Category: Best Thriller & Horror Film – 2024 WSXA PARIS

Original Film Title: DAYDREAM

Director’s Name: William Bruno O’Keefe

Writer’s Name: William Bruno O’Keefe

Producer: William Bruno O’Keefe

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: American Samoa

Runtime: 14 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

A modern noir thriller with sinister twists and turns. Lucas is a young novelist who unexpectedly has dreams that tell him about future events. The reason is a mystery and so is his fate.

Original Film Title: A Prayer For My Father

Director’s Name: Sarah London

Writer’s Name: Sarah London

Producer: Darren Bailey, Ezra Goldberg-Johns, Timothy Johns

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 10 minutes 1 second

Film Description:

Decades after she and her late father found an unspeakable horror in the woods, Lola receives a package of his ashes, and along with it the ghost of their shared trauma.

Original Film Title: Out of Tears

Director’s Name: Alex Perez-Tenessa

Writer’s Name: Alex Perez-Tenessa

Producer: Alex Perez-Tenessa

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 13 Minutes 3 Seconds

Film Description:

Out of Tears tells the story of Winter, a girl with superpowers who feels increasingly isolated in her family. Struggling to come to terms with her abilities, she becomes more and more withdrawn, until a mysterious neighbor poses a threat that forces her to unleash her full terrifying powers.

Original Film Title: Carousel

Director’s Name: Jason Nancarrow

Writer’s Name: Jason Nancarrow

Producer: Michael J. Mills

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

Jake Keller, a Dallas reporter, uncovers a “Smart City” surveillance conspiracy. Jake’s investigation takes him from the skyscraper office of an oil CEO to a drug den with guns at the ready. He discovers a network of corrupt politicians, hungry lobbyists, Deep State assassins, and gray aliens—only one of which might be a hallucination. With allies in short supply and a rising body count from suspicious accidents, the only question is which will unravel first: the conspiracy or Jake’s sanity.