Salient Minus Ten (2017)

​Writer  /  Producer  /  Director

SALIENT MINUS TEN is the new Sci-Fi Horror short film from award-winning filmmaker Emma Dark, and is a cerebral foray into the darker, more disturbing, side of Science Fiction.

SYNOPSIS: Adam Harper (Alan Austen, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back) is an average man. And on an average day he suddenly finds himself catapulted into the strangest, reality changing game... A game of time and chance, where the stakes are a matter of life and death.

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   Instead of relying on gore or cheap jump scares to get under your skin, this is a film which asks you to think and connect the dots yourself, and you almost feel as though you want to thank it for that.” - David Gelmini, Dread Central (4*)

   The film is beautifully shot and graded, adding an air of mystery and fascination to a solid concept. Emma [Dark's] eye for detail shines through as she manages to capture a classic retro sci-fi feel whilst also feeling impeccably modern through a stunning score and great special effects - something that is incredibly challenging for an independent production to achieve.” - James 'Magic' Perkins, Starburst Magazine (7*)

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

• WINNER ‘Best Actor’ (Alan Austen), WINNER ‘Best Cinematography’ (Philip Bloom), WINNER ‘Best Editing’ (Emma Dark), Nominated ‘Best Short’, ‘Best Music / Sound’ (Eric Elick & Chris Collier), ‘Outstanding Female Filmmaker’ (Emma Dark) - Stormy Weather Horror Fest Summer 2019
• WINNER ‘Albert Pyun Inspiration Award’ (Emma Dark), Nominated ‘Best Short Film’, ‘Audience Choice’, ‘Best Cinematography’ (Philip Bloom) - The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival, The Hub, Bangor, October 2018
• Nominated ‘Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy’ - Snake Alley Festival of Film, Capitol Theater, Burlington, June 2018
• Nominated ‘Best Horror/Sci-Fi’ - 2nd Annual - Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival, Mauch Chunk Opera House, April 2018
• WINNER ‘Best Director’ (Emma Dark) - Starburst Magazine’s Media City Film Festival, The Landing, March 2018
• Nominated ‘Best Short Film’ - The British Horror Film Festival, Cineworld Leicester Square, November 2017

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FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

• Fantoms (REGIONAL PREMIERE - NEWCASTLE UK, Star and Shadow cinema, October 2019)
• Stormy Weather Horror Fest Summer 2019
• Medusa Underground Film Festival (REGIONAL PREMIERE - NEVADA USA, The Artisan Hotel Boutique, Las Vegas, January 2019)
• Black Sunday Film Festival (The Whirled Cinema, December 2018)
• International Moving Image Society (01zero-one, October 2018)
• The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival (NORTHERN IRISH PREMIERE, The Hub, Bangor, October 2018)
• Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival (REGIONAL PREMIERE - NORTH CAROLINA USA, The Cary Theater, Cary, September 2018)
• Snake Alley Festival of Film (REGIONAL PREMIERE - IOWA USA, Capitol Theater, Burlington, June 2018)
• Rue Morgue Magazine and Unstable Ground's Little Terrors Monthly Short Film Festival (CANADIAN PREMIERE, Imagine Cinemas Carlton, April 2018)
• 2nd Annual - Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (REGIONAL PREMIERE - PENNSYLVANIA USA (EAST COAST), Mauch Chunk Opera House, April 2018)
• Starburst Magazine’s Media City Film Festival (REGIONAL PREMIERE - GREATER MANCHESTER, The Landing, March 2018)
• Billy Chainsaw’s Nova Nights (The Horse Hospital, London, February 2018)
• Panic Fest (USA PREMIERE, Screenland Armour Cinema, Kansas City, January 2018)
• The Dark Side Magazine's DarkFest (Genesis Cinema, November 2017)
• The British Horror Film Festival (WORLD PREMIERE, Cineworld Leicester Square, November 2017)