 min) – UK PREMIERE
Once every 21 years, the moon appears in the sky. It’s a night full of mysteries, when anything can happen, where the unexpected is the norm. Élodie and Sophia find romance together at a house party, only to discover that Time isn’t on their side…
FIND YOU HERE (Director-Writer-Editor: Jo Smyth, UK, 14 min 30 sec) – GREATER MANCHESTER PREMIERE
A toxic couple find themselves at an abandoned scare event built on cursed land. The escalating tensions within their relationship awaken something… evil.