Each year, in the lead up to Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, THN runs a series of ‘Road to FrightFest’ interviews. These conversations provide a closer look at the frightful delights soon to screen, and our coverage this year was extensive. So much so that, although the festival is now over, we still have more to share as we delve into the creation of Year 10 with its writer and director, Benjamin Goodger, and the film’s lead, Toby Goodger.
A cataclysmic event has blackened the sky, plunging the earth into an endless winter. Toxic clouds turned rain to acid, crops can’t grow, and the human race is all but extinct. Deep in the dying forest, Son and his Father eke out an existence scavenging the wreckage of the former world. Though their lives are bleak, they have each other. But when Son’s girlfriend is struck down by an infection, everything falls apart. A group of violent cannibals descend on their safe haven, take the antibiotics keeping his girlfriend alive, and a treacherous journey into the unknown begins.
Year 10 screened at FrightFest as part of the First Blood programming, a strand within the festival that champions the freshest new voices working in independent genre cinema within the UK and Ireland. The film certainly deserved its inclusion, twisting the post-apocalyptic story on its head by unfolding almost entirely dialogue-free. Now that the dust has settled, and Year 10 has had its world premiere, THN spoke with Benjamin Goddger and Toby Goodger about their time at FrightFest, the journey to get Year 10 to the festival, and the next steps in plan for Year 10.
Year 10 screened at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest. Release news for Year 10 has yet to be confirmed, but we will update with news as soon as we are able.
