Mayhem Short Film Showcase & Surprise Announcement

So guys, it's only a week today until the best weekend, Mayhem Film Festival!

I forgot to post about the short film line-up so here they are:

"This year’s line-up include the following films (in alphabetical order):

AND THE BABY SCREAMED // Dir. Dan Gitsham, UK, 3m29

CATCALLS // Dir. Kate Dolan, Ireland, 8m39

COYOTE // Dir. Lorenz Wunderle, Switzerland, 9m55

DICK AND STEWART: I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE // Dir. Richard Littler, UK, 12m49

HEARTLESS (UK PREMIERE) // Dir. Kevin Sluder, US, 12m24

HUNTED (WORLD PREMIERE) // Dir. Owen Tooth, UK, 5m41

MILK // Dir. Santiago Menghini, Canada, 9m48

SALT // Dir. Rob Savage, UK, 2m

THE BLUE DOOR // Dir. Paul Taylor, UK, 9m14

TiCK //Dir. Ashlea Wessel, Canada, 13m5

ULISES (UK PREMIERE) // Dir. Jorge Malpica, Mexico, 8m

WE SUMMONED A DEMON // Dir. Chris McInroy, US, 5m52

Mayhem Film Festival originally started as a single collection of short films before growing into the four-day weekend it is now, and so its Short Film Showcase remains at the heart of the festival with its traditional Saturday slot, and one of the most popular and beloved events of the programme each year."

A great mix with three premieres! I'm loving how many shorts have come from the UK and I'm very intrigued by the fact that one of them is only 2 minutes long.

And just when you thought it couldn't get more exciting, today it was announced that there will also be a brain-controlled film! :

" We are delighted to announce that Richard Ramchurn's brain-controlled film, The Moment, will be screening at Mayhem throughout the festival, and you may be able to change its narrative. 

The Moment is a film set on the cusp of The Singularity. The story explores three narratives in a dystopian future where brain-computer interfaces are both a source of social threat and potential revelation. The film speaks to our present relationships with each other via social media and its facilitation of the rise of far-right ideologies.

The Moment is an interactive film which uses a Brain Computer Interface to collect attention data from the viewer and recombine into a real-time narrative. Each time the film is watched, the rhythms of the viewer's brain data creates a new narrative combination - in total there are 18 billion combinations. The Moment is the second brain-controlled film from writer/director Richard Ramchurn."

Yes please! The film is playing three times a day Thursday-Sunday.

If that's got you excited tickets for the festival are available at www.mayhemfilmfestival.com and if you're under 25 tickets for individual screenings are only £4.5o!