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Mayhem Film Festival announces full festival line-up

Mayhem Film Festival announces full festival line-up

Posted: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:00

Individual tickets and revamped Frankenstein ticket packages to also go on sale

With just a month to go before Mayhem's 19th edition takes place at Broadway, Nottingham (12-15 October), the team is excited to reveal this year's full festival line-up. With a mix of premieres, previews, classics and Q&As, there is something for every fan of horror, sci-fi and cult cinema in this year's programme.

Mayhem Film Festival will open on Thursday 12 October with a preview of Paris Zarcilla's Raging Grace. Following an undocumented Filipina immigrant who takes on a job caring for an ailing man to try and provide for her young daughter, Raging Grace is a chilling thriller with hints of gothic horror. Rounding off the first night will be Richard V. Somes' violent action-packed martial-arts thriller, Topakk (Triggered) in which a former special forces operative attempts to save a woman from a corrupt police death squad.

Friday 13 October sees Day 2 of the festival, and superstitions are at the heart of our opening film. Set in 17th-century England, Sean Hogan's To Fire You Come at Last follows a group of men struggling to ignore ancient folk tales as they set off to carry a coffin on a long walk to the local graveyard. Director Sean Hogan, previously at Mayhem in 2011 for The Devil's Business and in 2015 for Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD, will return for a post-screening Q&A.

We'll then delve into the archives for giallo-inspired Door from Japanese director Banmei Takahashi, in which a woman becomes increasingly paranoid after being threatened on the phone by a local salesman.

We'll move into the evening with the previously announced UK Premiere of Bertrand Mandico's mind-bending epic She Is Conann, before ending the day with Joe Lynch's gory horror Suitable Flesh.

We'll open Saturday 14 October with Mike Cheslik's Hundreds of Beavers - a no-dialogue live-action cartoon epic in which a drunken applejack salesman must defeat hundreds of beavers to have a chance at being with the woman of his dreams.

We'll then head into Matt Vesely's sci-fi thriller, Monolith, in which a podcaster tries to get to the bottom of an alien conspiracy after discovering the existence of a mysterious artefact, before delving into this year's beloved Short Film Showcase, featuring 15 films from around the world.

The evening will start with the previously announced Where The Devil Roams from the Adams family who we are absolutely delighted to welcome to this year's festival. John Adams, Lulu Adams and Toby Poser will join us for a post-screening Q&A, before we wrap up the evening with Robert Rodriguez' cult sci-fi horror, The Faculty.

Our last day will open with River, another time-loop fantasy from Junta Yamaguchi (Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, Mayhem 2021), before stepping into the UK Premiere of Franck Khalfoun's (Maniac, Mayhem 2012) Night of the Hunted - a bloody thriller in which a woman is tormented by a lone sniper after stopping at a gas station in the middle of the night.

The previously announced bloody folk horror from Ariel Vida, Trim Season, will round-up the afternoon.

As we move into our final evening, we'll present the remarkable The Animal Kingdom from French director Thomas Caillet - a body horror sci-fi set in a not-so-distant future in which some humans begin to mutate into other animal species.

We'll then close the festival with the previously announced UK Premiere of Thomas Sainsbury's surprising debut feature, Loop Track.

Full Festival Passes are still available for £85, giving you access to all films and events from this year's festival. Individual tickets and Frankenstein ticket packages (where you can select four films for the price of three), are now also available. For more information, and to book tickets and passes, please visit www.mayhemfilmfestival.com. For Frankenstein ticket packages, please visit Broadway's box office or contact them on 0115 952 6611.

Mayhem Film Festival takes place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023.

MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - FULL FESTIVAL LINE-UP

Thursday 12 October

7PM - RAGING GRACE // Dir. Paris Zarcilla, UK, 100m, 2023

9.15PM - TOPAKK (TRIGGERED) // Dir. Richard Somes, Philippines, 113m, 2023, with English subtitles

Friday 13 October

2.30PM - TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST + Q&A // Dir. Sean Hogan, UK/US, 43m, 2023

4.15PM - DOOR // Dir. Banmei Takahashi, Japan, 95m, 1988, with English subtitles

7PM - SHE IS CONANN [UK Premiere] // Dir. Bertrand Mandico, Belgium/France, 105m, 2023, with English subtitles

9.15PM - SUITABLE FLESH // Dir. Joe Lynch, US, 101m, 2023

Saturday 14 October

12PM - HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS // Dir. Mike Cheslik, US, 108m, 2023

