Jess Bartlett
@jessbfilm.bsky.social
writer/producer + magic maker | #BaftaConnect prod company co-director at Terror Arcade 🦇 repped by Zero Gravity Management ☁️ www.jessbfilm.com
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Jess Bartlett
@jessbfilm.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I’m Jess, a self-employed writer/producer from the UK who specialises in horror! I have a production company Terror Arcade
which I run with fellow horror creative Ethan Evans. 🦇 For 6 years we’ve been working in shorts and TV in order to move into features! Our recent short screened at BFI LFF! 🎟️
which I run with fellow horror creative Ethan Evans. 🦇 For 6 years we’ve been working in shorts and TV in order to move into features! Our recent short screened at BFI LFF! 🎟️
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matthew lillard appreciation post 🙂↕️
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
matthew lillard appreciation post 🙂↕️
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MEET THE JUDGES FOR 2026'S SHORTS SHOWCASE!
Ethan is a writer/director who has been dubbed “the future of British Horror”. He is now in development on his debut feature.
Follow Ethan at @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Ethan is a writer/director who has been dubbed “the future of British Horror”. He is now in development on his debut feature.
Follow Ethan at @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
MEET THE JUDGES FOR 2026'S SHORTS SHOWCASE!
Ethan is a writer/director who has been dubbed “the future of British Horror”. He is now in development on his debut feature.
Follow Ethan at @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Ethan is a writer/director who has been dubbed “the future of British Horror”. He is now in development on his debut feature.
Follow Ethan at @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
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MEET THE JUDGES FOR 2026'S SHORTS SHOWCASE!
Jess is a company director at @terrorarcade.bsky.social and has written several TV episodes for Urban Legend and The Haunted Museum.
Follow Jess at @jessbfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Jess is a company director at @terrorarcade.bsky.social and has written several TV episodes for Urban Legend and The Haunted Museum.
Follow Jess at @jessbfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
MEET THE JUDGES FOR 2026'S SHORTS SHOWCASE!
Jess is a company director at @terrorarcade.bsky.social and has written several TV episodes for Urban Legend and The Haunted Museum.
Follow Jess at @jessbfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
Jess is a company director at @terrorarcade.bsky.social and has written several TV episodes for Urban Legend and The Haunted Museum.
Follow Jess at @jessbfilm.bsky.social
Final submission deadline is 13 February 2026.
filmfreeway.com/fwfilmfestival
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Original horror films are dominating 2025:
• Sinners — 97%
• Weapons — 95%
• Together — 90%
• Bring Her Back — 89%
• Sinners — 97%
• Weapons — 95%
• Together — 90%
• Bring Her Back — 89%
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Original horror films are dominating 2025:
• Sinners — 97%
• Weapons — 95%
• Together — 90%
• Bring Her Back — 89%
• Sinners — 97%
• Weapons — 95%
• Together — 90%
• Bring Her Back — 89%
Very cool to make the Slick Films Fund Longlist with ‘Two Left Feet’ (what will hopefully be my first short as a director!)
July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Very cool to make the Slick Films Fund Longlist with ‘Two Left Feet’ (what will hopefully be my first short as a director!)
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OUTSIDE NOISE has its second sold out screening in Reading tonight as part of I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS! ❤️🔥
We are now SOLD OUT!
See you all tomorrow for a night of Sundae Scaries with I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS at Reading Biscuit Factory.
🍦🩸😱
See you all tomorrow for a night of Sundae Scaries with I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS at Reading Biscuit Factory.
🍦🩸😱
TOMORROW! There are a literal 🖐️ handful 🖐️ of tickets left for I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS at Reading Biscuit Factory.
🍦🩸😱
Sunday 20th July at 5pm.
Don't miss out!
www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/i-scre...
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Sunday 20th July at 5pm.
Don't miss out!
www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/i-scre...
July 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
OUTSIDE NOISE has its second sold out screening in Reading tonight as part of I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS! ❤️🔥
OUTSIDE NOISE is in Reading this week as part of the I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS screening! Can’t wait for audiences to see it. Few tickets left below 👇
THIS WEEK! It's almost time for I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS at Reading Biscuit Factory.
🍦🩸😱
🎟️ A few tickets are still available for the Sunday 20th July screening! 🎟️
www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/i-scre...
🍦🩸😱
🎟️ A few tickets are still available for the Sunday 20th July screening! 🎟️
www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/i-scre...
July 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
OUTSIDE NOISE is in Reading this week as part of the I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS screening! Can’t wait for audiences to see it. Few tickets left below 👇
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So happy this won!
🏆 GRAND PRIZE WINNER + AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER at Stoker Con’s Final Frame Film Competition 🏆
What a wonderful result to win two awards in this year’s competition - we’re over the moon that Outside Noise resonated with the incredible jury and audience. Thank you!
