Film
Women in Horror 2020
- Director
- Various
- Certificate
- 18
- Running Time
- 90 mins
That’s right: if Valentine’s smoochery isn’t your bag, February is also – huge hurrah! – Women in Horror Month. The event is back at The Cube for the third year in succession and always sells out. So grab those tickets while you can. All proceeds go to Womankind Bristol. Eyes down for this year’s programme:
The Lost Films of Bloody Nora
Director: Sophia Di Martino. UK. 9 mins
Shy little Nora discovers the physically transformative power of film, but at what cost?
Hairwolf
Director: Mariama Diallo. USA. 12 mins
The staff at a black hair salon fend off strange monsters: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.
Good Morning
Director: Elaine Mongeon. USA 12 mins
A woman and her father confront unexpected and terrifying changes.
Childer
Director: Aislinn Clarke. UK. 19 mins
An introverted mother’s worst fears are amplified when she is seemingly stalked by the feral children living in the woods surrounding her home.
Pepper
Director: Kate Felix. Canada. 7 mins
Weylon is looking for a hired hand and Fidelma needs the job desperately, but her duties in the dark barn might prove beyond her tolerance
The Changeling
Director: Faye Jackson. UK 10 mins
A new mother becomes increasingly mesmerised and appalled by the strange transformations happening around her baby.
The Wandering Witch
Director: Sofia Carrillo. Mexico. 17 mins
A day before her son’s wedding, Agustina tries to have the ceremony called off – only to discover that Emilia, the orphan girl betrothed to her son, still has someone ready to come to her defence.