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NIGHT 1 - OPENING NIGHT Screening

FRIDAY 25th OCTOBER - 6PM - DENDY CINEMAS CANBERRA

Our opening night screening showcases some fantastic achievements in horror from Canberra and International filmmakers!​ The theme of the films in this screening feature stories that explore inside the thoughts and minds of its characters.

Have a Good Day

Canada

Director:

Lisa Soper

Comedy

Long Short

0:27:38

A horror writer with writer's block searches for inspiration in a different, sometimes absurd, yet creative way, only to face their biggest fear - self-doubt.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Festival Director's Notes:  From Canadian filmmaker Lisa Soper, this Horror Comedy has high production values, great performances, awesome Halloween monsters and a great script!

Find You Here

UK

Director:

Jo Smyth

Folkloric

Short

0:14:30

Find You Here is a gnarly piece of folkloric horror about what happens when a toxic couple find themselves at an abandoned scare event built on evil land. Will they survive the night?

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Festival Director's Notes:  Dark, haunting and a complete mind-f&ck in this folkloric horror from UK filmmaker Jo Symth.

A.R.C.A

Canberra

Director:

Maggie Callinan
Michael Liehne
James Kelly
Nicholas Gaisbaue

Sci-Fi

Feature

0:51:19

After discovering a massacre in the executive boardroom, four colleagues must solve the mystery of the supernatural containment breach and deactivate the covert holding facility's lockdown to escape the destructive nuclear missle headed for them

WORLD PREMIERE

Festival Director's Notes:  A Sci-fi Psychological Supernatural Horror Anthology Feature from a team of emerging filmmakers, drawing inspiration from the big third act twist of  Drew Goddard's 'The Cabin in the Woods.'

FILMMAKER Q&A

Duration: 0:20:00

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