Plucky young Jim Baitte is sound-man on a hotly anticipated horror film. However his easy-going ways have put him behind on work and directly in the firing line. He gets one more chance to save his job: travel to the spectral isle of Pincer Point and capture the best sound ever recorded. This seemingly simple task is suddenly muddied by myths and missing persons, and Jim finds himself caught up in prophecies and plots beyond his comprehension. Why are there crabs everywhere? Could the legend of the ghost pirates be true? Is this what Coppola felt like in Hearts of Darkness?

With shades of Bait & Blow-Up & maybe even Barton Fink, Pincer Point is a loving tribute to the importance of making art. From reveling in the means of its gloriously handmade production, to the task at hand of Jim’s oddity-ridden odyssey, that of listening to people and connecting with them, AI could never make a film like The Peril at Pincer Point. Take our sound advice and see it.

The filmmaker will be taking part in a Q&A after the screening.

Screening as part of Belfast Film Festival. Find out more about the festival programme here.