What a wonderful result to win two awards in this year’s competition - we’re over the moon that Outside Noise resonated with the incredible jury and audience. Thank you!
June 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So happy this won!
Such exciting news! Huge thank you to the jury and audience! 🩸
🏆 GRAND PRIZE WINNER + AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER at Stoker Con’s Final Frame Film Competition 🏆
What a wonderful result to win two awards in this year’s competition - we’re over the moon that Outside Noise resonated with the incredible jury and audience. Thank you!
What a wonderful result to win two awards in this year’s competition - we’re over the moon that Outside Noise resonated with the incredible jury and audience. Thank you!
June 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Such exciting news! Huge thank you to the jury and audience! 🩸
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Company Director Ethan Evans was flown out to Sony Studios for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards representing our short OUTSIDE NOISE and horror! What an experience!
Honoured to have been a part of Sony’s Future Filmmaker Awards 2025 alongside such inspiring filmmakers. Thank you SONY & CREO for believing in me & embracing Horror! To all the fellow filmmakers, thank you for making it the best experience - I’m thrilled I now call you friends, genuinely.
June 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Company Director Ethan Evans was flown out to Sony Studios for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards representing our short OUTSIDE NOISE and horror! What an experience!
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It's a wonderful film...congrats! And the end credits were a perfect coda.
June 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's a wonderful film...congrats! And the end credits were a perfect coda.
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Outside Noise is SO SCARY!! Well done!
June 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Outside Noise is SO SCARY!! Well done!
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Congrats to you both, @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social & @jessbfilm.bsky.social for winning the Final Frame Grand Prize! You earned it with the engrossing and nerve-rattling "Outside Noise" 😱
June 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Congrats to you both, @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social & @jessbfilm.bsky.social for winning the Final Frame Grand Prize! You earned it with the engrossing and nerve-rattling "Outside Noise" 😱
Masterpiece
Scooby-Doo was released in theaters on this day 23 years ago 🔎🐕
June 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Masterpiece
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Congrats to @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social & Jess Bartlett for winning the Bram Stoker Award in the Final Frame horror short film competition for "Outside Noise"! Scary and excellent! And a tip of the hat to Exec Producers @alexnoyer.bsky.social & @jedshepherd.bsky.social!
June 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Congrats to @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social & Jess Bartlett for winning the Bram Stoker Award in the Final Frame horror short film competition for "Outside Noise"! Scary and excellent! And a tip of the hat to Exec Producers @alexnoyer.bsky.social & @jedshepherd.bsky.social!
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Honoured to have been a part of Sony’s Future Filmmaker Awards 2025 alongside such inspiring filmmakers. Thank you SONY & CREO for believing in me & embracing Horror! To all the fellow filmmakers, thank you for making it the best experience - I’m thrilled I now call you friends, genuinely.
June 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Honoured to have been a part of Sony’s Future Filmmaker Awards 2025 alongside such inspiring filmmakers. Thank you SONY & CREO for believing in me & embracing Horror! To all the fellow filmmakers, thank you for making it the best experience - I’m thrilled I now call you friends, genuinely.
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OUTSIDE NOISE will be part of the I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS at Reading Biscuit Factory on July 17th!
OUTSIDE NOISE (2024, d. @ethanevansfilm.bsky.social)
An overwhelmed woman listens to a sleep ambience app to unwind before bed, but when the sounds eerily begin to blend with reality, she suspects it has conjured something frightening into her room.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JprS...
An overwhelmed woman listens to a sleep ambience app to unwind before bed, but when the sounds eerily begin to blend with reality, she suspects it has conjured something frightening into her room.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JprS...
Outside Noise, Ethan Evans & Jess Bartlett
YouTube video by Sony Future Filmmaker Awards
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
OUTSIDE NOISE will be part of the I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS at Reading Biscuit Factory on July 17th!
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Super excited to be part of this summer line-up with OUTSIDE NOISE in Reading, UK. Another awesome screening curated by Stephen! 🎟️
We’re back! Following the sell-out success of our previous short horror film screenings, I've teamed up with Reading Biscuit Factory again for I SCREAM: SHORT HORROR FILMS FOR SUMMER NIGHTS.
Thursday 17th July at 7:30pm.
bit.ly/rbf-i-scream
Poster art by Grant Kempster.
Full details to follow!
Thursday 17th July at 7:30pm.
bit.ly/rbf-i-scream
Poster art by Grant Kempster.
Full details to follow!
