Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi!

Expect thrills, chill and kills! The first ever @FracVis film festival takes place this weekend @TramshedCF in Cardiff with an awesome line up of horror films!

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CHILDREN OF THE FALL (Israel) – UK Premiere

LUZ (Germany) – UK Premiere

SMALLER AND SMALLER CIRCLES (Philippines) – UK Premiere

BOAR (Australia) – Welsh Premiere

FRIENDLY BEAST (O Animal Cordial) (Brazil) – Welsh Premiere

HE’S OUT THERE (USA) – Welsh Premiere

LOST IN APOCALYPSE (Mo Shi Ren Jian Dao) (China) – Welsh Premiere

PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH (USA) – Welsh Premiere

But that’s not all! Fractured Visions believe in celebrating the films that help established the modern audience’s love for horror, so the for the festival’s first ever guest of honour, they are proud to announce that Norman J. Warren will be attendance to give a talk on his prolific career in the fright industry. The festival will be showing a double-bill of Warren’s work, including a brand-new 2K remaster of his 1978 classic, TERROR. The second feature will be Warren’s 1987 shocker, BLOODY NEW YEAR; one of the few horror films to be lensed in South Wales during the 1980s.

Before each feature film, the festival will be looking to the future of the genre. Fractured Visions has selected 10 stunning short films from around the globe, each film a shining example of where the genre is heading while in the hands of these emerging talents.

SHORT FILMS

PSYCHOPOMPOS (Czech Republic) – UK Premiere

SUPINE (France) – UK Premiere

TIME HEALS NO WOUNDS (Canada) – UK Premiere

THE VISITOR (Australia) – UK Premiere

DEAD COOL (UK) – Welsh Premiere

CADUCEA (Belgium) – Welsh Premiere

MARTA (Spain) – Welsh Premiere

GIRL #2 (USA) – Welsh Premiere

INSTINCT (USA) – Welsh Premiere

PORTRAIT(S) (UK)

To celebrate the event, Fractured Visions has partnered with Cardiff’s  multi-award-winning craft beer brewery, Crafty Devil. They have kindly created a Fractured Visions beer, a bloody (and hoppy) Red Ale that will no doubt help keep the audience’s spirits up.