… though not all of them are immediately recognisable as such!
TRAPPED (Director-Writer: Semyon Voinov, UK, 15 min 38 sec)
Days turn into a desperate struggle for survival for a scientist trapped inside a laboratory during a zombie outbreak. With limited resources and no escape in sight, he faces his biggest challenge yet when he discovers a rogue lab rat raiding his dwindling food supplies.
SCRATCH (Director-Writer-Editor: Michael Trainotti, USA, 24 min 38 sec) – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
A Father/Son weekend adventure becomes a terrifying fight for survival.
STARR (Director-Producer-Writer: Riccardo Grippo, Italy, 15 min 56 sec) – WORLD PREMIERE
What would you sacrifice for Social Media Superstardom?
THE PERFECT PLACE TO CRY (Director-Producer-Writer: Shane Bannon, USA, 6 min 31 sec) – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Late at night, deep in the woods, a woman cries in her car. A light flickers through the trees. At the edge of her headlights’ reach, she can just make out the shape of a man. He’s coming closer.
BOOKWORM (Director: Javier Yañez Sanz, Spain, 13 min 42 sec) – UK PREMIERE
Spain, 1979. Aspiring romantic novelist Irene becomes increasingly obsessed with a mysterious, possibly supernatural figure who haunts the library where she works…
ODDITIES (Director-Producer-Writer: Tyler Savage, USA, 15 min 08 sec) – MANCHESTER PREMIERE
When a drugged-out duo attempts to rob an antique store, they quickly realise that the older woman running the shop isn’t quite as defenseless as she seems…