Family and the home are often where the worst horrors of all can be found lurking…
THE SPIRIT BECOME FLESH (Director-Writer: Jesse Aultman, USA, 17 min 29 sec) – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
In idyllic, middle-of-nowhere Alabama, Sam Summers returns to his deeply religious hometown to visit his sister, Lilah. To his horror, he discovers that his old community has found a new and terrifyingsystem of belief.
TRADITION (Director-Producer-Writer-Editor: Sabrina Ariss, USA, 3 min 58 sec) – UK PREMIERE
Doting parents teach their young daughter the family Halloween tradition.
FAMILY NIGHT (Director-Writer-Cinematographer-Editor: Alan Dunne, Ireland, 17 min 18 sec) – NORTH WEST PREMIERE
1995, pre-divorce era Dublin. A terrified family strives to placate their volatile, domineering father during “family night”. Tensions build as they are forced to have dinner together, sing songs, play charades and watch a movie, and it becomes increasingly apparent that something is seriously wrong in this household.
NO CALLER ID (Director: James Hughes, UK, 3 min 25 sec) – WORLD PREMIERE
A stressed-out personal assistant gets a call from a kidnapper threatening the life of his son unless he pays their ransom. But he doesn’t have a son.
MANTRA (Directors: Stef Meyer, Pascal Bourelier, France, 17 min 03 sec) – NORTH WEST PREMIERE
Left alone in their large, rather oppressive new home by her entomologist husband, Emma develops an increasingly obsessive relationship with the preying mantis she has been asked to care for.
THE HERITAGE (Director-Editor: Andrew Rutter, UK, 11 min 45 sec) – REGIONAL PREMIERE
After growing up adopted, a young man’s reunion with his biological father proves a traumatic experience.
JANELLE’S BABY (Director-Producer-Writer-Music: Michael Squid, USA, 9 min 59 sec) – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Despite some alarming blood test results and the heartbreaking discovery that she is infertile, Janelle remains determined to have a baby of her own…
FCK’N NUTS (Director-Producer-Writer: Sam Fox, USA, 11 min 55 sec) – UK PREMIERE
Sandy is forced to break it off with the boy of her dreams after he insists on meeting her nutty parents.