We've announced the 2 Shorts Programmes for this year's festival: 17 films in total, which includes 7 UK Premieres plus a few returning Mayhem alumni. More details on all the films on our Letterboxd page here: letterboxd.com/mayhemfilmfe...

Tickets sorted for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social Don’t sleep on this, several showings already looked close to selling out. Assuming record full festival pass sales?

Full Passes, Individual Tickets and "Frankenstein" Passes on sale now for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social - www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/line-up

Individual tickets are now on sale for all of this year's films: broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may.... See the thread below for more details on all the films showing.

Teaser trailer for THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE, screening as part of our opening night on 16th October. An ageing assassin (a brilliant Lee Hye-young) battles to keep her place in the hired killer hierarchy when confronted by the arrival of a new rookie.

Trailer for Toshiaki Toyoda’s TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS, a visual feast of a sci-fi in which a hitman heads to a religious facility in search of a missing monk, and ends up encountering a sorcerer and defying the space-time continuum. Screens at Mayhem on 17th October

Here's the newly-released trailer for GAME, directed by John Minton, produced and co-written by Portishead's Geoff Barrow, and starring Marc Bessant & Jason Williamson. UK Premiere with cast and crew Q&A on 16th October at Mayhem! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZbC...

I grabbed a pass for this mostly on a whim and that I found Chess of the Wind highly intriguing, knowing nothing else about the lineup. Well now the full lineup is here and now I'm extra glad I took the plunge. So much goodness here, now I'm extra stoked for October!

MAN FINDS TAPE is coming to the UK! 🔥🔥🔥

Nottingham folk, get yourself to REDUX REDUX (and the rest of the fest)

Oh I need to see this immediately

With just a month to go before our 21st edition takes place, we're excited to reveal this year’s full festival line-up! www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/news/2025/09... A very limited amount of Full Festival Passes are still available. Tickets for individual films are on sale from Fri 19 Sept at 12pm.

Really looking forward to attending this year's @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social! #filmsky #horrorsky #filmfestival #shortfilm

We're also excited to announce that director Marc Price will return to the festival to present the previously announced THE ARBITER alongside cast member Michael Geary.

Rounding up this second wave of announcements is Kevin and Matthew McManus’s REDUX REDUX which follows a mother travelling through parallel universes to repeatedly kill her daughter’s murderer, and features a breathtaking central performance from Michaela McManus.

Next up is Woody Bess’s PORTAL TO HELL in which a debt collector’s life is turned upside down upon discovering a portal to hell in his local laundromat and accidentally making a deal with a demon to sacrifice three souls in exchange for his neighbour’s.

First up, we are delighted to be presenting BULK, a mind-bending venture in science-fiction from the mind of Ben Wheatley, who will also return to the festival alongside Producer Andy Starke to present the film and take part in a post-screening Q&A.

📣📣 We're excited to bring you a second wave of announcements ahead of our 21st edition! You also only have a handful of days left to take advantage of our Early Bird Pass price which will expire on Sunday so don't miss out!

Andrew Rutter, director of the great short Peter The Penguin (Mayhem 2020) is crowdfunding for a new short, produced by Nottingham's own (and regular Mayhemer) Lauren Parker and featuring a ton of practical VFX. All info plus a teaser from @midlandsmovies.bsky.social below!

I love @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social and the people behind it. These announcements are amazing (will always get excited about new Ben Wheatley movies and films about demonic laundromats). Passes still a very reasonable £85 until Sunday.

We've announced another batch of new films for this year's Mayhem Film Festival in October. PORTAL TO HELL, REDUX REDUX and BULK + Ben Wheatley Q&A!

📣📣 We're excited to bring you a second wave of announcements ahead of our 21st edition! You also only have a handful of days left to take advantage of our Early Bird Pass price which will expire on Sunday so don't miss out!

Early Bird Passes for this year's Mayhem Film Festival are now on sale! 16-19 October @broadwaycinema.bsky.social broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...

This Kiyoshi Kurosawa interview is short but gold

Oh yes

Picked this book off my shelf to look something up and realised I hadn't actually read the Takashi Miike afterword before, which is the most Takashi Miike thing you could imagine. "This book is the bible of the Japanese film religion. It is a truly beautiful labor of love. Therefore, it is poison."

Reminder that we have a Letterboxd account! We'll be posting news there, plus the occasional article, and also contains lists of everything - features and shorts - that we've shown over the past 20 years. letterboxd.com/mayhemfilmfe...

Mayhem returns this autumn and you can now buy an Early Bird Pass for a limited time. We've also announced our first 3 titles, including Marc Price's THE ARBITER and Dawid Torrone's DEAD BY DAWN.

This Gothic Iranian masterpiece, I'm keen to see it...

This film, CHESS OF THE WIND, is incredible - absolutely unhinged in the best possible sense. And the story behind its rediscovery is just as fascinating… If you are *anywhere* near Nottingham, don’t miss out! #FilmSky

More announcements will come later in the summer. We can't wait to see you in the autumn!

Finally, we will be presenting a screening of Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 CHESS OF THE WIND. Greed, deception and violence are at the heart of this gorgeous Gothic Iranian masterpiece once banned in Iran and presumed lost for many years.

Next up is Dawid Torrone’s DEAD BY DAWN. Giallo-infused, this eerie cat-and-mouse thriller is a beautifully shot slasher with hints of STAGE FRIGHT, and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

First up is the latest film from director Marc Price (NIGHTSHOOTERS, Mayhem 2018), THE ARBITER. Marc Price returns with a fast-paced action thriller featuring his signature quirky sense of humour and lots of face-kicking.

📢📢 We're very excited to announce the first three titles of our 2025 edition which will take place on 16-19 October at Brodway Cinema, Nottingham. Early Bird Passes will go on sale at 5pm on Monday 28 July.📢📢

Early Bird Passes for this year's Mayhem Film Festival are now on sale! 16-19 October @broadwaycinema.bsky.social broadway.org.uk/whats-on/may...

📢📢 We're very excited to announce the first three titles of our 2025 edition which will take place on 16-19 October at Brodway Cinema, Nottingham. Early Bird Passes will go on sale at 5pm on Monday 28 July.📢📢

We have a brand new trailer for this year's Mayhem Film Festival, made for us by students at NTU! Thanks to Rory Blizard and his team (full credits in alt text) for doing a brilliant job. Look out for it playing at ‪@broadwaycinema.bsky.social‬ over the coming months!

Not a lot of tickets left for this now, so get 'em while you can. There will be an opportunity for photos and merch for sale too!

On Wednesday 2 April, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS returns to Broadway Cinema in Nottingham, with a special live Q&A with lead actor Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (plus some other surprises!) www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/hun...

I wrote something for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social's Letterboxd page about The Domestic Horror Of David Lynch

New on our Letterboxd page - Mayhem Co-Director Steven Sheil on David Lynch's Domestic Horror: letterboxd.com/mayhemfilmfe...

Mayhem Film Festival is now on Letterboxd! Includes lists of all our line-ups throughout the years! letterboxd.com/MayhemFilmFe...

We're currently gearing up for our 21st edition next year, with a few one-off events to be taking place in the meantime - for more info about us go to mayhemfilmfestival.com