2.15PM - MONOLITH // Dir. Matt Vesely, Australia, 94m, 2022

4.15PM - Short Film Showcase // Dirs. Various, International, 120m, 2023, partly subtitled

7.30PM - WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS + Q&A // Dirs. John Adams, Lulu Adams & Toby Poser, US, 93m, 2023

10PM - THE FACULTY // Dir. Robert Rodriguez, US, 104m, 1998

Sunday 15 October

12PM - RIVER // Dir. Junta Yamaguchi, Japan, 86m, 2023, with English subtitles

2PM - NIGHT OF THE HUNTED [UK Premiere] // Dir. Franck Khalfoun, US/France, 95m, 2023

4PM - TRIM SEASON // Dir. Ariel Vida, US, 100m, 2023

6.45PM - THE ANIMAL KINGDOM // Dir. Thomas Cailley, France, 130m, 2023, with English subtitles

9.30PM - LOOP TRACK [UK Premiere] // Dir. Thomas Sainsbury, New Zealand, 94m, 2023

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Mayhem Film Festival announces Short Film Showcase 2023

Mayhem Film Festival announces Short Film Showcase 2023

Posted: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:00

Festival also sets date for full line-up announcement

Mayhem Film Festival is delighted to announce the 15 films that will make up this year's Short Film Showcase. The festival will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023.

Mayhem initially started as a single selection of shorts almost 20 years ago, and the Short Film Showcase remains at the heart of the festival, playing midway through the Saturday of the festival. The 19th edition's showcase includes films from five different countries, from filmmakers making their first appearance at the festival, as well as long-time friends of Mayhem. This year, the team worked with The Nottingham Horror Collective's Emily Malone to shortlist the line-up from all the films submitted to the festival.

The 15 films from this year's line-up, in alphabetical order are:

Absolution, Parsin

Dir. Jack Nop, UK, 4m55

The imagined perpetrator in a famously unsolved true-crime case, "Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm", is confronted about his past by an unearthly Bison in this Stop-Motion animated short film.

Angels [UK Premiere]

Dir. Samantha Aldana, US, 7m18

When a farmer caring for her dying mother discovers a creature with strange abilities, she's forced to confront her ideas about right and wrong.

Bleep

Dir. Ben S. Hyland, UK, 8m20

A couple's relationship is pushed to the brink as they investigate a strange noise that's woken them in the night.

Claudio's Song

Dir. Andreas Nilsson, UK, 9m41

A young man faces the wrath of criminals that target people who are famous on the internet; when their scheme fails things take an unexpected turn.

Dead Enders

Dirs. Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker, US, 12m08

Disaffected, young gas-station clerk Maya doesn't care about much besides messing with her manager and getting her beer discount at the end of the midnight shift. But after a sinister race of mind-controlling parasites are set loose by irresponsible oil drillers, Maya realises that there might be more to life than spending all your waking hours stacking shelves for a corporate overlord.

Forgotten Lake [UK Premiere]

Dirs. Adam Brooks & Matthew Kennedy, Canada, 7m02

The counsellors at Forgotten Lake Summer Camp are horrified to discover that the legend of the Blueberry Boy is more real than they ever imagined.

Merger

Dir. Daniel Negret, UK, 7m45

A man's commitment to his job takes a dark and surreal turn for the worst.

Night of the Bride

Dir. Viral Pal, India, 7m09

A young woman's cry for help falls on deaf ears as a family holds her hostage. Keen on getting their only son married, who has 'chosen' her as the one, the family is willing to go to any lengths to fulfil his wish and unite them forever. As the gagged and bound bride is dragged in for the ceremony, the events take an even more sinister and shocking turn that ends up changing the course of this unholy ritual.

Plaggy Bag

Dir. Alex Withers, UK, 13m

When working class Zoe meets her best mate's more privileged friends, she tries to ignore the chip on her shoulder and make a good impression. But when a single-use plastic bag comes to life and hunts down the group one by one, Zoe must face her inner rage head-on.

Sandra Gets a New Fringe [World Premiere]

Dir. Michael Beddoes & Penelope Yeulet, UK, 9m20

After making the life-changing decision to get a new fringe, a disregarded office-worker attempts to get her dismissive colleague's attention in increasingly bizarre and violent ways.

Stop Dead [UK Premiere]

Dir. Emily Greenwood, UK, 7m56

When a workaholic city detective and her laid-back partner try to stop a dishevelled girl staggering down the middle of a country road, they discover she's being stalked by some unseen entity with a horrifying ultimatum: you stop moving, you die.

