An art project in the slums of Bangladesh — and a question: How corrupted is our view of a corrupt country?
What begins as a cinematic accompaniment to a children's graffiti workshop in the poorest
quarters of Dhaka, unfolds over the course of the film, into a fully-fledged documentary thriller
about the real swamp of the nation: the corrupt Bangladeshi elite, enriching themselves through
the poverty of its citizens. At the center of the story: the state-run railway company, Bangladesh
Railway.
“Painting Dhaka” is a film about power and powerlessness — and how both can be overcome.
And it is a personal film about the transformative force of art.
Director: Lukas Zeilinger
Runtime: 90 mins
Country: Germany / Bangladesh
Languages: English, German and Bengali with English Subtitles
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Returning for its second year and now on the main screen due to popular demand, GASP! will once again be hosting a horror movie quiz the week before their 2026 festival! With various rounds focusing on various areas of the genre as well as additional points up for grabs for best team name, the GASP! The team will test your knowledge and give you a chance of winning two full festival passes for th...
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INEFF 2026: Screening Block 3 + Competition & Award Ceremony
Sat 20 Jun
The Experimental Fiction Film Festival returns on 20 June for a one-night-only showcase of bold international cinema and experimental storytelling. Bringing together emerging and established filmmakers from across the world, the programme explores surreal narratives, speculative worlds, fractured realities, and visually adventurous filmmaking rarely seen on mainstream screens. Expect an evening of...
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Make A Scene: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Wed 24 Jun
“Little Latin boy in drag, why are you crying?” Make A Scene proudly presents: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - the glitter-soaked 1995 road movie comedy that got an entire generation of straight Hollywood stars to put on heels! Following three New York drag queens stranded in a small conservative town is has a strangely similar plot to the more well known The Adventures of Pris...
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This year, GASP! will present five Short Film Showcases, starting with the opening night showcase that features all things camp, creepy, thought provoking, and unsettling whilst working as a great example of what you can expect from the festival as a whole. From witches in the Dark Ages to a killer orange and from gooey French body horror to found footage with a terrifying serial killer, this show...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Don't Look in the Dark
Fri 26 Jun
When a couple's phones begin recording on their own during a camping trip, what they capture isn't just darkness. It's something that wants to be seen. Samuel Freeman created Don’t Look in the Dark with one goal in mind: to create a theatrical experience like no other, and that is certainly what has been achieved here. An inventive found footage film that feels like a mashup of The Blair Witch Pr...
After screening many short animated films throughout the first three years of GASP!, this year, they’re showing their first ever animated feature film! Fox & the Tiny Demon is a film filled with heart that tackles important themes whilst taking its viewer on an adventure with two utterly adorable and loveable characters. It’s the first animated feature film in the Wolastoqey language and created w...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: World Cinema Short Film Showcase
Sat 27 Jun
Returning for its second year, GASP! are so proud to once again showcase some of the best and most exciting new filmmakers from around the world. Featuring fantastic shorts from Japan, France, Peru, Spain and Croatia to name a few, this showcase provides animation, hard hitting and thought provoking themes, horror comedy, disturbing body horror, a mind bending sci-fi epic, an exploration into a fa...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: LGBTQIA+ Short Film Showcase
Sat 27 Jun
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, t...
GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Little Shop of Horrors: 40th Anniversary Screening
Sat 27 Jun
GASP! are so excited to be hosting a 40th anniversary screening of the theatrical version of Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors! This 80s cult classic musical is one of the rare occasions where a remake manages to outdo its predecessor, and it does so by elevating everything that worked so well in Roger Corman’s 1960 b-movie whilst allowing it to take on a life of its own with incredible set design...
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GASP! Horror Festival 2026: Mystery Queer Horror Classic
Sat 27 Jun
A late night screening of a queer horror classic that is either about queer people, made by queer people or containing queer allegories – that’s all that the GASP! team are willing to tell you… to give anymore away would ruin the surprise. Content Warning: Flashing images, body horror, discriminatory language, self harm, child endangerment, and references to child death and drug misuse All of ou...
Kicking off the third and final day of GASP! 2026 is a horror comedy that is bound to have festival goers hooked from its incredible opening scene right until the end credits begin to roll. The Only Ones is a high energy slasher that provides plenty of gore and hilarious humour as it unravels a captivating story filled with twists and turns including an unforgettable reveal of who’s killing everyo...
