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Lights Out - short film for year 12 and 13 Film Students


Winner of 'Best Short' at FANT Bilbao 2014: http://fantbilbao.net/Fant2014/ Winner of 'Best Director' in the 'Who's There Film Challenge' http://www.bchorrorchallenge.com The image is purposefully very dark in places so watch in fullscreen for best effect. And crank the sound up!

Made by David Sandberg and Lotta Losten.

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