The Body with No Face

Dir. Owen Tooth, UK, 5m18

Trapped in her body by life-changing illness and a nightmarish system she can't escape, a woman fights to hold on to her humanity.

The Wild Roots

Dir. Nicolas Millot, France, 13m59

Adam, a young hunter, is convinced that danger lurks in a forest plagued by strange phenomena. However, when one of his friends is found dead, this fear transforms into certainty. Adam decides to return to the woods, determined to uncover the source of this threat.

Toast

Dir. Thomas Longstaff, UK, 1m30

A happy little piece of bread is excited to be made into a piece of toast.

We Forgot About the Zombies

Dir. Chris McInroy, US, 3m43

Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.

"The Short Film Showcase is such an important part of the festival", says Mayhem's Melissa Gueneau. "Every year, we're blown away by the quality of the films that are submitted to the festival and this year was no different. It's our biggest showcase yet and we're delighted to welcome back some of our alumni, as well as new talents from around the world and closer to home."

With just over a month to go before this year's edition takes place on 12-15 October 2023, Mayhem have also announced they will reveal their full line-up on Tuesday 12 September, with individual tickets set to go on sale at the same time.

Full Festival Passes remain available for £85, giving access to all films and events from this year's festival. For more information, and to book passes, please visit www.mayhemfilmfestival.com

Mayhem Film Festival takes place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023.

For press enquiries, please contact the team at mayhemfilmfest@gmail.com

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Mayhem Film Festival announces SHE IS CONANN, SUITABLE FLESH and TRIM SEASON

Mayhem Film Festival announces SHE IS CONANN, SUITABLE FLESH and TRIM SEASON

Posted: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:10

Festival also reveals this year's design by local artist Forecast Designs

With less than two months to go, Mayhem Film Festival is proud to announce three additional titles from this year's edition, which will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023.

Mayhem is excited to be hosting the UK Premiere of Bertrand Mandico's She Is Conann, which had its World Premiere at this year's Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Flipping the myth of Conan the Barbarian on its head, the film finds underworld woman/dog mutant Rainer recounting the six lives of Conann, a bloodthirsty Amazon. Populated with strange creatures and gory tableaux, She Is Conann is a camp, time-bending tale of barbarism and betrayal.

Next is Suitable Flesh, the new film from Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Mayhem 2017) in which Heather Graham plays a psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with a young patient she believes is suffering from multiple personality disorder, only to uncover something much darker and sinister. Also featuring horror icon Barbara Crampton, the film is a gory, psychosexual, Lovecraftian tale that's deeply inspired by 80s horror.

Finally, witchcraft is at the heart of Ariel Vida's Trim Season which rounds up this second wave of announcement. A group of young people hoping to make some quick cash trimming marijuana at a remote farm, quickly discover the lady of the house may be hiding some dark secrets. Trim Season is a bloody folk horror that also explores themes of gender and self-discovery.

The three films join the previously announced UK Premiere of Thomas Sainsbury's Loop Track, as well as the Adams family's Where the Devil Roams and a 25th anniversary screening of Robert Rodriguez' The Faculty in this year's line-up.

Early Bird Passes for the festival are still available for just £75 but only until Thursday 31 August. From Friday 1 September, passes will only be available at the full price of £85. To purchase a pass, please visit https://www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/mayhem-film-festival-2023-full-festival-pass

The rest of the programme for Mayhem's 19th edition will be revealed early September with individual tickets being released shortly after. Mayhem Film Festival will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12 – 15 October 2023.

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Early bird tickets now on sale for Mayhem Film Festival's 19th edition

Early bird tickets now on sale for Mayhem Film Festival's 19th edition

Posted: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:00

Early bird tickets are now on sale for the 19th edition of Mayhem Film Festival - Nottingham's very own weekend showcase of the best horror, sci-fi and cult film from around the world.

Earlier this week, the first titles for this year's festivities were confirmed, with the UK Premiere of Thomas Sainsbury's directorial debut Loop Track, the latest from the Adam's family Where the Devil Roams, and a 25th-anniversary screening of the 90's classic The Faculty all confirmed.

Mayhem Co-Director Steven Sheil says: "We're really looking forward to returning to Broadway Cinema for our 19th annual edition, and delighted to be bringing some more of the weirdest, bloodiest, scariest and shocking-est slices of world genre cinema to our audience."

