00:02One of the things that I think I'm very proud of with the festival is the award and also
00:07just the category of the North East Horror, because within that category, it's like two
00:11very specific niches that we're like bringing together. It's like a horror film, you know,
00:15which is also like made in the North East. And to be able to celebrate that for me is
00:18kind of what the fundamental sort of underlying kind of value of what Terror on Tyne is really,
00:23because it's about horror filmmaking in the North East.
00:25For filmmakers working outside the major filmmaking centres, getting their work seen and making
00:31industry connections can be just as important as winning an award. In the North East, Terror
00:37on Tyne is creating a space for horror creators to share their films, meet other people in the
00:42industry and introduce their work to an audience. It's a great kind of, the audience needs to be
00:46made up of a great variety of like people who are filmmakers who have film screening here,
00:51also people who are just filmmakers or, you know, actors or involved who want to see local
00:55films. But there's like a surprisingly large amount of people who've just seen the event
00:59and who've like been attracted to just coming down for a night of sort of local, national
01:03and international horror shorts.
01:05The festival's director is our very own local TV presenter, Duncan Falconer. And the festival
01:11itself featured 24 finalist films across five categories, alongside a special guest judge
01:17award.
01:18Well, Terror on Tyne was created because as a pair, we felt that there was nothing really
01:23in the area for horror fans. You have to go to Manchester or you have to go down to York
01:27or Glasgow or somewhere. It was so far to travel for horror fans or horror filmmakers or just
01:32filmmakers in general. So we thought we'd set up this festival to get recognition for North East
01:38filmmakers in the North East and also to bring filmmakers from around the country and the
01:42world to the North East and see what we can do.
01:44The awards recognise different parts of the short film scene, from micro shorts and student
01:50productions to horror comedy and longer horror films.
01:53Giving recognition to filmmakers who have created something, some of them on a really small budget,
01:59others with bigger budgets, some from local, some from further away. But it's all about
02:03filmmakers and film fans getting together and just recognising great horror films.
02:07Yeah, yeah.
02:08So next year we're hoping to make an even bigger...
02:11Alongside the screenings, a marketplace and networking event gave independent traders,
02:16artists and filmmakers a chance to meet and promote their work. Organisers say the aim is
02:22to celebrate horror while strengthening connections across the North East's creative community.
02:27The Best North East Film Award went to Jammy by Lanya Craig. Last Strike by Helen Lyons-Curran won Best
02:34Horror Short.
02:35Because I think it's so important to support the local North East film community, especially
02:39when it's something so specific as horror.
02:41I think my adrenaline is still going. It's amazing. It's a massive honour and it's been such
02:50a great festival that even being screened here was great. So this is a massive bonus.
02:56Journey to Canada.
02:57The Best
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