GASP! is proud to present this short film showcase that highlights some of the best female filmmakers working in horror cinema today, filmmakers who you will be sure to want to keep an eye out for after this showcase. Amongst the many impressive films being shown, this showcase features the super short yet unforgettable Sorry, an eerie creature feature with Lifeboat, a stunning, Universal Monsters inspired gothic horror comedy with Lavenza, and a phenomenal piece of revenge horror involving tongues with Tasty Tongue.
Sorry
Dir. Beth ‘Boss_Berb’ Hughes and Sam ‘FimbulGhost’ Lamont // UK // 2023 // 38 seconds
An answer phone message.
Uncontrollable
Dir. Mia Geere // USA // 2023 // 7 mins
Starring Saint Ranson,Anne Arreguin, Skylar Okerstrom-Lang, Mia Geere
When a novelist steps away from writing his latest story, strange things unfold.
Lifeboat
Dir. Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli // Canada // 2024 // 15 mins
Starring Carmen Ferlan, Karim Bourara, Christine Bellerose, Ariane Gélinas
In an oppressive setting in the middle of the ocean, three women, accused of witchcraft by the sailor guiding their life boat, seize control of their destiny. Their quest for justice and freedom transforms into a mystical journey, unleashing powerful occult forces. Based on the short story ‘Dans la barque’ by Geneviève Blouin.
Linda the Stepmother
Dir. Hugo Loiseleux and Elisa Hazbrouck // France // 2024 // 2 mins
Starring Marion Limosin, Alban Fevre
In an 80s commercial, a teenager pushes open the door to a dusty attic and comes face to face with an automaton fortune-teller. Once underway, she asks him to slide his hand into a notch. He finds himself captured...
Wet Ingredients
Dir. Kendy Paxia // USA // 2024 // 9 mins
Starring Satta, Antonio Vaca, Trevor Hooper
A young woman can’t decide between two lovers, so she puts a love spell into a cake. The spell makes their love so intense that they’ll do anything for it, including murder!
Lavenza
Dir. Lauren Eden // Canada // 2024 // 10 mins
Starring Giulia Pittiglio, Celina Liu, Roberto Ercoli, Aaron Macpherson
When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.
Ürei
Dir. Yerkezhan Baizhan // Kazakhstan // 2024 // 5 mins
Starring Aina Aidarkyzy, Shamshakul Mendiyarova, Nargyz Aidarova
When a frail grandmother is left to babysit a toddler, the worst-case scenario unfolds. A creepy tale from Kazakhstan, based on a chilling true story.
The Pretty
Dir. Miguel Córcoles // Spain // 2024 // 16 mins
Starring Alba Fontecha, Alejandro Tous
A representative of actors arrives at the cocktail bar “The Pretty” whose waitress demands payment of a coin from all the clients who go too far with her.
Dolls
Dir Robyn Egan // UK // 2024 // 14 mins
Starring Leila Lockley, Niamh Drumgoole, David Egan, Claire Calverley
A coming of age comedy, set in the early 00s, Dolls tells the story of Cherry and her unsolicited collection of judgemental porcelain dolls as she explores her transition into sexual maturity and faces the anguish of leaving her childhood behind.
Tasty Tongue
Dir. Pearl Zheng // Taiwan // 2024 // 21 mins
Starring Shang-Ting Chung, Wen-Ling Cheng
A-Zhe, who constantly cursed others, encountered a mysterious and beautiful woman, Mia, bringing the roasting tongue for him to enjoy, until A-Zhe discovered that those he had cursed had become the tasty tongues on the dining table…
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+.
