SILENCIO

Sunday 23rd November 15:30

SILENCIO (UK Premiere) 

Dir: Eduardo Casanova. Starring: Lucía Díez, María León, Ana Polvorosa, Mariola Fuentes. Spain (2025) 61mins

In plague-ravaged Europe during the Black Death, a group of vampire sisters struggles to survive due to the scarcity of “clean human blood.” But the true poison that haunts them is not the disease, it is the social silence that surrounds them. Centuries later, one of their descendants faces a similar scenario: the AIDS pandemic in Spain. There, she discovers that although time has passed, social condemnation remains just as piercing. And the love between the “sick” and the “healthy,” between vampires and humans, still provokes the same fear. 

Screening with LONG PORK (UK Premiere) 

Dir: Iris Dukatt. Starring: Lena Headey, Marc Menchaca, Catherine Curtin. UK (2025) 13mins

In a Post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher meets the political predator responsible for the killing of her daughter and exacts bloody revenge, setting the stage for a revolution.

and POP MONSTERS (International Premiere)

Dir: Megan Brooks. Starring: Laurel Marsden, Yasmeen Fletcher, Ally Ioannides. USA (2025) 14mins. 

When a teenage girl scores tickets to the concert of the year, she decides to play a game with her three best friends to determine who gets to go. As the game pushes the girls to their limits, the stakes turn deadly.

Festival Pass & Individual Film tickets can be purchased here