Celluloid 2022: The Leech + Shorts
Father David (Graham Skipper), a catholic priest struggling to grow his congregation, encounters a stranger by the name of Terry (Jeremy Gardner) asleep one morning after mass. Terry is without a home after a fight with his girlfriend Lexi (Taylor Gardner) and with Christmas less than a week away, David offers him a place to stay for the night.
What begins as a simple act of kindness quickly turns
complicated as Lexi arrives shortly after with news of being evicted from her
house. Unable to turn away this helpless young woman, David allows both her and
Terry to stay with him through the holidays on the condition that they open
themselves to the healing power of God's love. Yet the harder David tries to
reform the lives of these seemingly innocent strangers, the more he himself
falls victim to their toxic ways, leading to the belief that their arrival is,
in fact, a test from God. Will David pass the test and accept his new
houseguests as they are? Or will he set aside the ways of Christ and resort to
bloody, Old Testament justice?
Screening with short films:
BREATHE
Director: Stephen Kang | New Zealand
| 2021 | 13 mins
| UK Premiere
Gifted twelve year old, Jaehee has developed an unorthodox
healing method that propels her into conflict with her overbearing father.
SCOOTER
Director: Chelsea Lupkin | USA |
2022 |
12 mins | European Premiere
Abandoned by her boyfriend in the middle of the night, a woman is faced with an unthinkable choice that could cost her life.
- Duration
- 1 hour 47 minutes
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