Broken Bird Flies Into Pigeon Shrine Frightfest On Fresh Wings! Check Out The New Trailer!
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Carl Roberts 
Broken Bird will be coming to UK cinemas on August 30th after its world premiere screening at the Pigeon Shrine Frightfest.
Catalyst Studios is excited to announce that their gripping gothic horror BROKEN BIRD, which celebrates its World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, London. And opens this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, will be released in UK cinemas from 30th August. Check out the new trailer for the film below.
FEATURE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Joanne Mitchell, who for nearly 15 years has honed her craft as a horror storyteller. BROKEN BIRD is a feature film adaptation of her & Tracey Sheals’s 2018 award-winning short SYBIL. The screenplay is by Dominic Brunt.
THE PREMISE
This rich, disturbing tale steps into the life and mind of Sybil Chamberlain. Sybil is a quiet, creative soul. Her hobbies are taxidermy and poetry. She works in a funeral parlour with the deceased. She likes dead people. They understand her.
At just ten years old, she experienced trauma in a tragic accident which took away the family she adored. Now, an aching loneliness prevails in a void which she seeks to fill. But poetry and a vivid imagination provide an escape from the harsh realities of a lonely life.
Reality and reason are slipping away from Sybil. And her ‘dark desires’ become more and more insatiable. Her fascination with the dead takes a dark and strange twist. And in a horrific climax of gothic proportions, she finds her own kind of happiness and contentment with the people she keeps as company. Dead people.
Sybil is masterfully portrayed by Rebecca Calder (Kandahar/Memory) in a riveting nuanced performance. In which she captures all of Sybil’s quirky, unsettling behaviour. She is supported by an incredible cast featuring James Fleet (Four Weddings & a Funeral). Sacharissa Claxton (Avenue 5) and Jay Taylor (Misfits).
CREDITS
Production Company: Catalyst Studios
Short Synopsis: Sybil works at an undertakers. It’s a lonely job, with few perks. So she takes solace where she can.
Director: Joanne Mitchell
Written By: Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Tracey Sheals
Cast: Rebecca Calder, James Fleet, Jay Taylor, Sacharissa Claxton
Producers: Zoe Stewart, Mark Pennell, Holly Anderson Levow, Paul Kampf
Cert: TBC
Run Time: 96 Mins
REBECCA CALDER
Rebecca Calder is an award-winning Actress of stage and screen, based in London. She is best known for I MAY DESTROY YOU (Michaela Coel). HILMA (Lasse Hallström). And WRATH OF MAN (Guy Ritchie). Rebecca is currently in HBO’s second season of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON.
JAY TAYLOR
Jay trained at RADA. Film credits include Broken Bird (Catalyst). Wolf Manor (Mitchell/Brunt). Evie (Full Circle). A Fantastic Fear of Everything (Universal). Donkey Punch (Warp X). Red Tails (Lucasfilm). Blooded (Magma). And Rise of the Footsoldier (Carnaby).
Television credits include Ten Percent (Bron/Amazon). Father Brown (BBC). Manhunt (ITV). Britannia (Amazon). Prime Suspect 1973 (ITV). Silk (BBC). Tea Boys (BBC). Midsummer Murders (ITV). Misfits (E4). Sirens (Channel 4). Consuming Passions (BBC). The Bill (ITV). The Fixer (ITV). Daphne (BBC). Holby City (BBC). Mr Wroe’s Virgins (BBC). And EastEnders (BBC).
Stage credits include Quiz (Chichester Festival Theatre & UK Tour). Alone in Berlin (Northampton Royal & Derngate). Maydays (RSC). Baskerville (Liverpool Everyman/Playhouse). 46 Beacon (Trafalgar). Accolade (St James Theatre). Nell Gwynn (Shakespeare’s Globe). Wolf Hall/Bring Up the Bodies (RSC/West End/ Broadway). I Heart Peterborough (Soho Theatre). Joe/Boy (The Last Refuge). A Clockwork Orange (Citizens Theatre Glasgow). Troilus & Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe). SH*TM*X (Trafalgar Studios). The Police (The White Bear). Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe).
SACHARISSA CLAXTON
Sacharissa is an actor/writer/producer based in the UK. She is a well-known face on TV, most recently having played a heavily recurring role in The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (BBC) and series regular Jazz in both series of Armando Iannucci’s hugely successful Avenue 5 (HBO). Other credits include Sandman (Netflix) The Irregulars (Netflix), Doctor Who (BBC) and Casualty (BBC) & recurring in Coronation Street (ITV).
BROKEN BIRD will open this year’s FrightFest and will be coming to UK cinemas on the 30th of August.
Trailer Source: Strike Media
Introducing Carl! As the News Editor at Future of the Force, Carl has been an invaluable member of our team since early 2016. His expertise and dedication have made him an integral part of our editorial staff. Beyond his professional role, Carl is a fervent supporter of Liverpool F.C. and an avid follower of pop culture. He has a deep passion for Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the iconic movie franchises Star Wars and Star Trek.
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