Olivier Assayas’ ghost story intertwined with the day to day of personal shopper Maureen Cartwright (Kristen Stewart) intrigues through the contradiction of the enthralling […]

FrightFest has always tried to instil an emphasis on family – individuals connected by a shared affection for genre cinema. Writer-director Ben Parker’s […]

Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait offers the audience an intimate perspective of the war torn city of Homs. Wiam Bedirxan and Ossama Mohammed have […]

Stephen Kijak’s documentary We Are X (2016) offers an up-close portrait of the iconic Japanese rock band X Japan. His preceding music documentaries […]

The Levelling (2017) is a film constructed around mystery, yet Hope Dickson Leach’s feature debut uses this as a device to accentuate the […]

Rachel Lambert’s directorial feature debut In the Radiant City (2016) is a poetic blend of atmosphere and emotion. Its movement between the past […]

The contemporary world continues to awake to the threat of cyber-attacks, the recent incident during the U.S election evidencing the significant threat to […]

While pregnancy is typically seen as a cause for celebration, here at FrightFest, where we lean towards ‘The Dark Heart of Cinema’, we […]

Cinema is still only a youthful art form, and one some filmmakers will describe as an amalgamation of the other artistic mediums. To […]