Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Horror
Running Time: 13 mins
Year of production: 2023

SHORT SYNOPSIS

When a young caregiver and her manipulative boyfriend attempt to rob the elderly women she looks after, their scheme collapses as the couple’s true, terrifying nature is revealed.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Spoil Productions
Film exports / World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

LILY – Petra Markham
ROSE – Janet Amsden
CHARLIE – Jacob Meadows
DANI – Sophie Delora
YOUNG LILY – Olivia Le Andersen
YOUNG ROSE – Freya Evans

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Joe Solomon
Screenwriter: Francesca Lin
Producer: Joe Solomon / Dom Riley
Director of Photography: Jonathan Moore
Sound: Jan Sigsworth
Editing: Giorgia Zarantonella
Sound Editing: Jan Sigsworth
Music Composer: James Hall

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Horror
Sub-genre: LGBTQI+
Language: English
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Year of production: 2022
Total running time: 13 mins
Shooting format: (25fps) Pro Res 422, H264
Color type: Pro Res 2K
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: 5.1 Sound Mix

AWARDS

London Director Talents Movie Awards – Best Director Horror 2025
British Film Festival – Best Special Effects / Visual Effects 2023

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

FF Festivals
Oxford Shorts
Out On Film: Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival
Streiffen-Queer Film Festival Regensburg
Semi-Finalist Flickers’s Rhode Island International Film Festival
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Cosmic Horror & Tales of the Supernatural (Portland, Oregon & Mobile, Alabama)
Newport Beach Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Australia)
Desmond District Demons Horror Film Festival
Cypress International Film Festival
SAFlicks Lesbian & Bisexual Film Festival (UK)
Isabella International Film Festival (Puerto Rico)
Allentown Film Festival (PA, US)
Reelout Queer Film Festival (Kingston, CA)
Pride Film Fest (Chicago, Illinois)
Final Girls on Berlin Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
The British Film Festival
Poppy Jaspar International Film Festival
Fixion Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival
Grave Plot Film Festival
Blast Off Film Festival
Los Angeles Queer Film Festival
Mix Mexico: Cine e Diversidad Sexual / Film and Sexual Diversity
Romford Film Festival
Southport International Film Festival
Film Pride Brighton and Hove
Out South Carolina Film Festival
Hobnobben Film Festival
New York Independent Film Festival
Bay International Film Festival – Quarter Finalist
Indigo Moon Film Festival
Northwest Fear Fest
Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival