Aria

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 13mins
Year: 2020

Jenny and Tom are excited to install a new Aria "smart security system" in their home. Tom becomes increasingly paranoid about what may be lurking outside their front door at night and eventually confronts it.

FILM CREW:
Director: Christopher Poole
Producer: Ben Drayton
Writer: Christopher Poole
DOP: Howard Mills
Editor: Christopher Poole, Jennifer Sheridan
Sound Design: Tom Jenkins
Composer: Cato Hoeben
Production Design: Zara Mills
Costume Design: David Ball
Hair & Makeup: James Mac Inerney
VFX: Adrian Carswell, Catherine Woodhouse
Animation: Ben Blease
Casting: Rosalie Clayton

Cast: Daniel Lawrence, Susannah Fielding, Natasia Demetriou, Daisy Badger, Jules Maxine


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Astrophobia Science Fiction & Horror Film Festival October 2023
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Rennes International Fantastic Short Film Festival Court Métrange September 2022
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Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival April 2022
Cinemagic ‘On The Pulse’ Short Film Festival March 2022
Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival (SPIFF) February 2022
Dam Short Film Festival February 2022
British Shorts January 2022
London Short Film Festival January 2022
Anomaly - The Rochester Genre Film Festival November 2021
Leeds International Film Festival November 2021
Hellifax Horror Fest October 2021
Aesthetica Film Festival November 2021
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Coordinadora de Maniatic International Film Festival October 2021
Celluloid Screams October 2021
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