Warp X, in partnership with Threshold Studios, have established a unique training and production initiative to encourage women directors keen to reinvent the horror genre for the 21st Century.

Why don’t women direct horror? In 100 years of cinema history we can barely name a handful of women horror directors. What is it about this incredibly successful worldwide genre that either excludes, or fails to appeal to women directors? This question becomes even more pertinent as women attending cinema screenings of horror films now marginally exceed male attendance figures for the first time.

With funding support from Skillset Film Skills’ Fund, DARKLIGHT: WOMEN DIRECT HORROR will provide an opportunity for female directors to develop their horror ideas through residential workshops and with specialised script editing and mentoring support. At least two of the ideas developed through the programme will be produced by low budget digital studio Warp X in 2008.

For further information please visit www.warpx.co.uk.