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THE 2025 LINEUP

July 4th, 2025

Last year we screened to a sold-out crowd at the Close-Up Cinema

in Shoreditch, London! This year's lineup was an amazing selection of independent horrors & thrillers!

The Screening
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Couch
(12m)
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After Dallas’ relationship with her girlfriend Avery takes a turn for the worse, she discovers something living beneath the cushions of her newly thrifted couch.

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Dear Me,
(13m)
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30-something Ana wakes up every day to a dreary, unfulfilled existence. But when a New Year's wish seems to magically turn everything around, she quickly realizes it'll take more than a hard look in the mirror to keep her dream life.

Forgiveness
(3m)
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Forgiveness is a music video for the Milwaukee post-punk band Seances from the album Power Is A Phantom (2025). Following a car accident, the ghost of the passenger travels through the haunted house they reside in to find a key to resurrect their past lover.

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La Croix
(18m)
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A young, uninspired graphic designer encounters strange phenomena following a ritual with her best friend.

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MARROW
(10m)
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A psychological horror about a rookie paramedic whose 999 call takes a dark surreal turn.

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Rip Advisor
(10m)
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A man obsessed with rating every tiny detail of his life realizes he doesn’t truly feel anything. Until the day death enters his daily routine. For the first time, he shivers... He then begins to kill, chasing new and intense sensations. How far must he go to achieve the perfect score?

Servants
(14m)
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After the death of a young boy Fr. Tim Casey arrives at the family's home to offer his support. When Fr. Tim and Joyce, the boy's mother, begin discussing the tragedy, it becomes clear that someone is not exactly who they seem to be.

The Nominees​
Best Short Film​

Couch

Dear Me,

Forgiveness

La Croix (The Cross)

MARROW

*Rip Advisor*

Servants

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Best Director

*Jay T Grimes (MARROW)*

Joris Fleurot (La Croix)

Ludovic Matthey (RIP Advisor)

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Best Actor

Anthony Harvey (MARROW)

Bastien Burgi (Rip Advisor)

*Jereme Young (Servants)*

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Best Actress

*Anaïs Parellò (La Croix)*

Lola Cranleigh (MARROW)

Nicki Valastro (Servants)

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Best Cinematography

La Croix

Marrow

*Rip Advisor*

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Best Music Video

*Forgiveness*

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Best Student Film

*Couch*

MARROW

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Best Screenplay

*Adventures in Serial Killing (written by Jack Warner)*

Killing Time (written by Jack Warner)

Marah From Eilat (written by Leiter Daniellson)

Misfortune Cookies (written by Don Stroud)

The Bad Man (written by Alan Wills)

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*Asterisks denote this year's winners*

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