SHORTS PROGRAMME – METAMORPHOSIS (Various, 2024, 100 mins)
SUFFOCATE (UK, 2.5 mins) MANCHESTER PREMIERE
Dir: James Longman
Cast: Ward J. Harries
A man wakes to the phone ringing and to his horror finds that he cannot answer it.
MAN BABY (USA, 9.5 mins) NORTHWEST PREMIERE
Dir: Aaron Murtagh
Cast: Kate Britton, John Budge, Aaron Murtagh
A new father turns into a baby.
COLEOPTERE (France, 15 mins) ENGLISH PREMIERE
Dir: Martin Gouzou
Cast: Birane Ba de La Comédie Française, Isabelle Nanty
A contemporary interpretation of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,”
A GREEN AFFAIR (Australia, 17 mins) EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Dir: Rebecca Thompson
Cast: Katie Robertson, Nathan Spencer
A woman in a lonely relationship turns to her favourite house plant for the connection she desires.
CARNIVORA (USA 12 mins) EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Dir: Felipe Vargas
Cast: Gigi Zumbado, Carmela Zumbado, Julia Vera
When their mother vanishes, two estranged sisters are forced to caretake for their catatonic grandma.
APOTEMNOFILIA (Spain, 10 mins) UK PREMIERE
Dir: Jano Pita
Cast: Lucía Azcoitía, Martín el Zar, Michael Collis
It is opening night, the theater is crowded and Clara, the leading actress, refuses to leave her dressing room.
FROM ME TO YOU (UK 19.5 mins) UK PREMIERE
Dir: Simret Cheema-Innis
Cast: Adam Lannon, Grace Ker, Richard Myers
In a world transformed by extraterrestrial existence, Ryan embarks on a journey to escape societal expectations in the seedy underbelly of Vietnam.