Psychological horror that keeps it’s finger on your pulse to the end. Following its recent screening at the Manchester Film Festival, Visceral Images brings together a tightly contained psychological story with an equally intense production process. Written and directed by Edward A. Palmer and led by performances from Imogen King and Vishnu Krishnan, the film […]
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One of the most touching short films I’ve ever seen. A masterpiece of short story telling. Excellent performances from the main leads and Best Actor Manchester Film Festival for William Fox Don’t Worry About Me is a character-driven short film exploring the shared pressures faced by both victims of crime and the police officers tasked
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Eight years after his debut feature Hippopotamus premiered at the Manchester Film Festival, Edward Palmer returns with a psychological thriller that signals a filmmaker hitting his stride, and a team worth watching. Palmer used the eight years between features deliberately. A series of shorts served as a directed apprenticeship: one built around an all-female cast
In an industry where independent film is simultaneously more accessible and harder to sustain than ever, writer-director Zeshaan Younus represents an unusual case study. His second feature, I’ve Seen All I Need to See, premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival 2026, and it got there not through conventional industry channels, but through a model built
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21 Days, No Names, No Interference : The Making of a Truly Independent Film Director Richard on shooting a WWII-era ensemble in under three weeks, the brutal reality of late-stage casting, building a remote edit suite across two continents, and why “independent film” is a label most productions don’t deserve. After a gap of more
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How Howard J. Ford’s indie creature feature went from idea to international distribution — and what it tells us about where independent genre filmmaking is heading. There’s a version of Bonekeeper that never gets made. The version where the director waits for a studio green light, where the cave sequences are built on a soundstage,
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Alive is a new 12-minute short film written and directed by Marc Nelson and produced by Double Six Productions. The film will premiere on 21 February as part of a private screening event, accompanied by a fundraising initiative in support of Andy’s Man Club. Structured as a dialogue-free narrative, Alive follows a single male protagonist,
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At the Edinburgh International Film Festival, acclaimed Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani presented his latest film Mortician. Known for pushing boundaries, Kahani shot the project entirely on an iPhone with no additional equipment, relying solely on natural light and a minimal sound setup. Working with only a handful of actors and no crew, he created a
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How a self-made journey from Jalandhar to Mumbai is now reaching global audiences Every once in a while, a story in the entertainment world arrives with the texture of a film script — unexpected beginnings, tough choices, and a moment that changes everything. Actor Ankit Raj Kashyap is living one such story. What he did
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At this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, we sat down with director Harry Sherriff to discuss Misper, his debut feature that blends unsettling realism with sharp dark humour. What makes the film particularly striking is its speed: from concept to premiere in roughly a year — a rare pace in an industry where first features
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