23 Oct - 30 Oct

Opening Night brings together films from Canberra, across Australia and overseas, launching the festival with a showcase of independent filmmaking from local and international voices. The festival’s Horror/Comedy Night pairs genre films with live stand-up comedy, bringing together two art forms that know how to make an audience scream—or laugh at the worst possible moment. The Yeh! Nah! Horror Film Festival celebrates independent horror, thriller and genre films from Canberra

The festival will present the Australian Premiere of Omnipresentes, a film from Peru and Venezuela directed by Farid Rodriguez Rivero. Set in an abandoned city after a zombie epidemic, the film follows José as he searches for supplies and navigates the dangerous remains of a world transformed.

One of the festival’s major highlights is the appearance of actor and stunt performer Kiran Shah for States of Mind, the Australian supernatural horror-comedy in which he stars as Professor Manchester. The film takes audiences to a meditation retreat in a haunted house, where a group of competitors discover that their gathering may have a darker purpose. Shah’s attendance gives audiences the chance to see the film with one of its stars in the room. With a QnA hosted by the fi