Georgie is a withdrawn 8-year-old schoolboy with a nasty habit of picking his nose. Bullied by his classmates, unhelped by his frustrated parents and ineffectual authority figures, Georgie retreats into himself and his habit, with shocking, otherworldly results.
Nosepicker is a tale of the unexpected drawing influence from the likes of Roald Dahl’s short stories, Stephen King’s Carrie, Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive and The Stuff, the body-horror flicks of David Cronenberg and both the 1958 and 1988 versions of The Blob, among many other works of fiction and indeed the human experiences of outsider isolation and pre-pubescent growing pains.
Co-Production with Sligo Pictures.
Written & Directed by Ian Mantgani
Produced by Jack Pollington
Starring: Leo Adoteye, Chloe Hinxman, Mark Garfield, Abi Corbett, Bridgette Amofah, Simon Bubb, Myles Perry, Joe Barker & aMax Bace.
FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS
Worldwide premiere on the 19th August 2023 at H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2023, in Providence, Rode Island, USA.
UK premiere at Fright Fest on Monday the 28th of August 2023 at The Cineworld in Leicester Square, during ‘Short Film Showcase 3’.
Other screenings:
GENREBLAST, Winchester, VA, USA
GRINDFEST, Christchurch, Dorset, UK
Beyond Fest, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Toronto Indie Horror Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bolton International Film Festival, Bolton, Manchester, UK
Bushwick Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY, USA
TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest, Torino, Italy
HorrorFest International, St George, UT, USA
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN, USA
Splat! International Fantastic Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Film Quest, Provo, UT, USA
Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX, USA
Lund Fantastic Film Festival, Lund, Sweden
Belfast Film Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
St Louis International Film Festival, St Louis, MO, USA
BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival, Bogotá, Colombia
Weyauwyga Film Festival, PSYCHOFEST Shorts Programme, WI, USA