WFTV Short Film Club: Dissecting Horror, in conversation with Filmmakers

Short Film Club is an event series spotlighting some of the best short films for WFTV members. Showcasing the work of filmmakers based around a theme, you will have the opportunity to watch the films selected for the Short Film Club, hear from the creators behind them and join in the conversation.

Hosted by WFTV and in partnership discover.film, a global streamer dedicated to short form content, this Halloween special Short Film Club will be chaired by Jaine Green, Head of Content at discover.film.

Bringing together the filmmakers Karen Lam, Allison Miller and Lindsay Anne Hallam, they will discuss the making of their short films, the role of women in Horror in front of and behind the camera, and their experience as female directors working in the genre.

Films for WFTV Short Film Club:

THEY CALL ME DAVID

Meet David. Are they our saviour, our destroyer, or just a lonely child searching for their father?

GROWTH

A woman copes with her chronic pain using unconventional methods while searching for a cure. But the cure presents a more gruesome reality.

DOLL PARTS

Edward should have turned the car back when he lost his lucky sunglasses, but he decides to not waste the beautiful day. He’s got his supplies ready to go in the back seat – a rope, large hunting knife and duct tape – and the long stretch of highway in front of him holds much opportunity. Before long, he spots a pale girl standing in the middle of the road. She’s thin and shivering and climbs into his car. Edward soon has his victim gagged and bound and looks for the right place to finish the job. But things don’t go as planned: the girl he picked up isn’t human after all and now the prey has become the predator.

Speakers

Lindsay Anne Hallam

Lindsay is a director and senior film lecturer at University of East London. She specialises in researching horror films and has been published in numerous cinematic journals. Lindsay’s short horror film They Call Me David premiered at the London FrightFest in 2021.

Allison Miller

Allison is an Italian American director, writer, and actress. She briefly studied at the University of Florida before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She is most known for her roles in ABC’s hit series A Million Little Things and the NBC series Kings. She wrote, directed, and starred in the gruesome horror-comedy short film Growth.

Karen Lam

Karen has worked full-time in the film and television industry since 2000. Starting her career as a producer and entertainment lawyer, Karen has produced, directed and/or written five feature films, eight short films and three television series.

Her first short film as a writer/director The Cabinet won the NSI Drama Prize in 2006. She has since written/directed seven short films, three music videos.  She was series director on two seasons of Very Bad Men (2012) a true-crime documentary series for Investigation Discovery (US).  She wrote and directed a web series Mythos (2015) specifically created for TELUS and three feature films - Stained (2010), Evangeline (2013) and The Curse of Willow Song (2020). The Curse of Willow Song has been programmed at film festivals worldwide and has received a number of awards, including Best BC Feature Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Karen was awarded Best Director from the 2020 Leo Awards, which showcases talent from the British Columbia film and television industry. Karen is current in post-production on her first studio feature film for NBC/Universal set to be released for Halloween 2022.

How will the online event work?

This event will be live streamed via Zoom.us.

This event will take place as a webinar. Attending participants will not be visible to others and will be muted throughout the session. After the talk, there will be an opportunity for audience members to ask questions to the panel by using the Q&A feature.

In advance of the event, attendees will have the opportunity to watch each of the filmmakers’ short films. To receive screening links, members must register by 16:00 on Wednesday 27 October.

This event is for WFTV members only.

If you are not a member and would like to join, membership costs just £100 + VAT/yr, please click here or email admin@wftv.org.uk

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