Autophagy

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 11mins
Year: 2024

A waterborne disease ravages a town, the affliction slowly morphing you into an octopus. With the societal hatred towards those suffering building, a couple have the limited choice: afford the medication to carry on living, or drink the water and suffer being shunned.

FILM CREW:
Director: Edie Lawrence
Producer: Milly Riley
Writer: Edie Lawrence
DOP: Edie Lawrence
Editor: Edie Lawrence
Sound Design: Jacob Wheeler
Composer: Natalie Whiteland, Jacob Wheeler
Production Design: Edie Lawrence
VFX: Jordan Chappell
Animation: Edie Lawrence

Cast: Tom Gould, Sydney Crocker


FESTIVALS:
BRUGGGORE Film Festival April 2026
The Bay International Film FestivalJanuary 2026
FOGFEST Horror Film FestivalNovember 2025
Tees Valley International Film FestivalNovember 2025
CINE HORROR Film FestivalOctober 2025
Women X Film FestivalSeptember 2025
Broyhan Fantastik Festival September 2025
The Lake County Film FestivalSeptember 2025
GENREBLAST August 2025
Sustain Film FestivalAugust 2025
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & TechnologyAugust 2025
Palm Springs International ShortsFestJune 2025
HorrorConUKMay 2025
Cabane A Sang - Montreal Horror and Trash Film FestivalMay 2025
Chambana Film FestivalMay 2025
CINEMARE Int'l Ocean Film Festival KIELMay 2025
Bref International Short Film FestivalApril 2025
Hallucinations CollectivesApril 2025
Kaboom Animation FestivalMarch 2025
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival March 2025
Gender Equity in Media Festival March 2025
T-Port Lighthouse SelectionsMarch 2025
Wench Film FestivalFebruary 2025
BogoshortsDecember 2024
Anilogue International Animation Film FestivalNovember 2024
North East International Film FestivalNovember 2024
Interfilm - International Short Film Festival BerlinNovember 2024
Norwich Film FestivalNovember 2024
Festival Court Métrange October 2024
AnimestOctober 2024
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film FestivalSeptember 2024
The Shortest NightsSeptember 2024
Middlebury New Filmmakers FestivalAugust 2024