In Shorts Are Monsters
Monsters have always been a part of us, in the stories we tell ourselves, our collective imagination and our shared nightmares.
Horror films make those monsters real.
This International Short Film Day (21 December), Encounters presents a curated package of chilling contemporary international short films to accompany the BFI Blockbuster season ‘In Dreams are Monsters’.
In Shorts are Monsters comprises of two programmes of contemporary UK and international short films from the Encounters Film Festival archive - Beasts of the Outdoors and Urban Ghouls. Join us for a journey into the monstrous…
Beasts of the Outdoors
(40 mins)
Directed by Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham (UK, 2021)
Head Gamekeeper Abel discovers the Thing that is eating his Grouse and brings the horror back home to his already crumbling relationship with his wife.
Directed by Derek Ugochukwu (Ireland, 2021)
When an ominous mould appears in their room, two African brothers seeking asylum are faced with a dark entity lurking within their direct provision centre.
Directed by Tiago Teixeira (UK, 2021)
A boy gets ready for a good night of sleep, but something terrible lurks under the bed.
Directed by Bryan M. Ferguson (UK, 2021)
A haunting and atmospheric story of the fractured relationship of three unreliable narrators when they are faced with a reality-destroying moment of spectral possession. Based upon the book, “Bitterhall” by Helen McClory.
Urban Ghouls
(41 mins)
This is an urban tale of love and sacrifice set in a mysterious restaurant hidden in an alleyway. On an ordinary night, a man eats a lot of herbal plants in front of a woman, transforming himself into the woman’s food.
Directed by Haonan Wang (China, 2020)
Directed by Hyun Lee (Australia, 2017)
Chan is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady.
Directed by Dean Puckett (UK, 2021)
Seagull is a recovering drug addict who is about to have a very strange night.
On the eve of her 30th birthday, a London night bus driver discovers a supernatural entity on her bus.
Directed by Jessica Ashworth and Henrietta Ashworth (UK, 2019)
A woman is followed by a predatory man on the night of a Super Blue Blood Moon.
Directed by Sally Cancello (UK, 2021)
For cinemas, venues & other exhibitors :
These sub-15 minute, BBFC-classified, SDH captioned short films from the Encounters archive are offered as complete programmes at a reduced fee of £20.
Titles from each package can be used to supplement your organisation's planned In Dreams Are Monsters screenings, or presented as stand-alone short film events.
If you are interested in screening these programmes or would like a screener please contact Jonny Tull at jonny@tullstories.co.uk