James Mansell

LEVIATHAN

Upon the earth there is not his like, who is made without fear

Short Film | 18 minutes

Starring Lauren Cornelius (Gavin & Stacey, Call the Midwife), Rafe Bird (Ripper’s Revenge) and Matthew Lloyd Davies (The Madness of King George)

Production Company | Waygate Films

Press
Watch ‘Leviathan: Discussing the New Short Film With Director James Mansell’ on Steve Shives YouTube Channel

Read the Film Threat review
“Every note of this 18-minute film is pitch-perfect.”

Read the UK Film Review article
“This one-room chamber piece giving the feel of a dark, dangerous London outside its door.”

Read the Film Critical Space review
“Leviathan is not just a piece about unsolved crimes, but a reflection on empathy and the narrative of death.”

Read the Outside The Spotlight review
“The rich, slow-burn, dialogue-driven atmosphere that lingers long after it ends makes me desperately want to see more.”

Read the MovieFest UK review
“Where “Leviathan” soars is in mood and presentation.”

Read the Indy Reviews article
“James Mansell has triumphed with this historically imbued masterpiece.”

Read the short.films.review article
“I was hooked right from the very first frame.”

Awards/Nominations
Best Original Score (Won) | Mokkho International Film Festival, India
Best Original Score (Won) | Paris Film Awards, France
Best Short Film (Nom) | Breaking TV Film Festival, UK
Best Actress - Lauren Cornelius (Nom) | Breaking TV Film Festival, UK

Official Selections
Breaking TV Film Festival, UK
Kino London Short Film Festival, UK (BIFA Qualifying)
Edinburgh Film Awards, UK
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival, USA
North East International Film Festival, UK (BIFA Qualifying)
Mokkho International Film Festival, India
Paris Film Awards, France

Cast
MARGARET HARKNESS | Lauren Cornelius
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE | Rafe Bird
PROFESSOR JOSEPH BELL | Matthew Lloyd Davies

Crew
DIRECTOR | James Mansell

WRITER | Bradley Harper

PRODUCERS | Anthony Lynch & James Mansell
CO-PRODUCERS | Jenny Dee, Bradley Harper, Chere Harper
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS | Lauren Cornelius, Rafe Bird, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Rhiannon Price

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Ed Curtis

PRODUCTION DESIGNER | Jenny Dee

COSTUMER DESIGNER | Kathryn Poon

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Henry Heffer

COMPOSER | Mat Hamilton

EDITOR | Mitchell Tolliday BFE

HAIR & MAKE UP DESIGNER | Sarah D’Cruz

ASSITANT ART DIRECTORS | Emily Durant & Tony Fran

SOUND MIXER | Ben Ring
1st ASSISTANT SOUND | Nick Sounidis

SOUND SUPERVISOR | Rhys Maitland Jones
SOUND DESIGNERS | Angus Hamilton & Bradley Wilkinson
RE-RECORDING MIXERS | Andrew Caller & Simon Goldfinch

VISUAL EFFECTS | Ted Thorpe

COLOURIST | Joshua Callis-Smith
DI PRODUCER | Ryan Morris
DI ASSISTANT | Daniel Rosenberg

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR | Chere Harper

UNIT STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY | Augustin Hardy

HEALTH & SAFETY SUPERVISOR | Anthony Lynch

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THE MAN IN THE LIVING ROOM

Peter is sure that a mysterious man is in the living room, but Rebecca's not convinced

Short Film | 8 minutes

Starring Jamie Shelton (Emmerdale) and Keicha Greenidge (Waterloo Road)

Production Company | Waygate Films
Production Company | New Planet Film & Media

Press
Watch it on Viddsee
Watch it on Filmzie
Watch it on Deea Film Studio

Cast
REBECCA | Keicha Greenidge
PETER | Jamie Shelton
THE MAN | Robin Greenwood
EMERGENCY CALL OPERATOR | James Mansell

Crew
WRITER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR | James Mansell
PRODUCER | Anthony Lynch
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | Max Blustin

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Laurens Scott
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA | John Gogurty
GAFFER | Phil Davis

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Robin Greenwood

ART DIRECTOR | Jenny Dee

MAKE-UP ARTIST | Stefi Bazavan

UNIT STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY | Rob Youngson

ASSISTANT EDITOR | Derek Ng

COMPOSER | Oliver Drake
LOCATION SOUND RECORDISTS | Marco Baldassarre, Jack Lucas, Ben Ring
SOUND DESIGN | Paul Williams

COLOURIST | Slava Kireyev

TITLE DESIGN | Robin Greenwood

EQUIPMENT | Procam.tv & Cineworks

SPECIAL THANKS | Ally Curran, Mark Sheffield, Rachel Johns, Rhiannon Price

NightmARes

Put on a headset and step inside a frighteningly immersive environment, where all is not as it seems

Short Film | 3 minutes

Starring Victoria Morrison (Plan Z, The Necromancer) and Ashley Pekri (The Solace of Orpheus, Paul Is Dead)

Production Company | Waygate Films

Press
Watch it on Crypt TV’s YouTube channel
Watch it on iNDIEFLIX
Watch it on Fun Size Horror’s Shocktale Party on Amazon Prime
Watch it on Filmzie
Watch it on Short Sighted Cinema’s Short Film Club #23
Watch it on Discover.film
Watch it on Bleeding Critic’s YouTube channel
Watch it on DeeaFilm Studio

Read the Kino London ‘Short of the Week’ interview
“I wanted to write a film about technology and somehow make it scary.”