Early Bird Passes for the festival are now on sale for £75. Early Bird Passes give you access to all films and events for the four days of the festival and are available to purchase from Broadway's website and box office (please note, our box office opens at 12pm, daily).

More information and announcements about Mayhem's 19th edition will follow later in the summer.

Mayhem Film Festival will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12 – 15 October 2023.

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Mayhem Film Festival announce LOOP TRACK, WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS and THE FACULTY

Mayhem Film Festival announce LOOP TRACK, WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS and THE FACULTY

Posted: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:00

Festival also announces new partnership with Near Now and on-sale date for Early Bird Passes

Mayhem Film Festival is proud to announce the first three films of this year's edition which will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023.

First up is the UK Premiere of Thomas Sainsbury's directorial debut, Loop Track. A man on the verge of a nervous breakdown decides to remove himself from society by going on a hike in the wilderness, only to be reluctantly befriended by a group of hikers and unable to shake the feeling that something sinister might be stalking him. Some may recognise Sainsbury from his role as Constable Parker in New Zealand hit-show Wellington Paranormal. With Loop Track, he delivers an incredibly surprising film that cleverly builds a sense of dread and paranoia.

Next, Mayhem is excited to screen the new film from the Adams family, Where the Devil Roams. Following Hellbender (Mayhem 2021), one of the coolest families in horror returns with their most ambitious title yet. Set during Depression-era America, the film traces a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit. The Adams family continues to explore the intricacies of family dynamics in this haunting, violent and truly original new film.

To round-up this first wave of announcements, Mayhem will be presenting a 25th anniversary screening of Robert Rodriguez' The FacultyFeaturing an all-star cast, this sci-fi horror is a mini-classic of the millennial era, in which a group of students must face the alien parasite that decided to inhabit their high school's teachers.

Mayhem Co-Director Steven Sheil says: "We're really looking forward to returning to Broadway Cinema for our 19th annual edition, and delighted to be bringing some more of the weirdest, bloodiest, scariest and shocking-est slices of world genre cinema to our audience."

Coinciding with Mayhem is the return of an accompanying exhibition in Broadway's Gallery. Last year's Monsters Within exhibition was produced as part of In Dreams Are Monsters: A Season of Horror Films, a UK-wide film season supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network. It proved to be a success with festival audiences and for the many local artists exhibiting and selling their creative works. This year, Mayhem invites artists back once more to share their interpretations of iconic characters, creatures and memorable moments from horror/cult cinema. A limited number of original artworks, editions and prints will be available to buy in the Gallery.

The exhibition is curated and produced by Broadway's Near Now with Nottingham artist Rachel Parry. For more information on how artists can submit work for inclusion in the exhibition, please visit www.nearnow.org.uk/gallery.

Early Bird Passes for the festival will go on sale on at 10am on Friday 28 July. For £75, Early Bird Passes give you access to all films and events for the four days of the festival. They will be available to purchase from Broadway's website and box office.

More information and announcements about Mayhem's 19th edition will follow later in the summer.

Mayhem Film Festival will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 12 – 15 October 2023.

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Meet Emily Malone: The Nottingham Horror Collective co-founder joins Team Mayhem for 2023 edition

Meet Emily Malone: The Nottingham Horror Collective co-founder joins Team Mayhem for 2023 edition

Posted: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:00

We're delighted to welcome Emily Malone from The Nottingham Horror Collective to the Mayhem team this year as a Pre-Screener for our 2023 programme. Emily will be helping us go through films (shorts and features) so we can shortlist this year's selection and build the programme for our 19th edition.

We asked Emily a few questions to find out more about the newest member of Team Mayhem...

Tell us a little bit about you.

I'm Emily Malone, one of the co-founders and Editorial Director of The Nottingham Horror Collective. I'm also a writer and a Marketing Manager for Skeleton Productions, a video production agency based here in Nottingham.

As a writer, I'm into horror film theory and criticism from a feminist perspective, but I also write genre-specific poetry and short stories.

I currently live in Nottingham with my partner and our two pet goblins, Gomez & Igor, and I've been passionate about Horror and Sci-Fi since I was a creepy little kid.

What was your favourite cinema experience?

Ooh, good question. Probably our screening of Jennifer's Body in 2022! It was our first film screening we worked on with Mayhem. I'd not managed to see this bi-panic-inducing masterpiece at the cinema when it came out in 2007, so introducing it to a full crowd was one of my top cinema experiences.

