WHAT GOES ROUND (OR THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT)
Short Film | Completed 2026
A woman wakes up on a London night bus and is provoked by a series of passengers; setting her on a bloody journey of self-discovery.
WHAT GOES ROUND is surreal re-imagining of the Medusa mythology; a playfully dark & twisted subversion of the narratives women and girls have been told about victims, monsters, shame and power.
Runtime 15 min | Country UK | Language English | Genre | Body-Horror | Feminist | Experimental
Writer-Director | EDIE DEFFEBACH
Producers | SUZANNA SWANSON JOHNSTON | EDIE DEFFEBACH
Executive Producers | LIAM WALLACE-COOK & MACKENZIE EMIKO BERKMAN
DoP | ANDERS MALMBERG
Editor | ACE MCCOLL
Colorist | NURALI KUSHKOV
Sound Design | SEAN KIELY & ROLAND HEAP
Composer | WILLIAM J STOKES
Starring | STELLA TALPO
Featuring | ALEXANDER ARNOLD | MICHAEL MUELLER | EVENLINE REYNOLDS-BOISON | RUBEN ZOU | AIDAN STAMMERS | VIDAL LOGIE | CHARLOTTE CHIEW | CARA MAHONEY
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
World Premiere | Fright Fest (Glasgow Film Festival) 2026
Sunderland Short Film Festival (BIFA qualifying) 2026
SCRIPT ACCOLADES
Semi-Finalist Outstanding Screenplay Shorts Competition 2023
Semi-Finalist Cinequest Screenwriting Competition 2022 - 2023
Honourable Mention BOLT (Barnstorm Fest) Screenplay Competition 2023
Quarterfinalist Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards 2022
Quarterfinalist Slamdance Screenplay Competition 2022
Quarterfinalist Pitch Now Screenplay Competition (in association with Sundance and Filmmatic)
