Horror Shorts
In association with Film4 FrightFest
ICA Cinema 1, Sat 12 March 8.45pm
From a fiercely feminist slashfest to a deadly defence of free speech, via some light cannibalism... Contemporary horror by the world's bloodiest women.
Directors Q&A hosted by writer and lecturer Lucy Bolton
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Switch
Dir Melanie Light, UK 2009, 4min
Playing on the genre's usual suspects, a stalker pursues a female jogger through the beautiful snowy forest.
Dirty Bitch
Dir Sun Koh, Singapore 2009, 14min
A love letter to the Singapore censors, inspired by a violently censored VHS of Claire Denis' Nénette et Boni. Best Fiction and Best Direction winner, Singapore Short Film Awards.
Bon Appetit
Dir Kate Shenton, UK 2010, 4min
A deliciously dark comedy, this culinary nightmare is served in a broth of baked beans and blood.
Short Lease
Dir. Prano Bailey-Bond & Jennifer Eiss, UK 2010, 13min
When a woman finds a man hanging in a country house. British Horror Award-winner.
Daddy's Girl
Dir Helen Komini Olsen, Norway 2009, 8min
A girl needs to get rid of her father. This eerie, deadpan film won Best Short Fiction at the 2010 Minimalen Festival.
Nursery Crimes
Dir Laura Whyte, UK 2010, 4min
Little Bo Peep has slaughtered her sheep and doesn't know where to hide them... This gory stop-motion animation won the British Horror Festival Audience Award and Best Film at Village of the Damned.
I Spit on Eli Roth
Dir Devi Sniveley, USA 2009, 5min
Angered by the 'Chick Vision' extra on Roth's Cabin Fever DVD, this is a cautionary tale for men who underestimate the women of horror.
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