GASP! Horror Festival 2026: LGBTQIA+ Short Film Showcase
GASP! are so proud to bring back this popular yearly showcase that highlights
some of the greatest new filmmakers within the LGBTQIA+ community.
Starting with a biting satire with a bimbo cannibal as our main character, and
ending with a romantic sci-fi epic, and featuring vampires, zombies, body
horror and animation (to name a few!) along the way, this showcase once
again delves into the weird, the wonderful and in your face camp value, as it
boasts a mix of films that delve into the experiences of being a queer person as
well as films that manage to show off some very impressive and exciting
filmmaking by a wide range of queer people.
Ashley Bones: The Bimbo Cannibal
Directed by Lee Dubin, Written by Julia
Rome and Bradley Ralph
Starring Julia Rome, Will Smart, Timanii Meeks,
Austin O'Reilly
USA, 2026, 15 minutes
Ashley Justine Bones is just your regular, pink-loving, bimbo-core girly girl, with
a questionable hunger for men.
The Reflection
International Premiere - Written and Directed by Philip
Brocklehurst
Starring Philip Brocklehurst
UK, 2026, 2 minutes
A young man looks into his mirror and sees more than just his reflection.
Mirror, Mirror
European Premiere
Written and Directed by David E. Teixeira
Starring Catarina Carvalho
Portugal, 2026, 5 minutes
Reality doesn't always live in the mirror.
Content Warning: Flashing images and body horror
Just Me and the Graves
International Premiere
Written and Directed by
Ellison Winterstein
Starring Jason Dernay, Bill Vincent, Ashley Patti
USA,
2025, 12 minutes
The last man left after a vampire apocalypse contemplates life after the end.
Content Warning: Child death references
Kiss Me Thru the Phone
Written and Directed by Scarlett J. Stribley
Starring
Laëticia Sevin, Lilia Josh
UK, 2025, 7 minutes
A lonely woman finds love in an unlikely place: a phone box haunted by a
decades-old caller.
Content Warning: Flashing images
Undying Love
Northern UK Premiere
Written and Directed by Anca Vaida
Starring Carmine Tiberi, Susan Hoffman
UK, 2025, 1 minute
Adam is about to meet Eve, his Tinder date. But while Eve might not be the
"lively" girl he thought she was, can love truly conquer all?
Content Warning: Animal in danger
Alice, My Alice
Northern UK Premiere
Written and Directed by Léo Bernard
Starring Melissa Collace, Tommy Chevret, Fanny Schoeffter
France, 2026,
20 minutes
Alice and Vincent seemingly have nothing in common. She's outgoing, radiant
and adventurous, while he's morose, grumpy and withdrawn. From their
strange encounter spawns a passionate, intense, almost visceral chemistry... A
few years later, Alice ends their romance. Unable to come to terms with the
end of the relationship, Vincent gradually begins to transform...
Content Warning: Suicide references and body horror
Pas de Deux!
Written and Directed by Nathan Koranda
UK, USA, 2025, 4
minutes
The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two
bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.
Content Warning: Body Horror
In the Valley
Exclusive Manchester Screening
Written and Directed by
Adam Van Dyke
Starring Jorgie Goico, Arden Lassalle, Jack Lerner, Aiden
Zhane
USA, 2025, 27 minutes
Lost in the vast Southern California desert, Josh wakes alone after a night with
a mysterious Cowboy. As the landscape twists into a waking nightmare, Josh
must uncover the truth about the Cowboy, the cloaked figures watching him,
and his own forgotten past—before the desert claims him forever.
Content Warning: Flashing images
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, the film starts at the advertised time above.
