Dark Harvest: A Night of Short Folk Horror Films
The year’s last harvest is gathered and the veil between worlds is wearing thin… From the team that brought you SEASON OF THE WITCH and SPRING RITES comes a night of indie folk horror shorts for Hallowe’en. Curated by Stephen Graves.
BLACK SAMPHIRE (2023, UK, dir. Alexander Vanegas Sus, 14 mins)
When Mari, an overworked journalist and her girlfriend, Isla take a weekend away in West Sussex, they stumble across a strand of strange samphire, contaminated by the water pollution in the area.
THE CORPSE ROAD (2023, UK, dir. Joseph Daly, 12 mins)
A begrudging 16th century peasant must traverse the eerie and unrelenting Lakeland fells to deliver the body of his loathed late mother-in-law to holy ground.
SYLVANUS PARK (2021, USA, dir. Laura E. Hall, 1 min)
When a folklore-obsessed Instagrammer livestreams her visit to a haunted wood, her viewers get a glimpse of the truth behind the legends.
THE ESTROGEN GOSPEL (2024, UK, dir. Robyn Adams, 16 mins)
A nameless young transgender woman suffering from a crisis of faith and identity takes a hike through the English countryside, hoping to make peace with herself.
MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN DARK OF LATE (2023, UK, dir. Joshua Warren, 3 mins)
A lone knight finds himself at the mercy of his armour.
BLACKTHORN (2023, UK, dir. Chris Ratcliff, 18 mins)
When a young couple moves to a sleepy village outside London, they stumble into a community with unsettling traditions it must uphold to maintain its peaceful existence.
THE BLIGHTED CROWN (2023, UK, dir. Bianca Diana Ines Olingheru, 2 mins)
A wicked queen is confronted with her lost youth.
THE SIN-EATER (2023, UK, dir. Kelly Holmes, 17 mins)
1852, Wales: a desperate young mother carries out a forbidden ritual to save the soul of her unbaptised dead baby, but is tricked into taking on a terrifying supernatural burden.
BLIGHT (2022, UK, dir. Craig Sinclair, 24 mins)
A darkly comedic fairy tale about a farmer cursed with perpetual hiccups.
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