Jun
07
2026
Exclusive Southend Film Festival interview with ‘Don’t Bury It‘ Writer-Director Kristian Fitsall
Film: Don't Bury It
Director: Kristian Fitsall
Writer: Kristian Fitsall
Starring: Will Close, Manpreet Bambra, Tom Cray, Peter York, Gerardo Cabal
Dumped by his girlfriend, Doug's mental health deteriorates and he begins burying his problems, quite literally, in his garden; unpaid bills, dirty...
Jun
01
2026
Film: SUFFICIENT SIDE EFFECTS The Making Of Magenta House
Director: Bill Ross
Cast: Freddie Skerritt, Jake Bebbington, Z.G. Taylor, Lily Osang, Adam Lock, Robert Wright, David Gubb, Keira Baitrum, Amy Slade and Lucas Hartopp
Producers: Lily Osang, Adam Lock
SUFFICIENT SIDE EFFECTS is...
May
29
2026
Film: The Cemetery of The Lost Souls
Director: Rodrigo Aragão
Writer: Rodrigo Aragão
Starring: Carol Aragão, Renato Chocair, Diego Garcias, Francisco Gaspar, Markus Konká
Corrupted by the power of Cipriano's Black Book, a Jesuit and his followers begin a reign of horror in...
May
29
2026
Film: Why We Pride
Director: Natalie Scarsbrook
Why We Pride" is a short documentary film by Blatella Films, co-produced with Southend-on-Sea Pride, that explores the history of LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, highlighting key milestones and ongoing struggles, emphasising why Pride events remain...
May
24
2026
Film Name: Countenance
Director: Pete Key
Writers: Jai Blanks, Pete Key, Ella Stephens
Starring: James Greaney, Jadina Li, Mark Charlesworth, Tim Sparrow, Giuseppe Manzione
Asha is a young man with the ability to feel and resonate other people's emotions through physical contact. Turned...
May
17
2026
Film: Fungi Forage
Directors: Cy Henty and Molly Brown
Writer: Cy Henty
Composer: Lobby Lud
Animator and Editor: Molly Brown
Starring: Lobby Lud (Offscreen vocals)
An animated musical number about the dangers of foraging wild mushrooms unless you really know what you're doing.
In a new...
May
16
2026
Film: Echo
Director: Andy Salamonczyk
Writer: Andy Salamonczyk
Starring: Maneek Chatha, Anita Ramdharry
On a cold Sunday morning, a teenager and her mum share a rare walk to the shop.
In a new interview on Blazing Minds ahead of the Southend Film Festival, I...
May
15
2026
Film: The Sentry
Director: Jake Wachtel
Writer: Jake Wachtel
Starring: Dara Phang, Daniel Raymont, Tharoth Sam, Tara Vy
On assignment in Cambodia, a suave super-spy has a haunting encounter with a garrulous guard and must come to terms with the damage he's inflicted...
May
14
2026
Film: A Unicorn
Director: Karl Howman
Writer: Karl Howman
Starring: Graham Cole, Chloe Howman, Katy-Jo Howman, Brian Robinson, Gary Webster, Ray Winstone
The plight of a journeyman fighter whose life comes crashing down on being diagnosed with dementia and how the Ringside Charitable...
May
12
2026
Film: The Internet Remains Undefeated
Director: Robbie Gibbon
Writer: Robbie Gibbon
Starring: Adam Bernet, Amal Khalidi, Megan Rose McCarthy
In a new interview on Blazing Minds ahead of the Horror-On-Sea Takeover at the Southend Film Festival, I got a chance to ask Writer-Director...
May
06
2026
Film Name: Transylvania Tapes
Director: Brad Sykes
Writers: Brad Sykes, Josephina Sykes
Starring: Valeria Badiuc, Terence Matthew Sullivan, Ion Haiduc, Gabriel Spahiu
In 1997, Romanian actress Silvia Enescu mysteriously disappeared while searching for family property in Transylvania. All she left behind were a...
May
05
2026
Film Name: Darner
Director: James Edward Newton
Writers: Lauren Jane Barnett
Starring: Lauren Jane Barnett, Tony Mardon
Darner is a brutal and intimate portrait of a couple consumed by a woman's dire need to preserve her terminally ill husband.
In a new interview on...