Read the ScarePop review
”NightmARes explores the potential terrors of modern augmented reality technology.”

Read the HorrorFuel review
”As technology evolves, so does the creativity of horror filmmakers.”

Read the Horror Hothouse review
“It from the idea of what the next generation of immersive horror games would become, but clearly there’s something wrong with this game.”

Read the Popcorn Horror ‘Short of the Week’ review
Read the Bloody Disgusting review

Awards/Nominations
Best Horror Short (Won) | Discover Film London Festival, UK
Best Horror Short (Won) | Upstate NY Horror Film Festival, USA
Best Horror Short (Won)| Freedom Film Fest, USA
Best Short Film (Nom) | British Horror Film Festival, UK

Official Selections
Popcorn Frights Film Festival, USA
Discover Film London Festival, UK
British Horror Film Festival, UK
Chicago Horror Film Festival, USA
Sunday Shorts - Short Film Night, UK
AM Egypt Film Festival, Egypt
South London Shorts, UK
DarkVeins Horror Fest, Italy
Malta Horror Film Festival, Malta
The Optical Theatre Horror Film Festival, Italy
2017 Horror Shorts Film Festival, USA
Toronto Indie Horror Festival, Canada
Freedom Film Fest, USA
Fake Flesh Film Fest, Canada
London International STORY FIRST Film Festival, UK
The Shortest Nights (Short Sighted Cinema), UK
American Horror Film Festival, USA
Frightarama Film Festival, UK
Upstate NY Horror Film Festival, USA
11th British Shorts Film Festival, UK
BoneBat "Comedy of Horrors" Film Fest 2018, USA
First Rule Of Film Club Presents - Indie Showcase!, UK
Hollywood Dead Film Festival, USA
Brockley Max - Brockleywood Nights, UK
Emerging Filmmakers Night, UK
Kino London #89, UK
Film SOCIETY, UK

Cast
VICTORIA | Victoria Morrison
TOM | Ashley Pekri

Crew
PRODUCER / WRITER / EDITOR / DIRECTOR | James Mansell

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Anneka Saunders
GAFFER | Aaron Westhead

ART DIRECTOR | Jenny Dee

MAKE-UP ARTIST | Ruby Brown

SOUND DESIGN | Anthony Lynch & James Mansell

MUSIC | Oliver Drake

VISUAL EFFECTS | Paul Monaghan

COLOURIST | Chris Teeder

EQUIPMENT | Procam.tv

SPECIAL THANKS | Sammie Jane McDonald

RUPTURED

Truly immerse yourself like never before

Short Film | 6 minutes

Starring Kate Soulsby-Finley (Zombie Women of Satan, Three’s a Shroud)

Production Company | Waygate Films

Press
Watch it on the DUST website
Watch it on the DUST YouTube channel
Watch it on Fun Size Horror’s Shocktale Party on Amazon Prime
Watch it on Fun Size Horror
Watch it on the Sept ‘20 issue of Labocine - Are You Listening?
Watch it on BloodList
Watch it on Filmzie
Watch it on DeeaFilm Studio

Read the Kino London ‘Short of the Week’ interview
”I knew I wanted to do something about technology and the evils of it, and landed on the idea of an AI creating something which the human race would willingly endanger themselves with as a result of our unquestionable faith in technology .”

Read the The Independent Horror Society article
”RUPTURED is an intense ride into a devastating alternative future.”

Awards/Nominations
Best Horror Short (Won), Best Sound Design (Won), Best Sci-Fi Short (Nom) | Kino London Short Film Festival, UK (BIFA Qualifying)
Best Under 10 Mins (Nom), Best Actress (Kate Soulsby) (Nom) | Haunted House FearFest, UK
Best Short Film (Nom) | British Independent Film Festival, UK

Official Selections
British Independent Film Festival, UK
Kino London Short Film Festival, UK (BIFA Qualifying)
Brockley Max - Brockleywood Nights, UK
Haunted House FearFest, UK
Haunted House FearFest, Germany
South London Shorts, UK Kino London #104, UK
Burger 51, USA

Cast
KATE | Kate Soulsby-Finley

Crew
PRODUCER / WRITER / DIRECTOR | James Mansell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | Rhiannon Price

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Anneka Saunders
CAMERA OPERATORS | Anneka Saunders & James Mansell
GAFFER - Aaron Westhead

