Fringe Flicks is a quarterly underground short film night curated by artist-led collective People Versus TV (PVTV), showcasing strange, subversive, and experimental cinema from around the world.
The July edition kicks off Season 3 with Reality+ — a bold, darkly comic sci-fi short by Coralie Fargeat, acclaimed writer-director of The Substance and Revenge. Originally released in 2014, Reality+ explores identity, artificial perfection and the violence of self-improvement culture, and feels eerily prescient in light of her recent breakout success. It’s the perfect centrepiece for a night of weird, visionary cinema.
The full programme is loosely themed around “Altered Selves”, featuring 10 shorts that explore identity, transformation, and perception — with work from Liverpool, India, China, Belgium, and the USA.
Expect esoteric horror, poetic dreams, neurodivergent voices, surreal detours, and a documentary written entirely by pigeons.
Events are Pay What You Can. You can vote in the People’s Choice Award, and a limited edition alternative film poster by local artist Rhonda Davies will be available on the night.