A close second would be introducing The Exorcist at one of our Satanic Season screenings, or maybe our screening of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. I don't think I've laughed so hard with so many people at the cinema before. The vibes were immaculate.

What was the first Mayhem event or screening you attended?

I think my first Mayhem weekend would have been in 2018! They always land on my birthday weekend, so it's becoming a bit of a birthday tradition for me to hang out at Broadway watching horror to distract myself from being yet another year closer to death.

I think (I may be wrong) that was the year they screened Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, which was a highlight. Big fan of the 'Nicolas Cage bathed in neon light' subgenre.

What made you want to join the team at Mayhem?

I wanted to join the Mayhem team because there's something electric about being around people who put their heart into their craft. Their passion is contagious. Witnessing the Mayhem team tirelessly weave together this much-loved, eagerly-awaited event, fuelled by pure love for cinema, just lit a fire in me. I wanted to be a part of something that celebrates the magic of film with such authenticity.

What are you most looking forward to in this role and what do you think you'll bring to the programming team?

Having been a punter at Mayhem for years, I know about the festival's heritage and the essence of what makes it special, while also being able to offer a fresh eye.

With my editorial experience, I'm hoping I can bring a knowledge of what's making a splash in the horror community right now, more diverse perspectives, and a knack for spotting unique stories and lesser-known creators in the industry.

When I'm watching film submissions, I'm also enjoying thinking about how the audience might react and making sure we've got a bit of something for everyone.

You can pick three horror/sci-fi films to rewatch for all eternity, which ones do you pick?

This is a cruel question!

Suspiria (1977) because it's just beautiful.

Hereditary (2018) because every time I watch it, I feel something different.

The Lost Boys (1987) because it's my comfort film.

If we can make this be like Letterboxd and have 4, my 4th would be Vampire's Kiss (1988) because that movie makes me cry-laugh every damn time.

Tell us a little bit about The Nottingham Horror Collective.

We're an indie publisher dedicated to creating beautiful zines that explore and celebrate the horror genre. Each issue is full of original artwork, articles, interviews, short stories, and poetry by horror-loving creatives from Nottingham and beyond. We cover the whole beautiful, horrifying, disgusting, gorgeous spectrum of the genre, and sometimes we put on screenings at Broadway, too.

Where can we find you online (can be TNHC if you'd rather use that than your personal channels)?

You can follow us and purchase our zines at:

@thenottinghamhorrorcollective on Instagram

thenottinghamhorrorcollective.co.uk

@TNHCZINE on Letterboxd

And if you want to work together on something, here's our email:

Email: thenottinghamhorrorcollective@gmail.com

The zombie apocalypse is upon us, what's your weapon of choice?

I would like to be carried around strapped to the back of my partner with a samurai sword like some kind of murderous backpack.

Then, when I inevitably get turned into a zombie (because I am lazy), I would like someone to rip off my jaw so I can't bite anyone and be walked around on a chain like a pet :)

(Sorry to end this so weirdly).

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Mayhem Film Festival to return to Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023

Mayhem Film Festival to return to Broadway, Nottingham on 12-15 October 2023

Posted: Thu, 11 May 2023 15:00

Mayhem Film Festival will return this autumn to showcase the best in international horror, sci-fi and cult cinema, on 12-15 October 2023. Plans are currently underway and the Mayhem team will be heading out to Cannes shortly to programme the festival's 19th edition.

Following on from last year's edition that saw the UK Premieres of Jethica and Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle, as well as a special screening of Kuroneko with a newly commissioned live score by Yumah amongst its four-day line-up, the team is excited to be back to present the best in genre cinema to Screen 1 audiences.

Chris Cooke, Mayhem's Co-Director, will be one of the team members in Cannes this year: ""Mayhem is all about delivering surprises, from the bizarre to cult classics, from unique screenings to exciting premieres. This year we're hunting down the best in horror, science fiction and far more from around the globe."

Broadway's Director of Programming, Caroline Hennigan added: "Mayhem is one of the most exciting events in our calendar and central to this excitement is the shorts programme, which gives us the opportunity to showcase some of the best new talent from across the world. We can't wait to screen this year's successful submissions."

