Long-running FrightFest will show a record 20 short films—12 world premieres among them—during its August 23 show in London. The festival of Horror, Thriller, “Weird-stream,” and Science Fiction, first delighted attendees in 2000 at the Prince Charles cinema near Leicester Square, and is ever-growing in popularity. Among the premieres are Show Pieces, three tales by Alan Moore, author of the graphic novels Watchmen
Italian writer-director Federico Zampaglione will show Remember, a young girl's perspective on scenes of apocalyptic ruin. Evrim Ersoy's grim Abdullah chronicles the life of a Turkish London taxi-driver. Vibes, by the Spanish Guis brothers, is a "cautionary" take on infidelity. And Selkie, written, produced, and starring the Horror Channel's Emily Booth, is a dark fairy tale with a modern sensibility. FrightFest co-director Paul McEvoy, and short-film programming partner Shelagh Rowan-Legg, selected their final line-up from "hundreds of submissions."
Complete program info is at www.frightfest.co.uk
