The Witch

Modern horrors can be compared to Ghost Trains at the carnival. They may make you jump but chances are you’re more likely to laugh after the experience than to leave the ride in fear. The use of jump...

Spotlight

Tom McCarthy has some impressive credits to his name. As well as bringing us The Station Agent and working on Game of Thrones, he also contributed to Pixar’s Up having been one of the story wri...

That Demon Within

Dante Lam’s 2014 That Demon Within made its way to the 2016 Glasgow Film Festival. A gripping crime thriller that pulls no punches in its violent shoot outs and duplicitous protagonist.

The Brand New Testament

One of the age-old questions asked is “if there is a God, why does he let bad things happen?” Director  Jaco Van Dermal has his own answer for that in The Brand New Testament and it’...

Land of Mine

The horrors of World War II didn’t end with Germany’s surrender. For all that has been documented of this time there are many stories relatively unknown, including a horrifying practice b...

GFF16 Presents That Demon Within

A dutiful police officer doubts himself after saving the life of a notorious and ruthless killer. Unsure if he did the right thing by protecting a cold-blooded murderer, his actions come back to haun...

GFF16 Presents The Brand New Testament

God is a grumpy sadist living in an apartment in Brussels who only created mankind so he had something to torment. Intrigued? I known I am. The Brand New Testament (French: Le Tout Nouveau Testament)...

GFF16 Presents Land Of Mine

It’s May 1945 and the Germans have just surrendered. A group of German POWs were handed over to the Danish authorities and tasked with dangerous work – dig up their own land mines by hand...

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein was an innovative genius whose legacy is timeless. Like most great minds, Eisenstein was a troubled soul and although he was married to a woman there was speculation about...