Writer. Editor. Film Scholar. Script Consultant
Congratulations to Jonathan Zaurin and the rest of the team on the release of their second feature film Derelict! Also included on the Blu-ray as an extra to Jonathan's superb, complex and haunting exploration of grief and revenge is The Petting Zoo, the short film I directed with huge help from Jonathan and much of... Continue Reading →
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed last year, has been selected to screen at the Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest. The festival runs from 24th October to 2nd November 2024. THE PETTING ZOO screens on 1st November.
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed last year, has been selected to screen at A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The festival runs from 1st to 3rd March 2024.
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed last year, has been selected to screen at the Wench Film Festival in Mumbai. The festival runs from 29th February to 3rd March 2024.
THE PETTING ZOO, the short film I wrote and directed this year, has been selected to screen at the Carcosian Film Night in Brussels, date to be announced.
In our upcoming Straight On Till Morning show I discuss FrightFest 2023, sponsored by Pigeon Shrine, which took place from 24-28 August 2023 in London, with Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies and co-writer of Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema, and film critic Dr Anton Bitel. Among the themes covered this year were cosmic monsters,... Continue Reading →
The short film I have written and directed, THE PETTING ZOO, is now finished. It's a ghost tale about five friends who go to the woods on Halloween and get lost in a local legend. I had invaluable help from the hugely talented Jonathan Zaurin and was lucky to work with a brilliant team of... Continue Reading →
I reviewed Mark Jenkin's follow-up to Bait for the Sight&Sound website in May 2022. The review was published in the Winter 22-23 issue of the Sight&Sound magazine. An oblique take on 1970s folk horror, Enys Men creates a genuinely haunting experience rooted in the Cornish landscape. Synopsis: A middle-aged woman (Mary Woodvine) lives alone on... Continue Reading →
Virginie Sélavy 