spookscreen film festival

Our final judge is a great friend of the festival and a remarkable talent. Oisin will be selecting the "Beast in Fest" (Best in Fest) award. We are also screening a new short from him (out of competition naturally!) which at noon on Sunday alongside Shorts programme 5 in Civic Trust House. "Gan Am" is an unsettling and atmospheric short which has a dizzying propulsive quality and we are delighted to be showcasing it. Oisín Mac Coille is a prolific and versatile director whose career spans an impressive breadth of television, film, and educational content. With over a hundred credits in TV continuing drama and close to another hundred in children’s and educational programming, Oisín has established himself as a master storyteller, adept at crafting compelling narratives for diverse audiences. A fluent Irish speaker, he is deeply connected to the Irish language and culture, which frequently informs his work. His ability to work bilingually has allowed him to contribute to a rich variety of Irish-language productions, ensuring authentic representation and helping to bring the language to wider audiences through both drama and educational content.

In the Arc for the evening

Our penultimate announcement for judges. Alanna is selecting from the 2min Terror section. Alanna MacNamee is a producer/director from Limerick City whose work explores themes of social justice and women’s lives experience in Ireland today. A graduate of Screen Ireland's Advanced Producing Programme and with an MA in Media & Broadcast Production from Queen's University Belfast, Alanna has directed for TG4 (Teach nó Amach, Na Builders, Am Abú) and won Best Director at the Vesuvius Film Festival for her short doc Movers and Shapers. Thomas is picking our Best Stake Up/ Spectral Effects (Best Make Up/ Special Effects) category. Thomas also recently completed an ambitious sci/fi horror feature film project named "Gardener's Planet". His YouTube odyssey into the making of it is essential viewing for independent filmmakers starting out. Thomas Quain is an Irish filmmaker and animator known for writing and directing the feature films 'I'm Talking to You' in 2018 and 'Gardeners Planet!' in 2025. He has also written and animated 2 seasons of the popular webseries Poxy Bleedin Shop. His YouTube can be followed here: /@thomasquainfilm

For our 3rd batch of Judges we are putting all the kind American folks who deigned to be involved together. First off Laurel who was actually the winner of Spook Screen's first Best In Festival back in 2018 for her excellent film "What Metal Girls Are Into" is tackling our Emerald Vile (Best Irish film section). Laurel Vail is an American actor and filmmaker out of Los Angeles, California. She can be seen in such horror films as Delivery: The Beast Within and Contracted Phase 2. Her award-winning short film What Metal Girls Are Into involves comedy, horror, and (violent) social justice. She is currently working on her first graphic novel, a sci-fi drama. Jason is judging "Gave Us the Creeps" (Scariest film) Jason Berg is an American composer and chaos magician weaving occult industrial, darkwave, and cinematic dread. From underground goth stages to terrorizing Camp Wormwood under the guise of the Necrodevil, he now channels his occult obsessions into film scores that feel like Coil haunting the Twin Peaks Roadhouse. Owned by pugs, guided by the Good Neighbors, and unwavering in his belief that Damon Salvatore is the best brother. Last for this section is Brian whose expertise will be sorting through the talented pool of our Ghoul Days (Best Student) category. CBR senior staff writer Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about pop culture for nearly twenty years now at CBR (primarily with his “Comics Should Be Good” series of columns, including Comic Book Legends Revealed). He has written two books for Penguin-Random House – Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed and Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia! and one book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, from Triumph Books. His writing has been featured at ESPN.com, the Los Angeles Times, About.com, the Huffington Post, Vulture and Gizmodo. He features legends about entertainment and sports at his website, Legends Revealed and other pop culture features at Pop Culture References. Follow him on Twitter at @Brian_Cronin and feel free to e-mail him suggestions for stories at [email protected]!

Our 2nd batch of Judges. Jessica Walsh is judging our Best Act-roar (Best Actor) category. Jess has written, acted and produced for both stage and short films. As part of Cork’s very first 48 Hour Film challenge, organised by the People’s Picturehouse, she co-wrote, acted and produced ‘in-between’ which won the ‘Spirit of the Challenge Award’. At this year's 48 Hour Film challenge, she produced ‘Money Shot’, winning ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Music’ awards. For Cork Arts Theatres 10x10’s she produced ‘Mi Casa’ and is currently on stage, acting in ‘Bingo’. She continues to perform and work with the Haulbowline Theatre and Rebel City Drama groups with several short film projects on the horizon. Patrick is judging our Best ReAnimation (Best Animation) category. Patrick O’Mahony is an Irish animator and Royal College of Art graduate. Since leaving the RCA he has worked in the art and animation departments on various short films, commercials and music videos and co-directed a short online ad for a human rights campaign. His film ‘Under The Weather’ has been shown worldwide and won multiple awards including best sound design and best short film. Since 2015 he has ran animation workshops and has worked as a lecturer and technician in the animation departments at UK Universities such as the University for Creative Arts, Farnham, the University of East London and the University of Bedfordshire, Luton. Now residing in Ireland he continues to create, working on short films, live action puppetry and commissions while also trying to perfect a card trick he's been learning since 2007. Instagram: rickpatartpick

