A Serious House is a period horror that we pitched as a ghost story in a church. Initially starting as a theatre script, the story developed into a short film that successfully found funding through a crowdfunding campaign. The short has now played at seven film festivals, winning awards for Best Short Film and Best Actor, as well as being nominated for Best Sound and Best Student Filmmaker.

 

It follows a tormented priest as he tends his isolated church. However, during a storm, he receives a knock at the door making him suspect he’s not as alone as he once thought. It is a film about loss. The loss of a community. A loss of purpose. A loss of faith. An echo of the past.

 

After finishing it's highly successful festival run, the film was featured on the BBC, writer/director Henry Fish talking with presenter Rob Jelly about the inspiration behind the film, the importance of the horror genre, and finding your voice as a young filmmaker. Their interview was broadcast on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and is available to listen to via BBC Sounds.  Click here to listen to the interview.

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The story has been adapted into a feature script which has won a development grant with CenterFrame. BAFTA longlisted producer Jack Pollington has been attached to the feature which Henry Fish will return to direct. 

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Click here to watch the new trailer for A Serious House:

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Writer/Director: Henry Fish.

Producer: Harry Traherne.

Cinematographer: Sebastiano O'Grady.

Production Design/Costumes: Grace Delve. 

Music: Henry Alexander.

Assistant Director: Amy Ware.

First Assistant Camera: Louis Peppiatt.

Gaffer: Artemis Gitiforez. 

Location Sound Mixer: Henry Alexander.

Boom Operator: Noo Rashbass.

Costumes: Grace Delve. 

Script Supervisor: Khairah Boukhatem.

Hair and Make-up: Polly Fish. 

Production Runner: Andrew Knight.

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