Brand new for 2025, GASP! are so proud to showcase some of the best and most exciting new filmmakers from around the world. Featuring fantastic shorts from Bulgaria, Korea, Canada, Spain and Sri Lanka to name a few, this showcase provides animation, hard hitting and thought provoking themes, art house horror, horror comedy, a killer pizza, sci-fi body horror and so much more with one thing in common; they’re all essential viewing!
Tech Check
Dir. Zlatelina Tsokova // Bulgaria // 2024 // 3 mins
Anxiety spirals out of control, escalating into a train apocalypse.
Valley of Souls
Dir. Edileuza Penha de Souza and Santiago Dellape // Brazil // 2023 // 15 mins
Starring Deusenir Santana, Luan Vinícius, Doroty Marques, Romes Santos
A black family tries to defend their land against invaders but gets caught between a mischievous witch and a tortured spirit eager for revenge.
Mond Appétit
Dir. Sjoerd de Bont // Netherlands // 2024 // 6 mins
Starring Lisanne Hoefnagels, Sanne Stikkel, Perry Mulder, Judie Rekelhof
As a child, you believe your mother will always come to your rescue. But when twelve-year-old Zoë wakes up trapped in a terrifying place, moments away from being tortured by a horrific monster, her mother is simply too busy finishing an important business call to really notice.
Upadana (Offering)
Dir. Shehan Jude Fernando // Sri Lanka // 2024 // 1 minute
In the land of Sindas, an alternate reality of ancient Sri Lanka, a young prince is denied his ancestral wealth. With the help of a forbidden ritual he tries to summon a demon that will do his bidding. But all rituals require an offering...
Limbo
Dir. Kevin Meffre // 2025 // France // 16 mins
Starring Solann
It’s her. She’s the one. She’s everything.
Perfect Wall
Dir. Sea-Hoon Jeon // Korea // 2024 // 13 mins
Starring Tae-kap Moon
Symmetrical stiffness Perfectionism artist Oh Ju-bom’s perfect daily life begins to distort.
Evil Dinner
Dir. Jose Murzia // Spain // 2024 // 6 mins
Starring Fernando Navarro
On a Friday night, a young man immerses himself in his world of Heavy metal and excesses, relaxing at home. But everything changes when a mysterious shipment arrives at your door in the shape of an innocent pizza box.
The Outsider
Dir. Miruna Stanciu // Romania // 2023 // 5 mins
Starring Miruna Stanciu
They say “Brilliant things happen in calm minds.” But what happens in a mind that is not? A late evening meditation becomes a horrifying premonition. And the worst part is, she is not alone.
Pause
Dir. Yeter Çiçek // Turkey // 2024 // 4 mins
Starring Adile Aran, Fatma Akyol
Two young women go camping together. They watch a film they shouldn’t watch. There’s an evil spirit that comes out of the film they watch.
Zar
Dir. Daler Murzagali // Kazakhstan // 2024 // 10 mins
Starring Asset Imangaliyev, Ayim Kulmeshan, Zhuldyz Yerbolat
A schoolgirl becomes the target of her sinister music teacher, who wields a mystical kobyz that allows him to assault his victims from afar.
La Console
Dir. Simon Plante // Canada // 2024 // 13 mins
Starring Dominic Rustam, Thomas Vallières
Seeking to appear better to his employer, a young man sees his performance increase when he found a strange and unique video game console.
GASP! is back for its third year with over 50 short films and 9 feature-length films, including the yearly Mystery Queer Classic!
As with every year, GASP! is here to celebrate the diversity we all know is present with genre cinema by bringing you a range of the latest short and feature-length horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and thriller films from people of colour, women, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
The third year of GASP! will take place at CULTPLEX in Manchester on June 27th-29th, 2025. To purchase a Day Pass or Festival Pass, please head to the GASP! Website.
This event will start at the advertised time, and is strictly 18+.
