PRIFF 2026: Visions & Other Worlds

Part of PRIFF 2026, now in its fifth year, Visions & Other Worlds brings together eight films exploring fear, mortality, isolation and the moments when ordinary lives are pushed beyond their limits.

Across the programme, terror takes many forms. A music producer discovers that a mysterious recording carries a deadly secret, while an amateur archaeologist excavating a Lancashire peat bog uncovers something far more disturbing than the remains they came to find. Elsewhere, a woman's experience of sexual betrayal drives her towards a twisted act of revenge, and Joan of Arc confronts the devastating human cost of her first military victory.

Moving between the personal and the societal, a documentary exposes the hidden reality of sex trafficking in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while a young couple seeking escape from their demanding lives enter the clandestine world of shopping-cart rides. On the road, a solitary truck driver grapples with loneliness, fatherhood and the possibility of reconnecting with the daughter he has spent years avoiding. Finally, a terminally ill man embarks on an inward journey through memory, confronting his impending death as he searches for acceptance and peace.

Together, these films examine the boundaries of human endurance and the choices we make when confronted with our deepest fears. From the supernatural to the deeply personal, On the Edge explores what happens when there is nowhere left to hide.

Info: A music producer receives a creepy song from her boss and listens to it alone in her home. The more she listens to it, the scarier it gets. Eyeballs start to materialize around her and before she realizes what’s going on - it’s too late. The music producer dies and her eyes have been taken…

Info: An amateur archaeologist arrives on a desolate Lancashire peatland, determined to exhume a body preserved beneath its surface. But as they dig deeper, they uncover more than forgotten remains, confronting the uneasy relationship between the landscape, its buried histories and the human desire to preserve the past. Blending queer eco-horror with environmental commentary, Out of the Peat explores what it means to bury, archive and unearth, while drawing attention to the urgent need to protect Britain's endangered peatlands.

Directed by London-based filmmakers Tabitha Carless-Frost and Theo Rollason, Out of the Peat was supported by the BFI NETWORK Film Fund and produced in collaboration with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Shot on black-and-white Super 16 film, the project brings together Carless-Frost's background in creative writing and Rollason's interest in documentary filmmaking and environmental activism.

Info: When Lucy’s partner removes a condom during sex without her consent, she initially tries to suppress her anger and carry on as though nothing has happened. But as the weight of his betrayal sets in, she is driven towards a disturbing act of revenge. Skinned explores sexual autonomy, the violation of trust and the consequences of crossing intimate boundaries through a dark and unsettling narrative.

Written and directed by New York-based filmmaker Alee Ruggeri, Skinned follows her recognition at festivals including HollyShorts and Soho International Film Festival. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Ruggeri was selected for the 2024 Stowe Story Labs June Narrative Lab, where she received an Honourable Mention for the NYX Horror Collective Fellowship.

Info: Joan's first triumph in battle against the English has her quesioning her faith as a result of the blood shed on both sides that day.Joan's first triumph in battle against the English has her quesioning her faith as a result of the blood shed on both sides that day.

Info: ust named the first city in North America to be designated a National Park City, Chattanooga, Tennessee is a southern paradise for adrenaline junkies and first time home buyers. While the parents tuck their kids in, a first date is blossoming downtown and police officers change shifts, so does the sun. Calling it a day and peeking over the horizon the empty streets, motels and truck stops also change shifts - into an ongoing epidemic: sex trafficking.

Info: To escape the routine of their work-driven lives, a young urban couple dive into their first Ride: a clandestine gathering involving supermarket shopping carts.

Info: Vincent is a truck driver and lives without any attachments. He started a support group for truckers in the back of his trailer to cope with loneliness and shit. His daughter, who wants to see him again, has been leaving messages at rest stations for years. One morning, during an odd conversation with Sabine, the waitress at the restoroute, Vincent faces his personal contradictions.

Info: A patient with a terminal illness begins his last journey-an inward passage toward acceptance and peace. For the first time, grief is seen through the eyes of the one who departs, not those who stay behind. Along the way, he revisits the moments that defined his life, engaging with his own memories until they guide him toward the serenity he needs to say goodbye to the world and to the family he has cherished and grown alongside.

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