In addition to announcing their 2023 dates, Mayhem Film Festival is also pleased to announce their call for short films will open on 15 May. Over the years, Mayhem has grown from a single short film programme to a four-day event, but its shorts programme remains at the heart of every edition. Mayhem Film Festival is looking for horror, sci-fi and cult short films, produced after 1 January 2022 and that are under 22 minutes long. More information on how to submit films is available at https://filmfreeway.com/MayhemFilmFestival

In previous years, Mayhem has welcomed many filmmakers from around the world such as Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) for Monsters, Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) for a special masterclass, Ben Wheatley for a preview screening of Sightseers, Nicolas Roeg for a special screening of Don't Look Now at St Mary's Church in Nottingham, and cult Canadian collective Astron-6 for The Editor and The Void. Mayhem Film Festival has also hosted special events such as screenings with specially commissioned live scores from 8MM Orchestra, two exclusive live stage readings of unmade Hammer Films screenplays, The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula in 2015 and Zeppelin V. Pterodactyls in 2017, and a live performance of Tales of HP Lovecraft by The Duke St Workshop featuring British actor Laurence R. Harvey.

Planning is currently underway for Mayhem Film Festival's 19th edition with more information and announcements coming soon.

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Mayhem Film Festival announces Short Film Showcase line-up for 18th edition

Mayhem Film Festival announces Short Film Showcase line-up for 18th edition

Posted: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:40

We're only 3 weeks out from this year's Mayhem Film Festival and we're excited to announce the line-up for our traditional Saturday afternoon Short Film Showcase. As the festival evolved from the original Short Film Showcase, shorts have always been at the heart of Mayhem and continue to be an opportunity to see up-and-coming directors and celebrate genre cinema from across the globe.

This year's line-up includes the following films (in alphabetical order):

A NEW DAY (UK Premiere)//Dir.Nate Southard, US, 3m44

EVERYBODY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL (UK Premiere)//Dir.Tiffany Kimmel, US, 9m02

FACE NOT RECOGNISED (UK Premiere)//Dir.Also Sisters, Spain, 8m54

HORSE BROTHERS//Dir.Milos Mitrovic & Fabian Velasco, Canada, 8m

THE LIGHT//Dir.Iago de Soto, Spain, 12m52

RINGWORMS//Dir.Will Lee, US, 13m45

SHARK//Dir.Nash Edgerton, Australia, 14m07

SHINY NEW WORLD//Dir.Jan van Gorkum, Netherlands, 8m43

SLEEP (UK Premiere)//Dir.Alexandra Pechmann, US, 3m45

SMILE//Dir.Joanna Tsanis, Canada, 6m37

STABILIZATION FAILED (World Premiere)//Dir.Ray Wong, UK, 0m55

THE TENANT//Dir.Lucas Paulino & Angel Torres, Spain, 9m46

WHILE MORTALS SLEEP//Dir.Alex Fofonoff, US, 14m10

Individual tickets are now on sale at www.broadway.org.uk/mayhem and a limited number of weekend passes are available at Broadway's box office on 0115 952 6611. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Mayhem Film Festival full line-up now confirmed

Mayhem Film Festival full line-up now confirmed

Posted: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:59

General ticket sale starts on Wednesday 14 September.

With a number of UK premieres, archive screenings and even live music, fans of cult, sci-fi and horror from around the world are in for a treat when the curtains go up at Broadway Cinema, Nottingham this October.

The festival begins on Thursday 13 October with low-budget British werewolf film Wolf Manor and we're delighted to welcome Director Dominic Brunt and star Rupert Proctor to the Mayhem stage for a post-screening Q&A. The opening night finishes with a screening of Dario Argento's latest giallo Dark Glasses - his first film in ten years - in which a blind sex worker is left responsible for an orphaned boy as a serial killer attempts to hunt them down.

On Friday 14 October, Mayhem delves into the archives for a rare screening of The Appointment, the Edward Woodward-starring supernatural shocker from 1982, and then it's time to get your coat hangers ready for the dive-bombing birds of Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle. A UK premiere, this third and final instalment in the Birdemic franchise features an ecological message alongside those long, long, walks on the beach.

We continue into the evening with Quentin Dupiex's cracked-sitcom, sci-fi tale Incredible But Trueas a couple look for the home of their dreams and come across a house with a surprising selling point in its basement.

We finish Friday with the critically acclaimed Mexican supernatural body horror Huesera, in which a mother discovers that the miracle of pregnancy isn't all that she dreamed of.

Saturday's line-up starts with an ultra-violent, bloody clash between teddy bears and unicorns in animated fantasy Unicorn Wars, and continues with Eddie Marsan and Raffiella Chapman in sci-fi adventure Vesperas a 13-year old fends for her injured father and fights for survival amongst a collapsed ecosystem.

