A living statue entertainer is caught up in the middle of a zombie outbreak. Left alone in a large open square surrounded on all sides with only his ability to stay very still to save him, he must work out a way to survive...

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#darkmatters #horrorshorts #zombies features practical special effects by Stuart Conran (Shaun of the Dead, Braindead/Dead Alive, Cockneys vs Zombies, The Descent) and was shot on location in Birmingham, UK.

"A brilliantly funny short film...One of the best zombie short films that we’ve seen in a while" - Zombie Research Society
"A very cool premise...solid production values" - Arnold T Blumberg (host), The Doctor of the Dead
"It's fantastic! Great job all round" - Chris (host), Talking Dead Podcast

'Still' is an award-winning zombie short and the directorial debut of writer/director Carl Timms of Dark Matter Films.

Still stars Joe Capella, James Rowell and Rob Hall.

Full cast and crew list at IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5053024/?ref_=nm_knf_i1

* Awards:

Best Zombie Film - Bloody Horror International Film Festival 2017
Best Horror/Sci-Fi - High Desert international Film Festival 2017
Best Horror- Apex Short Film and Music Video Festival 2017
Best Writing, Best Gore, Best Humour, Best Acting (Joe Capella), Best Special Effects - Independent Horror Movie Awards 2016
Best Make-Up - Birmingham Film Festival 2016

Official Selection in 25 festivals

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When 11 year old Juliet stubs her toe on a loose floorboard, she unwittingly sets off a series of mysterious events.

THE LITTLES — a 7 minute animated horror short. Now being adapted into a feature film by Paramount Pictures.

From filmmakers whose work include: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, The Backrooms, FX's American Horror Story, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, A24's Talk to Me, and more.

Starring:
Violet McGraw (M3gan, The Haunting of Hill House) as Juliet
Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) as Sarah
Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters) as Damon

Written and Directed by: Andrew Duplessie
Produced by: Diego Felipe, Dominic Sherwood
Executive Producers: Andrew Duplessie, Rob Shelc
Original Music by: Cornel Wilczek (A24's Talk to Me, Bring Her Back)
Head of Animation: Anthony Scott (Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, Corpse Bride, ParaNorman, Pinocchio, Wendell & Wild)
Puppet Sculptor: Katy Strutz (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link)it
Cinematography by: Gary Long (The Autopsy of Jane Doe)
Edited by: Justin Li (Heretic, Silo)
Sound Design / Re-Recording Mixer: Eugenio Battaglia (Longlegs, The Monkey, Heretic, Backrooms)
Visual Effects Supervisor: Edward J. Douglas (Longlegs, The Monkey, Heretic, Backrooms)
Colorist: Mitch Paulson (Blade Runner 2049, Skyfall, Sicario, Longlegs, Transformers One, and Alien: Romulus)

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37432997/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewduplessie/?hl=en
Paramount Movie Deal: https://deadline.com/2025/12/t....he-littles-andrew-du
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-littles/

Official Selections & Awards:
Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Winner)
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival (Oscar Qualifying)
Leeds International Film Festival
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Miami Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Telluride Horror Show
Hawai'i International Film Festival
Manchester Animation Festival
San Jose International Short Film Festival
OFF - Odense International Film Festival
ScareFest Horror Film Festival

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