Starburst International Film Festival

Mansfield 66/67 (2017)

Directors: P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes / Starring: Ann Magnuson, Richmond Arquette, Kenneth Anger, Tippi Hedren. A fascinating documentary about

Howard the Duck (1986)

Director: Willard Huyck / Screenplay: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz / Starring: Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins. The Marvel comic adaptation and

Lifeforce (1985)

Director: Tobe Hooper / Screenplay: Dan O’Bannon, Don Jakoby / Starring: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth. A race of

Mandy (2018)

Director: Panos Cosmatos / Screenplay: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-Ahn / Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache We are delighted to be

The Muppet Movie (1977)

Director: James Frawley / Screenplay: Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl / Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson. The first, and some would

Prophecy (1979)

Director: John Frankenheimer / Screenplay: David Seltzer / Starring: Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth. Good old fashioned monster movie scares abound in

Baskin (2015)

Director: Can Evrenol / Screenplay: Ogulcan Eren Akay, Can Evrenol, Ercin Sadikoglu, Cem Özüduru / Starring: Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Görkem Kasal, Ergun

Short Film: Suck

Director & Screenplay: Kieron Moore / Starring: Brandon McCaffrey, Andy Green. Joe meets up with a man from a dating

Short Film: Parlour Tricks

Director & Screenplay: Tristan Risk / Starring: Gidget Gravedigger, Emma Elrich, Tyler Nichols, and Sean Covernton. It’s the 1920s, and

Short Film: 42 Counts

Director & Screenplay: Jill Gevargizian / Starring: Andrea Dover, Najarra Townsend, Sam Williamson. Two friends settle down for a night

Short Film: LOST STEPS

Director & Screenplay: Per Nilsson / Voice: Robbie Stevens. Stunning animation in which a man wanders alone through the park,

Short Film: Demonologist For Hire

Director: Uisdean Murray / Screenplay: Bryn Owen / Starring: Bryn Owen, Ronni Menzies-Stirling. Bothered by some supernatural entity? Who you

Short Film: Indweller

Director & Screenplay: Alwyne Kennedy / Starring: Scarlett Rayner, Zoe Cunningham. An isolated young girl feels a presence in her

Short Film: I Am the Doorway

Director: Simon Pearce / Screenplay: Richard A. Becker / Starring: Simon Merrells, Grant Masters, Maurice Cooper. A taut tale of

Short Film: Paleonaut

Director & Screenplay: Eric McEver / Starring: Eric Boardman, Tomoko Hayakawa, Balaji Manohar, Yasushi Takada. A time travelling love story

Short Film: REMEMBRANCE

Director & Screenplay: Mark Jepson / Starring: Elizabeth Bouckley, Camilla Simson, Tom Giles, Frankie Fairbrass. An neurological experiment takes a

Scopophilia

Directors: Natalia Lampropoulou, Ilektra Aggeletopoulou / Screenplay: Sotiris Petridis / Starring: Konstantinos Liaros, Ilectra Kartanou, Nikias Fontaras. An ill man,

Short Film: Trap

Director: Paul James / Screenplay: Kahra Scott-James / Starring: Heather Bolton, Tim Carlsen, David Mackie. A stunning animation focusing on

Short Film: Sylphvania Grove

Director & Screenplay: Rebekah Fieschi / Starring: Jessica Baird, Samarah Conley, Meaghan Bloom Fluitt. A young girl having trouble at

Short Film: Terminal

Director: Cal O’Connell / Screenplay: Max Gee / Starring: Michaela Longden, Samantha Mesagno, Jason Deer. Set in the future when

Director: Scott J. Ramsey / Screenplay: Scott J. Ramsey, Hannah Katherine Jost / Starring: Hope Raymond, Eliza Boivin, Brian Smick,

SuperGrid

Director: Lowell Dean / Screenplay: T.R. McCauley, Justin Ludwig / Starring: Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, Natalie Krill, Jay Reso. From

Next of Kin (1982)

Director: Tony Williams / Screenplay: Michael Heath, Tony Williams / Starring: Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott. Terror down under

Short Film: Hope in a Box

Director & Screenplay: Mick Dow / Starring: Becky Black, Richard Gittins. Two kidnapped strangers find themselves tied up and locked

Short Film: Laboratory Conditions

Director: Jocelyn Stamat / Screenplay: Terry Rossio / Starring: Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver, Paulo Costanzo. A doctor is looking for

Short Film: Pleased to Eat You!

Director: Adrian Hedgecock / Screenplay: Adrian Hedgecock, Oliver Lansley, Anthony Spargo / Starring: Oliver Lansley, Anthony Spargo, Lee Ravitz. Three

Short Film: Once Bitten…

Director: Pete Tomkies / Screenplay: Kevin T. Rogers / Starring: Lauren Ashley Carter, Garth Maunders, Sir Dickie Benson. The toilet

Short Film: Pulsar

Director: Aurora Fearnley / Screenplay: Aurora Fearnley, Neville Pierce / Starring: David Gyasi, Jessie Buckley, Anna Koval. a short sci-fi

Short Film: Revenant Relocation Officers

Director & Screenplay: Robert Duncan / Starring: Alec Westwood, Ronan Doyle. A crew of young filmmakers follow a pair of

Short Film: FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL…

Director: Izzy Lee / Screenplay: Christopher Hallock / Starring: Sean Carmichael, Christian Masters, Diane Porter. There’s a perfect moral to

Short Film: MY MONSTER

Director & Screenplay: Izzy Lee / Starring: Brea Grant, Steve Johanson, Adam Egypt Mortimer. A fun short from the brilliant

Short Film: ENDS MEAT

Director: Helen Lyons-Curran / Screenplay: Kris Heys / Starring: Mark Vanhendrijk, Christopher Faith, Michael Birtwistle. Desperate to do right by

AUTOMATA

Director: Lawrie Brewster / Screenplay: Sarah Daly / Starring: Alexandra Hulme, Erich Redman, Jon Vangdal Aamaas. Antique expert Brendon Cole

CLICKBAIT

Directors: Sophia Cacciola, Michael J. Epstein / Screenplay: Jeremy Long, Michael J. Epstein / Starring: Amanda Colby Stewart, Brandi Aguilar,

THE FARE

Director: D.C. Hamilton / Screenplay: Brinna Kelly / Starring: Gino Anthony Pesi, Brinna Kelly, Jason Stuart. When a charming fare

CATEGORY III: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HONG KONG EXPLOITATION CINEMA

Director: Calum Waddell / Starring: Daniel Yee Heng Chan, Kwok-Leung Gan, Godfrey Ho, Josie Ho. A fascinating insight into the

POLTERHEIST

Director: David Gilbank / Screenplay: David Gilbank, Gemma Head, Paul Renhard / Starring: Jo Mousley, Sid Akbar Ali, Jamie Cymbal,

THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984)

Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz / Screenplay: Joe Ritter / Starring: Mitch Cohen, Andree Maranda, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion. Tromaville

RETURN TO RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH AKA VOLUME 2 (2017)

Director: Lloyd Kaufman / Screenplay: Travis Campbell, Derek Dressler, Lloyd Kaufman, Gabriel Friedman / Starring: Asta Paredes, Catherine Corcoran, Zac

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