The festival continues into the evening with the always popular Mayhem Short Film Showcase, with the best new horror talent from across the world on the big screen.

We then take a feline turn with BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) supported, "Night of the Cat". Supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network, "Night of the Cat" one of four special commissions by leading horror film festivals around the UK, will take over Broadway's purr-fect Screen 1 with two rare film screenings Kaneto Shindo's 1968 Japanese horror film Kuroneko (translated as The Black Cat) will open the night and will be accompanied by a kaleidoscopic live original score from Nottingham-based artist Yumah (aka Lucy Morrow). Then in Mayhem's late-night cult slot, a 30th anniversary screening of Stephen King's Sleepwalkers from 1992 will continue the cat theme into the night.

We're starting off the final day of the festival with Freaks Out, from Mayhem favourite Gabriele Mainetti. A genre-defying take on the superhero film, Freaks Out pits a group of bizarre circus performers against the Nazis that have captured their mentor.

We then move on to the UK premiere of Jethica - a smart, deadpan ghost story that twists the crazed stalker genre on its head.

Director Andy Mitton, who had great success at Mayhem 2018 with The Witch in the Window, returns with The Harbinger, an ambitiously scary film set during lockdown where isolation leads to very bad dreams that are starting to spread.

No Looking Back is another violent, action-packed and whiplash-fast film from the makers of huge Mayhem hit Why Don't You Just Die!

The final film of Mayhem 2022 is the scary and stylish Watcher starring Maika Monroe (the star of It Follows) as a young American woman who suspects the man watching her from across the building is a serial killer, decapitating local women.

If you still haven't got your passes, then we're pleased to announce that a limited number of full festival passes are still on sale for £85, and individual tickets will be available from Wednesday 14 September. Frankenstein ticket packages will also be available on this date for £35. The Frankenstein ticket package is exclusively available at the Broadway box office and allows you to build your own film festival with any five films for £35.

Visit broadway.org.uk/mayhem2022 to find out more and book.

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Mayhem Film Festival’s BFI FAN-supported new commission Night of the Cat screenings confirmed

Mayhem Film Festival’s BFI FAN-supported new commission Night of the Cat screenings confirmed

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:58

Weekend will also feature a screening of Dario Argento's Dark Glasses and the UK premiere of supernatural stalker-thriller Jethica

Mayhem Film Festival returns to Broadway Cinema, Nottingham on 13-16 October for its 18th edition and this year sees the weekend take a feline turn with the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) supported commission, "Night of the Cat" planned for the Saturday night (15 October). Screening as part of IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS - a UK-wide film season from the BFI, supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network - "Night of the Cat", one of four special commissions by leading horror film festivals around the UK, will take over Broadway's purr-fect Screen 1 with two rare film screenings: Kaneto Shindo's 1968 Japanese horror film Kuroneko (translated as The Black Cat) will open the night and will be accompanied by a kaleidoscopic live original score from Nottingham-based artist Yumah (aka Lucy Morrow). Then in Mayhem's late-night cult slot, a 30th anniversary screening of Stephen King's Sleepwalkers from 1992 will continue the cat theme into the night.

Mayhem Film Festival co-director Steven Sheil cannot wait for the Night of the Cat to begin: "We're so grateful for the support from the BFI Film Audience Network as part of BFI's IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS season that have made Night of the Cat possible. It's given us the opportunity to not only show two films that are rarely seen on the big screen, but also commission Yumah to produce an original and evocative score that will mesmerise the audience."

Those attending the weekend will also have the opportunity to see a screening of horror maestro Dario Argento's latest giallo Dark Glasses, as well as the UK premiere of genre-bending ghost story Jethica.

Caroline Hennigan, Broadway's Director of Programme, is looking forward to welcoming Mayhem fans from across the UK back to Broadway Cinema: "Mayhem is one of our biggest weekends of the year, with an amazing atmosphere that always brings in new film fans to Broadway. The Mayhem team - Steven, Chris and Meli - always programme an eclectic and unique festival that gets people talking and we're sure this year's line-up with be no exception."

Early bird festival passes have been flying out of the door and film fans wanting to experience the weekend have until Friday 19 August to purchase at the reduced rate of £75, before the price is increased to £85.

Mayhem Film Festival co-director, Chris Cooke added: "We're currently putting together the full line-up for the weekend and will be announcing more titles over the coming weeks. All we can say is that it's looking like it'll be another vintage year!"

