IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS

Sunday 24th Nov - 12:30

IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS (Special Preview) 

Dir: Timothy Despina Marshall. Starring: Daniel Monks, Susie Porter, Annabel Marhsall-Roth. Australia (2024) 82mins. 

A queer theatre actor waits in Covid isolation in a hotel room before his father's funeral. Convinced there is someone or something in the room with him, he must come face-to-face with all that haunts him, in a fight for his life.

Bound to resonate in its claustrophobic isolation as much as it does its knifes edge incisive take on grief and the queer experience, IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS is a haunting and heartbreaking eulogy that will have you checking the dark corners of your Travelodge for years to come. 

Movie Maths: ALL OF US STRANGERS + 1408 + Pinter's The Dumbwaiter = IN THE ROOM WHERE HE WAITS

Screening with LOOK AWAY 

Dir: Andrew Whyment. Starring: Steffan Cennydd, Finbar Lynch, Niamh Cusack. United Kingdom (2024) 14mins. 

When a young man returns to his childhood home and finds his reclusive father has been dead for weeks, he is plunged into a guilt-ridden nightmare.

and BROAD DAYLIGHT (UK Premiere) 

Dir: John Poliquin. Starring: Emilio Betran. Mexico (2024) 9mins

Queer teenager Jay recently came out to his conservative parents and it was not well received. Ever since, he’s been stalked by a mysterious dark entity that can only attack him in sunlight. 

Festival passes and individual tickets can be purchased at Tickets for Soho Horror Film Festival 2024 - FilmFreeway