May 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Super excited to be part of this summer line-up with OUTSIDE NOISE in Reading, UK. Another awesome screening curated by Stephen! 🎟️
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Yay! Outside Noise is shortlisted for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards! To say we’ve made it to the top 1% of 11,750 submissions is mad. Thank you Sony & the amazing cast and crew who helped bring it to life!🤘
THRILLED to announce that our short OUTSIDE NOISE has been shortlisted in the Fiction category for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards! 🎞️
The shortlist was chosen from over 11,750 films submitted by more than 7,500 filmmakers across 158 countries!
Read more: variety.com/2025/artisan... @variety.com
The shortlist was chosen from over 11,750 films submitted by more than 7,500 filmmakers across 158 countries!
Read more: variety.com/2025/artisan... @variety.com
Sony Future Filmmakers Awards Names Shortlisted Finalists (EXCLUSIVE)
Sony has announced its shortlists for the Future Filmmaker Awards.
variety.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yay! Outside Noise is shortlisted for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards! To say we’ve made it to the top 1% of 11,750 submissions is mad. Thank you Sony & the amazing cast and crew who helped bring it to life!🤘
Woweeee so excited about this!
THRILLED to announce that our short OUTSIDE NOISE has been shortlisted in the Fiction category for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards! 🎞️
The shortlist was chosen from over 11,750 films submitted by more than 7,500 filmmakers across 158 countries!
Read more: variety.com/2025/artisan... @variety.com
The shortlist was chosen from over 11,750 films submitted by more than 7,500 filmmakers across 158 countries!
Read more: variety.com/2025/artisan... @variety.com
Sony Future Filmmakers Awards Names Shortlisted Finalists (EXCLUSIVE)
Sony has announced its shortlists for the Future Filmmaker Awards.
variety.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Woweeee so excited about this!
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The Phoebe Frances Brown Film Fund open for applications! The fund offers a £1000 grant that Mister Tibbs will award to a female filmmaker with a comedy idea they want to produce. Apply by Fri 30 May.
www.mistertibbs.co.uk/phoebe
www.mistertibbs.co.uk/phoebe
FUND — MISTER TIBBS
www.mistertibbs.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Phoebe Frances Brown Film Fund open for applications! The fund offers a £1000 grant that Mister Tibbs will award to a female filmmaker with a comedy idea they want to produce. Apply by Fri 30 May.
www.mistertibbs.co.uk/phoebe
www.mistertibbs.co.uk/phoebe
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OUTSIDE NOISE will be playing at the Black Sunday Film Festival next month, screening alongside Krazy House starring Nick Frost.
Tickets available now! 🎟️
Tickets available now! 🎟️
The Black Sunday Film Festival has announced its 2025 lineup, which includes the UK premieres of 'Bystanders' and 'The Rebrand'! Learn more on Dread Central.
'Bystanders' And 'The Rebrand' To Play As Part of Black Sunday Film Festival 2025
The Black Sunday Film Festival has announced its 2025 lineup, which includes the UK premieres of 'Bystanders' and 'The Rebrand'!
www.dreadcentral.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
OUTSIDE NOISE will be playing at the Black Sunday Film Festival next month, screening alongside Krazy House starring Nick Frost.
Tickets available now! 🎟️
Tickets available now! 🎟️
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘A modern nightmare’
We’re loving our #Letterboxd reviews so far for our terrifying short OUTSIDE NOISE. Nightmare fuel.
We’re loving our #Letterboxd reviews so far for our terrifying short OUTSIDE NOISE. Nightmare fuel.
April 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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So exciting reading the audience #Letterboxd reviews for our latest short film whilst it’s on the festival circuit! 🍿
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘A modern nightmare’
We’re loving our #Letterboxd reviews so far for our terrifying short OUTSIDE NOISE. Nightmare fuel.
We’re loving our #Letterboxd reviews so far for our terrifying short OUTSIDE NOISE. Nightmare fuel.
April 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So exciting reading the audience #Letterboxd reviews for our latest short film whilst it’s on the festival circuit! 🍿
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TONIGHT we screen in the Midnight Shorts screening with OUTSIDE NOISE! #FloridaFilmFestival #FFF
VERY excited that OUTSIDE NOISE is official selection at Florida Film
Festival in the MIDNIGHT SHORTS screening! 💫 We’re in such great company!
🎟️ Sat, Apr 12th, 11:59 PM @ Enzian Theater
🎟️ Fri, Apr 18th, 11:59 PM @ Regal Winter Park Village
More info available at floridafilmfest.com 🐊
Festival in the MIDNIGHT SHORTS screening! 💫 We’re in such great company!
🎟️ Sat, Apr 12th, 11:59 PM @ Enzian Theater
🎟️ Fri, Apr 18th, 11:59 PM @ Regal Winter Park Village
More info available at floridafilmfest.com 🐊
April 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
TONIGHT we screen in the Midnight Shorts screening with OUTSIDE NOISE! #FloridaFilmFestival #FFF