Further line-up announcements are expected soon and tickets can be purchased from broadway.org.uk/mayhem2022

Notes to Editor

About Mayhem Film Festival

Mayhem Film Festival is a cutting-edge event bringing you the very best in genre cinema and television. From premieres, new releases and previews to cult classics, breakthrough shorts, midnight movies, masterclasses, live experiments and more - Mayhem offers a unique and exciting viewing experience for audiences across four days.

Past guests and events have included a screening of Don't Look Now in the Gothic surroundings of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, with director Nicolas Roeg in attendance, a masterclass with director Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla), special interviews with directors Mike Hodges (Get Carter, Black Rainbow) and Robin Hardy (The Wicker Man), and a special archive presentation and interview with Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentleman, Sherlock, Doctor Who). Other unique events include a screening of Tod Browning's silent classic The Unknown with a specially composed original live score by 8mm Orchestra, and a panel from the cast and creators of hit BBC TV series Being Human.

"We cannot recommend Mayhem Film Festival highly enough." Sci-Fi Now
"One of the best organised horror gatherings around..." Dark Side Magazine
"Mayhem amply captures the zeitgeist in horror, science-fiction and cult cinema...and boasts some of the finest programming around." Starburst

http://www.mayhemfilmfestival.com

About IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS:

IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS is a major new BFI season, in partnership with BFI FAN. The film and events season will run at cinemas UK-wide and online on BFI Player from 17 October to 31 December 2022.

Horror has been the most radical and provocative genre since the very inception of cinema; forcing audiences to confront their darkest thoughts, offering a platform to marginalised voices, and providing community to those excluded from the mainstream. IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS will chart how the monsters of horror have made physical the anxieties of their times, and how we react when faced with the monster within.

IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS will throw open the doors, inviting everyone, whether established fans, curious individuals or even those unconvinced that horror films are for them, to find the right horror for them, experience the riches of the genre and engage with the ideas it provokes.

The full programme for IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS will be announced on 8 September Find out more bfi.org.uk/in-dreams-are-monsters

ABOUT THE BFI FILM AUDIENCE NETWORK

Supported by National Lottery funding, the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN), is central to the BFI's aim to ensure the greatest choice of film is available for everyone. Established in 2012 to build wider and more diverse UK cinema audiences for British and international film, FAN is a unique, UK-wide collaboration made up of eight Hubs managed by leading film organisations and venues strategically placed around the country. FAN also supports talent development with BFI NETWORK Talent Executives in each of the English Hubs, with a mission to discover and support talented writers, directors and producers at the start of their careers.

The UK-wide events and screenings presented as part of IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS Events have been coordinated by the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN), led by Film Hub Midlands, who manage the Network's Major Programme initiatives.

BFI FAN Film Hubs are:

  • Film Hub Midlands is led by Broadway, Nottingham working in partnership with the Birmingham-based Flatpack
  • Film Hub North is led jointly by Showroom Workstation, Sheffield and HOME Manchester
  • Film Hub South East is led by the Independent Cinema Office
  • Film Hub South West is led by Watershed in Bristol
  • Film Hub Scotland is led by Glasgow Film Theatre
  • Film Hub Northern Ireland is led by Queen's University Belfast
  • Film Hub Wales is led by Chapter in Cardiff
  • Film Hub London is led by Film London

About Yumah:

Yumah is the music project of Nottingham-based artist Lucy Morrow. Using only her voice and a looper pedal, she creates layered vocal soundscapes - evocative, mesmerising and beautiful.

Find out more yumah.bandcamp.com

About Broadway Cinema:

Screening independent British and World film alongside Hollywood blockbusters and classic cinema retrospectives, Broadway is one of the UK's leading independent cinemas attracting thousands of visitors each year to its four-screen cinema, café bar and meeting, workshop, and office spaces.

Broadway's wider role includes encouraging the development of new talent and supporting learning through programmes such as the BFI Film Academy, and innovation and enterprise for people working in the creative and digital industries with initiatives such Near Now, Broadway's studio for arts, design and innovation, and the Near Now Fellowship, their artistic and professional development programme.

Broadway hosts award-winning filmmakers such as Jeanie Finlay (Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth) and Wellington Studios (BAFTA Scotland award-winning Calibre, London to Brighton) who regularly receive international acclaim for their work. Broadway is also the home of the BFI's Film Hub Midlands, a key driving force behind film culture in the Midlands that provides training and funding to ensure people in the region watch, make and show films and has also been awarded a BFI Screen Diversity Mark.

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