Two Days Later

15th October 2010

Two Days Later, Thanet’s only Short Film Competition Screening returns to The Theatre Royal, Margate on October 30th, 2010, with another programme of Horror shorts just bursting with provocative interpretations of the genre.
Brought to you by Margate-based Beeping Bush Productions and The Theatre Royal, the organisers will drag back the heavy velvet curtains to reveal the dark and unwholesome fruits of 2 days’ labour, and our filmmakers’ warped imaginations!!!

Organiser, Mick Etherton, of Beeping Bush says: “There are few things in the Thanet film calendar more exciting than the start of a new 2 Days Later Horror competition screening, and in that vein we’re terribly pleased to bring you our Feast of Gruesome Terror, Fearsome Zombie Mayhem and Generally Nasty Goings On – on the very eve of Halloween”.

Actually – though the event is open exclusively to the over 18s – there is something for everyone, with audiences as much inclined to laugh as to scream. According to co-organiser, Chris Cordwell (Beeping Bush): “It’s a cracking line-up at this year’s festival”.

As ever, there will be a splendid selection of horror short films for the judges and audience to choose from, with over 50 entries jostling for a slot in their final ‘Devil’s Dozen’. Submissions have come from across Great Britain, with international entries from Switzerland and the USA.
The horror-themed short films will be screened in two parts: matinee screenings from midday, and the prestigious evening screening, from 7 pm. All entries will be screened to the ghoulish, to lovers of the macabre, and to the thrill-seeking masses!

The day will culminate with the 2 Days Later Award Presentations. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories including Best Film, Best Writer and Best Performance. There will also be an audience vote for most Popular Film. The filmmakers are competing for the opportunity to develop their career by winning a week’s Broadcast Quality High Definition full camera kit hire from sponsors VMI High Definition and Broadcast.

Those films that narrowly missed the shortlist will be screened from midday and will also be eligible for an audience vote. The judging panel includes:
Barry Basset – Managing Director, VMI equipment & facilities hire company
David Clark – Head of TV, Farm advertising agency
James Moran – Screenwriter, Severance; Torchwood; Dr Who; Spooks
Kim Newman – Film critic, author & broadcaster, Empire, Sight & Sound, Fangoria
Mike Shaw – lead cinema writer for the KM Group
Damon Wise – Film writer/critic, The Guardian; Empire

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