CHOMP!

Synopsis: In Post-apocalyptic Britain two Zombies stumble across the same corpse, with unexpected results.

 

"A slickly produced, visceral short with a deliciously disgusting twist."

- John Lynch, Festival Director, CineFringe Film Festival.

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Screenings and awards: Best Horror/Sci-Fi (Audience Choice) Beverly Hills Shorts Fest 2012, Best of the Fest 2011 5 Lamps Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival 2012, New Film Makers LA, Edinburgh Cinefringe Festival 2012, European Short Film Festival at Massachusettes Institute  of Technology 2012, iD Fest 2012, Fantastic Films Fest 2012, iShorts Prague, Kino Shorts Manchester, Bang! Short Film Festival, Cardboard Cinema Club, The Co-Operative Film Festival 2013, The Crypt Film Festival 2013, Cinema Fanatstique 2013

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Cast: Marc Pickering, Georgina Strawson, James Dean

DoP: Sara Dean

Producer: Russell Noon

Writers: Adam Horton, Joe Horton

 

​With Chomp! our goal was to push our directing abilities further than ever before. We wanted to create something that was more emotionally engaging than our previous work and welcomed the challenge of telling a story that starts with a certain tone and mood but concludes in an entirely different manner.



It was great fun for us to sit in anonymity amongst festival audiences and hear the loud and boisterous reaction that the film has typically received. The film is anchored by two brilliant central performances and the high end production values each department brought to the film that allowed us to achieve a standard far beyond our budget. 

 

THIS SIDE OF THE AFTERLIFE

Synopsis:A failing actor with the ability to communicate with the dead sets up a corrupt 'ghost walk' business.



"A truly cinematic experience... Lyrical and irreverently witty."

-Jamie Greco, Senior Programmer, Raindance Film Festival

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Screenings and nominations: Best UK Short (nominee) Raindance 2011, iShorts Prague, Short & Sweet Toronto, Life & Death Matters Festival Colorado, 5 Lamps Film Festival


 

Cast: Rik Mayall, Eric Lampaert, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Isaac Tendler

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Producer: Blair Barnette, Joe Walker

DoP: Sara Deane

Written by: Adam Horton, Joe Horton, Joe Walker

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Funded by the UK Film Council through Derby QUAD art centre this was an ambitious script that allowed us to create an original world with a dark, fairytale edge inspired by the poetry of Roald Dahl, Tim Burton & Edgar Allen-Poe. We purposefully avoided going down the social-realist route as, at the time, we felt that type of film was dominating the output amongst regional film making talent. This was our opportunity to stand out from the pack and be true to our instincts as film makers.

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It gave us the opportunity to not only work with fresh comedic talent in the form of Eric Lampaert but also to direct alternative comedy pioneer Rik Mayall, who arrived at our VO session not only armed with detailed and well considered prep notes but also an awe-inspiring sense of enthusiasm and energy.