This February, ARROW presents the very best wild and weird short films, Sharp Shorts. The place to be for quick fixes of micro features that will leave you in shock and awe.
Creepy, classy, stomach-churning, jaw-dropping, award-winning and even those that have gone on to become full features, Sharp Shorts is the best place to get a shot of Cult if you only have minutes to spare.
But be warned, you could also very easily become sucked into spending hours at the mercy of some of the best short filmmakers around!
Here’s a selection of what’s on offer –
Itch
Sister Jude (Loren O’Dair) is a novice nun about to take her simple vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience in a cloistered convent. However, before she does, she develops a mysteriously severe skin condition that continues to worsen along with her mental state. Trying her best to obey Mother Superior (Shenagh Govan) and Father Paul (Christopher Saul) in accordance with her future vows, she struggles with her feelings for another nun, Sister Agatha (Alexandra Dowling), who she frequently dreams about. The insistent need to scratch overwhelms anything else and clouds Sister Jude’s mind, who will do anything to make the itch stop.
The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras
Early one winter morning in the rural town of Rhuthun in North Wales, three men are called upon once again to carry out a terrible assignment on the Bwlch Pen Barras mountain pass. Shot on 16mm by cinematographer Sean Price Williams (Good Time, Her Smell) and featuring a score by Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan from The Super Furry Animals, The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras is a Méliès d’argent-nominated Welsh language folk horror film about modern Wales, rooted in the country’s rich mythology.
Smile
When a young woman struggles to smile, her depression becomes something truly monstrous.
Sharp Shorts debuts exclusively on ARROW on 2nd February 2024.
Bloody Flicks 