Julian Richards
Directing
Biography
Julian Richards is a Welsh film director, producer, and screenwriter specializing in horror and thriller genres. His notable films include Darklands (1996) and The Last Horror Movie (2003), both earning critical acclaim. Richards also founded Jinga Films, a sales and distribution company focusing on genre films, contributing significantly to independent cinema.
Known For

A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, traumatized Tess escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother leaving a trail of horrifying violent destruction and chilling chaos behind her.
Reborn

Four young men have won a trip with their favorite social network. On board the private plane that took him to New York, they are invited to participate in an in-flight entertainment: a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary Thurs Trapped at 30,000 feet, they will play for their lives and those of their families. They will discover the hard way that put his life online can have dire consequences...
Panic Button

Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Shiver

A young woman held captive by her stepfather becomes the focus of a female vigilante.
Daddy's Girl

Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days.
Deathcember

A serial killer uses a horror video rental to lure his next victim. What begins as a teen slasher transforms into a disturbing journey through the mind of Max Parry, a mild mannered wedding photographer with a taste for human flesh.
The Last Horror Movie

A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.
Darklands

The documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades.
The Found Footage Phenomenon

A single mother's search for her stolen new born baby sends her on a journey through the underworld of London and on a collision course with her past.
Silent Cry

A group of teens are faced with a life-changing experience when they meet a deranged drifter.
Summer Scars

Three very different adolescents unite against their employer who exploits them for cheap labour.
Pirates
Documentary by filmmaker Sarah Appleton.
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'

A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 "contos" (75EUR), since 1981 it hasn't stopped bringing us cinema, and given its weight and peculiarity, The project developed and soon became a reality, with the screening of several sessions a day, the realization of retrospectives and, also, in parallel, the promotion of concerts and art exhibitions. It is considered the biggest film festival in Portugal, and internationally recognized as one of the most important worldwide, and is now entering its 40th edition.
40 Years of Fantasporto

Davey, a talented young chess player, and Wil Bevan, his history teacher, are in Bournemouth for the British Chess Championships. When Davey meets up with Helen, a punk girl from London, Wil is faced with the problem of steering his charge through the championship and the trauma of first love.
Queen Sacrifice
A sensitive man struggles to survive in a macho environment.