
In the first of New Horror Express’s two-part look back at the happenings at this Dead by Dawn film festival NHE host Scott Murphy along with special guest co-host Frank Broz pick their favourites from this years Animated and Live Action short programmes and their was certainly plenty to choose as the 2019 edition of DBD saw a staggering 52 shorts (39 live action, 13 animated) played over it’s 4 days. However Scott and Frank managed to whittle it down in order to present their top 2 animated shorts and their top 5 live action ones. Also look out for Part II where we present our top 3 new features shown at the festival which will be out this Friday (26th April).
Scott’s Picks:
Animated Short’s Runner-up: Fire in a Cardboard City (2017)
Animated Short Winner: Chichi (2019)
Live Action Shorts Top 5:
5 8:27 (2018)
4 Chowboys: An American Folktale h(2018)
3 Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre (2018)
2 Oscar’s Bell (2018)
1 Great Choice (2017)
Frank’s Picks:
Animated Short Runner-up: Caterpillarplasty (2018)
Animated Short Winner: Chichi (2018)
Live Action Shorts Top 5:
5 8:27 (2018)
4 Propagation (2017)
3 Oscar’s Bell (2018)
2 Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre (2018)
1 Great Choice (2017)