SWIPE | Dir. Niels Bourgonje

The teaser for the short horror film Swipe starring Ebony Obsidian (‘If Beale Street Could Talk’). Directed by Niels Bourgonje, produced by Steffie van Rhee | Beforefilms, cinematography by Fletcher Wolfe, score by Jesper Ankarfeldt, edited by Wietse de Zwart and presented by BNNVARA and De Ontmoeting. Contact: niels@nielsbourgonje.com Official Selections include: Nederlands FilmFestival (Golden Calf competition, Utrecht, The Netherlands) Sapporo ShortFest (International competition, Sapporo, Japan) London Short Film (Out of competition, London, UK) Gasparilla International Film Festival (In competition, Tampa Bay, USA) Mecal Pro International Film Festival (out of competition, Barcelona, Spain) Screamfest Film Festival (In competition, Los Angeles, USA) Abertoir Film Festival (Méliès d’Argent competition, Aberystwyth, Wales) Imagine Film Festival (Méliès d’Argent competition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) New York Horror Fest (In competition, New York, USA) Panic Fest (In competition, Phoenix, USA) /Slash Film Fest (In competition, Vienna, Austria) Salem Horror Fest (WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, Salem, USA) ANIMAL Film Fest (In competition, Michoacán, Mexico) Death Parade FilmFest (NOMINATION BEST SCREENPLAY, San Jose, USA) Death’s Night Gallery (In competition, Detroit, USA) Acocollona’ Girona (In competition, Girona, Spain) New Jersey HorrorCon (In competition, New Jersey, USA) Fantasm Shock Reel (In competition, Orlando, USA Flint Fright Film Fest (In competition, Flint, USA) Apocalypse Later (In competition, Phoenix, USA) FKM, Festival de Cinema Fantastico (International short film competition, Coruna, Spain) Picture Show Panic (In competition and Best in Show, Titusville, USA) Halloween Horror Fest (WINNER BEST ACTRESS, Tienen, Belgium) Shortcutz Amsterdam (In competition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Janara Horror Fest (WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT, Formia, Italy) LA Crime & Horror (WINNER BEST SOUND DESIGN, Los Angeles, USA) Carcosa Film Festival (RUNNER-UP, San Francisco, USA) Reels of the Dead (In competition, Chicago, USA) Oregon Scream Week (NOMINATION BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Oregon, USA) El Grito International Fantastic Film Festival (In competition, San Cristobál, Venezuala) Krampusnacht Illinois (WINNER BEST HORROR, Illinois, USA) Horror Bowl Movie (WINNER JUDGE’s SPECIAL MENTION, USA) Rotterdams Open Doek (In competition, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Bloody Horror International Film Festival (In competition, USA NOX Film Festival (WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY, Salto, Uruguay) Moscow Shorts (In competition, Moscow, Russia) Independent Horror Movie Awards (WINNER BEST SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST ACTRESS, USA) Top Indie Film Awards (WINNER MOST TERRIFYING, USA) Short Film Breaks (In competition, Bucharest, Romania) Melbourne Short Film (WINNER BEST SHORT THRILLER, Melbourne, Australia) Love Your Shorts (In competition, Sanford, Florida) Chennai International Short Film Festival (In competition, Chennai, India Nevermore Film Festival (In competition, Durham, USA) DTC Film Festival (In competition, Covington, USA) International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival (In competition, Istanbul, Turkey) Medeira Fantastic Film (In competition, Madeira, Portugal HorrorHound Weekender (In competition, Cincinnati, USA) Cortisonici Film Festival (In competition, Varese, Italy) MFF Friday Night (In competition) Little Terrors Short (In competition) Cinemagic International (In competition) MMXXI Foreman Film (In competition)

BLOCK A | Thursday 5:00 | Narrative Short | 6 Minutes

A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her.