BLOCKHEAD (2025)
A failing and desperate novelist finds his muse in a drunk, psychotic decorator who sends his life into chaos and murder - but, just possibly, genius.
Starring // Joe Sims, Danny Horn, Kellie Shirley, Simon Meacock, Michele Moran, Charlotte Pyke, Richard Glover, Hussina Raja, Solomon Israel, Laura Evelyn
Director/Writer // Matt Harlock
Producer // Oliver Kendall and Matt Harlock
Executive Producers // Paul Harry Thomas, Josh Barnes, Mike Chapman, Oliver Kendall, Matt Harlock
Production Companies // Halflife Films in association with Mint Cake Productions and xFilm
Further articles
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/02/blockhead-review-joe-sims-danny-horn-matt-harlock
Blockhead review – struggling novelist embraces his inner monster in comic thriller of literary machismo
When She Sings (short)
In a dreary, British seaside town, a talented artist is haunted by a sinister mermaid, and terrorised by a coven of strange locals.
Starring // Laura Bayston, Garrick Hagon, Julia Hills Paul Cooper, Carrie Cohen, Roseanna Anderson, Emma Wilkes, Keane Holbrook,Harry Sims
Director// Paul Holbrook
Writer // Paul Holbrook, Laura Bayston
Producer // Oliver Kendall and Andrew Oldbury
Executive Producers // Ash Jenkins, James Oldham, Neville Pierce, Laura Bayston, Paul Holbrook
Production Companies // Mint Cake Productions
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Not Surgery Hours (short)
Dr Goldsworth is on an idyllic marathon training run when she's spotted by her anxious patient Geoff, who's desperate for medical advice and and won't take no for an answer.
Starring // Georgina Strawson, Marc Danbury, Adiza Shardow
Director// Tia Salisbury
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
BFI London Film Festival (BAFTA & Oscar-qualifying)
Vienna Shorts (BAFTA & Oscar-qualifying) AUDIENCE AWARD
HollyShorts Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying)
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (BAFTA-qualifying) BEST COMEDY
Cornwall Film Festival (BIFA-qualifying) AUDIENCE AWARD
Uppsala Short Film Festival (BAFTA-qualifying)
LOCO (BAFTA-qualifying)
Tweetfest (BIFA-qualifying)
Worcester Film Festival (BIFA-qualifying) NOMINATED BEST FILM
BUFF (BIFA-qualifying)
The Shortest Night (BIFA-qualifying)
Short Com (BIFA-qualifying)
Fastnet Film Festival
Hollywood Comedy Shorts
This is England
Two Short Nights
Comedy Shorts Awards NOMINATED BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
WINNER - Audience award - 'Vienna Shorts' (OSCAR-Qualifying). WINNER - Audience award + Best West Country short - 'Cornwall Film Festival' (BIFA-Qualifying). Best Comedy 'Carmarthen Bay Film Festival' (BAFTA-Qualifying)