NEXT EVENT · OCTOBER, 12th 2024
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
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2024
MOST RECENT LINEUP
It's The British Horror Film Festival's fourteenth year and we have an amazing and horrific line up! There are a number of awards up for grabs at the Festival, including the prestigious British Horror Award for Achievement in Film on a Low Budget and the Rising Star Award for upcoming talent in the industry.
SHORT FILM SCREENING
Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy’s volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.
STRINGS
15m | Ava Pearson, Eleanor Smith & Nina Zandvliet
In the dead of night, creatures slink through the streets of London. Foxes howl to warn when they are close. A woman wakes up in the night to the sound of foxes and shortly after notices a strange figure outside her home.
SKULK
7m | Max Ward
Late at night, a lone fisherman discovers he is not the only one hoping to hook something.
THE LURE
1m | Tony Hipwell
Touring pub singer, Bex, lets her celebrity delusions get in the way of her relationship with her daughter, Rhian, who is left to pick up the pieces when faced with the cruel reality of her mother's lifestyle.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
18m | Josh Harris
Mélanie walks past the same alley every day without noticing the strange metal bucket there.
EMBRACE
2m | Axel Zeltser
BACKMASK
15m | Matt Fitch & Chris Baker
In his desperate search for a new sound, 1970s rock star Billy Chapman isolates himself in his mansion, only to unleash a sinister force that becomes his dark collaborator.
A group of crypto savvy friends begin experiencing strange occurrences after buying into a cursed NFT collection.
WRITER / DIRECTOR
Jonas Odenheimer
PRODUCERS
Jonas Odenheimer, Naseer Din, James Hoang
& Mariah Nonnemacher
KEY CAST
Najarra Townsend, David Wayman,
Mariah Nonnemacher & Durassie Kiangangu
NFT
1h 15m
FEATURE FILM SCREENING
The British Horror Film Festival Blood List is for screenplays of outstanding quality. These projects are up for the title of Best Unproduced Screenplay.
THE NOMINEES
BEST FEATURE FILM
NFT
BEST SHORT FILM
BACKMASK
EMBRACE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
SKULK
STRINGS
THE LURE
BEST DIRECTOR
JOSH HARRIS | ONE NIGHT ONLY
MATT FITCH & CHRIS BAKER | BACKMASK
MAX WARD | SKULK
THE DOUG MILSOME AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BACKMASK
EMBRACE
ONE NIGHT ONLY
BEST ACTOR
DAVID SHIELDS | BACKMASK
DAVID WAYMAN | NFT
DURASSIE KIANGANGU | NFT
BEST ACTRESS
COCO JONES | STRINGS
MANDY ROSE | ONE NIGHT ONLY
MARIAH NONNEMACHER | NFT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
ASHTON HUNT | STRINGS
CHARLIE RIX | BACKMASK
STEVE SPEIRS | ONE NIGHT ONLY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMELIE EDWARDS | NFT
CALYPSO LEWIS | STRINGS
LAURA DALGLEISH | ONE NIGHT ONLY
BEST MUSIC
BACKMASK
ONE NIGHT ONLY
SKULK
BEST STUDENT FILM
STRINGS
THE BRITISH HORROR AWARD
TBA
THE RISING STAR AWARD
TBA
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY WINNER
TBA
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY COMMENDATIONS
TBA
WINNERS WILL BE NOTED WITH AN UNDERLINE
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