EDITOR / COLOURIST | Slava Kireyev

MUSIC | Oliver Drake

VISUAL EFFECTS | Robin Greenwood

SOUND DESIGN | Anthony Lynch

MAKE-UP ARTIST | Stefi Bazavan

EQUIPMENT | Canon & Patrick Smith

SPECIAL THANKS | James Quinn, Rhiannon Price, Slava Kireyev, Robin Greenwood, Mila Albani

UNDER THE BED

An unsettling twist on the story of the monster under the bed

Short Film | 2.5 minutes

Starring Kevin Ashley (Holby City) and Harry Rust

Production Company | Waygate Films
Production Company | Shangri-la Films

Press
Watch it on Fun Size Horror
Watch it on Discover.film
Watch it on Samsung TV Plus
Watch it on DeeaFilm Studio
Listen to the Don’t Go Down That Road podcast interview

Awards/Nominations
Best Horror Film (Nom) | Discover Film London Festival, UK
Best Horror Film (Nom) | The British Horror Film Festival, UK
Best Horror Film (Nom) | Crystal Palace Int. Film Festival, UK

Official Selections
The British Horror Film Festival, UK
Discover Film London Festival, UK
Crystal Palace Int. Film Festival, UK
Brockley Max - Brockleywood Nights, UK
The Shortest Nights (Short Sighted Cinema), UK
Kino London #86, UK
Emerging Filmmakers Night, UK

Cast
SON | Harry Rust
FATHER | Kevin Ashley

Crew
WRITER / DIRECTOR | James Mansell
PRODUCER | Marco Petrucco
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | Leanne Troop

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Laurens Scott
FOCUS PULLER | Nick Coleman

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Marco Petrucco

SOUND RECORDIST | Ben Ring

EDITOR | Michael Marden

COLOURIST | Chris Teeder

SOUND DESIGN | Max McNeilly

ORIGINAL MUSIC | Phil Davis

TITLES | St Enyhol

EQUIPMENT | Procam.tv

THE UNSETTLING

The dark, quiet, empty apartment, and an unsettling feeling

Short Film | 5 minutes

Starring Marco Darnell

Production Company | Waygate Films
Production Company | IMotion Media

Press
Watch it on Fun Size Horror’s Shocktale Party on Amazon Prime
Watch it on London Horror Society’s YouTube channel
Watch it on the Film Curiosity website
Watch it on DeeaFilm Studio
Read the Film Curiosity review

Cast
ARTHUR HOLMWOOD | Marco Darnell
LUCY WESTENRA | Kate Soulsby
LUCY WESTENRA (off screen) | Shauna Crooke
PROFESSOR JONATHAN HARKER | James Mansell

Crew
PRODUCER / WRITER / DIRECTOR | James Mansell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | Dishad Hussain
STORY CONSULTANT | Joe Martin

LOCATION SOUND | Ben Ring & Mark Somers
SOUND DESIGN | Max McNeilly
COMPOSER | Oliver Drake
EDITOR | Ross Maylor

MAKE-UP ARTIST | Sam Tansey

COLOURIST | Chris Teeder

TITLE & CLOSING CREDITS | Paul Monaghan

BTS | Dishad Hussain, Niall Dougherty, Ellen Alberti

SPECIAL THANKS | Roberto Petrucco, Leanne Troop, Ed Riley, The Family in 39, The Shape

EQUIPMENT | Procam.tv

THE CORRIDOR

An endless corridor of locked doors holds a man prisoner as his mind begins to disintegrate

Short Film | 5 minutes

Starring Ashley Pekri (The Solace of Orpheus, Paul Is Dead)

Production Company | Waygate Films

Press
Watch it on Film Shortage
Watch it on Discover Film
Watch it on ArtBrowser TV

Watch it on Klipist
”An experimental short that reflects on struggles with mental health, anxiety and isolation, told through the lens of a nightmarish horror short.”

Watch it on Shorted
“Without warning or preparation, the viewer is hurled headlong into a world marked by shadows and shivering frames.”

Read The London Horror Society article
”Mansell returns to provide another slice of genre goodness in the form of the relentlessly bleak animated short.”

Read the Kino London ‘Short of the Week’ interview
“The Corridor was a brilliant lockdown project which we all found very cathartic throughout those rough months.”

Read the Bloody Flicks review
”Beautifully shot, The Corridor is a waking nightmare fully realised and visually striking.”

Awards/Nominations
Best Short Film (Nom) | British Horror Film Festival, UK
Short Film Nominee (Nom) | Shorted

Official Selections
Popcorn Frights Film Festival, USA
British Horror Film Festival, UK
Kino Short Film at Raindance Film Festival, UK
Kino Original Short Film Showcase, UK
Free Short Film Festival (Cold Harbour Blue Cinema x Klipist), UK

Cast
MAN | Ashley Pekri
WOMAN | Victoria Morrison