We'll be introducing our judges for this year's competition. Our first David Power is graciously tackling two categories for us: Best Die-rector (Best Director) Best Axe-stress (Best Actress) David Power is a writer and script editor from Cork. His script "SHOWPIG" won Best Short Screenplay at the Catalyst International Film Festival 2024 and was shortlisted for the Ardán/RTÉ Short Film Commission. He has been selected for development programmes such as the NTA Film & TV + The GALPAL Collective's 2024 Writers Club and the inaugural 2025 Catalyst Screenwriting La And out second judge Luke Coffey will be picking in: Best Horror Zomedy (Best Horror Comedy) Luke Coffey is a writer and artist, known for writing and co-directing the short horror film "Bloodtooth", co-editing the "Tales from the Stop" anthology with Cork Comic Creators as well as work with TG4.

We are also screening 8 feature films across the weekend so something for all the indie horror fans. Do help support and come along and say hi we look forward to seeing you this weekend. We might also have a small gift on Saturday courtesy of one of the films screening but you will have to come along to find out what.

We are screening 73 short films over the weekend with 21 of those made in Ireland. Be sure to get tickets and support indie genre film makers

TX —> IRELAND 🤩 This Friday, SOUS VIDE will have the honor of screening at @spookscreencork in Cork , Ireland at the Civic Trust House (artist spot & old former hospital with haunted stories) 👀 THANK YOU to the folks at Spook Screen Film Fest for this incredible recognition! 🙏🙌🤩 We are so very excited!! CAST Timo @calebchilders Gloria @kelsey.summers.acts Maitre d’ @_deanna.noel_ Runner/Set Decorator @powerjhouse5 Runner 2 @oceanpower24 Extra/Writer @sarahjbrandt Bartender @artsyfartsykickan CREW EP/Director/Production Designer @therealmarthalouise Director @lukevangarza Producer @simply_rosy_productions @iseladehoyos AP Dick Van Hooser 2nd AD @shannahawa DP @broken_radio_dp 1st Ac/Focus Puller @trevornajera Sound Mixer @fairygodmotherninja Boom Op @noaht2w Grip @kevindoesstuff Gaffer @jbarrera782 Studio Art Director @alexamariedavis PA @sk8rboy1996 PA @mizzy.low PA @cerberus192 HMU @morphixmua_sfx 2nd HMU @natalie_bowles Security @michaelgmaldonado Crafty @sith.sugar.and.sass @david.lzer SCORE @dguttmusic Location: @peche_austin 🤩 #texasfilm #austinfilm #film #shortfilm #horrorshort #irishfilmfestival #corkireland #spookscreenfilmfestival

Here’s a look at some of the updates done to the VFX in ‘Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill!’ Next Friday in Cork, Ireland! Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill will be playing on December 5th at the Arc Cinema at 7:30pm at the Spook Screen Film Festival! @spookscreencork I will see you there! It’s gonna be badass!!! ⚔️ Tickets https://gatecork.admit-one.eu/seats/207161/ #indie #indiefilm #slasher #action #horror #tarynbarkerdemonhunter #demonhunter #time2kill #vfx #spookscreen #cork #ireland #tarynbarker #dh

Our very Americana short film will have its first international screening in Cork, Ireland next weekend! When Life Gives You A Lawnmower is screening on Saturday 12/6 at Spook Screen! Thank you @spookscreencork for the recognition 💚 🏡🍋👫🩸 #shortfilm #indiehorrorfilm #indiehorror #horror #comedy #horrorcomedy #darkcomedy #indieshortfilm #indiefilmmaking #filmmaking #officialselection #filmfestival #filmfestivals #chicagofilm #michiganfilm #spookscreenfilmfestival #spookscreen #ireland #cork #corkireland #irelandfilm #irishfilm

✨🎞️🎥☠️🍿✨ We're Thrilled to Death that Our 16mm Film SEA LEGS is an Official Selection at Spook Screen Film Festival in Cork, Ireland! Screening in the SCARY SHORTS Program 12pm on SUNDAY 7th December at Civic Trust House. Tickets on Sale Now. @spookscreencork @kodak_shootfilm @kodakfilmlabatl 🍀🎞️🎥☠️🍿🍀