The product of fever dreams and existential nightmares, CRIDDLERS looks at the vice of modern society and what real people do when placed in its bloody maw. We follow the Criddler, a disposable assassin who kills for hegemonic corporate pharaohs in exchange for drugs – the same drugs that, when mixed with his scientifically mutated blood, metabolize into explosive plasma. And when that CRUD is pumped into his psycho sentient gun, he becomes the deadliest assassin alive. Criddler’s insatiable hunger for the sauce offers mental escape while simultaneously dragging him closer and closer to the brink. And that is when we meet him: sliding down into hell… Until a ray of hope appears before him, in the form of a fluffy orange KITTY CAT. Now the one thing he never thought possible is there for the taking... Redemption.

CRIDDLERS

An old school 'L.A. Tek-Noir' style street redemption story, Criddlers follows a broken junkie who kills for drugs. When he is hired for a heavy score - murder a family in the suburbs - he takes it, unaware that this job will change his life forever...

Jaime’s quest for healing leads her to restore a family heirloom. But what begins as a therapeutic project, soon spirals into a battle against an ancient evil that has plagued her bloodline for generations. Premiering at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

Heirlooms

After the passing of her mother, Jamie inherits an old family heirloom. It isn’t until it’s too late that she realizes heirlooms are better left alone.

When Ella returns to the abandoned lake where something terrible happened, she finds herself drawn back to the water by a voice that should be dead. As the lake begins speaking through whispers, memories, and impossible visions, Ella is forced to confront the guilt she has tried to bury. But the water remembers what she did, and what waits beneath the surface has not forgotten. THE DROWNING PLACE is a supernatural horror short about guilt, grief, and the terrifying pull of unresolved trauma.

The Drowning Place

Shot on 16 mm black and white film, The Gilded Mirror follows Charles Randolph, a once-renowned performer haunted by his wife’s death. When a young woman comes to audition for him, their encounter unravels into a world of illusion and obsession.

The Gilded Mirror

When a young woman auditions for Mr. Randolph, an aging performer haunted by his wife’s death, they become entangled in a charade of illusion and obsession.

THE PEARL COMB is the only short film to be both Oscar short listed and BAFTA long listed for 2026. Cook’s directorial debut it has won over seventy five awards including the Coveted Melies D’Argent. It has also screened at nine Oscar qualifying festivals.It follows Ali’s BAFTA long listed short, THE CUNNING MAN. It screened at 88 international film festivals and won thirty three awards. He’s also an actor. Credits include the BAFTA nominated &amp; BIFA winning film KAJAKI (Dir. Paul Katis), MUSCLE (Dir. Gerard Johnson), HOW TO FAKE A WAR alongside Katherine Parkinson (Dir. Rudolph Herzog) and as series regular DCI Simmons in RAGDOLL for AMC/BBC1

The Pearl Comb

In 1893, a fisherman’s wife becomes the first person to cure someone of tuberculosis. A doctor, intent on proving a woman’s place is in the home and not practising medicine, investigates - only to discover the source of her unearthly power.

The Turning Point

In a near future Seattle torn by civil war, a man and his niece race to escape when targeted by a violent militia.

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