Programmed by Gage Oxley (he/they) through the BFI Film Academy Venue Fund, supported by the Nerve Centre and Dark Hedges Film Festival:

Ouzo and Blackcurrant

On a sunny afternoon, two old school friends, Jeanie and Esta, take a nostalgic trip to the junkyard where they used to drink as wayward teens. But this place is now tainted by tragedy, and Jeanie makes a horrific discovery when she raises her phone to take a photograph.

UK | 2019 | Dir. Nat Luurtsema (she/her) | @mini_prods | Duration: 7 mins

Jeff Drives You

A lonely gay man falls in love with an artificially intelligent car over the course of a road trip.

UK | 2019 | Dir. Aidan Brezonick | Duration: 18 mins

Blight

A young priest is sent to battle dark supernatural forces threatening a remote community.

Ireland | 2015 | Dir. Brian Deane | Duration: 15 mins

Wrath

At the precipice of womanhood and plagued with foreboding dreams, Maria must confront the mistrust of her family as a strange epidemic sweeps though Ireland.

Ireland | 2019 |  Dir. Suri Grennel | Duration: 9 mins

Foxglove

In the wilds of Connemara an engineer and his daughter are targeted by an ancient and angry force from within the earth itself.

Ireland | 2015 | Dir. Brian Deane | Duration: 12 mins

Woodland Cemetery

A photographer shoots an assignment in a Stockholm cemetery. When the photographer shoots a picture of a private moment, she soon finds out that this haunting image is more than she bargained for.

Sweden | 2020 | Dir. Niels Bourgonje | Duration: 10 mins 

These films are free to watch on QFT Player from Fri 22 Oct - Mon 1 November. 

Discover more of The Dark Hedges Film Festival here. 

BFI Film Academy

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Find out more about BFI Film Academy here. BFI Film Academy Venue Education Fund is delivered in NI by the Nerve Centre in partnership with QFT and Film Hub NI. The BFI Film Academy programme is supported using funds from the National Lottery.